Prue Bottomley , Mark W. Sutherland , Bree A.L. Wilson , Bethany Rognoni , Alison Kelly , Cassandra D. Percy
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Abstract
The development of commercial varieties that are resistant or tolerant to crown rot caused by Fusarium species is an important goal for cereal breeding programs internationally. Ideally, this research requires experimental sites that are initially free from Fusarium in order to establish treatment plots that compare growth in the presence and absence of these soil- and stubble-borne pathogens. Specifically, the assessment of tolerance requires control plots free of disease to determine the reduction in crop yield in plots where the disease is present. The ability of soil solarisation to reduce the background Fusarium pseudograminearum level occurring at experimental sites in comparison to current stubble management techniques was investigated across three field trials at Wellcamp in Queensland. Stubble from a susceptible durum (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) cultivar inoculated with F. pseudograminearum was incorporated by cultivation into the trial sites to establish a significant background level of inoculum prior to the application of all subsequent treatment plots. In these trials, solarisation over a period of twelve weeks reduced the presence of F. pseudograminearum to low detection levels when compared to the traditional crown rot management techniques of cultivation or growth of the non-host cover crops mungbean (Vigna radiata) and soybean (Glycine max). No negative effects of solarisation were observed on a subsequent crop of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum), with significantly higher yields observed in the solarised treatments. Solarisation has the potential to deliver near zero level crown rot reference sites for experimental purposes in one short application between cropping seasons.
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The Editors of Crop Protection especially welcome papers describing an interdisciplinary approach showing how different control strategies can be integrated into practical pest management programs, covering high and low input agricultural systems worldwide. Crop Protection particularly emphasizes the practical aspects of control in the field and for protected crops, and includes work which may lead in the near future to more effective control. The journal does not duplicate the many existing excellent biological science journals, which deal mainly with the more fundamental aspects of plant pathology, applied zoology and weed science. Crop Protection covers all practical aspects of pest, disease and weed control, including the following topics:
-Abiotic damage-
Agronomic control methods-
Assessment of pest and disease damage-
Molecular methods for the detection and assessment of pests and diseases-
Biological control-
Biorational pesticides-
Control of animal pests of world crops-
Control of diseases of crop plants caused by microorganisms-
Control of weeds and integrated management-
Economic considerations-
Effects of plant growth regulators-
Environmental benefits of reduced pesticide use-
Environmental effects of pesticides-
Epidemiology of pests and diseases in relation to control-
GM Crops, and genetic engineering applications-
Importance and control of postharvest crop losses-
Integrated control-
Interrelationships and compatibility among different control strategies-
Invasive species as they relate to implications for crop protection-
Pesticide application methods-
Pest management-
Phytobiomes for pest and disease control-
Resistance management-
Sampling and monitoring schemes for diseases, nematodes, pests and weeds.