Chickpea worries more than fungal disease

Gregor Heard
May 24 2017 - 12:00pm
The wet weather that plagued chickpea crops last year is likely to mean higher rates of infection from soil-borne diseases such as sclerotinia and phytophthora this year.
The wet weather that plagued chickpea crops last year is likely to mean higher rates of infection from soil-borne diseases such as sclerotinia and phytophthora this year.

NSW DPI plant pathologist Kevin Moore has warned that while the focus is on the prospect of high pressures from fungal disease in this year’s chickpea crops, there are other diseases that could cause more damage.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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