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Crop advisor casebook: What’s causing extreme stem discolouration in this wheat crop?
A Crop Advisor's Solution from the March 13, 2018 issue of Grainews
While checking some crops, Ron, a Saskatchewan producer, was alarmed to find his wheat crop’s plant stems had turned a vivid reddish-purple colour within a very short period of time. It was August 9 when Ron asked me to investigate the cause of the stems’ colour change. Ron farms 3,000 acres of wheat, canola, barley […] Read more