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…specialist Autumn Holmes-Saltzman speaks on CSPW. Click here for bee considerations when spraying insects during flowering. Bertha hot spots. Adult trap counts suggest low to medium risk in most areas…
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…dress application of N and S fertilizer is worthwhile. Monitoring for bertha armyworm moths, diamondback moths, and cabbage seedpod weevil begins. But these aren’t the only insects to watch for….
Read moreInsect update: Cutworms, flea beetles, CSPW, grasshoppers
…confirmed whether a climbing cutworm or some other insect is the cause. Note that the feeding is not typical of diamondback moth larvae and is too early for bertha armyworm….
Read moreCanola yielded lower than expected. Why?
…feeding on buds can cause some blanks up a stem. Late season bertha armyworm and grasshopper feeding can remove enough pods to cause noticeable yield loss. Did pods fill properly?…
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…be locked in and green seed counts can remain high. Late-season insects such as Lygus bug and Bertha armyworm continue to be found above threshold in parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan,…
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Lygus counts and bertha armyworm counts are up this week. Saskatchewan and Manitoba growers are encouraged to scout for lygus this year. Lygus has been reported in most areas of…
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Bertha armyworm larvae have started to feed in some locations, and the second generation of lygus has arrived in the southern Prairie. Watch pods and upper foliage for signs of…
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…lacewing, diamondback or bertha larvae that may be feeding up in the canopy, as well as blister beetles and leafhoppers. Leafhoppers reached higher than usual numbers this year, and while…
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