AGGronomyTV: Identifying smut in cereal crops

Sept 1 to 15: There are three different types of smut that can infect cereal crops: covered, true and false. But would you know smut if you saw it? In this video from this year’s Crop Diagnostic School in Carman, Man., provincial crop pathologist David Kaminski outlines the differences of each type and shares how growers can keep this seed-borne disease from spreading in their fields. (Video by Greg Berg)

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Published: August 30, 2023

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