Identification of cereal root diseases will be the focus of a Grains Research and Development Corporation-funded workshop in Horsham next month. Designed for agronomists, advisers, consultants and growers, the workshop on February 29 will provide information and technical advice for managing and identifying cereal root diseases in the low and medium rainfall zones.
Speakers include plant pathologist Dr Grant Hollaway from Agriculture Victoria; South Australian Research and Development Institute scientist Dr Alan McKay; Agriculture Victoria nematologist Joshua Fanning; and GRDC Southern Regional Panel member and AGRIvision consultant Rob Sonogan.
The workshop, from 8.15am to 3.15pm, will be held at the Agriculture Victoria building on Natimuk Road.
More information about the workshop, including registration details, can be found at www.agcommunicators.com.au.
For further information
Deb Baum, AgCommunicators
0448 840232
Email:deb.baum@agcommunicators.com.au
Contact
Sharon Watt, Porter Novelli
0409 675100
Email:swatt@porternovelli.com.au
Caption: Speakers at the Horsham cereal root disease workshop include South Australian Research and Development Institute scientist Dr Alan McKay.
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