Crop Watch

Crop Watch keeps you up to date with the latest disease-related issues and solutions for broadacre crops during the growing season.

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Contribute to Crop Watch


You can contribute to Crop Watch by:

  • reporting your local disease observations
  • collecting and sending diseased plant samples.

Reporting local observations

Send your observations for:

Your reports are published with the report location and your name and/or company – unless requested otherwise.

Collecting and sending samples

You can collect and send diseased plant samples. Samples are especially useful for early rust sightings or uncertain diagnosis.

Samples must be packed in paper, not in plastic bags.

Send rust samples to:

  • Australian Cereal Rust Survey, Plant Breeding Institute
    Private Bag 4011, Narellan NSW 2567

Send all other samples to:

  • SARDI Field Crop Pathology
    Locked Bag 100, Glen Osmond SA 5064

See crop diagnostics for additional help and services.

Contact us

Dr Tara Garrard – SARDI Cereal Pathology
Phone: 0459 899 321
Email: Tara.Garrard@sa.gov.au or SARDI.Cerealpathology@sa.gov.au

Sara Blake – SARDI Pulse Pathology
Phone: 08 8429 2248
Email: Sara.Blake@sa.gov.au or SARDI.Pulsepathology@sa.gov.au

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Page last reviewed: 27 Apr 2023

 


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