Following on from the conference last month, discussions continue as to how the project could utilise spore diagnostic equipment to pre-empt disease periods. The operational group hope to obtain a device to monitor this in the New Year.
The Spore diagnostic equipment would be able to identify:
- Septoria – tritici but also nodorum
- Rusts – yellow (brown to a lesser extent)
- Tan Spot
- Powdery Mildew
- Fusarium