Westerns Canadian farmers may soon see a canola variety’s clubroot resistance broken down by pathotype on a new, more detailed seed label.
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New seed labels proposed for canola clubroot resistance
Farmers may soon see a canola variety’s clubroot resistance broken down by pathotype on a new, more detailed seed label
Going beyond “Resistant” on crop seed labels
Variety resistance is getting more specific on crop disease pathogens, but that information must be conveyed in a way that actually helps producers make rotation decisions.
Variety resistance is getting more specific on crop disease pathogens, but that information must be conveyed in a way that actually helps producers make rotation decisions.
Resistance not full answer to clubroot
Fall is the time to think ahead on clubroot management
Glacier FarmMedia – Resistant canola varieties have played a major role in the war on clubroot, but they are not enough on their own, say agronomists. “Because clubroot is such a complex disease, it’s really important that we acknowledge that it will need a complex solution to manage it,” said Marissa Robitaille Balog, an agronomist
The top canola diseases of 2023
Initial survey results were based on 100 fields this year
It has happened only three times in the last seven or eight years of surveying canola fields for infections. Manitoba Agriculture plant pathologist David Kaminski went into a field to gather data for the 2023 Canola Disease Survey and found clubroot. “It’s kind of like looking for a needle in a haystack,” he said during
Clubroot ‘race profiling’ can help boost resistance in canola
Research team sets stage for next generation of canola resistance
Glacier FarmMedia – Racial profiling isn’t a term most people would want to be associated with. When it’s a disease like clubroot, however, it’s different. In the fight against the yield-stealing, soil-borne scourge of canola and other brassica plants, racial profiling is the ability to select varieties that resist not only clubroot in general, but
Verticillium gains ground on blackleg, sclerotinia in Manitoba
Survey numbers sum up Manitoba’s top canola disease issues last year
Farmers preparing to seed canola might want to take a minute to visit the Canola Council of Canada’s website. The national group, drawing on data from the 2022 Manitoba Canola Disease Survey, has summed up the most significant disease threats growers faced last year. Posted through the council’s Canola Research Hub, the information also covers
Crop diseases to watch for in 2023
Some pathogens are expected to be on the rise this coming year
The apparent transition into a wetter period means different diseases to watch out for, says David Kaminski, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture. Kaminski was speaking at the CropConnect conference in Winnipeg on February 15. Two crops dominate Manitoba’s agricultural landscape. Wheat and canola account for 70 per cent of the annual crop acres in
Clubroot makes a resurgence
Favourable conditions for disease development cause concern for canola growers
The early trickle of reported clubroot infections this year could soon become a flood, says Manitoba Agriculture oilseed specialist Dane Froese. “We have favourable conditions for the development of clubroot this year,” he said. “As with most diseases, warm moist conditions favour disease development and infection.” Clubroot is a soil-borne disease that affects canola and
Taking the path of least resistance opens door to clubroot ‘disaster’
Only use resistant cultivars, says canola council, and back it up with scouting and longer rotations
Glacier FarmMedia – Canola growers should keep one simple message in mind when choosing their varieties for next year’s growing season: Every acre needs to be clubroot resistant. “What we’re trying to do is really focus on using clubroot resistance as part of a proactive, integrated prevention or management plan for every canola acre,” said
Potential clubroot control shows promise in the lab
The next phase is greenhouse testing followed by field trials
Saskatoon-based MustGrow Biologics Corp. is working on a product derived from mustard seed it says will potentially control clubroot, a yield-robbing canola disease currently without chemical control. It has infected thousands of acres in Alberta and is spreading in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. “In the lab we are seeing 100 per cent control (of clubroot spores),” MustGrow’s chief operating officer Colin
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