Crop disease forecast
Crop Disease Forecast estimates the risk of certain crop diseases occurring in the lead-up to the cropping season and offers strategies to mitigate the risk.
- Who this tool is for
- Questions this tool answers
- Diseases this tool covers
- What this tool does
- Inputs
- Outputs
- Reliability
- History
- Support available
- Where to get it
- Cost
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Who this tool is for
Grain growers in Western Australia and the southern grain-producing regions of Australia.
Questions this tool answers
- What is the risk of crop loss due to this disease?
- What steps can I take to manage this disease?
Diseases this tool covers
• barley yellow dwarf virus
• canola beet western yellows virus
• canola blackleg
• cereal rust
• field pea blackspot
• lupin anthracnose
• lupin bean yellow mosaic virus
• lupin cucumber mosaic virus
Check out the full list of crop diseases covered.
What this tool does
Crop Disease Forecast estimates the risks of certain crop diseases occurring in the lead-up to the cropping season and offers strategies to mitigate the risk.
Inputs
No inputs from you are required.
Outputs
Reports for each disease, with maps of areas predicted to be affected each season (Figure 1), are freely available online.
Figure 1. Projected wheat stripe rust risk for 2009, assessed 26 May 2009
Projected risk refers to the likelihood of widespread early outbreaks of rust occurring in a region, requiring fungicide disease management.
Reliability
The forecasts are updated regularly as part of ongoing projects by the Grains Research & Development Corporation and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
History
The forecasts are provided by projects funded by the Grains Research & Development Corporation and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
Support available
The Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia offers support to primary producers and consultants:
Web: Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
General enquiries:
Email: enquiries@agric.wa.gov.au
Phone: AgLine 1300 725 572
Enquiries about a specific disease can be directed to the contact person listed on the corresponding disease web page.
Where to get it
Web: Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia
Cost
Free