Spotlight on bacterial blight

Spotlight on bacterial blight

Winds last month are doing little to help with bacterial blight risk

Add bacterial blight to the problems Manitoba producers are fighting this year. Agronomists have noted blight issues in a number of crops, such as oats, dry beans, and some concern in peas, according to provincial crop pathologist David Kaminski. Why it matters: Producers misdiagnosing bacterial blight for something treatable by fungicide risk wasting time and

Mature lesions caused by common bacterial blight in dry beans.

June winds add to risk of bacterial blight

Some bean, oat, pea crops in Manitoba showing bacterial infections Add bacterial blight to the problems Manitoba producers are fighting this year. Agronomists have noted blight issues in a number of crops, such as oats, dry beans, and some concern in peas, according to provincial crop pathologist David Kaminski. Why it matters: Producers misdiagnosing bacterial


Manitoba Agriculture’s Dennis Lange puts hail recovery products to the test in Carman this year.

Hail Mary passes?

The promise of hail recovery products sounds great for dry bean producers, but so far trials have yielded mostly question marks

Dry bean growers better be ready to make more than one pass if they’re trying some of the new post-hail recovery products to fend off blight. “There are products registered, but they’re registered for multiple applications, so if you’re just spraying something on a crop as a one-off, you probably won’t see that yield benefit,”

Brandon University student Charlotte Smith works in the lab alongside Bryan Cassone, an assistant professor of biology, analyzing DNA to find and identify soybean diseases as part of a three-year study.

Brandon University undertakes soybean disease research

Through large-scale surveys and analytical work, Brandon University 
hopes to shed more light on soybean diseases

With more soybeans appearing in more places around the province, Brandon University (BU) has set out to learn more about the potential roadblocks for growers. This summer the university, in partnership with Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) and Manitoba Agriculture, will begin a three-year study to gain more knowledge of soybean diseases, in particular