GRDC Rustlinks

The Australian Cereal Rust Control Program - The Rust Bust

The Australian Cereal Rust Control Program (ACRCP, established in 1973) monitors cereal rust pathogens throughout Australia, finds and characterises new sources of rust resistance, and assists Australian cereal breeding groups to incorporate rust resistance in new cultivars.

The ACRCP is funded largely by the grains industry, through the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC). It has a national mandate and with 6 senior scientists, 8 technicians and currently 7 PhD students, is one of the largest groups involved in cereal rust research in the world.

The Rust Bust Campaign was launched on 17 March 2011 (St Patrick's Day) an occasion known for the colour green - to highlight that growers should now be removing the 'green bridge' and get cracking on their individual rust management plan..

It is essential growers now plan their 2011 and 2012 rust management strategy in response to the worst disease risk eastern Australia has seen in nearly 40 years.

ACRCP Consultative Committee chairman Grant Hollaway says where possible, growers need to select wheat varieties that have improved disease resistance and adopt management strategies that protect themselves, their neighbours and their industry.

Strategic Rust Management
The following information rust diseases in Australia is underpinned by the GRDC Strategic Research and Development Plan 2007 – Prosperity through Innovation. The plan outlines the following crop disease management strategies:

Diseases strategy 1: Integrate genetic, cultural and chemical approaches to disease management
Diseases strategy 2: Encourage the adoption of durable genetic resistance as the ‘first line of defence’ against crop diseases
Diseases Strategy 3: Respond rapidly to changing disease threats

The grain industry outcome from this cereal rust strategy is to minimise growers’ economic loss and potential future production risk due to cereal rust.

Key messages

Choose the best adapted wheat varieties for your region with good levels of rust resistance.
Certified seed should ensure trueness to type.
Close crop monitoring will assist with early detection and management.
Plan the rust management strategy, including cultural green bridge control and fungicide management strategies at the time the varietal selection.

Overview
Management Strategies
Rust Management Fact Sheet - 2011
Crop Doctor - Time to monitor cereal varieties susceptible to rust - 08/10/2010
Variety guides
Cereal disease reports
Fungicides
Publications
Contacts

Latest Cereal Rust Reports across Australia

Overview
Rust is caused by fungi which are members of the order Uredinales and class basidiomycetes. The name is due to diseased plants showing rust-coloured orange patches on the infected plant parts.

In addition to structural features that are typical of basidiomycetes, they have a complex life cycle with up to five forms of spore being formed. It is one of these forms, the uredospore, which is rust coloured.

The spores are easily spread by the wind and are brought out of the air by rain. They can survive harsh winters but need relatively warm weather to germinate.

There are three rust diseases prevalent in Australia stripe, stem and leaf.

Stripe rust
Stripe rust is caused by the fungus Puccinia striiformis. It is a serious problem on wheat in regions where cool temperatures prevail through the wheat growing season. Barley and some other grasses and cereals are also affected.
Symptoms of stripe rust are long stripes of small yellowish orange pustules on the leaves. These pustules consist of masses of rust spores. It can sometimes be confused with leaf rust or stem rust.

The disease is first seen as small yellow pustules resembling stitching on the leaves running parallel to the long axis of the leaf that coalesce to form stripes. These break open some days later to reveal a mass of rust-coloured spores. The stripes can turn black as the disease progresses and a new type of spore, the teliospore, develops. The infection stresses the plant causing it to dry out as it matures.

(Image: Stripe rust Colin Wellings ACRCP)

Stem rust

Stem rust is caused by the fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. Tritici. Wheat is the most susceptible but barley, oats and rye can also be affected.

The disease is first seen as elongated elliptical blisters on the leaves and stems of the plant running parallel to the long axis of the leaf or stem. These break open some days later to reveal a mass of rust-coloured spores. Later in the season, a new spore type, the telospore, forms and the lesions turn black.

