Scouting for fusarium head blight (FHB) symptoms is key to realizing whether a field is a candidate for the...
Diseases
Increasing Numbers of Weeds are no Longer Responding to Herbicides
Weed resistance to herbicides has been an issue in crop production for many years. However, it is is coming to the...
Clubbing Clubroot
On the Prairies, clubroot appeared in Alberta in 2003, in Saskatchewan in 2008 and Manitoba in 2013. As any grower can...
Pioneering work on Fusarium head blight in rye
Unlike other cereal crops affected by Fusarium head blight (FHB), very little is known about FHB in fall rye from a...
VIEWPOINT: Learning to live with Fusarium
Alberta’s Fusarium Management Plan, developed to limit mycotoxin production and subsequent grain contamination, and to...
Combination of resistance genes offers better protection for wheat against powdery mildew
University of Zurich (UZH) plant researchers have tested newly developed wheat lines with improved resistance to...
Blackleg and Clubroot in Canola
Blackleg and clubroot are both serious diseases that are growing in severity across Alberta, but with proper and...
Planning for Fusarium in 2018
It will be easy for growers to let their guard down this year when it comes to managing for Fusarium head blight...
Optimizing Fungicide Applications on Wheat and Barley
Leaf spot fungal diseases can decrease cereal yield by up to 20 per cent or more, as well as diminish kernel weight,...