Hoong Pung - PERACTO

Dr Hoong Pung
PERACTO Pty Ltd
16 Hillcrest Road,
Devonport,
TAS, 7310

Telephone 03 6423 2044
Fax 03 6423 4876

Expertise:

• Sclerotinia
• Grey mould
• Downy mildew
• White blister
• Rhizoctonia
• Potato diseases

Hoong Pung works on the development of new fungicides and strategies for the sustainable management of major fungal diseases which affect a wide range of horticultural crops across Australia.

Hoong has led and collaborated on research projects that have benefited growers of vegetables, potatoes, onions, pyrethrum and poppies.

Much of Hoong's published work on vegetable crops, including conference papers, workshop notes and extracts from R&D reports, is available below:

VG 05090 Green beans - Rhizoctonia and Sclerotinia control

• Rhizoctonia sub-group identification by DNA analysis (pdf 420k)
• Rhizoctonia - varieties and treatments - workshop notes (pdf 121k)
• Sclerotinia control - role of adjuvants - workshop notes (pdf 240k)

VN 05010 Onion white rot

• "Stop the rot" media summary (pdf 123k)
• Fungicide options for onion white rot - Technical summary (pdf 441k)
• Alternative carriers for onion white rot fungicides - workshop notes (pdf 266k)

VN 05007 Post-plant fungicides to control for white rot in onions

• Post plant control - workshop notes (pdf 132k)

VG 04061 White Blister control in Brassicas

• Fungicides to control White blister - workshop notes (pdf 314k)
• VG 04061 final report - extract (pdf 169k)

VG 04021 New seed dressings for pest control

• VG 04021 Evaluation of cost effective seed dressings - extract (pdf 94k)

VG 02105 Review of seed dressing technologies for pest control

• VG 02105 Review of seed dressings - extract (pdf 255k)

VG 01082 Broccoli head rot - its control and the role of wetting agents

• VG 01082 final report - extract (pdf 414k)
• Broccoli head rot - poster (pdf 641k)

VG 00048 Sclerotinia - evaluation of biological controls

• VG 00048 final report - extract (pdf 418k)
• Biocontrol of sclerotinia in lettuce - Gatton, May 2002 (pdf 74k)
• Integrated control of sclerotinia - workshop notes (pdf 930k)
• Green manure crops to control sclerotinia (pdf 300k)
• Biofumigation potential of mustards (pdf 316k)
• DADS for white rot control - workshop notes (pdf 377k)
• Brassica green manure crops - conference paper 2004 (pdf 185k)

VG 00031 Control of Downy mildew in Peas

• Downy mildew in peas - Metalaxyl resistance - brochure (pdf 430k)
• VG 00031 final report - extract (pdf 438k)

VX 00012 Enhanced Metalaxyl breakdown - implications for horticulture

• VX 00012 final report - extract (pdf 123k)

VG 99057 Soil health survey

• VG 99057 final report - extract (pdf 362k)
• Soil Health newsletter- 2003 (pdf 419k)

VG 97084 Integrated management of sclerotinia on beans

• VG 97084 final report - extract (pdf 207k)

VG 97051 Control of Ascochyta rot in peas

• VG 97051 final report - extract (pdf 220k)
• Collar rot in peas - brochure (pdf 430k)

VG 96105 Control of carrot diseases

• Crown rot on carrots - conference paper 1999 (pdf 84k)
• Carrot disorders - poster (pdf 727k)