(Image: Stem Rust Robert Park ACRCP)

Leaf rust

Wheat leaf rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia triticina (formerly recondita f. sp. tritici) affects susceptible wheat varieties.

The most notable signs of leaf rust infection are the reddish-orange spore masses of the fungus breaking through the leaf surface. The leaf rust spores are carried by wind currents.

(Image: Leaf rust Robert Park ACRCP)

Management Strategies
Robust rust management strategies are essential. Strategies should be well informed, applicable to your region and climate, and based on excellent variety selection.

Managing Stem Rust of Wheat
Ciara Beard, Kith Jayasena, Geoff Thomas and Robert Loughman, Plant Pathology, Department of
Agriculture, Western Australia

Stem Rust in Crop Management
This fact sheet provides specific information on the in-crop management of stem rust in wheat. Following early reports of stem rust during 2010 it is likely that stem rust will be an issue in susceptible wheat crops during the spring. Growers can minimise losses by active monitoring of susceptible wheat crops to ensure that fungicide applications are effectively used.
Grant Hollaway, DPI, Horsham Victoria
Updated: Decemebr 2010

Rusts of barley
Details on symptoms, life cycle and management of the rusts affecting barley.
Grant Hollaway and Wendy Bedggood, Victorian Institute for Dryland Agriculture
Date: December 2010

Field Monitoring and Identification of Cereal Foliar Diseases
Research Update for Growers (Management of cereal foliar diseases) - Southern Region
Gordon Murray and Hugh Wallwork
Date: July 04

The Rust Diseases of Winter Cereals - Diagnosis, epidemiology and determining economic thresholds
Contains information on scouting and monitoring procedures for rust diseases.
Col Wellings, Robert Park and Gordon Murray
Presented at the Cereal Foliar Disease Workshops 2004

Resistant varieties vital to rust management
Growing varieties with resistance to rust is the foundation for an industry-wide program designed to protect Australia's multimillion-dollar investment in a genetic resource on which your wheat industry is based.
GRDC Advice Sheet – all regions

Stripe Rust Management in Wheat
A stripe rust management strategy applicable to Southern NSW. If you have any further enquiries regarding this strategy or would be interested in any field day presentation, please email cduff@deltaagribusiness.com.au or pjhamblin@agritechnsw.com.au
Chris Duff, Peter Hamblin, Nick Poole
Date: July 2006

Stripe rust: Understanding the disease in wheat
Overviews rust identification, life cycle management (both genetic and cultural), temperature and green bridge impacts on disease, crop symptoms, economic impacts by variety and epidemiology, seed and infurrow treatments, fungicide options and strategy. Detailed management notes.
Gordon Murray, Col Wellings, Steve Simpfendorfer & Chris Cole

Stripe rust and other leaf diseases
Newsletter compiled by Peter Wilkinson, DPI&F Plant Pathology, Toowoomba on stripe rust, loose smut, yellow spot and head blight.
Updated: July 2008

Wheat - Managing Stripe Rust 2006
Summary reference overviewing management, identification, Queensland varieties and fungicide registrations.
Dr Emma Colson Leslie Research Centre, Toowoomba and Peter Wilkinson, Hermitage Research Station, Warwick.
Date: 31 March 2006

Stripe Rust: In Crop Management 2007
Losses from stripe rust can be minimised, with active monitoring and timely fungicide applications if required. This Information Note presents information on stripe rust identification and management strategies.
Grant Hollaway, DPI Horsham, Victoria
Updated: June 2007

Stem Rust: In Crop Management
Provides information on identification, varietal selection, fungicides and general management of stem rust in Victoria.
Grant Hollaway, DPI, Horsham, Victoria
Updated: June 2007

Managing stripe rust and leaf rust of wheat – Western Australia
Summary reference overviewing management, identification, variety selection and fungicide use.
Ciara Beard, Geraldton, Robert Loughman and Geoff Thomas, South Perth and Kith Jayasena, Albany.
Date: July 2007

Cultural Rust Management
Many of the documents above provide information on cultural methods of managing rust. The following specifically focus on managing the green bridge, an essential weapon in the ongoing war against rust diseases of cereal crops.

