Centre for Crop and Disease Management
@theccdm.bsky.social
The Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM), with investment and co-support from Curtin University and GRDC, reduces the impact of crop disease for Aussie growers.
Learn more at www.ccdm.com.au
Learn more at www.ccdm.com.au
CCDM made a big impact at MLS Symposium 2025! 🎉
Congrats to our award winners:
🏆 Viet-Cuong Han – Graeme Robertson Award
🎤 Nimllash Thangam & Naomi Gray – Best Oral Presentation
📊 Mohitul Hossain – Best Poster
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
Congrats to our award winners:
🏆 Viet-Cuong Han – Graeme Robertson Award
🎤 Nimllash Thangam & Naomi Gray – Best Oral Presentation
📊 Mohitul Hossain – Best Poster
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
CCDM made a big impact at MLS Symposium 2025! 🎉
Congrats to our award winners:
🏆 Viet-Cuong Han – Graeme Robertson Award
🎤 Nimllash Thangam & Naomi Gray – Best Oral Presentation
📊 Mohitul Hossain – Best Poster
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
Congrats to our award winners:
🏆 Viet-Cuong Han – Graeme Robertson Award
🎤 Nimllash Thangam & Naomi Gray – Best Oral Presentation
📊 Mohitul Hossain – Best Poster
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
CCDM hosted the AAGI/GGA Experimental Design Workshop!
Led by Adam Sparks, Barbara Kachigunda & Rose Megirian, it equipped grower groups with skills in:
✅ Trial design & protocols
✅ Managing outliers
✅ Planning field trials
Proud to support best practices in experimental design!
#GRDC
Led by Adam Sparks, Barbara Kachigunda & Rose Megirian, it equipped grower groups with skills in:
✅ Trial design & protocols
✅ Managing outliers
✅ Planning field trials
Proud to support best practices in experimental design!
#GRDC
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 AM
CCDM hosted the AAGI/GGA Experimental Design Workshop!
Led by Adam Sparks, Barbara Kachigunda & Rose Megirian, it equipped grower groups with skills in:
✅ Trial design & protocols
✅ Managing outliers
✅ Planning field trials
Proud to support best practices in experimental design!
#GRDC
Led by Adam Sparks, Barbara Kachigunda & Rose Megirian, it equipped grower groups with skills in:
✅ Trial design & protocols
✅ Managing outliers
✅ Planning field trials
Proud to support best practices in experimental design!
#GRDC
🌿 CCDM is at the Stromlo Plant Pathology Conference 2025! 🌍🔬
Our researchers are sharing cutting-edge work on crop disease management at ANU.
📅 27–28 Nov
🗣 Talks on RNA interference, fungicide dynamics & more.
🔗 www.wheatbiosecurity.com/10th-stromlo...
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
Our researchers are sharing cutting-edge work on crop disease management at ANU.
📅 27–28 Nov
🗣 Talks on RNA interference, fungicide dynamics & more.
🔗 www.wheatbiosecurity.com/10th-stromlo...
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🌿 CCDM is at the Stromlo Plant Pathology Conference 2025! 🌍🔬
Our researchers are sharing cutting-edge work on crop disease management at ANU.
📅 27–28 Nov
🗣 Talks on RNA interference, fungicide dynamics & more.
🔗 www.wheatbiosecurity.com/10th-stromlo...
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
Our researchers are sharing cutting-edge work on crop disease management at ANU.
📅 27–28 Nov
🗣 Talks on RNA interference, fungicide dynamics & more.
🔗 www.wheatbiosecurity.com/10th-stromlo...
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
🌱 Stronger Lentils Ahead!
Breeders now have new markers for developing lentil varieties with improved Ascochyta blight resistance.
CCDM researchers have mapped the genetic regions that help lentils fight off this pathogen.
📖 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @larskamphuis.bsky.social
Breeders now have new markers for developing lentil varieties with improved Ascochyta blight resistance.
CCDM researchers have mapped the genetic regions that help lentils fight off this pathogen.
📖 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @larskamphuis.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🌱 Stronger Lentils Ahead!
Breeders now have new markers for developing lentil varieties with improved Ascochyta blight resistance.
CCDM researchers have mapped the genetic regions that help lentils fight off this pathogen.
📖 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @larskamphuis.bsky.social
Breeders now have new markers for developing lentil varieties with improved Ascochyta blight resistance.
