Farmers should watch their bean and soybean canopies and disease risk, not the calendar, when choosing when to spray fungicide against white mould.
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Manitoba farmers must be flexible on white mould control
Trials in dry beans and soybeans show that spray timing shifts depending on the number of planned passes
White mould control requires flexible timing under Prairie conditions
Trials in dry beans and soybeans show that spray timing shifts depending on the number of planned passes
Fungicide timing for white mould depends on canopy development, disease risk and number of planned applications, North Dakota pathologist Michael Wunsch told growers at CropConnect 2026.
White mould tops 2025 disease threats in Manitoba soybean fields
White mould, a.k.a. sclerotinia, was found in nearly two-thirds of surveyed fields, with eastern and southwestern regions hit hardest
White mould was found in nearly two-thirds of surveyed Manitoba soybean fields during the 2025 growing season, but at a relatively low intensity in most cases.
New Syngenta fungicide targets anthracnose, white mould, Ascochyta blight
Lentil growers in Canada have a new option for controlling three major disease threats to the crop.
Soybean cyst nematode in crosshairs for food-grade soybeans
Future varieties will resist diseases SCN and white mould
Soybean cyst nematode and white mould are bad news for Canadian soybean growers and, although both are more of an issue to the east, SCN has been creeping into Manitoba for the last five years. In 2021, Manitoba saw its first field with symptoms, although the first finding of the nematode dates back to 2019.