Anthracnose is a common nursery pathogen causing leaf spots and small water-soaked circular lesions on leaves, stems or fruit. With time, spots enlarge and become tan to dark brown or black in colour. Sometimes leaf spots may be surrounded by a bright yellow halo. Lesions may become sunken and produce concentric bands of tiny black fruiting bodies on the dead tissue in the centre of spots. Salmon-coloured spore masses may exude from fruiting bodies under conditions of high humidity. Symptoms caused by anthracnose tend to be very similar to those caused by a range of other symptoms.

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Phytopythium is a relatively newly recognised genus closely related to Pythium and Phytophthora. These groups are not true fungi and commonly known as water moulds. Phytopythium is commonly found in production nurseries causing symptoms similar to Pythium, e.g. pre and post emergence damping off, lack of vigour, nutrient deficiency symptoms and root rot. Some species can cause dieback of woody nursery stock. More

The Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) approved the registration (Label Registration) of the BASF active CYFLUMETOFEN on 31 January 2022.  More