CCDM researchers have mapped the genetic regions that help lentils fight off this pathogen.
📖 doi.org/10.1002/tpg2...
#theGRDC #CurtinUni @larskamphuis.bsky.social
Congratulations to Julia Easton & James Hare - now Associate Professors!
Julia leads C4AP for farm profitability & sustainability.
James builds bioinformatics power to fight crop disease.
CCDM is proud to foster talent & advance agriculture! 🌱
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social #GRDC
Julia leads C4AP for farm profitability & sustainability.
James builds bioinformatics power to fight crop disease.
CCDM is proud to foster talent & advance agriculture! 🌱
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social #GRDC
November 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Congratulations to Julia Easton & James Hare - now Associate Professors!
Julia leads C4AP for farm profitability & sustainability.
James builds bioinformatics power to fight crop disease.
CCDM is proud to foster talent & advance agriculture! 🌱
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social #GRDC
Julia leads C4AP for farm profitability & sustainability.
James builds bioinformatics power to fight crop disease.
CCDM is proud to foster talent & advance agriculture! 🌱
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social #GRDC
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday November 21st, come hear from CCDM'S Kat Zulak as she explores aerial surveillance for antimicrobial resistance detection 🌱
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday November 21st, come hear from CCDM'S Kat Zulak as she explores aerial surveillance for antimicrobial resistance detection 🌱
Make sure to add next week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Wednesday November 19, come hear from AMU foundation Vice-President Marcin Smiglak, as he explores Commercialising Designable Salicylates Beyond the Lab 🔬
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Make sure to add next week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Wednesday November 19, come hear from AMU foundation Vice-President Marcin Smiglak, as he explores Commercialising Designable Salicylates Beyond the Lab 🔬
Thrilled to announce… #AFREN received a High Commendation at the 2025 Engagement Australia Excellence Awards in the Industry Engagement Category 🌟
Supporting the grains industry to tackle fungicide resistance🌱
Congratulations to everyone involved!
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #EngagementAustralia
Supporting the grains industry to tackle fungicide resistance🌱
Congratulations to everyone involved!
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #EngagementAustralia
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Thrilled to announce… #AFREN received a High Commendation at the 2025 Engagement Australia Excellence Awards in the Industry Engagement Category 🌟
Supporting the grains industry to tackle fungicide resistance🌱
Congratulations to everyone involved!
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #EngagementAustralia
Supporting the grains industry to tackle fungicide resistance🌱
Congratulations to everyone involved!
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #EngagementAustralia
Student spotlight🌾 Kai Bagley is a PhD student developing multivariate spatial models for on-farm experiments using multilayer sensor data. His work will help growers make more reliable, data-driven agronomic decisions. 🧠📊 #theGRDC #CurtinUni #foodagility
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Student spotlight🌾 Kai Bagley is a PhD student developing multivariate spatial models for on-farm experiments using multilayer sensor data. His work will help growers make more reliable, data-driven agronomic decisions. 🧠📊 #theGRDC #CurtinUni #foodagility
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 7th Nov, come hear from CCDM’s Toby Newman as he investigates Exploring cross-kingdom RNA interference at the Sclerotinia–host interface 🧬
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 7th Nov, come hear from CCDM’s Toby Newman as he investigates Exploring cross-kingdom RNA interference at the Sclerotinia–host interface 🧬
Student spotlight🌾 Isobel Screaigh was an Honours student at CCDM whose research on fungal transcription factors just led to a published paper - doi.org/10.1099/acmi...
She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni
She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Student spotlight🌾 Isobel Screaigh was an Honours student at CCDM whose research on fungal transcription factors just led to a published paper - doi.org/10.1099/acmi...
She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni
She now works at DAFF as a molecular biologist, identifying plant pathogens using DNA sequencing. #theGRDC #CurtinUni
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 31st Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Huyen Phan as she explores Transposon-associated adaptation of the Australian Parastagonospora nodorum population 🌾
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 31st Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Huyen Phan as she explores Transposon-associated adaptation of the Australian Parastagonospora nodorum population 🌾
🧪 Fungicide resistance: how it develops, how we fight it 🌾
Hear from CCDM’s Nola D’Souza on the GRDC podcast 🎙️ as she shares how resistance is tracked in the lab, the role of AFREN & how growers can slow its spread.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/3WFUEMY
💻 AFREN: afren.com.au
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
Hear from CCDM’s Nola D’Souza on the GRDC podcast 🎙️ as she shares how resistance is tracked in the lab, the role of AFREN & how growers can slow its spread.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/3WFUEMY
💻 AFREN: afren.com.au
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🧪 Fungicide resistance: how it develops, how we fight it 🌾
Hear from CCDM’s Nola D’Souza on the GRDC podcast 🎙️ as she shares how resistance is tracked in the lab, the role of AFREN & how growers can slow its spread.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/3WFUEMY
💻 AFREN: afren.com.au
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
Hear from CCDM’s Nola D’Souza on the GRDC podcast 🎙️ as she shares how resistance is tracked in the lab, the role of AFREN & how growers can slow its spread.