Farmnote: Managing stripe rust and leaf rust of wheat
Crop Doctor - Time to monitor cereal varieties susceptible to rust

Includes information on the importance of the green bridge in managing rusts in Western Australia.
Ciara Beard, Geraldton, Robert Loughman and Geoff Thomas, South Perth and Kith Jayasena, Albany.
Date: 2005

Variety Guides
Variety Guides provide assessment of the previous season and insights and recommendations of which varieties will perform well in the current season.

They assist farmers in the selection of the most suitable variety and contain updated technical information from the latest research, extension and industry programs.

VIC
Cereal Disease Guide – 2008
Overview of rusts in wheat and barley, variety resistance and disease management.
Grant Hollaway, DPI, Horsham, Victoria.
Updated: February 2008

WA
Wheat variety guide 2009 Western Australia
Wheat Research and Development Staff, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Date: February 2009

Oat Variety guide 2008 Western Australia
Oat Research and Development Staff, Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia
Date: Feburary 2008

QLD
Wheat Varieties for Queensland 2008
On overview of the reason and recommended wheat varieties for Queensland and Northern New South Wales.
Date: 2008

Barley Planting Guide in Northern NSW and Queensland
On overview of the reason and recommended barley varieties for Queensland and Northern New South Wales.
Delivery, Plant Science, Product Innovation
Date: May 2008

Trial information
Note: When considering using this information take into account regional differences and that the reaction between variety resistance, fungicide and season will vary.

National Variety Trials
The National Variety Trials (NVT) provides access to independent results on the performance of recently released grain and field crop varieties from trials conducted across Australia.

Management Trial – High Rainfall: Which way forward with disease management in wheat? A 2005 trial review
Following the 2003 stripe rust epidemic the message given to growers was to move to resistant varieties in order to beat the disease and grow the most profitable crops. Two seasons later, having arguably suffered the worst stripe rust epidemic of the past three seasons, this message is just as relevant - particularly in the higher rainfall zones.
Nick Poole, Tabitha Armour, Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) and Rohan Wardle, Southern Farming Systems
GRDC Research Project: SFS00015
GRDC Grains Research Update 2006

Management Trial – Lower Rainfall: Evaluating stripe rust management strategies for wheat in SW NSW in 2004 and 2005
The use of resistant wheat varieties (rating 78) is the most effective form of managing stripe rust. However, the limited number of varieties with the combination of desirable agronomic traits and sufficient stripe rust resistance will see the continued need for fungicide control strategies.
By Guy McMullen and Barry Haskins, NSW DPI
GRDC Research Project: DAN396 - Western Wheat: Identifying productive, profitable and sustainable farm practices for low rainfall districts of southwest
NSW
GRDC Grains Research Update 2006

Evaluation of seed and foliar fungicides for Stripe Rust Control
The aim of these replicated experiments was to assess a range of foliar, seed or fertiliser fungicide treatments against stripe rust in four varieties with different levels of resistance.
By Steven Simpfendorfer, Andrew Verrell and Kevin Moore, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Tamworth
GRDC Research Project: DAN485 Management of Fusarium diseases and common root rot of cereals in the northern cropping zone
GRDC Grains Research Update 2006

Rust 2005 an explanation
Provides an insight into key factors impacting in the 2005 season and their implications for 2006
By Dr Colin R Wellings, Robert F. Park, Harbans Bariana, The University of Sydney Plant Breeding Institute, Australian Cereal Rust Control Program
GRDC Research Project: US315 Australian Cereal Rust Control Program
GRDC Grains Research Update 2006

