
Tag Archives crop diseases

Helping our plants to help themselves
One day, farmers may be able to use natural products to fight blackleg and other diseases

Use those fusarium maps
Know your risk: fusarium maps offer another metric for spraying decisions

Yield-robbing fababean diseases
If you’re putting fabas in the ground, be ready to manage these common diseases

‘Canola and snow’ is not profitable
New research says mixing cultivars does not mitigate the effects of continuous canola

The sweet spot for fungicide use
Variety resistance and the level of disease pressure impacts fungicide effectiveness

Manitoba crop insect and disease update
Conditions as of July 7, 2015

Stripe rust reported in County of Forty Mile and in Parkland Co

Aphanomyces hurting pea yield for Sask. producer
After repeated aphanomyces problems, Bernie McLean is taking a break from growing peas

Stripe rust update for southern and central Alberta

Winter wheat stripe rust update
Four Alberta counties reporting, fungicide applications may be necessary in some cases