🎧 Listen: bit.ly/3WFUEMY
💻 AFREN: afren.com.au
#theGRDC #CurtinUni
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WHY USE #YEAST AS A TOOL WHEN YOU'VE GOT STAGO?😁
Out now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, our collab @theccdm.bsky.social led by @labkatz.bsky.social and Fran Lopez-Ruiz developed Parastagonospora nodorum as a tool to study #fungicideresistance genes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Out now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, our collab @theccdm.bsky.social led by @labkatz.bsky.social and Fran Lopez-Ruiz developed Parastagonospora nodorum as a tool to study #fungicideresistance genes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dissecting allele-specific fungicide resistance mechanisms by heterologous expression of the demethylase inhibitor target gene Cyp51 in a phytopathogen model
BACKGROUND Fungicide resistance is a major concern both in agriculture and clinical disease control. Whilst several mechanisms of resistance have been elucidated, assigning phenotype to genotype is of...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
WHY USE #YEAST AS A TOOL WHEN YOU'VE GOT STAGO?😁
Out now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, our collab @theccdm.bsky.social led by @labkatz.bsky.social and Fran Lopez-Ruiz developed Parastagonospora nodorum as a tool to study #fungicideresistance genes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Out now on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, our collab @theccdm.bsky.social led by @labkatz.bsky.social and Fran Lopez-Ruiz developed Parastagonospora nodorum as a tool to study #fungicideresistance genes.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Our @theccdm.bsky.social @CurtinEand #advancedscience student @CarliaHerbst turn to present her research on protein-protein interactions in Parastagonospora nodorum 😎. @callumverdonk.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our @theccdm.bsky.social @CurtinEand #advancedscience student @CarliaHerbst turn to present her research on protein-protein interactions in Parastagonospora nodorum 😎. @callumverdonk.bsky.social
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Our @CurtinEandA @theccdm.bsky.social #advancedscience student 👨🎓Keshara Thanthrige (right) presenting his research assessment on the development of selectable marker recycling♻️ in a fungal pathogen.
Well done mate! 👏
@ShotaMorikawa69 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
Well done mate! 👏
@ShotaMorikawa69 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Our @CurtinEandA @theccdm.bsky.social #advancedscience student 👨🎓Keshara Thanthrige (right) presenting his research assessment on the development of selectable marker recycling♻️ in a fungal pathogen.
Well done mate! 👏
@ShotaMorikawa69 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
Well done mate! 👏
@ShotaMorikawa69 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
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Do we need to reassess how disease resistance ratings on crops are determined? 🤔
Our @theccdm.bsky.social preprint revealed co-infection of wheat by P. nodorum & P. tritici-repentis breaks down resistance BUT there is a CAVEAT
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our @theccdm.bsky.social preprint revealed co-infection of wheat by P. nodorum & P. tritici-repentis breaks down resistance BUT there is a CAVEAT
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Fair-weather friends: Unequal partnerships between Parastagonospora nodorum and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis define disease dynamics in wheat
Parastagonospora nodorum and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis are the causal agents of septoria nodorum blotch and tan spot of wheat, respectively. Though these fungal phytopathogens have been found to fr...
