Matt Williams

thoughts are my own

[PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney @PbiCobbitty]

From inoculated plants to field trials, disease is now establishing across the NVT trial @davs_singh areas at PBI Cobbitty, supporting the assessment of disease response and varietal performance under inoculated field conditions @GRDC_NVT @theGRDC @GRDCNorth @mumchh @MattWillrust

[PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney @PbiCobbitty]

Our 2026 cereal rust survey map is live: https://t.co/irgqJhhXj2
Wheat stripe rust has been confirmed at Galong, NSW, as pathotype 239. Please stay vigilant and report cereal rust to your regional pathologist.

[PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney @PbiCobbitty]

4th of Sept 2025 - Thank you to LLS Plant Biosecurity Coordinators from across NSW & the Regional Plant Biosecurity Officers, Dept of Primary Industries, for visiting PBI Cobbitty and connecting with the Australian Cereal Rust Team

[PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney @PbiCobbitty]

Happening now Australian Cereal Rust Control Program Spring Meeting at PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney

[NSW Agronomy @NSW_AGRONOMY]

😎The man, the myth (??), the legend!!!
A HUGE CONGRATS to Simphy who was awarded the 2025 Brownhill Cup at the annual @AgQuip Grower Forum 2025!
Well deserved by someone who can complex disease scenarios into farm ready solutions….normally with a few jokes thrown in!

[DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDbroadacre]

🔈Oat stem rust found near York. Bacterial blight and septoria avenae blotch also present. Growers should monitor crops and follow biosecurity measure to reduce spread of rust.

📰Read the latest #PestFactsWA newsletter https://t.co/93zbuH0RFS

[Ben Morris @BenmorrisMorris]

Stripe Rust has made it to the top of the hill! Last week we found Stripe Rust in RMR rated Beaufort in the @far_australia Crop Technology Centre at Wallendbeen, NSW. @Price_Tom97

[Barry Haskins @agrobaz]

We’ve been seeing stripe rust for a few weeks now but only very isolated. Looks to be a later developing year so far. Interested to hear if anyone else is seeing any in their travels. Scepter no fert or foliar fungicide in this pic @s_simpfendorfer

[PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney @PbiCobbitty]

Rust developing well in the NVT trial area at PBI Cobbitty

[Sydney Agriculture @SiaSydney]

🌿🌾The final inspections of the new 3.6ha bird protection structure at the University of Sydney Westwood farm took place last week in Camden. This addition will create security from wildlife damage for high value winter cereals and greatly benefit research of the ACRCP 🌾🌿

[Borlaug Global Rust Initiative @globalrust]

The room is full and the energy is high as #ICRPMC2025 gets underway! Great to see so many friends, collaborators, and new faces gathered to advance global wheat science and food security. #BGRI @17thICRPMC

[Borlaug Global Rust Initiative @globalrust]

🚨 Yellow rust virulence to Yr15 has been confirmed in multiple regions across continental Europe — raising global concern.

This key resistance gene is widely used in commercial wheat, and its effectiveness is now in jeopardy.
🔗 https://t.co/LxpsgXiKZp

[Gurcharn Singh Brar ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਰਾੜ @gurcharn_brar]

It’s none other than @striiformis who runs our stripe rust program (gracefully) right from screening breeding material & mapping populations, inoculating rust nursery, and race typing. I call him walking encyclopedia of rust fungal taxonomy & biology.

[Universities Australia @uniaus]

Professor Robert Park from @Sydney_Uni, our 2024 Problem Solver winner, with @JasonClareMP, @LisaPaul_AO_PSM Chair of the judging panel #ShapingAustraliaAwards25 and UA Chair Prof David Lloyd at the #UASolutionsSummit25 dinner.

[GRDC North @GRDCNorth]

.@BradBaxter1985 @NSW_AGRONOMY giving us the latest NSW fungicide resistance update and status of cereal pathogens. Important knowledge going into winter crop 2025. Paper: https://t.co/iGP3mpf3f4
#Corowa #GRDCUpdates

[Gurcharn Singh Brar ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਰਾੜ @gurcharn_brar]

Can’t wait to see our book in print. With 22 comprehensive chapters (419 pp), the book will be very useful to those who aspire to work on wheat rusts & genetics of disease resistance.

The book cover pic is the photo that I took in 2013 from a wheat field near Stornoway, SK.

[PBI Cobbitty, University of Sydney @PbiCobbitty]

Check out the 2024 Spatial and Regional Distribution of Stripe Rust in our latest Cereal Rust Report (21_2), including a summary of the 2024 pathotypes identified. If you didn’t receive it, let us know—we’ll send it your way. @theGRDC @GRDCNorth @GRDCSouth @GRDCWest @GRDC_NVT

[GRDC @theGRDC]

Early detections point to a challenging year for #StripeRust if conditions persist.

That's the latest from @Sydney_Uni's Dr Mumta Chhetri & Professor Robert Park, who are urging growers to closely monitor weather in their area.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/MCNyXoTQ5l

[Australian Research Council @arc_gov_au]

Congratulations to Professor Robert Park from @Sydney_Uni on being a finalist in the @uniaus 2024 Shaping Australia Awards.

Prof Park has been a Chief Investigator on several ARC-funded projects, pioneering innovative solutions in environmental engineering.

#ShapingAustraliaAwards24

[Universities Australia @uniaus]

Meet one of our #ShapingAustraliaAwards24 Problem Solver finalists: Prof Robert Park from @Sydney_Uni
whose research on cereal rust pathology and genetics has significantly boosted the economic viability of agricultural production.

His vision led to the creation of the Australian Cereal Rust Control Program, the only research program in the world that fully integrates pathology, genetics and pre-breeding.

Learn more about this fantastic research project and vote for your favourite nation shaper!👇
https://t.co/u3MI6DBP8k

@SiaSydney @Sydney_Science @theGRDC @AusGovEducation @JasonClareMP @DAFFgov @mscott @DrEmmaLJohnston
#agriculture #research #HigherEd #pathology