date:Jun 14, 2017
uring the growing and harvest period.
Biosecurity on farm was a critical management issue to protect crops, according to NSW DPI senior plant pathologist, Dr Len Tesoriero.
Common soil inhabitants were spread in the dirt carried by peoples shoes and clothes and machinery, transmitted in water, via dust in the air and by insects.
Sclerotia, soil oospores, chlamydospores and organic matter are easily airborne and need to be factored into the micro-organism management of crops, Dr Tesoriero sai