Western Australian Crop Updates 2005 - Disease section
Five papers - Integrate strategies to manage stripe rust risk, Effect of primary inoculum level of stripe rust on variety response in wheat, Disease resistance update for wheat varieties in WA, Big droplets for wheat fungicides, On farm research to investigate fungicide application to minimise leaf disease impact in wheat.
Date: February 2005

Managing stripe rust in 2005
A summary of rust management options for the Northern Region
By Steven Simpfendorfer and Gordon Murray, NSW DPI
GRDC Research Projects: DAN485 — Management of Fusarium diseases and common root rot of cereals in the northern cropping zone and DAN00068 — Integrated disease management in field crops with emphasis on Sclerotinia stem rot in canola.
2005 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Fungicide strategies in wheat
This trial was set up to look at economic response to different foliar fungicide timings. In addition, the trial continued the evaluation of the strobilurin fungicides. By BCG (Birchip Cropping Group & Wimmera Farming Systems) and Nick Poole, Foundation for Arable Research, NZ
GRDC Research Project: SFS 00006
2005 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Fungicides for strategic and tactical control of wheat leaf disease
The aim of the trials was to assess the potential for yield and quality responses from controlling stripe rust in Central Western NSW.
By Ken Motley, Karen Roberts, Rob Griffith, Gordon Murray, Andrew Rice and Catherine Evans
2005 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Leaf rust control in barley
The aim of the trial was to assess the role of a range of existing and new generation fungicides for the control of leaf rust in barley.
By Bill Long, Danny Le Feuvre, Matthew McCallum, Aaron Long, Ag Consulting Co, on behalf of Yorke Peninsula Alkaline Soil Group
2005 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Stripe rust, different wheat varieties and profit
The aim of the trial was to assess a range of wheat varieties with varying levels of resistance to stripe rust, for yield and grain quality, in both a fungicide applied and control situation.
By Colin Hacking and Rohan Wardle, Southern Farming Systems Geelong
2005 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Fungicide persistence against leaf rust in wheat
This trial, one of 18 in the project, examined whether the new strobilurin fungicide gave any greater persistence against leaf rust infection than the current range of triazoles available to cereal growers. The trial also compared the value of applying a single fungicide at flag leaf emergence (Zadoks GS39) with a two-spray program applied at both second node (GS32) and flag leaf emergence (GS39).
By Nick Poole (Foundation for Arable Research New Zealand) and Dominic Bolton (Southern Farming Systems Ltd)
2004 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Commercial rust control in Yitpi wheat
With the supply of seed with adequate resistance to the new strain of stripe rust
very limited, strategies for managing the new disease in WA needed to be developed and proven on a commercial scale.
By Andrew Heinrich, Rex Parsons, and Nigel Metz
2004 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Disease management strategies in wheat
Preliminary trials have shown that in-furrow fungicides can be effectively applied using Flexi-N (urea ammonium nitrate, 32% N) as the carrier, however their efficacy compared to coating the fungicides on granular fertiliser or using seed treatments required further investigation.
By Stephen Loss, Field Research Manager, CSBP
2004 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Leaf disease control strategies in barley
The aim of the trial was to investigate leaf disease control strategies for a range of commonly grown barley varieties.
By Mingenew Irwin Group
2004 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Management of wheat leaf rust
The aim of this experiment was to compare the benefit of different early foliar disease
control strategies with conventional systems of foliar spray later in the season.
By Ciara Beard and Anne Smith
2004 National Farm Groups’ Manual — GRIST

Fungicide strategies in wheat - 2003
The aim of this trial was to assess the impact of the new strobilurin fungicides on disease management in wheat and determine whether the likelihood of fungicide response can be linked to specific timings, disease and plant available water. The trial was carried out as part of a GRDC funded project (SFS 00006) looking at disease management in southeast Australia. The BCG-WFS trials were at two locations - Birchip and Murtoa.
Birchip Cropping Group http://www.bcg.org.au/
Date: May - December 2003

