HYC Disease Management Germplasm Interaction

To develop profitable and sustainable approaches to disease management in high yielding and HRZ regions.Individual objectives specific to the trial were:- To evaluate whether newer germplasm or new fungicide chemistry allows a reduction in the number of fungicide applications whilst increasing profitability (note: reducing the number of fungicides is seen as a key measure for slowing down resistance development in cropping systems).- Examine whether there is germplasm (varieties tested) that has sufficient early season disease resistance to replace the need for the “at sowing fungicide” and Timing 1 (T1) spray applied at GS31-32.- To determine the cost benefit ratio of fungicide application in HRZ regions of different season lengths.