Rhizoctonia and Crown Rot status of Western Australian paddocks can be managed with crop rotation

Authors

Roger Lawes, Department of Agriculture and Food
Martin Harries, Department of Agriculture and FoodFollow
Daniel Huberli, Department of Agriculture and Food, WAFollow
Greg Shea, Department of Agriculture and Food WAFollow
Shahajahan Miyan, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western AustraliaFollow

Publication Date

24-2-2015

Series Number

DAW00213

Publisher

Grains Research and Development Corporation

Abstract

• A survey of farmers’ fields from 2010 to 2013 found little Rhizoctonia and Crown Rot across the WA Wheatbelt.
• However, the data demonstrated that even with low levels of disease present, rotation with break crops can manage inoculum levels of Rhizoctonia and Crown Rot.
• Inoculum levels are likely to build up when continous cereals are grown; in fertile soils; and in dry summers.
• Pastures did not offer a break to the cereal, suggesting that unmanaged pastures can contribute to the problem of crown rot.

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Biosecurity

Recommended Citation

Lawes, R, Harries, M, Huberli, D, Shea, G, and Miyan, S. (2015), Rhizoctonia and Crown Rot status of Western Australian paddocks can be managed with crop rotation. Grains Research and Development Corporation, Perth. Report DAW00213.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fc_researchrpts/25

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