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Severe clubroot case in northern North Dakota gets Manitoba’s attention

This province has clubroot but there could be undetected  fields with high spore levels farmers should be looking out for

By Allan Dawson August 20, 2014

A suspected severe case of clubroot just across the border in Cavalier County, North Dakota is a wake-up call for Manitoba farmers. “I’m drawing attention to this because it’s at high levels right there so you can probably expect it’s at high levels close by and there is greater risk in those areas (close to

Clubroot figured out canola in Alberta. Then it began destroying canola.

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Manitoba clubroot distribution map released

By Anastasia Kubinec, Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development August 14, 2014

Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (MAFRD) – MAFRD has released the map for where the distribution of clubroot has been found in Manitoba (as of June 4, 2014). The map shows positive clubroot (CR) findings by Rural Municipalities (RM) discovered through soil and/or plant tissue analysis for presence of CR DNA or symptomatic plants

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Pest surveillance branch update June 19, 2014

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 20, 2014

Alberta Insect Pest Monitoring Network – The wet weather will favor disease development. Many fungal and bacterial diseases will thrive with the continuous moisture available. On his weekly insect update on Call of the Land, Scott Meers talks about cutworms, scarab beetle, and bertha armyworm. Diseases to watch for under these conditions at this time of year

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Clubroot not so scary anymore, says CCC agronomist

Better scouting and earlier detection are key to avoiding an ugly, Alberta-style epidemic in Manitoba

By Daniel Winters March 26, 2014

Clubroot isn’t as scary as it used to be. At the CanoLAB event a couple years ago, there was only one example of an infected root — and it was securely encased in a kind of translucent hockey puck. But this year, there were trays of clubroot-infected canola seedlings set out on tables that could

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Canola growers invest $130,000 in new lab

The new Pathogen Surveillance Initiative will focus initially on clubroot detection

By Allan Dawson March 11, 2014

Manitoba’s battle against clubroot just kicked up a notch. The Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA) is investing $130,000 in the new Pathogen Surveillance Initiative, which will see a new laboratory set up at the University of Manitoba, MCGA president Ed Rempel announced at the association’s annual meeting in Winnipeg Feb. 18. The farmer-led effort funded

Clubroot affects thousands of acres in Alberta where the disease was discovered 10 years ago. Two infected fields were confirmed in Manitoba earlier this year.

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Oil industry can help fight spread of clubroot

KAP wants companies to clean their equipment between locations

By Allan Dawson October 24, 2013

Delegates also passed resolutions on water management, but won’t be  organizing a mass demonstration at the legislature

Oilfield equipment needs to be cleaned as it enters and exits Manitoba farmland to prevent the spread of clubroot, says a resolution passed by the Keystone Agricultural Producers’ general council Oct. 17. It was one of six resolutions debated. Five were passed and one was defeated. “It’s not that big of a deal,” said Cromer

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Clubroot DNA found in two Manitoba canola fields

By Allan Dawson May 3, 2012

The discovery of low levels of clubroot DNA in two unrelated Manitoba fields is a wake-up call for the province’s canola producers. The good news is none of the canola in those fields showed any symptoms of the disease that can cut yields in half or more. As a result Manitoba is still considered “clubroot

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Warning: Soil with seed can spread clubroot

By Allan Dawson April 15, 2012

Manitoba seed and potato growers are being warned about the risk clubroot-infected soil could get to their farm in the seed they bought for spring planting. The Manitoba Clubroot Action Team, consisting of representatives from the Manitoba government, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and the Canola Council of Canada, issued the warning in separate letters to

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On the lookout for blackleg and clubroot

By Laura Kunzelman January 24, 2012

Most Manitoba canola producers weren’t tallying up the list of production problems they faced last year, but Canola Council of Canada regional agronomist Kristen Phillips did. There were 23 to be exact, everything from excess moisture, late seeding, drought, frost, stressed plants, disease and insects. The cool, wet spring and a hot, dry summer led

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Clubroot Confirmed In Saskatchewan Canola

By Allan Dawson October 13, 2011

Clubroot has been found in two Saskatchewan canola fields a reminder why Manitoba farmers need to stay on guard for the disease that can decimate not only canola but cole crops. It moves with the soil, and as we all know, you can move soil really easily without realizing you are, said Anastasia Kubinec, an

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Severe clubroot case in northern North Dakota gets Manitoba’s attention

Manitoba clubroot distribution map released

Pest surveillance branch update June 19, 2014

Clubroot not so scary anymore, says CCC agronomist

Canola growers invest $130,000 in new lab

Oil industry can help fight spread of clubroot

Clubroot DNA found in two Manitoba canola fields

Warning: Soil with seed can spread clubroot

On the lookout for blackleg and clubroot

Clubroot Confirmed In Saskatchewan Canola

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