Sclerotinia stem rot costs western and southern canola growers around $59 million dollars in crop losses annually.

In today’s podcast, Dr Lars Kamphuis from the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) shares the latest research on pre-breeding efforts to develop resistant varieties.

Supported by the GRDC, researchers from the CCDM have sourced diverse canola genotypes from around the globe in a bid to discover germplasm with better genetic resistance.

Contact:

Carole Kerr, CCDM

[email protected]

More information:

CCDM Sclerotinia hub: http://ccdm.com.au/sclerotinia/

GRDC Grains Research Update papers: https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grdc-update-papers

GRDC Sclerotinia Stem Rot in Canola fact sheet: https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/all-publications/factsheets/2014/03/grdc-fs-sclerotinia

GRDC Western Region Canola GrowNotes™: https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/grownotes/crop-agronomy/canola-west DPIRD Sclerotinia hub: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/canola/managing-sclerotinia-stem-rot-canola NVT Online: https://nvtonline.com.au

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