Other Plant Disease — Australia
Authorities have confirmed the discovery of a new hybrid strain of net blotch in southern Western Australia. [It] is a hybrid of both the spot and net forms (SFNB and NFNB) and is highly resistant to some Group 3 (azole or demethylase inhibitor) [DMI] fungicides.
The alarming discovery was made by the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM). CCDM’s Fran Lopez-Ruiz said researchers had known for a while a hybrid of SFNB and NFNB existed but they had just discovered the multiple genetic
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