Janette Pratt

Research agronomist at the Dept of Primary Industries and Regional Development in Moora. Views are my own.

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Webinar on management of Sclerotinia canopy infection disease in lupin and the new SclerotiniaLM app for improved disease management decisions.

Thursday 30 July 2026
1.00-1.30pm (AWST)

Register here 👉 https://t.co/IpC3kQMqJf
@GRDC

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Don’t rush into spraying - identify, assess, and monitor first 🔍🪴Latest Grains Convo explores how small, early decisions can have large impacts on final yield. DPIRD Senior Research Scientist Andrea Hills is the latest guest on Season 3. 🎧 Listen now 👉 https://t.co/v62PJXo4Tl

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

🎧 New #GrainsConvo episode: Learn how to identify early cereal diseases, distinguish them from herbicide damage, and make informed fungicide decisions to help protect yield.

Listen now: https://t.co/075KCYQVIn

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Russian wheat aphids (RWA) recently found in barley at Moora and Neridup and in wheat at Coomalbidgup. Growers are urged to monitor cereal crops from stem elongation for RWA and feeding damage. Learn more in the latest #PestFactsWA newsletter. @GRDCWest https://t.co/ZfsJD1WQGJ

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Septoria tritici blotch is a wheat disease found in NSW, SA and Victoria. Register for our webinar on managing Septoria tritici blotch and the new SeptoriaTriticiWM app for management decisions.
Tuesday 30 June 2026
1.00-1.30pm (AWST)
Register 👉 https://t.co/afWrzXoCfH
@GRDCWest

[Ben Congdon @bcong11]

Will TuYV-resistant canola varieties provide an economic benefit in an epidemic? Inoculating 10 canola varieties with multiple TuYV strains to answer this. We need non-insecticide tools ASAP due to resistance in the green peach aphid @theGRDC @DPIRDbroadacre .

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

👏Meet DPIRD Research Scientist and UWA PhD Student Amber Balfour- Cunningham. Based in Northam, Amber’s focus is on pests, their natural enemies & better ways to monitor both. Read more about Amber’s journey in our #ProtectingWACropsnewsletter
🔗https://t.co/pWnpqj8Tb1

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Parasitoid wasps = tiny but powerful pest control. In WA canola, they attack diamondback moth (DBM) from the inside out—yet their impact is often underestimated. Read more about it in the latest #ProtectingWACrops newsletter.
https://t.co/pWnpqj8Tb1

[MADFIG @MADFIG14]

Maximising canola returns with less 🌱

In this #GrainsConvo episode, Tim Scanlon speaks with DPIRD’s Jackie Bucat on managing canola under tight seasons and rising costs. Focus: soil nitrogen, risk spreading & maintaining rotations.

🎧 https://t.co/Lii5QNWtyB

@DPIRDbroadacre

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Did you miss the recent #PestFactsWA webinar? Learn about the latest WA climate, insect, foliar diseases, soil-borne diseases & the PestFacts WA service. Watch the webinar recording here ➡️ https://t.co/ULbtllFlTQ
View the PowerPoint slides ➡️
https://t.co/OClLauzgCf
@GRDCWest

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

🔈WA growers: 2026 field pea blackspot forecasts are live. Blackspot Manager model predicts spore release + safe sowing times using local weather data. Avoid sowing before 10 May and don’t dry sow. #PestFactsWA @GRDCWest
🔗 https://t.co/z6cWAU8wpb

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Want to know more about controlling Flaxleaf Fleabane? Read about the latest research into this problematic weed in the latest #ProtectingWACrops newsletter.

🔗https://t.co/dksm70hnod

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

👋Meet Dr. Nazanin Nazeri, a research scientist with DPIRD’s virology team in Perth. Learn more about Nazanin's journey in the latest #ProtectingWACrops newsletter.

🔗https://t.co/dksm70hnod

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

👋Meet Kith, DPIRD’s plant pathologist in Albany, who’s all about helping WA farmers fight crop diseases. Learn more about Kith in the August issue of the #ProtectingWACrops newsletter.

🔗https://t.co/3noBaQaPfp

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

🔈Rhizoctonia disease causes significant yield losses in WA cereals, especially barley. A DPIRD-led research project unveiled potential management strategies to reduce the diseases impact. Read all about it in the latest #ProtectingWA Crops newsletter.
🔗https://t.co/3noBaQaPfp

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

🔈Cockchafers (scarab larvae) are causing increasing damage to cereal crops. Read about the new 3-year DPIRD-GRDC project tackling this emerging threat in the latest #ProtectingWACrops newsletter.

📖https://t.co/4ZLOzFhZOu

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

WA growers are encouraged to utilise the newly released NetBlotchBM app, alongside other decision support tools, to optimise fungicide management in barley, wheat, and canola. Read more in the latest #ProtectingWACrops newsletter.

📖https://t.co/4ZLOzFhZOu

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

👋Meet Glen Schindler – a dedicated DPIRD technical officer in Northam working in the broadacre systems plant pathology team.

Learn more about Glen in the latest #ProtectingWACrops newsletter 👉https://t.co/4ZLOzFhZOu

[Kithsiri Jayasena @KithsiriJayase3]

Net blotch alert!
Spores likely active-now symptoms may showing
Act now:
* Use NetBlotchBM
* Check variety resistance
*Fungicide mixtures/spray only if needed
*No repeat same mixtures twice per season
Stay smart. Good 👍 @Stirlings2Coast @GRDCWest
@DPIRDbroadacre @theGRDC

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

Keen to learn about managing net blotch diseases in barley? 🌿
Tune in to our free webinar on Monday 30 June! 👩‍💻
Register ➡️ https://t.co/cpDiGiCUXW