Barley varieties more susceptible to powdery mildew

Monitoring of all Western Australian barley crops for powdery mildew disease and careful fungicidal management including the use of seed dressings will reduce the risk of yield losses this season, with commonly grown varieties found to have an increased susceptibility to the disease... Recent rainfall could favour the development of powdery mildew, which has already been observed in barley regrowth at a number of sites across barley growing regions in WA's central and southern grain growing regions... Photo Caption: GRDC-supported research conducted by the ACNFP has found that commonly grown barley varieties have an increased susceptibility to the disease...