"The order of fungal infection can influence disease severity and plant resistance"
Our @theccdm.bsky.social paper on fungal co-infection of wheat is out @PlantDiseaseJ. Collab @agtbreeding @DPIRDbroadacre @evan-john.bsky.social. Link below @theGRDC Groundcover.
Our @theccdm.bsky.social paper on fungal co-infection of wheat is out @PlantDiseaseJ. Collab @agtbreeding @DPIRDbroadacre @evan-john.bsky.social. Link below @theGRDC Groundcover.
🔬 New insights from CCDM reveal infection order matters.
When yellow leaf spot (YLS) infects first, it primes wheat for septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) — but when SNB strikes first, it suppresses YLS.
🔗 Read here: groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announc...
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
When yellow leaf spot (YLS) infects first, it primes wheat for septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) — but when SNB strikes first, it suppresses YLS.
🔗 Read here: groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announc...
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
April 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
"The order of fungal infection can influence disease severity and plant resistance"
Our @theccdm.bsky.social paper on fungal co-infection of wheat is out @PlantDiseaseJ. Collab @agtbreeding @DPIRDbroadacre @evan-john.bsky.social. Link below @theGRDC Groundcover.
Our @theccdm.bsky.social paper on fungal co-infection of wheat is out @PlantDiseaseJ. Collab @agtbreeding @DPIRDbroadacre @evan-john.bsky.social. Link below @theGRDC Groundcover.
Had the pleasure of hosting Dr Giovana Cruppe & @theGRDC visiting fellow Prof Romulo Lollato from KSU at the @theccdm.bsky.social today. Excellent presos on wheat blast and agronomy! 🔥🔥🔥
February 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Had the pleasure of hosting Dr Giovana Cruppe & @theGRDC visiting fellow Prof Romulo Lollato from KSU at the @theccdm.bsky.social today. Excellent presos on wheat blast and agronomy! 🔥🔥🔥
Student spotlight🌾 Ancy Tony is a PhD student working on a studentship partnership with #InterGrain to focus on developing genetic resistance in wheat to powdery mildew, caused by the fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis. 🧬🌱
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @karchuntan.bsky.social
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @karchuntan.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Student spotlight🌾 Ancy Tony is a PhD student working on a studentship partnership with #InterGrain to focus on developing genetic resistance in wheat to powdery mildew, caused by the fungal pathogen Blumeria graminis. 🧬🌱
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @karchuntan.bsky.social
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @karchuntan.bsky.social
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr Fatima Naim on winning a Young Tall Poppy Science Award! 🌱
Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS
Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS
October 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr Fatima Naim on winning a Young Tall Poppy Science Award! 🌱
Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS
Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS
Student spotlight🌾 Arundhati Singh is a PhD student investigating how the fungicide fluxapyroxad moves within barley and is tracking fungicide resistance in the pathogen which causes spot form net blotch. 🧬🌱 Hear her talk at #APPS2025 next Monday 26 May💬 www.apps2025.org
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
May 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Student spotlight🌾 Arundhati Singh is a PhD student investigating how the fungicide fluxapyroxad moves within barley and is tracking fungicide resistance in the pathogen which causes spot form net blotch. 🧬🌱 Hear her talk at #APPS2025 next Monday 26 May💬 www.apps2025.org
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
Pictures by Brad Collis, Evan Collis, Paul Jones’s and @mellystweet show why research photography is worth the investment. Thanks @theGRDC, @ACIARAustralia and @NSW_AGRONOMY for investing in great photography! #agsky #research #photography
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5 reasons to invest in great photography
Strong, creative images make science and research accessible and appealing, increasing your work’s reach and impact.
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December 11, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Pictures by Brad Collis, Evan Collis, Paul Jones’s and @mellystweet show why research photography is worth the investment. Thanks @theGRDC, @ACIARAustralia and @NSW_AGRONOMY for investing in great photography! #agsky #research #photography
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www.coretext.com.au/post/5-reaso...
Great to catch up with Alex Wu and to check out our @theGRDC @GRDCNorth experiment focused on improving photosynthesis and transpiration in sorghum.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great to catch up with Alex Wu and to check out our @theGRDC @GRDCNorth experiment focused on improving photosynthesis and transpiration in sorghum.
🌱 It’s been a brilliant week at #IFLRC2025 & #APC2025 in Perth!
🔬 CCDM kicked things off with the welcome reception and we had great talks from @larskamphuis.bsky.social & Bernadette Henares, plus posters from CCDM staff.
🎉Congrats to all that worked hard to run this conference.
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
🔬 CCDM kicked things off with the welcome reception and we had great talks from @larskamphuis.bsky.social & Bernadette Henares, plus posters from CCDM staff.
