Other Plant Disease — Australia
The Esperance region is experiencing its 1st widespread barley leaf rust infestation in close to a decade. Growers were now being warned to monitor their barley crops closely for evidence of the rust.
Farmanco’s [agricultural service] Phillip Smyth discovered a barley rust infection in late June [2015]. “Since then I’ve seen it pretty consistently in the region. It’s widespread in low levels, with trace levels in nearly all varieties,” he said. The exact location where the spores were
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