Mega pests - Managing soilborne diseases

FungalFactsheets
Written By Sophia Thach

Factsheet developed by the Soil Wealth Integrated Crop Protection project.

Want to regain control over chemical-resistant pests? Aiming to reduce costs while meeting quality assurance requirements? The Integrated Crop Protection (ICP) extension team has developed a series of five fact sheets to assist growers manage Mega Pests.

This factsheet covers the management of soilborne diseases, including information on:

  • Why control is difficult

  • Steps for managing clubroot, pythium, fusarium, rhizoctonia and sclerotinia

  • Potential new 'tools' for protecting plants from sclerotinia spp.

Sophia Thach
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