Fungicide for stripe rust – farm demonstrations
The aim of these on farm demonstrations was to determine the benefit of fungicide applications for stripe rust control in 2003.
Birchip Cropping Group http://www.bcg.org.au/
Date: May - December 2003

Fungicide Product Comparison/Timing Trial - Lake Bolac, Vic
The trial evaluated a range of fungicide products applied as single doses on the flag leaf (GS39), versus two spray programmes applied at GS32 (second node) + 39. The trial assessed product performance on the basis of disease control and yield.
Southern Farming Systems http://www.sfs.org.au/
Date: 2003 season

Optimising Fungicide Strategies For More Disease Resistant Wheat Cultivars - Victoria and Tasmania
In this trial a selected number of treatments were tested on a more disease resistant variety, in order to examine whether lower disease levels reduce any potential response to strobilurin fungicides.
Southern Farming Systems http://www.sfs.org.au/
Date: 2003 season

Foliar Fungicide Evaluation on Susceptible Winter Wheat - CV Kellalac - Gnarwarre and Hamilton
The aim of these trials was to develop specific disease management strategies for more susceptible wheat varieties.
Southern Farming Systems http://www.sfs.org.au/
Date: 2003 season

Assessing Fungicides for Controlling Wheat Foliar Disease - Lake Bolac (Landmark), Lake Bolac, Vic
Aim: To compare the performance of a number of foliar fungicides in wheat.
Southern Farming Systems http://www.sfs.org.au/
Date: 2003 season

Cereal Disease Reports

Australian Cereal Rust Control Program (ACRCP)
The ACRCP monitors cereal rust pathogens throughout Australia, finds and characterises new sources of rust resistance, and assists Australian cereal breeding groups to incorporate rust resistance in new cultivars. Latest Cereal Rust Reports across Australia.

Dispatch forms for sending rust samples for identification to the University of Sydney PBI, Cobbitty PDF version (146 kb) Word Version (26 kb)

PestfFax
PestFax is an informative and interactive reporting service on diseases and pests threatening crops and pastures throughout the grain belt of WA. Weekly news updates throughout the growing season provide readers with risk alerts, current information and advice.

WA Cereal rust forecasts for 2007 Season
Assessment of rust risk for 2007 is based on the presence of rust inoculum during the 2006 season and the weather conditions, particularly rainfall.
Date: March 2007

Cereal Rust Report, Season 2007
Responses of Australian Wheat Varieties to Stripe Rust
Volume 5, Issue 4
Date: December 2007

Cereal Rust Report, Season 2007
Responses of Australian Triticales to Stripe Rust
Volume 5, Issue 5
Date: December 2007

Cereal Disease Guide – 2007
Overview of rusts in wheat and barley, variety resistance and disease management.
Grant Hollaway, QDPI, Horsham, Victoria.
Updated: February 2007

Fungicides
Key messages

Grow resistant varieties.
Plan a preventative rust management strategy, including cultural green bridge control and fungicide management strategies at the time of the varietal selection.
Application timing is more important than product choice.
Close crop monitoring will assist with early detection and management.

The use of foliar fungicides for disease management in cereals

Detailed paper on the strategic timing and use of fungicides in cereal crops
Presented at the Bendigo, Clare, Parkes, Wagga Wagga and Perth Cereal Foliar Disease Workshops
Nick Poole, Foundation for Arable Research
Date: July 04

Cereal Foliar Fungicides 2006
Basic information on the use of foliar fungicides. Tables provide summaries of fungicides currently registered for the control of cereal foliar diseases in Victoria.
Wendy Bedggood and Grant Hollaway, Horsham, Victoria
Updated: September 2006

Stripe Rust Management in Wheat
A stripe rust management strategy applicable to Southern NSW. If you have any further enquiries regarding this strategy or would be interested in any field day presentation, please email cduff@deltaagribusiness.com.au or pjhamblin@agritechnsw.com.au
Chris Duff, Peter Hamblin, Nick Poole
Date: July 2006

Rustman 2007
Excel spreadsheet - a decision support tool to estimate the yield effect of stripe rust and potential economic benefits from spraying. Developed for southern NSW from experiments in the 1980's, it appears accurate for southern NSW, but no trials have been conducted for other locations. For copies please email kerry.wratten@dpi.nsw.gov.au.

