• Look for seedling diseases and other emergence issues

    May 27, 2020

    Got canola emergence issues? Little canola plants are vulnerable to many different risk factors, including seedling diseases. Seed treatments are usually very good at managing the common seedling disease pathogens of canola, however seed, seedling and root rots can flare up under the right circumstances. Here are details about the three pathogens in the canola seedling disease complex, and the…

  • PODCAST: Make a plan for clubroot cleaning

    May 6, 2020

    How is clubroot sanitation like exercise? You don't do it unless you have a plan. In this podcast, Mike Harding, plant pathology research scientist with Alberta Agriculture and Food, Barb Ziesman, provincial plant disease specialist with Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, and Dan Orchard, agronomy specialist with the Canola Council of Canada, explain the three levels of clean, and the situations…

  • PPE's recommended for handling pesticides

    May 6, 2020

    Respirators for pesticide applicators are NIOSH/MSHA/BHSE approved organic-vapour-removing cartridge with a pre-filter approved for pesticides or a NIOSH/MSHA/BHSE approved canister for pesticides…

  • VIDEO: Disinfectants for scouting kit

    April 22, 2020

    A disinfect like bleach or SprayNine is an essential part of the scouting kit. These will disinfect tools and boots between fields…

  • Seed decisions: What clubroot-resistance to choose?

    December 4, 2019

    CR seed is recommended. So the real decision is whether to use CR varieties with the base (Mendel or first generation) resistance trait or use CR varieties with second generation traits…

  • How to test soil for clubroot

    October 30, 2019

    Fall is a good time to collect soil for a clubroot DNA test. Information can be used to help with seed and disease management decisions…

  • Clubroot Update (with recipe for clubroot management)

    September 11, 2019

    Manitoba Agriculture announced this week it has discovered a clubroot pathotype in South Central Manitoba that is able to overcome the first generation clubroot resistance. The article includes a 'recipe' to help growers limit clubroot damage in canola…

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