Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Favourable conditions [for the fungus] experienced late in the 2013 season have led to the outbreak of the soil-borne fungal disease sclerotinia in canola crops across the Wheatbelt [region of WA].
The emergence of the disease is a concern for affected growers, who were set to reap the benefits of a bumper season but will now likely experience yield losses in severely affected crops. According to the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA), incidence of the disease was widespread and
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