🎉Congrats to all that worked hard to run this conference.
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
September 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
🌱 It’s been a brilliant week at #IFLRC2025 & #APC2025 in Perth!
🔬 CCDM kicked things off with the welcome reception and we had great talks from @larskamphuis.bsky.social & Bernadette Henares, plus posters from CCDM staff.
🎉Congrats to all that worked hard to run this conference.
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
🔬 CCDM kicked things off with the welcome reception and we had great talks from @larskamphuis.bsky.social & Bernadette Henares, plus posters from CCDM staff.
🎉Congrats to all that worked hard to run this conference.
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
Macca in action @theGRDC winter planter set-up workshops! 📸
If you’re getting ready for planting, don’t underestimate our #Big6 quiet achiever: crop competition! Dr Chris Preston found boosting crop competition can lower weed seed production by 50% buff.ly/IynQURr
If you’re getting ready for planting, don’t underestimate our #Big6 quiet achiever: crop competition! Dr Chris Preston found boosting crop competition can lower weed seed production by 50% buff.ly/IynQURr
March 23, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Macca in action @theGRDC winter planter set-up workshops! 📸
If you’re getting ready for planting, don’t underestimate our #Big6 quiet achiever: crop competition! Dr Chris Preston found boosting crop competition can lower weed seed production by 50% buff.ly/IynQURr
If you’re getting ready for planting, don’t underestimate our #Big6 quiet achiever: crop competition! Dr Chris Preston found boosting crop competition can lower weed seed production by 50% buff.ly/IynQURr
Once established, gazanias can compete strongly with legume crops and can also survive well within dense cereal crops. Read more about Dr Ali Bajwa’s research here: buff.ly/OLa9LK9 or catch him @theGRDC Research Update in Adelaide! 🏵️
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Once established, gazanias can compete strongly with legume crops and can also survive well within dense cereal crops. Read more about Dr Ali Bajwa’s research here: buff.ly/OLa9LK9 or catch him @theGRDC Research Update in Adelaide! 🏵️
🌾 Canola field trials in action at @CurtinUni! 🌾
We're testing 9 varieties across 660 plants to better understand resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot. Covered plots + red rice inoculation = ideal conditions for disease development. 🍚🦠
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @mcderbyshire.bsky.social
We're testing 9 varieties across 660 plants to better understand resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot. Covered plots + red rice inoculation = ideal conditions for disease development. 🍚🦠
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @mcderbyshire.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🌾 Canola field trials in action at @CurtinUni! 🌾
We're testing 9 varieties across 660 plants to better understand resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot. Covered plots + red rice inoculation = ideal conditions for disease development. 🍚🦠
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @mcderbyshire.bsky.social
We're testing 9 varieties across 660 plants to better understand resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot. Covered plots + red rice inoculation = ideal conditions for disease development. 🍚🦠
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @mcderbyshire.bsky.social
🌱 Stronger Lentils Ahead!
Breeders now have new markers for developing lentil varieties with improved Ascochyta blight resistance.
CCDM researchers have mapped the genetic regions that help lentils fight off this pathogen.
📖 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @larskamphuis.bsky.social
Breeders now have new markers for developing lentil varieties with improved Ascochyta blight resistance.
CCDM researchers have mapped the genetic regions that help lentils fight off this pathogen.
📖 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @larskamphuis.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🌱 Stronger Lentils Ahead!
Breeders now have new markers for developing lentil varieties with improved Ascochyta blight resistance.
CCDM researchers have mapped the genetic regions that help lentils fight off this pathogen.
📖 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @larskamphuis.bsky.social
Breeders now have new markers for developing lentil varieties with improved Ascochyta blight resistance.
CCDM researchers have mapped the genetic regions that help lentils fight off this pathogen.
📖 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @larskamphuis.bsky.social
Student spotlight🌾 Patrick Burnside, an honours mechatronics engineering student, is developing a portable leaf scanner to detect disease on cereal leaves in the field—speeding up and improving crop disease monitoring! #theGRDC #CurtinUni @fatinaim.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Student spotlight🌾 Patrick Burnside, an honours mechatronics engineering student, is developing a portable leaf scanner to detect disease on cereal leaves in the field—speeding up and improving crop disease monitoring! #theGRDC #CurtinUni @fatinaim.bsky.social
Great job to our CCDM students who just finished presenting at the #GRDCUpdates New Researchers session 👏 Be sure to find them during the updates to ask any burning questions you have on their intriguing research #theGRDC #GRDCWest #CurtinUni
February 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Great job to our CCDM students who just finished presenting at the #GRDCUpdates New Researchers session 👏 Be sure to find them during the updates to ask any burning questions you have on their intriguing research #theGRDC #GRDCWest #CurtinUni
Student spotlight🌾 Isobel Screaigh was an Honours student at CCDM whose research on fungal transcription factors just led to a published paper - doi.org/10.1099/acmi...
