15 November 2024
Building Biosecurity Capacity and Resilience within the NSW Vegetable Industry
Project overview
Pests diseases and biosecurity, Environment and more
May 2023 - April 2025
11 November 2024
Final report: National strategy, baseline and value perception study for Plus one serve by 2030 program
Project report
Consumer and market research and Health and nutrition
10 November 2024
Evaluating on farm water and nutrient recapture in Western Australia
Project overview
Environment
09/11/2024 - 27/02/2030
1 November 2024
Vegalogue #21 – R&D Edition: Hyper-local weather forecasting for growers
Podcast
Technology, Environment and more
30 October 2024
Potato leafminer grower guide: English, Vietnamese
Fact sheet and User guide
Pests diseases and biosecurity
Potatoes and Solanaceous vegetables
30 October 2024
Onion leafminer grower guide: English, Vietnamese
Fact sheet and User guide
Pests diseases and biosecurity
Onions and Alliums
30 October 2024
Vegetable leafminer grower guide: English, Vietnamese, Arabic, Simplified Chinese
Fact sheet and User guide
Pests diseases and biosecurity
30 October 2024
Melons and cucurbits leafminer grower guide: English, Vietnamese, Arabic, Simplified Chinese
Fact sheet and User guide
Pests diseases and biosecurity
Cucumber, Pumpkins and more
29 October 2024
Fusarium Basal Rot in Onions Factsheet
Fact sheet
Pests diseases and biosecurity
Onions and Alliums
White rot is a plant disease, caused by the fungal pathogen Sclerotium cepivorum in onions, leeks and garlic. Sclerotium cepivorum forms small black bodies which are the sclerotia or survival structures of the fungus.
The fungal sclerotia can remain dormant in the soil for as long as 20 years. White rot only affects allium crops particularly onion, leek and garlic crops, infection can occur at any stage of crop development if conditions are conducive. The pathogen spreads through physical movement in the soil and can cause root rot, white fluffy fungal growth at the base of the bulb, wilting of leaves, and yellowing and dieback of leaf tips.