Variations in weather and crop development in this year’s Manitoba canola fields make blanket sclerotinia outlooks hard to pin down
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Manitoba sclerotinia picture mixed for 2025
Variations in weather and crop development in this year’s Manitoba canola fields make blanket sclerotinia outlooks hard to pin down
Fall scouting for canola fungus
Harvest is the time to measure sclerotinia infection
What blackleg and sclerotinia do to canola, and how you can scout for them or prevent them.
Canola council arms against sclerotinia
To spray fungicide or not to spray? Canola Council of Canada may have the answer
Wet field conditions may mean higher sclerotinia risk. The Canola Council of Canada has launched a three-part planning tool and resource library to help take the guesswork out of fungicide spraying decisions.
New sclerotinia tool on offer
Tool launched by Xarvio for Field Manager platform
Sclerotinia risk tool launched by Xarvio for Field Manager platform
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.
VIDEO: Beating back flea beetle pressure
This insect foe need not get the upper hand in your canola crop
Canola being the high-value crop that it is, it’s easy to understand the anxiety for growers when flea beetles begin making a meal of plants that are freshly emerged from the soil. At Manitoba Ag Days last week, Chris Manchur, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, spoke about the major pest pressures in
Verticillium stripe symptoms
Is it verticillium stripe, blackleg or sclerotinia? Here are ways to find out
The Canola Council of Canada flags several verticillium signs: Stem striping When the crop is full height, but still green, infected canola plants will often have a two-toned stem — half healthy and green and half discoloured and drying down. This is where the disease gets its name. Leaves can show similar symptoms: healthy on
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
Genetic attack cutting edge of sclerotinia fight
Hacking messenger RNA can prevent fungal disease from propagating
Most pesticides work by getting into a cell and disrupting its working parts or pathways. By applying the right chemistry at the right time you can shut down a pathogen’s engine and bring it to a stop. But despite all the available chemistry, sclerotinia always finds a way to keep driving around untouched. Mark Belmonte,
Targeting your crop enemies
Is the future of crop protection environmentally friendly biotechnology?
So far biotechnology in agriculture has driven the use of crop protection products through genetically engineered herbicide resistance. But the next wave could displace at least some of those applications by opening up another front in the war on two familiar canola concerns — sclerotinia and flea beetle. Mark Belmonte, a professor of biological science
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
