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UCI BlacklegCM - Blackleg upper canopy infection management app

UCI BlacklegCM is a tool designed to help growers and consultants with management decisions for canola upper canopy blackleg infections in Australia.

UCI BlacklegCM factors in grain price, input costs, yield benefits, seasonal conditions, crop circumstance and conditions, state, fungicide strategies and other diseases to give you the best case, worst case and most likely estimates of financial return from different management strategies. 

Research into blackleg upper canopy infection (UCI) is ongoing. The app will be updated as new information becomes available.

UCI BlacklegCM does not account for all factors that can affect blackleg upper canopy infection (UCI), so information provided by this tool should not be considered to be tailored to the circumstances of any individual farm.

To download the UCI BlacklegCM app, click on the App Store link below from your iPad/iphone or Google play link below from your Android tablet/phone. 

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UCI BlacklegCM - Blackleg upper canopy infection management app

UCI BlacklegCM helps you to manage upper canopy infections of blackleg disease in canola crops in Australia. UCI BlacklegCM can be tuned to account for some of the major factors that relate to risk of yield loss due to UCI blackleg disease in your paddocks. UCI BlacklegCM draws on years of field trials and observations, as well as experimental data and expert knowledge from contributors throughout Australia to forecast the likely result and economic return of spraying for this problematic disease. 

UCI BlacklegCM takes account of costs, yield benefits, grain price and seasonal conditions to give you best case, worst case and most likely estimates of financial return from fungicide control.

UCI BlacklegCM does not account for all factors that can affect UCI blackleg disease, so information provided by this tool should not be considered to be tailored to the circumstances of any individual farm. The app will be regularly updated to reflect new experimental results as the information becomes available.

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Features

  • Multiple options which allow the user to enter parameters that best reflect their circumstances.
  • Determines the likely blackleg upper canopy severity, yield loss and economic return from the parameters entered.
  • Considers complex interactions that affect the disease.
  • Can compare different management strategies.
  • The user can email a paddock report to another party for example a business partner or farm consultant.
  • Alternate views of predicted results to suit the users preference.
  • Updated regularly to incorporate all new information on blackleg upper canopy management.
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About

UCI BlacklegCM is part of a suite of disease management tools developed the through the National Disease Modelling Project (DAW 2112-002) led by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation. The tools have been developed to support industry in disease management decisions for Australian grain crops. UCI BlacklegCM has been designed to complement the BlacklegCM management app which aids in disease management decisions for blackleg crown canker infections. 

Who we are

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development works with primary industries to expand the value of the agriculture sector and to safeguard our agricultural resources from biological threats.

UCI BlacklegCM has been developed through the National Disease Modelling Project (DAW 2112-002). This initiative is supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation. Development and support has been provided by a collaboration of: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia; and Marcroft Grains Pathology.

Important development work and contributions to supporting scientific information have been provided by: Steve Marcroft, Rebecca O’Leary, Anna Hepworth, Adam Sparks, Jean Galloway, Art Diggle, Fumie Horiuchi and Steve Collins. 

The application coding is by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

Contact us

We welcome all comments and suggestions from the UCI BlacklegCM user community.

Please contact us by email CropDiseaseTools@dpird.wa.gov.au.

Alternatively, contact Adam Sparks on +61 (8) 9368 3689.

Head office:
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development 
1 Nash Street
Perth WA 6000