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Western Australian researchers are studying Septoria leaf blotch, the state's most common oat disease, which causes yield losses of about 10 per cent in high-rainfall areas. A GRDC-funded project is testing fungicide programs and variety resistance.
Disease losses in oats can tighten local supply and quality, but this research is early-stage and has little near-term price effect.
farmweekly.com.auNov 20, 2019After 16 past disease events, Oats moved a median +2.3% over 5 sessions (69% higher; middle half -2.7% to +4.3%), and -1.1% over 20.
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