✈️ Heading to #APPS2025 in Sydney next week? Keep an eye out for CCDM researchers including Arundhati Singh, Robabeh Hosseini Ghavamabad, Jade Davis, Pao Theen See, Fatima Naim, Kealan Hassett, and Mark Fisher who will be presenting on a range of crop disease work🌾🌿🦠

Well done to my PhD student Viet-Cuong Han presenting a summary of his work on the impact of the soil microbiome on persistence of sclerotia of Sclerotinia at #BotryScleroMono, Thessaloniki, Greece CCDM

Following an excellent presentation by Lisa Rothmann on disease modelling in Sclerotinia at #BotryScleroMono, it was great to be able to present our work on simulating SSR in canola in the field to estimate yield loss and when it is economical to spray CCDM GRDC

🎙️ NEW #GRDCPodcast Researcher Ciara Beard shares how her team is tackling #sclerotinia in #lupin. DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock, CCDM + Mingenew Irwin Group are looking at ways to help growers learn how to spot risk and manage the disease. Listen now 🎧 bit.ly/4kabde5

Pippa Michael presenting our work at #BotryScleroMono on developing a robust screening method for reproducible Sclerotinia infection in canola and lupins. Watch this space for the publication which has just been accepted in Plant Disease CCDM GRDC

✈️ From WA to Thessaloniki for #BotryScleroMoni2025—what a week! 🎤 Talk | 📌 Poster | 🪑 Session chair Great to connect w/ global researchers on the #Sclerotiniaceae pathogens. Proud representing CCDM Curtin University! Thanks to all who made this symposium & this trip possible.

Make sure to add this week's CCDM Plant Pathogens (APPS) talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on Curtin University campus Friday 6 June, come hear from CSIRO Jonathan Anderson as he explores tackling Rhizoctonia bare patch through genomics, novel host genetics and management practices 🧬 🌾

Make sure to add this week's CCDM Plant Pathogens (APPS) talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on Curtin University Bentley campus Friday 6 June, come hear from CCDM's Mara Schaefer as she explores micro-phenotyping methods for host-pathogen interactions in Rhizoctonia solani and wheat 🧬 🌾

🌿 A big week for CCDM with staff & students showcasing their research. 📍 #BotryScleroMoni2025 (Greece): Sharing insights on Sclerotinia stem rot and Botrytis cinerea. 📍 #APPS2025 (Sydney): Presenting work on fungicide resistance, cereal tolerance & disease control. 🌾👏

[1/3]📢 It was a privilege to share key findings from my PhD project at CCDM GRDC Curtin MLS with the brilliant minds at Westerdijk Institute. 🌍 My EU scientific trip has been nothing short of inspiring! #PhDLife #PlantPathology #Biocontrol #Microbiome #Fungi #Sclerotinia

There are spots still available at the #Geraldton GRDC CCDM managing foliar diseases and fungicide resistance workshop in July. Full details: bit.ly/4kEEEFm John Cameron Ciara Beard

Excited this 2 day workshop is coming to Geraldton in July and includes top notch presenters Geoff Thomas, Nick Poole, Fran Lopez and myself. Growers, agronomists and consultants encouraged to attend this great opportunity! DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock CCDM GRDC West

🌾 Esperance growers — wheat powdery mildew samples have shown a gateway mutation linked to potential Group 3 fungicide resistance. ✔️ 10 of 13 samples affected ✔️ Follow AFREN’s FR5 strategy 📖buff.ly/jW6T6a7 GRDC DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock Curtin University

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Be sure to have a listen to Mark Derbyshire in the latest GRDC Podcast on sclerotinia stem rot resistance in canola 🌼 Curtin University

🌍 Wrapping up an inspiring EU research trip after presenting at #IOBC2025 in Torino 🇮🇹. Grateful for the support, discussions & new ideas across Greece, Netherlands & Italy. Now heading back to Perth 🇦🇺—18 h of flights ahead! ✈️ #BioControl #Microbiome #DiseaseManagement

Made it to BEAUTIFUL 🇨🇦 with CCDM InterGrain Daniel Mullan PhD student Ancy Tony for The 17th Intl Cereal Rusts & Powdery Mildews Conference #ICRPMC2025 17th Intl Cereal Rusts & Powdery Mildew Conference. 💥We've got a poster on the mystery of Australian wheat powdery mildew on Tues 17th. Come & meet us!

Student spotlight🌾 Patrick Burnside, an honours mechatronics engineering student, is developing a portable leaf scanner to detect disease on cereal leaves in the field—speeding up and improving crop disease monitoring! GRDC @CurtinMeida Fatima Naim Siavash Khaksar

🎧 How close are we to sclerotinia-resistant canola? Hear from Mark Derbyshire in this GRDC podcast as he discusses the path to more resilient cultivars and reducing fungicide reliance. 🌾🛡️ 🎙️ Listen: buff.ly/1AqhmBL GRDC West Curtin University

🧬 Nola D’Souza and co are exploring genetic resistance to net form net blotch in barley in their latest paper. Their study identified major and novel QTLs across 6 chromosomes—offering new tools for breeding more resilient crops. 🌾 📖buff.ly/8GZs1ry GRDC Curtin University