She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni
She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Student spotlight🌾 Isobel Screaigh was an Honours student at CCDM whose research on fungal transcription factors just led to a published paper - doi.org/10.1099/acmi...
She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni
She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni
Student spotlight🌾 Mara Schaefer is tackling Rhizoctonia solani, the soilborne fungus behind Rhizoctonia root rot in wheat. Mara's project aims to uncover the specifics of these host-pathogen interactions to clarify how wheat responds to infection🔬🧪 @theGRDC @CurtinUni
April 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Student spotlight🌾 Mara Schaefer is tackling Rhizoctonia solani, the soilborne fungus behind Rhizoctonia root rot in wheat. Mara's project aims to uncover the specifics of these host-pathogen interactions to clarify how wheat responds to infection🔬🧪 @theGRDC @CurtinUni
🌟 March has been a BIG month for talks and conferences at CCDM! 🌾
We had staff and students sharing their latest research at:
🔬 17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics #ECFG17 Dublin
🌱 ACB Breeders Week 2025, Melbourne
🛡️ 2025 Canola Pathology Workshop, Melbourne
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
We had staff and students sharing their latest research at:
🔬 17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics #ECFG17 Dublin
🌱 ACB Breeders Week 2025, Melbourne
🛡️ 2025 Canola Pathology Workshop, Melbourne
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
March 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🌟 March has been a BIG month for talks and conferences at CCDM! 🌾
We had staff and students sharing their latest research at:
🔬 17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics #ECFG17 Dublin
🌱 ACB Breeders Week 2025, Melbourne
🛡️ 2025 Canola Pathology Workshop, Melbourne
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
We had staff and students sharing their latest research at:
🔬 17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics #ECFG17 Dublin
🌱 ACB Breeders Week 2025, Melbourne
🛡️ 2025 Canola Pathology Workshop, Melbourne
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
New paper from the lab-
Integrating Synthetic Community With Chemical Fungicide Improves the Control of Rhizoctonia Bare Patch Disease in Wheat
@theGRDC @Hort_Au @CottonResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Integrating Synthetic Community With Chemical Fungicide Improves the Control of Rhizoctonia Bare Patch Disease in Wheat
@theGRDC @Hort_Au @CottonResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Integrating Synthetic Community With Chemical Fungicide Improves the Control of Rhizoctonia Bare Patch Disease in Wheat
The soil borne pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG8 causes Rhizoctonia bare patch disease, a major constraint on global wheat production, particularly in no- or minimal -till systems. Current control stra...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
New paper from the lab-
Integrating Synthetic Community With Chemical Fungicide Improves the Control of Rhizoctonia Bare Patch Disease in Wheat
@theGRDC @Hort_Au @CottonResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Integrating Synthetic Community With Chemical Fungicide Improves the Control of Rhizoctonia Bare Patch Disease in Wheat
@theGRDC @Hort_Au @CottonResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🎉 Happy 11th Birthday to CCDM! 🎉
A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey so far, including our researchers, students, industry partners, and the agriculture community. Here’s to another year of breakthroughs, partnerships, and progress. 🌾 🌿 👋 #theGRDC #CurtinUni
A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey so far, including our researchers, students, industry partners, and the agriculture community. Here’s to another year of breakthroughs, partnerships, and progress. 🌾 🌿 👋 #theGRDC #CurtinUni
April 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
🎉 Happy 11th Birthday to CCDM! 🎉
A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey so far, including our researchers, students, industry partners, and the agriculture community. Here’s to another year of breakthroughs, partnerships, and progress. 🌾 🌿 👋 #theGRDC #CurtinUni
A huge thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey so far, including our researchers, students, industry partners, and the agriculture community. Here’s to another year of breakthroughs, partnerships, and progress. 🌾 🌿 👋 #theGRDC #CurtinUni
In case you missed this video from our recent
@theGRDC Groundcover article, summarising our recent publication (link in comment) on how fungal co-infection breaks down disease resistance in wheat...here it is!
Produced by our @theccdm.bsky.social comms team😎
youtu.be/2vDf23B3hzE?...
@theGRDC Groundcover article, summarising our recent publication (link in comment) on how fungal co-infection breaks down disease resistance in wheat...here it is!
Produced by our @theccdm.bsky.social comms team😎
youtu.be/2vDf23B3hzE?...
