Sugar beets are grown on more than 300 farms across Canada.

Vive launches Phobos FC fungicide for sugar beets

Vive Crop Protection Inc. has launched a new foliar fungicide, Phobos FC, to help sugarbeet growers control Cercospora leaf spot. Phobos FC fungicide combines Vive’s Allosperse delivery technology with prothioconazole to provide superior protection against Cercospora leaf spot while delivering maximum yield and sugar content. Using patented nano-polymers, Vive says Allosperse optimizes the active ingredient, enabling […] Read more

New fungicide treats sugar beets

New fungicide treats sugar beets

Nufarm, in partnership with Valent Canada, recently released Excalia, a new horticulture fungicide registered for the control of scab and powdery mildew in apples and suppression of rhizoctonia crown and root rot in sugar beets. Excalia delivers locally systemic and translaminar action for complete leaf tissue uptake and distribution across the entire leaf surface. It […] Read more

Potatoes are protected from early and late blight by applications of Mancozeb.

Mancozeb fungicide approved for continued use

There was concern the fungicide’s registration would be cancelled

Mancozeb, a group M fungicide, has been approved for continued use under the the Pest Control Products Act. The pesticide re-evaluation was completed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and the announcement was made Nov. 19. Why it matters: The elimination of Mancozeb would have been costly for farmers. The product has been used […] Read more

Fungicide application for corn silage is best applied at tassel.

Feed need, timing determines value of silage corn fungicides

Spraying fungicides on corn can help keep the leaves cleaner

Spraying fungicide in corn destined for corn silage is becoming an increasing trend across Ontario, especially for those who intensely manage their crops, says Michelle Baker, agronomist with Millstone Crop Service. Why it matters: Corn silage production depends on healthy ears and leaves, so the ability to protect the leaf with a fungicide can have […] Read more


Corteva launches new cereal fungicide

Canadian barley, oat and winter wheat crops now have additional multi-mode of action protection against serious leaf diseases with Cerefit fungicide from Corteva. Newly registered Cerefit fungicide will help protect cereal crops across Canada beginning in 2020. Cerefit is a dual mode-of-action fungicide that targets leaf diseases, which will ultimately provide farmers with increased yield […] Read more

Downy mildew is more challenging to manage with few control measures.

Resistance management is of utmost importance for cucurbit downy mildew

Changes in fungicide regulations have reduced the available treatments

Management of cucurbit downy mildew (CDM) requires more diligence with limited fungicide options. Recent changes in fungicide regulations leaves fewer options for farmers to control CDM, economically the most important disease for cucumbers. Why it matters: Re-evaluation of chlorothalonil has reduced the number of applications for cucurbit growers from seven to two. CDM has become […] Read more

Wheat leaf rust. (James Kolmer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Digital supercluster backs precision fungicide development

Project aims at wheat leaf rust, reducing pesticide load

A West Coast ag tech company in the crop pest control business is setting its sights on wheat leaf rust, with support from one of Canada’s five research superclusters — but not the cluster you might expect. Out of the five federally-supported superclusters launched in early 2018, Protein Industries Canada has been most closely linked […] Read more


A Spornado spore trap set up in southern Ontario.

Making better spraying decisions with low-cost, early fungal disease detection

Spornado is being tested across Canada, especially in higher value vegetable crops

It was a call from a client looking for a low-tech method for early detection of a fungal disease in potatoes that charted a new course for Toronto microbiology lab Sporometrics. The resulting innovation, Spornado Sampler, has been called the first reliable, early alert system for fungal crop diseases that’s available to farmers at an […] Read more

The new mode of action is deigned to specifically combat fusarium in wheat.

New fungicide launched for fusarium head blight control

Syngenta’s Group 7 ADEPIDYN to be released to all crop markets in 2020

Syngenta’s new active fungicide ingredient ADEPIDYN is registered in Canada and will be released nationwide under the Miravis portfolio in 2020. The company says the molecule is a Group 7 carboxamide fungicide with a succinate hydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) mode of action bringing “power, spectrum and stamina” to the table for growers across the country wanting […] Read more