CROPPING

New tool aiming to visualise fungicide resistance

With fungicide resistance becoming an increasing concern across Australian grain-growing regions, a new tool is looking to help farmers stay one step ahead of the game, reports Claire Harris.

Claire Harris
 Centre for Crop and Disease Management director, Professor Mark Gibberd, presenting at the Crop Protection Forum in Adelaide in December. Photo: Claire Harris.

Centre for Crop and Disease Management director, Professor Mark Gibberd, presenting at the Crop Protection Forum in Adelaide in December. Photo: Claire Harris.

Enabled by the Google Earth engine, the tool is in the form of an online map, which will allow users to zoom in on a specific region of Australia to see instances of fungicide resistance which have occurred...

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