New Black Spot project for PomeDPIRD are developing a project within The Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (CRC SAAFE), investigating the management of Black Spot in WA orchards to avoid fungicide resistance. Whilst currently in the planning phase, a component of the project is aimed at spore trapping in WA orchards to validate the disease models available through various DSS.
This will give growers assurance that the DSS models fit the real-world situation within WA fruit orchards.Once further details of the project are developed and finalised, information will be presented to industry.
MORE INFORMATIONSusie Murphy White or Andrew Taylor DPIRD Bunbury
Andrew.Taylor@dpird.wa.gov.auThe disease modelling project acknowledges the funding from the Donnybrook Orchard Improvement Group, Pomewest and Stonefruit WA.