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Sclerotinia cycle and spray timing
Scattered rain with more in the forecast will have growers wondering this week whether to spray fungicide to manage sclerotinia stem rot. Moisture is the key risk factor for sclerotinia…
Latest Issue | November 13 2024, Issue 27
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Insect Update: Lygus timing and thresholds, Grasshoppers, Blister beetles
Lots of insects are being reported, but agronomists and growers are generally doing a good job of assessing the economic threat and determining that most situations this week do not… -
Keep it Clean, keep the customer happy
Canada exports 90% of the canola we produce, and our global customers won’t accept anything less than squeaky-clean seed. This time of year, the keys are to ensure a crop… -
July 14, 2015 – Medstead Update
Conditions are much more favourable in Medstead with recent precipitation! Currently the crop is in 40-50% bloom. When pictures were taken from the air and also from the ground no… -
July 7, 2015 – Portage la Prairie Update
All of the boron treatments have been applied to the Portage la Prairie UCC site. Currently the trial is close to full flower. Although, over the July 4-5th weekend a… -
July 2 Quiz – flowers
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Multiple factors combined may cause missing canola flowers or pods
Under various conditions the past decade, some canola fields have exhibited stunting and strange deformities in bud clusters — as demonstrated in the photo gallery in this article. The cause… -
Insect update: Grasshoppers, lygus, cabbage seedpod weevil
Grasshoppers may be above thresholds in some fields. The nominal threshold for grasshoppers in canola is 8-12 per square metre, although the higher end of that range may be more… -
Heat and drought can cause flower abortion
Hot days (28-30°C and up) and warm nights (16°C and up) from bud to mid-flowering stages can have a devastating effect on canola yield…
