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Verticillium stripe (seen here) can be mistaken for blackleg (see further down), but there are no large fruiting bodies found on the stems when you look more closely.
Crops, Oilseeds

Keeping an eye on new canola diseases

Clubroot and verticillium stripe are two growing risks for canola growers

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It appears clubroot is a fact of life for Manitoba farmers — but it’s still a long ways from the crisis seen in Alberta. Clubroot symptoms have only been reported in eight Manitoba fields to date; two in 2013 and six in 2015. No Manitoba fields surveyed in 2016 showed any clubroot symptoms. Delving a
Canola plants with clubroot galls from a field near Verner, Ont., about 50 km west of North Bay. (OntarioCanolaGrowers.ca)
Crops

Clubroot arrives in Ontario canola

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Ontario has its first case of clubroot disease in canola — and further testing has confirmed clubroot in canola fields across the province. During the 2016 growing season an agronomist in the Verner area of northern Ontario examined a canola field and found the distinctive clubbed roots, said Meghan Moran, canola and edible bean specialist
BrettYoung’s Eric Gregory and (l to r) DL Seeds’ Kevin McCallum and Sakaria Liban in the DL Seeds screening greenhouse.
Local news, Oilseeds

Homegrown canola breeder sees opportunities and challenges

BrettYoung and DL Seeds say they’ll continue to be a major player in canola breeding in Western Canada

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A Manitoba-based canola-breeding consortium says the current wave of lifescience mergers isn’t necessarily bad news for them. Winnipeg’s BrettYoung and Morden’s DL Seeds, a joint venture of two of the largest European oilseed rape-breeding companies, have been working together for a number of years to bring canola hybrids to market. They’ve seen their market share
Clubroot figured out canola in Alberta. Then it began destroying canola.
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Long-term plans essential

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The farms that are winners tomorrow will be run by farmers who are proactively understanding and defusing production problems today. There are a number of growing issues that could be a disaster tomorrow, but growers can prevent them if they’re committed to doing the right thing now. The best example, and the one that’s a
Pratisara Bajracharya, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development spoke on clubroot at the Dauphin Agriculture Society’s Farm Outlook 2016 held on March 10.
Crops, Oilseeds

Careful management key to keeping clubroot level low in province

Experts call for soil testing, scouting and diligent rotations to keep clubroot at low levels

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Manitoba canola growers aren’t facing the full mischievousness of clubroot — yet. The soil-borne disease is a major issue for farmers in other locales, where it limits cropping options, stunts plants and hampers yield. Provincial specialists say they hope it remains a mild problem here, and scouting and diligent crop rotation will be the key
A new multigenic clubroot-resistant variety will be a boon for some canola growers, 
but it’s not ‘a saviour,’ says agronomist Dan Orchard.
Crops, Oilseeds

New variety a milestone in the battle against clubroot

New canola variety has two resistant genes — but clubroot strains are quickly multiplying

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A new canola variety resistant to multiple strains of clubroot will hit the market in time for spring seeding. But the new variety from Crop Production Services will only be available in limited quantities and a clubroot expert says growers can’t expect it to be “a saviour.” CPS Canada says the variety, Proven Seed PV
Two fields with high-enough levels of clubroot to produce yield-robbing galls on canola roots have been found in the Swan River area by agronomist Ryan Immerkar.
Crops, Oilseeds

Two fields of canola with clubroot galls found near Swan River

MAFRD’s advice remains the same: soil test for the pest, extend canola 
in the rotation and seed resistant varieties if appropriate

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Two canola fields in the Swan River Valley had enough clubroot spores this year to produce yield-robbing root galls that characterize the soil-borne disease, says local agronomist Ryan Immerkar, owner of RSI AgriCoaching and New Era Ag Technology. Laboratory testing confirmed the fields have the potentially devastating pest. That brings the number of Manitoba fields
canola plant
Oilseeds, Opinion

Editorial: We might need 100-bushel canola

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The Canola 100 Agri-Prize for the first to achieve 100-bushel canola makes for an interesting challenge. Despite a favourable lingering PR image as the “Cinderella crop,” a look at the numbers suggests canola is showing signs of middle age. A few patches in a good growing year might even approach 80 to 90 bushels now,
manitoba clubroot map
Local news, Oilseeds

More clubroot confirmed in Manitoba, but mostly low levels

The good news — farmers can still prevent this potentially destructive canola disease from getting out of control

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Forty-eight Manitoba fields are confirmed to have clubroot spores, a soil-borne, potentially destructive canola disease, up from 13, according to the latest clubroot survey update from Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD). The results were expected and officials predict they’ll find even more with additional sampling. The good news is the number of clubroot

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