Fungicide Registrations

SA
Cereal seed treatments 2007
Tables provide a comprehensive overview of available fungicides and their application.
Hugh Wallwork, senior plant pathologist, SARDI, South Australia
Date: 2007

VIC
Cereal Foliar Fungicides 2006
This Agriculture Note provides basic information on the use of foliar fungicides, and the tables provide summaries of fungicides currently registered for the control of cereal foliar diseases in Victoria.
Wendy Bedggood and Grant Hollaway, Horsham, Victoria
Date: September 2006

WA
Cereal Foliar Fungicides Registered for Use on Cereals in WA
Table detailing diseases and fungicide active ingredients of registered products.
Date: July 2007

Fungicide Labels
Foliar Fungicides
The following registered products are current as of the 9 August 2007. For all current registered products, please refer to either pestgenie (http://www.pestgenie.com.au) or the APVMA website (http://www.apvma.gov.au/index.asp) .

Active ingredient	Example trade name	Label	MSDS
triadimefon	Bayleton^® 125 EC	label (104 kb)	MSDS (135 kb)
triadimefon	Triad^® 125 EC	label (43 kb)
propiconazole	Tilt^® 250 EC	label (39 kb)	MSDS (22 kb)
propiconazole	Throttle^®	label (59 kb)	MSDS (49 kb)
tebuconazole	Folicur^® 430 EC	label (138 kb)	MSDS (121 kb)
flutriafol	Impact^®	label (92 kb)	MSDS (46 kb)
flutriafol	Jubilee^®	label (62 kb)	MSDS (92 kb)
epoxiconazole	Opus^® 125	label (47 kb)	MSDS (134 kb)
azoxystrobin + cyproconazole	Amistar^® Xtra	label (31 kb)	MSDS (32 kb)
propiconazole + cyproconazole	Tilt^® Xtra	label (23 kb)	MSDS (119 kb)

Seed and In-Furrow Fungicides
The following registered products are current as of the 9 August 2007. For all current registered products, please refer to either pestgenie (http://www.pestgenie.com.au) or the APVMA website (http://www.apvma.gov.au/index.asp) .

Active ingredient (fungicide)	Example trade name	Label	MSDS
flutriafol	Impact^®	label (92 kb)	MSDS (46 kb)
	Jubilee^®	label (62 kb)	MSDS (92 kb)
	Armour^®	label (30 kb)	MSDS (22 kb)
fluquinconazole	Jockey^®	label (121 kb)	MSDS (100 kb)
triadimenol	Baytan^® T Flowable	label (91 kb)	MSDS (114 kb)
triticonazole	Real^® 200C	label (103 kb)	MSDS (128 kb)

Publications
For download

The Rust Bust - Management strategies to benefit you, your neighbour and your industry
The Australian Cereal Rust Control Program Consultative Committee (ACRCP CC), with
support from the GRDC, is pleased to launch the ‘Rust Bust’ campaign. The campaign
aims to raise awareness of wheat rust management strategies that reduces risk of
disease outbreak.
The ultimate goal is to encourage growers to phase out susceptible and very susceptible
varieties from their rotation and to be more effective managers of the disease.
The Rust Bust campaign encourages wheat growers to use all the tools available for rust
management including:

Removing the green bridge (volunteer plants) four weeks prior to the intended sowing
date.
Growing varieties with adequate resistance to stem, stripe and leaf rusts.
If needed, applying fungicides to seed or fertilisers for early season rust suppression.
Monitoring crops for rust and if needed, applying foliar fungicides for disease control.

