Summary: Dr Alan McKay, SARDI Scientists in South Australia and Victoria are working to try to prempt the re-emergence of a once prolific disease of wheat and barley called Cereal Cyst Nematode (CCN). The work is part of a new project funded by GRDC which is examining disease management in a changing farm environment. The release of new wheat and barley varieties and changed cropping patterns in recent years may also change the capacity of modern plants to fight off disease....
