Cabbageworm larva populations are quite heavy in the central corridor on the western side of Saskatchewan and unprecedented amounts of adults can be found…
Insects
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Parts of the Peace are seeing grasshoppers migrate from other crops into field edges…
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Economic spray thresholds are calculated based on individual species. We don’t have scientific evidence to combine thresholds, but where an “additive” effect of multiple species can make sense is when more than one species are feeding on key yield-producing areas — flowers, buds and pods — at the same time. For example, if you have lygus bug and cabbage seedpod…
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Thresholds for lygus bugs and cabbage seedpod weevil, for example, are based on a specific sweep net technique. If you’re not doing a complete 180° pattern, walking while you sweep, and keeping the net near the top of the canopy, your counts could be significantly different from someone using the recommended techniques…
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Malathion CANNOT be used to treat bins where canola will be stored or to treat canola as it goes in to storage…
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