Marcroft Grains Pathology

Marcroft Grains Pathology works primarily in the Australian canola industry, providing research on fungal pathogens. We have six staff. Areas of expertise include identifying individual disease resistance genes; disease ratings for industry, resistance breakdown managment; fungicide efficacy and stewardship; cultural practices to manage disease; App development for complete disease management. We maintain disease nurseries for germplasm screening, fungicide efficacy screening and disease monitoring sites. We have glasshouses, a pathology lab and a molecular lab.