www.biorxiv.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Do we need to reassess how disease resistance ratings on crops are determined? 🤔
Our @theccdm.bsky.social preprint revealed co-infection of wheat by P. nodorum & P. tritici-repentis breaks down resistance BUT there is a CAVEAT
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our @theccdm.bsky.social preprint revealed co-infection of wheat by P. nodorum & P. tritici-repentis breaks down resistance BUT there is a CAVEAT
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 24th Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Research Students as they introduce themselves and provide snapshots on their research 🧪🔬
October 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 24th Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Research Students as they introduce themselves and provide snapshots on their research 🧪🔬
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr Fatima Naim on winning a Young Tall Poppy Science Award! 🌱
Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS
Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS
October 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🎉 Huge congrats to Dr Fatima Naim on winning a Young Tall Poppy Science Award! 🌱
Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS
Her groundbreaking work in plant physiology & disease tolerance is helping fight crop disease and boost resilience. 👩🔬
#theGRDC #CurtinUni #AIPS
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 17th Oct, come hear from APPN's, Dr Hammad Khan & A/Prof Nic Taylor as they explore Phenotyping of Crops using Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN) Facilities 🌱
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 17th Oct, come hear from APPN's, Dr Hammad Khan & A/Prof Nic Taylor as they explore Phenotyping of Crops using Australian Plant Phenomics Network (APPN) Facilities 🌱
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 10 Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Arundhati Singh as she explores From seed to leaf: mapping fluxapyroxad dynamics 🍃
October 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Make sure to add this week's CCDM talk to your calendar 📆 If you're on #CurtinUni campus Friday 10 Oct, come hear from CCDM’s Arundhati Singh as she explores From seed to leaf: mapping fluxapyroxad dynamics 🍃
🌾 WA growers – how’s the season going for you?
In our latest CCDM Spotlight, David Lane & Mark Gibberd discuss the season, early fungicide application and future planning 👀 🦠
📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/uspzo3h
In our latest CCDM Spotlight, David Lane & Mark Gibberd discuss the season, early fungicide application and future planning 👀 🦠
📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/uspzo3h
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🌾 WA growers – how’s the season going for you?
In our latest CCDM Spotlight, David Lane & Mark Gibberd discuss the season, early fungicide application and future planning 👀 🦠
📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/uspzo3h
In our latest CCDM Spotlight, David Lane & Mark Gibberd discuss the season, early fungicide application and future planning 👀 🦠
📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/uspzo3h
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Big reveal today! After uncovering the #sclerotinia in canola trial at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social for the first time in a week, we see exceptionally good and seemingly consistent infections! @theccdm.bsky.social @tobyenewman.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Big reveal today! After uncovering the #sclerotinia in canola trial at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social for the first time in a week, we see exceptionally good and seemingly consistent infections! @theccdm.bsky.social @tobyenewman.bsky.social
🌾 Central NSW growers – how’s the season going for you?
In our latest CCDM Spotlight, Emma Ayliffe & Mark Gibberd discuss the low foliar disease pressure and how for dryland croppers eyes are turning to crown rot 👀 🦠
📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/UYxx6Nt
In our latest CCDM Spotlight, Emma Ayliffe & Mark Gibberd discuss the low foliar disease pressure and how for dryland croppers eyes are turning to crown rot 👀 🦠
📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/UYxx6Nt
Emma Ayliffe, NSW | Seasonal Update September 2025
Seasonal update – what’s happening where, as the 2025 season continues?
The 2025 season is well underway; everyone’s crops are in. Here, CCDM gathers 4 local updates from around Australia on how…
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September 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🌾 Central NSW growers – how’s the season going for you?
In our latest CCDM Spotlight, Emma Ayliffe & Mark Gibberd discuss the low foliar disease pressure and how for dryland croppers eyes are turning to crown rot 👀 🦠
📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/UYxx6Nt
In our latest CCDM Spotlight, Emma Ayliffe & Mark Gibberd discuss the low foliar disease pressure and how for dryland croppers eyes are turning to crown rot 👀 🦠
📰 Read the seasonal update here: buff.ly/UYxx6Nt
🌏 Spotlight Seasonal Update 🌏
The 2025 season has begun; some early crops are on their way and some are just emerging now. We got 4 local updates from around Australia earlier this month on how it’s starting out.
📰 Read more: buff.ly/uspzo3h
The 2025 season has begun; some early crops are on their way and some are just emerging now. We got 4 local updates from around Australia earlier this month on how it’s starting out.
📰 Read more: buff.ly/uspzo3h
September 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
🌏 Spotlight Seasonal Update 🌏
The 2025 season has begun; some early crops are on their way and some are just emerging now. We got 4 local updates from around Australia earlier this month on how it’s starting out.
📰 Read more: buff.ly/uspzo3h
The 2025 season has begun; some early crops are on their way and some are just emerging now. We got 4 local updates from around Australia earlier this month on how it’s starting out.
📰 Read more: buff.ly/uspzo3h