The Agriculture Victoria Crop Disease Guides are being piloted as an AgVic eBook to help improve their accessibility to growers and agronomists.
Agriculture Victoria Grains Pathology Services Project Officer Luise Fanning, said the annual guides, produced with support from the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC), detail how resistant or susceptible new and commonly grown cereal and pulse varieties are to a range of crop diseases.
“Launching the guides as an eBook will improve their accessibility, making it easier for growers and agronomists to keep up to date with the latest information.
“This will ensure the grains industry has access to high-quality information that is available offline.
“By using Apple Books as a platform, we can push out updates directly to users, reducing the chance that they will be using out-of-date ratings.
“This is particularly important for grain growers and their advisors who may operate in areas with limited internet connectivity,” she said.
“Disease resistance ratings can change over time, so this information needs to be consistently reviewed and updated and this new platform allows us to make those updates quicker.”
Ms Fanning said the guides will be available as an eBook to download from the Agriculture Victoria website.
