The province received variable precipitation this spring which had pathologists and producers expecting the arrival of members of the leaf spot complex. However, Kelly Turkington with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research and Development Centre said they may have been scorched by the July heat wave.
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Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust
Keep an eye out for stripe rust
Stripe rust has been showing up in winter wheat fields across southern Ontario this past week, and OMAFRA is recommending growers should continue to scout and monitor their fields closely. […] Read more
Stripe rust research breakthrough in wheat announced
For the first time, scientists have isolated genes that show major resistance to stripe rust, a disease that has devastated crops worldwide. Researchers working together at several locations around the […] Read more
Greig: Lessons learned from Ontario crops’ pest pressures
The warmer winter and subsequent drought defined the 2016 cropping season in Ontario, resulting in more disease and insect pressures and then challenges managing them. Three agronomists gave an overview […] Read more
Rain increases disease pressures on eastern Prairies
CNS Canada — The recent batch of wet weather across parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been a welcome relief to some fields that were suffering from excess dryness. However, […] Read more
Pearce: Stripe rust in winter wheat is Ontario’s biggest threat
Normally, stripe rust in winter wheat isn’t a huge problem for growers in Eastern Canada, and particularly in Ontario — at least, not at this stage of the growing season […] Read more
Manitoba rust diseases dissipate as fusarium appears
CNS Canada –– The spread of leaf and stripe rust in southern Manitoba appears to be over. The diseases, which generally target cereal crops, were thought to have blown up […] Read more
Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.
CNS Canada — While fusarium head blight and wheat streak mosaic have already popped up in Manitoba fields, a new strain of disease is making its presence felt in the […] Read more
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