Industry Issues
Clubroot
Clubroot is a serious soil-borne disease of cruciferous crops (canola and cabbage family) worldwide. This disease is a major problem in cole crops (cruciferous vegetables) in some areas of British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario and the Atlantic provinces.
There have been two previous reports of clubroot in cole crops in Alberta. Clubroot is not a new disease in Canada or Alberta. However, in 2003, clubroot was confirmed in several canola fields near Edmonton, Alberta, which was the first report on canola in Western Canada.
Clubroot has continued to spread in the Edmonton area, mainly in the counties of Sturgeon, Parkland, Leduc and Strathcona.
- Clubroot in Canola - (448 KB) PDF
This presentation is from the Alberta Branch, CSGA 2008 Annual General Meeting. Murray Hartman, Oilseeds Specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Food provided an overview of clubroot disease, survey results, research updates and proposals and details of Alberta Agriculture's Management Plan.
- Download the Clubroot Presentation - (2 MB) PDF
By the end of 2007, clubroot was present in 10 municipalities around Edmonton and one county in southern Alberta. The disease has the potential to spread to most of the traditional canola growing areas of western Canada. Information on what clubroot is, how it is spread, best management practices to help prevent its spread, and contact information for the Clubroot Management Committee is available below.
- Alberta's Clubroot Management Plan - (165 KB) PDF
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