Oscar Villalta - DPI Victoria

Dr Oscar Villalta
Department of Primary Industries Victoria, Private Bag 15, Ferntree Gully Delivery Centre, VIC, 3156
Tel:    03 9210 9222
Fax:   03 9800 3521

Expertise:

• Onion White Rot
• Sclerotinia
• Orchard diseases

VG 07126 New approaches to control Sclerotinia in vegetable crops

New approaches to Sclerotinia control are being evaluated alone and in combination with conventional methods. Strategies identified as the most effective and economic will provide durable disease control and increased productivity and sustainability of vegetable production.

• New strategies for lettuce drop and white mould of beans - Sep 2010
  
  
• New Approaches to Sclerotinia control - brief, July 2008
  
  
• Biofumigant soil amendments - poster, September 2008
  
  

VG 01096 Stop the Rot – Managing Onion White Rot in Spring Onions

Developed an integrated disease management program in which chemical and biocontrol measures achieve a more sustainable control of onion white rot in spring onions (shallots) and other bunching Allium crops.

• Final report - extract
  
  
• Onion white rot - fact sheet
  
  
• Onion white rot - article - Onions Australia, Nov 2004
  
  
• Onion white rot control strategies - 16 page booklet
  
  
• Evaluating Trichoderma biocontrol of sclerotinia - poster
  
  
• Optimising Trichoderma biocontrol of sclerotinia - poster
  
  
• Alternative fungicide contol of sclerotinia - poster
  
  
• Evaluating Diallyl disulphide DADS control

VG 00048 New approach to sustainable management of Sclerotinia

Initial research into the biological and chemical control of Sclerotinia lettuce drop and the use of soil amendment and cultural strategies for the integrated control of Sclerotinia diseases.

• VG00048 final report - extract