Journal article
Incidence and severity of blackleg caused by Leptosphaeria spp. in juncea canola (Brassica juncea L.) in Australia
VL Elliott, RM Norton, RK Khangura, PA Salisbury, SJ Marcroft
Australasian Plant Pathology | Published : 2015
Abstract
Juncea canola (Brassica juncea L.) is being developed throughout the worlds canola growing countries as a drought tolerant, shatter resistant and highly blackleg resistant option to canola (Brassica napus L.). Juncea canola was grown commercially in Australia for the first time in 2007. This study determined the incidence and severity of blackleg infection in juncea canola prior to commercial release throughout south-eastern Australia in 2006 and 2007, and then again 5 years after commercialisation (2010–2013) to determine if blackleg severity had increased. Blackleg was found at all 127 sites surveyed throughout Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. The severity ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank the Grains Research and Development Corporation, Australia for funding. We also thank the Department of Environment and Primary Industries Victoria, the Department of Primary Industries New South Wales and the South Australian Research and Development Institute for allowing the survey to take place within their yield trial sites. The authors thank Professor Barbara Howlett, Dr Grant Hollaway and Dr Angela Van de Wouw for critical comments on the manuscript.