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Steps to stop blackleg in canola
Agronomists and canola growers have many proven steps to manage blackleg disease in canola. Genetic resistance has been an extremely effective tool, and will remain so — as long as that resistance matches the blackleg races in a field

Managing against fusarium takes a multi-part strategy
Tweaking fungicide timing could provide farmers with better control

Changing weather, changing varieties
With growing conditions in flux, adaptability is a consideration for soybean developers

Phytophthora’s Prairie evolution
For Manitoba the ‘honeymoon’ is ending as soy diseases such as phytophthora root rot arrive

New tools clear paths for canola’s next steps
Gene editing, artificial intelligence bring new efficiencies to the process

How a worldwide destructive cereal disease problem was solved in Alberta
In the story of ergot in wheat, barley and oats, the answer was simply 'copper'

Aphanomyces still a stubborn foe
Research offers hope, but proper crop management remains the best defence for today

Machine learning may help get a leg up on blackleg
AI-backed research results may help growers better manage the risk of blackleg in canola crops
Researchers to put numbers to verticillium yield loss
The team behind blackleg and clubroot yield loss models tackles the newer canola disease

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