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G2 Blackspot Manager model to guide field pea sowing for southern Australia in relation to ascochyta blight disease

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G2 Blackspot Manager, the second generation (G2) of Blackspot Manager model, predicts disease severity and yield loss in addition to quantified release of seasonal ascospores in relation to ascochyta blight on field pea. The model predicts the disease severity with respect to the expected exposure of field pea crop to ascospores of D. pinodes, with yield loss subsequently related to the disease severity. Both the relationships were developed using published and unpublished data under southern Australian conditions. The model has been used as a decision support tool for developing a field pea sowing guide considering weather-based disease risk and abiotic risk. This paper presents the field pea sowing guide for South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia for the 2010 season and compares it with 2009. The guide is dynamic as the disease severity changes with seasonal weather conditions and is updated weekly starting around mid-April, being delivered principally via the web (http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/cropdisease). The paper also discusses other means of communicating the guide to the stakeholders of southern Australia.

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We thank the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) of Australia for financial assistance in this work.

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  1. Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Locked Bag 4, Bentley Delivery Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 6983, Australia

    Moin U. Salam, William J. MacLeod, Ian Pritchard & Kawsar P. Salam

  2. Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, PMB 50, Melijinup Road, Esperance, Western Australia, 6450, Australia

    Mark Seymour

  3. South Australian Research and Development Institute, GPO Box 397, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia

    Jennifer A. Davidson

  4. Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Centre for Cropping Systems, Northam, PO Box 483, Western Australia, 6401, Australia

    Jean Galloway

  5. South Australian Research and Development Institute, PO Box 822, Clare, South Australia, 5453, Australia

    Larn S. McMurray

  6. Industry & Investment NSW, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Pine Gully Road, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 2650, Australia

    Kurt D. Lindbeck

  7. Department of Primary Industries Victoria, Research Division, Private Bag 260, Horsham, Victoria, 3401, Australia

    Helen Richardson

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Salam, M.U., MacLeod, W.J., Pritchard, I. et al. G2 Blackspot Manager model to guide field pea sowing for southern Australia in relation to ascochyta blight disease. Australasian Plant Pathol. 40, 632–639 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-011-0044-z

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