Sentinel 1 has completed a trial monitoring & reporting the presence of cereal and pulse pests & pathogens at this site in the mid-North High Rainfall Zone at Riverton in South Australia. Results will be compared to disease symptom observations within several crops surveyed by Blake Gontar and Sara Blake (SARDI) as part of a GRDC project. Updates will be shared through PIRSA newsletters, PestFacts & CropWatch.

Insect pests targeted

Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)

Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia)

Oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi)

Corn aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis)

Rose-grain aphid (Metopolophium dirhodum)

Fungal pathogens targeted

Yellow leaf spot (Pyrenophora tritici-repentis)

Blackleg of canola (Leptosphaeria maculans)

Botrytis grey mould (Botryitis cinerea)

Septoria tritici blotch (STB) (Zymoseptoria tritici)

Chocolate spot of fava bean (Botrytis fabae)

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