New name, same problem with yellows virus

Gregor Heard
June 4 2020 - 5:00pm
Piotr Trebicki, Agriculture Victoria research scientist, is warning farmers to monitor for potential outbreaks of Turnip Yellows Virus. He said growers needed to be on red alert with their newly emerging canola crops.
Piotr Trebicki, Agriculture Victoria research scientist, is warning farmers to monitor for potential outbreaks of Turnip Yellows Virus. He said growers needed to be on red alert with their newly emerging canola crops.

IT HAS had a name change since the last major flare-up in 2014, but plant scientists are warning growers to be aware of a potentially damaging virus that can cause significant damage to canola crops.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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