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 diseases 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 Approaches to Sclerotinia control - brief, July 2008 (pdf 138k)
• Biofumigant soil amendments -poster, September 2008 (pdf 60k)

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 (pdf 89k)
• Onion white rot - fact sheet (pdf 72k)
• Onion white rot - article Onions Australia, Nov 2004 (pdf 169k)
• Onion white rot control strategies - 16 page booklet (pdf 224k)
• Evaluating Trichoderma biocontrol of sclerotinia - poster (pdf 93k)
• Optimising Trichoderma biocontrol of sclerotinia - poster (pdf 286k)
• Alternative fungicide contol of sclerotinia - poster (pdf 88k)
• Evaluating Diallyl disulphide DADS control of onion white rot (pdf 97k)

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 (pdf 113k)
• Alternate fungicides for sclerotinia control - poster (pdf 321k)