Managing Sclerotinia
Key points
- The past few seasons have likely increased sclerotinia loads across the region
- Sclerotinia develops under specific moisture and temperature conditions
- In high-risk years, a preventative fungicide should be applied at 20-30% bloom
While sclerotinia stem rot is best known as a disease of canola, it can also cause damage to peas, beans, sunflowers, soybeans, chickpeas and lupins.
