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Topics for the Week
August 4, 2022
Clubroot
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Seed recommending committee tackles canola diseases
February 10, 2021
Changes to canola disease labeling systems, protocols and cultivar screening – which all work toward ensuring high quality canola can be produced with minimized disease pressure – are covered by the pathology sub-committee of the Western Canada Canola/Rapeseed Recommending Committee (WCC/RRC). A recent sub-committee meeting on February 2 included discussion and changes on blackleg, clubroot and verticillium stripe…
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Updated clubroot maps and survey results
January 14, 2021
Clubroot is confirmed in more counties and municipalities in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in 2020…
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Rotations and risk management
January 13, 2021
Scientific research in Western Canada shows lower yields for canola in short rotations. Blackleg (shown above), clubroot and many other factors can cause this yield loss…
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How to collect soil samples for clubroot
October 7, 2020
Soil sample the fall after canola harvest or the spring immediately following. This gives galls time to break down and release spores. If sampling this fall, target fields that are going into canola next year…not fields that were in canola this year…
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Clubroot testing – Provincial programs
August 26, 2020
Canola grower organizations in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta encourage farmers and agronomists to do more field testing…
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What to do when you find clubroot?
August 19, 2020
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 each situation…
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Clubroot patch? Collect galls and bag them for disposal
August 19, 2020
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 in the field. Here’s what to do with them…
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Clubroot: Scouting for pathotype shift
August 12, 2020
Researchers have identified at least 36 clubroot pathotypes in Western Canada, and roughly half are not controlled by the common clubroot resistance source – often referred to as first generation or "gen 1" resistance. That is why hybrids with clubroot resistance (CR) can still have clubroot galls…