Stripe Rust: Understanding the disease in wheat

Stem Rust: In Crop Management
Following early reports of stem rust during 2010 it is likely that stem rust will be an issue in susceptible wheat crops during the spring. Growers can minimise losses by active monitoring of susceptible wheat crops to ensure that fungicide applications are effectively used.

Resistant varieties vital to rust management
Farmer Advise: Growing varieties with resistance to rust is the foundation for an industry-wide program designed to protect Australia's multimillion-dollar investment in a genetic resource on which your wheat industry is based.
GRDC Advice Sheet – all regions

Ground Cover Articles
NOTE: A wide range of rust related topics are covered in Ground Cover articles. To access these articles use the search facility with the keywords Ground Cover and rust. Add a specific rust type or topic to further narrow your search.

Global landscapes in rust control – Ground Cover Issue 60 – February/March 2006

By Mail order through Ground Cover Direct

Cereal Leaf and Stem Diseases
This book written by Hugh Wallwork in 2000 provides 204 colour photographs of diseases affecting wheat, barley and oats in Australia as well as photographs of other symptoms that can be confused with foliar diseases. Descriptions of symptoms, a brief explanation of relevant features of the biology of the pathogen and methods for controlling each disease is also provided.

Cost: $33 plus P&H
GRDC Order No: GRDC012

Cereal Diseases: The ute guide
A 56-page, full colour quick identification reference.
Covers the damaging diseases of wheat, barley and oats.
Distinguishing features of the disease are described and means of controlling them.

Cost: $20 plus P&H
GRDC Order No: GRDC006

Wheat and Barley Leaf Symptoms : The back pocket guide
This guide helps to identify the causes of some of the more common and important leaf damage symptoms in wheat and barley.

This guide should be used in association with the book Cereal Leaf and Stem Diseases or the Cereal Disease Ute Guide. These publications carry more photographs for disease symptom identification as well as information and options for disease control
GRDC Order No: GRDC043

Wheat Rust: The back pocket guide
This paddock-tough guide is designed to help to identify wheat rust conditions.
GRDC Order No: GRDC047

Cereal Growth Stages - The link to crop management
This 38 page guide, funded through a GRDC project with Southern Farming Systems, examines the role of disease control and canopy management in optimising cereal production in south-east Australia. It is designed to provide growers with more confidence in identifying the important cereal growth stages and how they related to the principles of disease management and canopy management. Results are based on information generated in the high-rainfall zone, although control sites in the Mallee and Wimmera provided drier environments for comparative data.

Cost: $20 plus P&H
GRDC Order No: GRDC237

Contacts

Australian Cereal Rust Control Program
Colin Wellings
Seconded from NSW DPI to The University of Sydney,
Plant Breeding Institute Cobbitty
Ph: 02 9351 8826
Email: colinw@camden.usyd.edu.au
Website: http://www.agric.usyd.edu.au/plant_breeding_institute/index.shtml

NSW
Steve Simpfendorfer
NSW DPI
Tamworth Agricultural Institute
Ph: 02 6763 1261
Email: steven.simpfendorfer@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Website: www.dpi.nsw.gov.au

QLD
Peter Wilkinson
QDPI & F
Ph: 07 4639 8884
Email: peter.wilkinson@dpi.qld.gov.au
Website: www.dpi.qld.gov.au

SA
Hugh Wallwork
SARDI
Ph: 08 8303 9382
Email: wallwork.hugh@saugov.sa.gov.au
Website: www.pir.sa.gov.au

WA
Bill MacLeod
DAFWA
Ph: (08) 9690 2172
Email: bmacleod@agric.wa.gov.au
Website: www.agric.wa.gov.au

VIC
Grant Hollaway
Ph: (03) 5362 2111
VICDPI
Email: grant.hollaway@dpi.vic.gov.au
Website: www.dpi.vic.gov.au