Monday, 14 December 2015

PRO/PL> Septoria blotch, wheat - Europe (02): (Ireland) new strains, SDHI resistance

Other Plant Disease -- Ireland
Strains of the yield-robbing wheat disease septoria with target-site resistance to SDHI [succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor] fungicides have been discovered in southern Ireland [by] Irish advisory body Teagasc [Agriculture and Food Development Authority] in samples taken at the end of the 2015 season.
This is the 1st time they have been detected in the field and although at a low frequency, it is a worrying development, particularly as the efficacy of other septoria-controlling fungicides is

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1I5mNE6

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