Video: Identifying biosecurity risks associated with wet weather events
12 March 2025Video: The impact of major flooding on vegetable crops in Camden, NSW
12 March 2025Project Code
Year Published
2025
Ace Ohlsson Senior Agronomist Anthony Muscat and plant pathologist Dr Len Tesoriero discuss why brassica crops are susceptible to fungal diseases, such as clubroot, in wet conditions. Fungal spores travel easily within flood waters and can survive for several years in the soil.
This video was produced by the Building Biosecurity Capacity and Resilience within the NSW Vegetable Industry project, funded under the Storm and Flood Industry Recovery program, jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments and supported by AUSVEG.
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