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Blackleg: Scouting, identification and next steps
Around 60 per cent seed colour change (swath timing) is the best time to scout for blackleg as the basal cankers, which cause significant yield loss, are easy to see…
Latest Issue | November 13 2024, Issue 27
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Insect update: Spray or not?
Numbers for August-emerging flea beetles have to be very high — perhaps 100 per plant — before economic losses occur. Some patches might be that high… -
What to do when you find clubroot?
This article runs through a series of questions and scenarios, a bit like "choose your own adventure", to help farmers and agronomists come up with an appropriate management plan for… -
Clubroot patch? Collect galls and bag them for disposal
You have been actively scouting and found clubroot early. The disease is confined to “patches” or small areas in your field, typically around field entrances, drainage paths or low spots… -
Straight combining: Natural dry down or spray?
A pre-harvest spray to help prepare canola for straight combining may not be required if hot, dry days allow for dry down of the crop and weeds. Two recent studies… -
Quiz – Scouting from the road
We don't expect you to be able to accurately identify problems or answer agronomy questions based on drive-by scouting, and that's the point of this quiz. The answers will provide… -
Why does canola lodge?
Lodging is when plants fall over, making them more difficult to harvest. Key plant characteristics that affect lodging risk are the strength of the stem and anchorage, canopy height and… -
Disease ID tips for pre-harvest scouting
Clear patches of canola plants that are ripening prematurely could be diseased. These are obvious places to start a pre-harvest disease survey… -
Swath later for higher yield
Canola fields swathed at 60 per cent seed colour change (SCC) on the main stem can yield eight per cent more than fields swathed at 30 per cent SCC, according…
