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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🌾 CCDM’s Associate Professor Julia Easton will present at #FoodAgilityCongress2026, showcasing how Food Agility-supported research is turning farm data into better decisions for growers, industry and government. #grdc, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Oct 9, come hear from CCDM’s Grace Fang as she explores Developing genomic resources for Australian wheat powdery mildew: from reference genome assembly to population genomics 🌾

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The CCDM team is committed to training the next generation of researchers tackling major crop disease challenges. Sophia Wertheim an undergraduate student at Curtin University whose research is helping to improve understanding of Ascochyta Blight in lentils. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌾 The CCDM AAGI team recently visited AGT in Northam, touring a wheat breeding trial site and learning about the journey from research to new crop varieties. Thanks to Dion Bennett and Usman Ijaz for an insightful Breeding 101 crash course. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌱 CCDM researchers Bernadette Henares and Nimllash Thangam will be presenting at the Pulse Pathology Meeting in Tamworth on 29 September. Best of luck, Bernadette and Nim! 👏 #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🌾 CCDM researchers found that resistance to spot form net blotch can vary across different barley genetic backgrounds, highlighting the importance of testing resistance genes before deployment in breeding programs. 📖 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Oct 2, come hear from CCDM’s Robert Lee as he explores Looking for major genes for pathogen virulence and host resistance: Ascochyta blight diseases of pulse crops 🧆

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🌱 CCDM researchers are screening lentil and chickpea breeding lines for resistance to Ascochyta blight, helping identify valuable genetic resistance that can support the development of more resilient pulse varieties for growers. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🌾 CCDM researchers have identified a mutation in barley loose smut linked to reduced sensitivity to SDHI (Group 7) fungicides. Read more: www.ccdm.com.au/mutation-dis... #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🌾 CCDM staff, Fatima Naim and Callum Verdonk, will be presenting their research at #ComBio2026 in Sydney on 30 September. ComBio provides a platform for researchers to share cutting-edge discoveries and foster collaborations. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations to CCDM PhD student Ciara Gifford on winning the Kliti Grice Laureate Award. Her honours research used hyperspectral sensing to improve our understanding of wheat responses to yellow spot disease. 🌾👏 #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🌱 CCDM scientists have identified a mutation in barley loose smut linked to reduced sensitivity to SDHI fungicides (Group 7). It's an early warning and gives growers time to adapt management strategies. Read more: www.ccdm.com.au/mutation-dis... #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Wednesday Sept 23, come hear from Genomics WA’s Alka Saxena as she explores Horizon Scanning in Agricultural Genomics 🧬

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🌱 Some of our Canola and Pulses team are scoring Sclerotinia severity in six canola varieties two weeks after inoculation. The results will support future disease management research. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Sept 18, come hear from CCDM’s Subash Gautam as he explores Development of an advanced toolkit for the integrated management of fungicide resistance in Venturia inaequalis, the causal agent of apple scab🍎

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢 New paper published! CCDM researchers have explored how the Australian Parastagonospora nodorum population has adapted to changes in wheat host genetics over time. 🌾 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #grdc, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🌾 On the ground in Esperance! Our Canola and Pulses team is conducting annual field surveys, with a focus on Ascochyta lentis in lentil crops. Thanks to Andrea Hills, the growers and agronomists supporting this important work. 🌱 #GRDC,@curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Fri Sept 11, come hear from CCDM’s Ciara Gifford as she explores Dissecting Genetic, Pathogen, and Environmental Drivers of Yellow Leaf Spot Disease Expression in Wheat to Improve Field-Based Resistance Ratings🌾

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🌾 That's a wrap on Newdegate Field Days 2026! Thanks to everyone who visited the CCDM team in the GRDC Tent over the past two days. We enjoyed the opportunity to connect with growers and industry, share our research, and discuss crop disease management. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🌱 The fight against lupin diseases starts in the field! Last week, researchers inoculated 200 lupin genotypes at our Northam field trial using their red rice Sclerotinia inoculation method. Over the coming weeks, they'll assess disease severity and search for sources of tolerance and resistance. 🔍️

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Johannes Debler @jwdebler.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Great seminar by Professor Lee Hickey at the @theccdm.bsky.social today about AI supported plant breeding. More tomorrow at @cbsmwa.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🌾 Great start to Newdegate Field Days! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the GRDC tent to chat with the CCDM team today. See you tomorrow for Day 2! #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🔬 Our CCDM staff and students are looking forward to @cbsmwa.bsky.social this week, with our researchers and students sharing their latest discoveries across plant science, genetics, pathology and crop protection. 👏 Special hand to @jwdebler.bsky.social for his work on the organising committee

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Heading to Newdegate Field day? Stop by the GRDC tent and meet the CCDM team. 🔬 Learn about the latest grains research 🌱 Get practical disease management advice 🎯 Chat with our researchers about crop health and productivity #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Thursday Sept 3, come hear from University of Queensland’s and #cbsmwa Lee Hickey 🗣️ 📣 as he explores Stacking resistance: haplotype-based selection for multi-disease resistance in cereals 🌾

