In terms of Black Root Rot they have 15 trials and preliminary results show they have basically reduced the blackening of the tap roots by an average of 16 per cent over 15 trials which is good. In three of those trials it was 30 to 36 per cent reduction in blackening of the tap root.
That would be accompanied they expect by better seedling growth and over the next few weeks they will be actually doing dry weights in those trials to monitor improved early season growth.
In terms of Fusarium there are only 3 or 4 trials out so far but basically there are two to four times more dead plants in the control plots than there is where they have used the seed treatment. So they are encouraged at this stage, but they have got the whole season to go before us yet.
Having stated that the Boost is not the solution to Black Root Rot and Fusarium problems - it does not give absolute control - but they see it as giving a significant contribution to control and when combined with time of planting, better varieties and a range of other practices, they look at it as being an aid to giving farmers adequate control.
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