What's in your sweep net?…
July 12, 2017 - Issue 16
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In very dry conditions: If canola is $12 per bushel and spray costs $8 per acre, the threshold at the early pod stage is 5 lygus adults or late instar nymphs per 10 sweeps (0.5 per sweep). In moist and high-yield conditions: The economic threshold is quite a bit higher. At early pod stage, 50 lygus per 10 sweeps (5…
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Thresholds for lygus bugs and cabbage seedpod weevil are based on a specific sweep net technique. If you’re not doing a complete 180° pattern, walking while you sweep, and keeping the net near the top of the canopy, your counts could be significantly different from someone using the recommended techniques. Here are the recommended sweep……
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While scouting for flower staging, canopy moisture and pod-feeding insects, also take a look for deformed buds and growing points, small pale flowers and anything else unusual. Over the years, Canola Watch has written about all kinds of potential causes for a wide range of symptoms at the reproductive stage. These include…
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With prolonged dry conditions and recent hot weather, yield potential has dropped to very low levels in some fields. One CCC agronomist this week had a conversation about cutting this canola for silage. For a helpful link and more important shorts…