Co-infection Dynamics in Wheat | CCDM Discovery Spotlight
YouTube video by Centre for Crop and Disease Management CCDM
youtu.be
April 15, 2026 at 1:43 AM
In case you missed this video from our recent
@theGRDC Groundcover article, summarising our recent publication (link in comment) on how fungal co-infection breaks down disease resistance in wheat...here it is!
Produced by our @theccdm.bsky.social comms team😎
youtu.be/2vDf23B3hzE?...
@theGRDC Groundcover article, summarising our recent publication (link in comment) on how fungal co-infection breaks down disease resistance in wheat...here it is!
Produced by our @theccdm.bsky.social comms team😎
youtu.be/2vDf23B3hzE?...
Still a bit of time left for Day 2 of Dowerin Field Day! 🌾
We have plenty of staff down who are ready to chat all about their research and answer your crop disease and ag data questions 🦠 👩💻
Come down to the GRDC tent on the oval to grab a coffee with us ☕
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
We have plenty of staff down who are ready to chat all about their research and answer your crop disease and ag data questions 🦠 👩💻
Come down to the GRDC tent on the oval to grab a coffee with us ☕
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
August 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Still a bit of time left for Day 2 of Dowerin Field Day! 🌾
We have plenty of staff down who are ready to chat all about their research and answer your crop disease and ag data questions 🦠 👩💻
Come down to the GRDC tent on the oval to grab a coffee with us ☕
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
We have plenty of staff down who are ready to chat all about their research and answer your crop disease and ag data questions 🦠 👩💻
Come down to the GRDC tent on the oval to grab a coffee with us ☕
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
🧬 New tools to tackle Ascochyta blight! 🌱
@jwdebler.bsky.social & co-authors have developed a new selectable marker to help researchers knock out & reintroduce genes in Ascochyta rabiei & A. lentis 🦠
📖 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lFSk6h9SD...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
@jwdebler.bsky.social & co-authors have developed a new selectable marker to help researchers knock out & reintroduce genes in Ascochyta rabiei & A. lentis 🦠
📖 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lFSk6h9SD...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
June 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🧬 New tools to tackle Ascochyta blight! 🌱
@jwdebler.bsky.social & co-authors have developed a new selectable marker to help researchers knock out & reintroduce genes in Ascochyta rabiei & A. lentis 🦠
📖 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lFSk6h9SD...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
@jwdebler.bsky.social & co-authors have developed a new selectable marker to help researchers knock out & reintroduce genes in Ascochyta rabiei & A. lentis 🦠
📖 authors.elsevier.com/c/1lFSk6h9SD...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
Thrilled to announce… #AFREN received a High Commendation at the 2025 Engagement Australia Excellence Awards in the Industry Engagement Category 🌟
Supporting the grains industry to tackle fungicide resistance🌱
Congratulations to everyone involved!
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #EngagementAustralia
Supporting the grains industry to tackle fungicide resistance🌱
Congratulations to everyone involved!
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #EngagementAustralia
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Thrilled to announce… #AFREN received a High Commendation at the 2025 Engagement Australia Excellence Awards in the Industry Engagement Category 🌟
Supporting the grains industry to tackle fungicide resistance🌱
Congratulations to everyone involved!
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #EngagementAustralia
Supporting the grains industry to tackle fungicide resistance🌱
Congratulations to everyone involved!
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #EngagementAustralia
Congratulations Dr Rick Llewellyn on receiving the 2026 @theGRDC Seed of Light (South) award!👏
Amongst Rick's many contributions to weeds research, he has also been very generous sharing his time & knowledge, helping farmers & agronomists tackle herbicide resistance.
Amongst Rick's many contributions to weeds research, he has also been very generous sharing his time & knowledge, helping farmers & agronomists tackle herbicide resistance.
February 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Congratulations Dr Rick Llewellyn on receiving the 2026 @theGRDC Seed of Light (South) award!👏
Amongst Rick's many contributions to weeds research, he has also been very generous sharing his time & knowledge, helping farmers & agronomists tackle herbicide resistance.
Amongst Rick's many contributions to weeds research, he has also been very generous sharing his time & knowledge, helping farmers & agronomists tackle herbicide resistance.
Student spotlight🌾 Sundara Link is a PhD student working to protect barley from spot form net blotch. Her project uses mutagenesis and GWAS to uncover new resistance genes—helping breeders develop stronger, more resilient barley crops. 🧬🌱 #theGRDC #CurtinUni
May 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Student spotlight🌾 Sundara Link is a PhD student working to protect barley from spot form net blotch. Her project uses mutagenesis and GWAS to uncover new resistance genes—helping breeders develop stronger, more resilient barley crops. 🧬🌱 #theGRDC #CurtinUni