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Test yourself with these 10 true or false questions about clubroot. Make sure to 'submit' and read the answers for lots of agronomy details…
Canola Watch quiz – Clubroot true/false
May 1, 2019
Diseases
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Clubroot 101: How to keep spores low and local
May 1, 2019
If you read nothing else about clubroot, read this article. It covers the basic management practices for all canola growers. The whole point of these core practices is to keep clubroot spores low and local…
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Canola Watch quiz – Clubroot myths
March 1, 2019
This quiz highlights a few clubroot myths that Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialists have heard at meetings across the Prairies these past few weeks. We have at least one "true" statement thrown in for fun…
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The risks from high canola frequency
March 1, 2019
Scientific research in Western Canada has identified three factors that increase the risk of canola yield loss in short rotations. They are blackleg, clubroot and cabbage root maggot. Clubroot will drive the need for longer breaks between canola crops on more and more farms…
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Biobeds: What are they and why build them?
March 1, 2019
A pesticide rinsate biobed can prevent the environmental contamination of surface and groundwater by pesticides. Instead of being disposed of directly on land, at the edge of a field or elsewhere, the rinsate from the sprayer can be applied to the biobed (so it is contained)…
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Interpreting blackleg race ID test results
February 8, 2019
Step 1. Sample Collection The ideal time to pull and assess plants for blackleg infection is at 60% seed colour change, which is around swath timing. Plants should still be……
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Clubroot management: Don’t wait until you see dead patches
February 8, 2019
Healthy-looking plants can still have galls that release millions, possibly billions of spores…
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Saskatchewan updates clubroot map
January 10, 2019
The Saskatchewan clubroot distribution map includes all findings of clubroot and detections of the clubroot pathogen from 2008 to 2018…
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Clubroot: Messages from Clubroot Response Workshop
January 10, 2019
At the workshop, the 200 attendees were urged to think about actions they can take to reduce the impact of clubroot on their farms, businesses and communities. These actions includes crop rotations, sanitation, resistant varieties, reduced tillage and scouting…