$4m GRDC research consortium to tackle septoria in oats

September 5th, 2024

AgroPages.com, Other, 03/09/2024
A new research consortium has been established to close knowledge gaps around Septoria avenae leaf blotch, a significant disease in Australian oat crops. […] ″GRDC’s new wave of oat investments has been designed strategically with industry partners using market insights and rides on prior investments, which include the aforementioned OGQRC, the new National Oat Breeding Program under the leadership of InterGrain, the oat pangenome initiative (Murdoch University), research into oat crown rust and oat phenology (CSIRO), and investment with an innovative trait development company, Traitomic, based in Denmark,″ Dr Michael Groszmann says.