Fungus-fraught P.E.I also gets clean bill of health
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Potato wart survey comes back clean
Fungus-fraught P.E.I also gets clean bill of health
White mould troubling for some regions
Mixed impact on soybean crop, but greater damage on dry beans
Wet and warm summer weather brings two things to southwestern Ontario: mosquitoes and disease pressure. Both were abundant during an early September Pioneer soybean plot tour in Essex County. For […] Read more
Fungal-plant symbiosis a promising tool to boost crop resilience
Fungi deployed against pests also produce positive response from plant
A study led by researchers from the University of Turku in Finland has shown that a species of fungus that normally grows in the wild and kills insects can be […] Read more
Canadian early alert system expands services for fungal crop diseases
Spornado can detect fungal spores in many crops and help growers make targeted spraying decisions
Last year, a made-in-Canada system to alert farmers to the presence of airborne crop pathogens was showcased as one of Canada’s top 101 Most Innovative Predictive Analytical Companies. The Spornado […] Read more
Do mushrooms really use language?
New research shows some fungi species may communicate via electrical impulses
Nearly all of Earth’s organisms communicate with each other in one way or another, from the nods and dances and squeaks and bellows of animals, through to the invisible chemical signals […] Read more
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