Are DD drilled crops more prone to take all?

We have never used the expensive take all seed treatments for second wheats when ploughing and never had a problem, but had a thought that now when planting DD back into the soil where the last crops root is still sitting are we at a bigger risk?
 

Farmer Roy

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Arable Farmer
Location
NSW, Newstralya
Err, zero till ( with full stubble retention, no one bales straw except in extreme drought periods like now when everyone is desperate for any income ) is the default farming system over a vast amount of Australia's arable farmland for 20 - 30 yrs.
TBH - it's been years since I've even heard of take all. It used to be a problem many years ago ( when tillage was a lot more common, but that could just be coincidence ) but I think breeding resistant varieties ( a lot of our plant breeding is for increased disease resistance ) & as BTT says above, improved rotations, has reduced it a lot

So no - I wouldn't say it is worse under zero till
 

Kiwi Pete

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Livestock Farmer
The only take-all problem in the valley here is caused by a continuous wheat "rotation" followed by burning stubble and more wheat.
They use a DD but it's preceded by tillage, hardly "no till" as they still fudge around with the soil - but also spray and spray and spray the crops, it's marginal wheat country TBH.

I dare say they will now rape it for rape until that gives issues, then go back to wheat - some people are beyond help....
 

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