CROPPING

Be in the know before you sow

VICTORIAN field pea growers have been urged to use the Blackspot Manager alert service to predict their field pea disease risk this year.

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 Growers are being urged to be ready for Black Spot in field peas this year. Picture courtesy Agriculture Victoria.

Growers are being urged to be ready for Black Spot in field peas this year. Picture courtesy Agriculture Victoria.

Blackspot Manager is a model for each field pea growing district in Victoria. It is based on spore release and rainfall data and is updated fortnightly to provide the risk level of field peas being infected...

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