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🌾 That's a wrap on Dowerin Field Days 2026! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the GRDC tent over the past two days. It was great to connect with everyone. 📍 Next stop: Newdegate Field Days next week! #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🌾 Day 1 of #DowerinFieldDays was a fantastic start! Thanks to our CCDM staff for representing the Centre and connecting with growers, agronomists and industry representatives. If you're at Dowerin, come say hello! #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Aug 28, come hear from CCDM’s Melanie Dixon as she explores Prompting for Better Metadata: GenAI Prompt Design for clear Open Dataset Titles and Descriptions🗄️

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🌾 Our researchers were in Geelong this week for the Australian Barley Technical Symposium (ABTS), sharing the latest CCDM research through presentations and posters. Great job team! #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🌾Esperance growers – how’s the season kicking off for you? Hear from Sean Randell (Esperance Private Agronomy, WA) and Mark Gibberd (CCDM Director) as they unpack the current issues of the season. 📰 Read here: www.ccdm.com.au/seasonal-upd... #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

🌾August Seasonal Update 🌱 Limited rainfall in some regions and increasing disease pressure continue to challenge growers. Find out what five agronomists and our Director have to say about the 2026 season so far. Read more: www.ccdm.com.au/seasonal-upd... #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🌾 Heading to the Dowerin Machinery Field Day? Visit the CCDM team in the GRDC tent to chat all things crop disease management and grains research. August 26-27 ✅ Disease management advice ✅ Meet our researchers ✅ Family-friendly activities #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🎓 Year 11 students from WA College of Agriculture – Cunderdin visited CCDM to learn about the centre and how our research is helping protect Australia's grain industry. 🌾 We hope you enjoyed your time with us! #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Aug 14, come hear from CCDM’s Arnold Salvacion as he explores Beyond Default Parameters: A Data-Driven Framework for Optimising IDW in Yield Map Interpolation 💻

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🌟 CCDM Stars on the Gold Coast! 🌟 This week, a number of CCDM staff and students presented their research through presentations and posters at the Australian Crop Breeding Conference (ACB) Crop Breeders Week on the sunny Gold Coast. Well done team!! #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🔬 EOI now extended: CCDM Nanopore Sequencing Workshop 2026 Join us at Curtin University from 17–19 Nov for a hands-on workshop covering wet-lab sequencing + bioinformatics 📊 $500 rego | bursaries available EOIs close 1 September - buff.ly/40UXAwg @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🌱 CCDM researchers and students will present their latest barley disease and fungicide research at #ABTS2026 in Geelong (17–19 Aug). Talks from Xuan Hoan Dinh, Jade Davis and Varthini Govindaraju Punithan, plus a poster from Jiaping Du. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🌾🔬 Yesterday, students from WA College of Agriculture – Harvey visited CCDM to hear from our scientists, tour the Centre and field trial areas, and learn how research is helping protect Australia's grain industry. Thanks for visiting! 🌱 #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🦠🌱 CCDM researchers Joel Haywood and Lincoln Harper will present at the Environmental Dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance (EDAR) Conference in Brisbane (2–7 August). Their talks on antifungal resistance will feature in the One Health session on 6 August. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🌾📊 Shaping the future of data-driven farming. CCDM brought researchers, industry and tech partners together at Pawsey for an Agri Analytics Hub co-design workshop led by Julia Easton, helping develop better tools for on-farm decision-making. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Jul 31, come hear from Astute Ag’s Grant Hollaway as he explores Perspectives from 30 Years of On-Farm Soilborne Disease Research and Extension🧑‍🌾

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🌾 CCDM at Australian Crop Breeders Week! We have some CCDM researchers and students attending and presenting at the Australian Crop Breeders Week, a flagship event bringing together crop breeders, researchers and industry leaders from across Australia. #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📢 New paper published! CCDM researchers have characterised a new putative effector gene, AlPE1, in Ascochyta lentis, providing new insights into pathogen evolution and host–pathogen interactions in lentils. 🔗 Read here: www.researchgate.net/publication/... #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Jul 24, come hear from CCDM’s Callum Verdonk as he explores Major effector loss reveals compensatory pathogenicity networks in the wheat pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum 🌾

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

CCDM, InterGrain and Curtin University researchers have identified wheat powdery mildew resistance sources that remain effective against diverse Australian pathogen populations, supporting future wheat breeding. 🌾🔬 🔗 Read more: connectsci.au/cp/article/d... #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Jul 17, come hear from CCDM’s Joel Haywood as he explores The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: Surviving the Peer Review Process 📑

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🗣️ Guest speaker at CCDM! Today we welcomed Associate Professor Yichao Wang from RMIT University, who shared how advanced sensing technologies and nanomaterials could help improve plant health monitoring, crop resilience and sustainable agriculture. 🌱 #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday Jul 10, come hear from RMIT University’s Yichao Wang as he explores Advanced chemical sensing and nano-bio interaction in nano-enabled agriculture 💻

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

🧬 New CCDM research reveals how the wheat pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum switches on genes needed to infect crops, uncovering potential targets for future disease control. 🌾 Read more: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/... #GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social

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