Yellow-orange coloured lesions of stripe rust can bee seen on the leaves of infected cereal plants. Photo: OMAFRA

Stripe rust in the wind

Recent weather conditions may have given Manitoba an aerial dose of stripe rust spores

Producers are urged to monitor their fields for stripe rust and other diseases and to ensure timely fungicide application after wind analysis showed stripe rust spores might have blown in during the last month.



With the recent wet weather experienced in Manitoba, producers looking to win the fight against sclerotinia should apply fungicide at the early bloom stage.

Wet conditions stoke sclerotinia fears

Wet weather means growers might be headed back to the trenches against the fungal disease

The ground is wet again, and that means potential sclerotinia issues for Manitoba canola growers. Timely fungicide application is crucial to stay ahead ofthe disease.