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New fungicide options available this year

By Allan Dawson June 8, 2012

There are a couple new fungicide combinations available to Manitoba farmers this year and perhaps a new one if final regulatory approval comes in time. BASF’s Twinline combines the active ingredients in the fungicides Headline (Group 11) and Caramba (Group 3) into one jug. The product controls a number of cereal diseases including leaf, stem

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Watch for soybean cyst nematodes in Manitoba

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

When Manitoba farmers first started growing soybeans it seemed to be a crop without pests. That changed as the acres grew. Some years aphids and white mould have been problems, and eventually soybean cyst nematode will turn up too, says Albert Tenuta, an extension plant pathologist with Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Fungus Gene Map Offers Hope Against Cereal Disease

By Kate Kelland December 16, 2010

Scientists may be able to find new ways to tackle plant diseases after discovering how a fungus attacks barley, a staple around the world and a main ingredient in brewing and malting. In a study in the journalScience on Dec. 9, researchers from Imperial College London said they had decoded the gene map of Blumeria,

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Not A Fungus

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 4, 2010

When you’re dealing with something as small as a late blight spore, it can be tough to know just what you’re dealing with – as plant pathologists recently found out. Rick Peters, a researcher with AAFC, told the Manitoba Potato Days meeting in Brandon recently that they’ve been forced to reassess exactly what late blight

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Potato Famine Disease Striking Home Gardens In U. S.

By Julie Steenhuysen July 23, 2009

Late blight, which caused the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s and 1850s, is killing potato and tomato plants in home gardens from Maine to Ohio and threatening commercial and organic farms, U. S. plant scientists said July 10. “Late blight has never occurred this early and this widespread in the United States,” said Meg

Crops, Forages

Invite The “Good Guys” Over For Compost Tea

By Daniel Winters April 2, 2009

Conventional agriculture’s overwhelming focus on chemistry is fundamentally flawed, according to Matthew George, a lab director with Soil Foodweb Canada. By neglecting the important role played by soil biology, chemically dependent farming tries to supply the entire scope of a plant’s nutrient needs through artificial means, effectively bypassing natural processes. The result, he said, is

News

Fungicidal Treatment For Cereals Registered

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 12, 2009

U. S. chemical firm Chemtura and ag input retail firm UAP Canada have registration in hand for a new fungicidal seed treatment for use by Prairie cereal growers. Rancona Apex will be available this season for use by farmers in Western Canada, UAP said in a release March 6. UAP has the Chemtura product’s Prairie

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Tag Archives Plant pathology

New fungicide options available this year

Watch for soybean cyst nematodes in Manitoba

Fungus Gene Map Offers Hope Against Cereal Disease

Not A Fungus

Potato Famine Disease Striking Home Gardens In U. S.

Invite The “Good Guys” Over For Compost Tea

Fungicidal Treatment For Cereals Registered

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