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Many canola fields have a combination of insects feeding on the crop. An “additive” effect is possible when more than one species are feeding on key yield-producing areas — flowers, buds or pods — at the same time. For example, lygus and cabbage seedpod weevil have been found in the same fields in the southern Prairies this week. Preliminary results…
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Cutworms are spotty but keep scouting. Flea beetles may need to be controlled past the 4-leaf stage in some extreme cases this year. Cabbage seedpod weevil numbers are building but only spray after first flower and only if sweep net results show them at thresholds. Hold off on early grasshopper control…
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Flea beetle spraying picked up again this week, as more canola fields reached thresholds. Don’t give up on flea beetle scouting just yet. Click here for more on the flea beetle spray decision. Cutworm feeding has been detected in some fields, but spraying is still minimal at this time. Digging will be required to distinguish whether cutworms or wireworms are…
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If you have lygus bug and cabbage seedpod weevil in the same field and if they are both at 50% or more of their economic spray thresholds, spraying may provide an economic benefit…
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Probably too early to spray cabbage seedpod weevil, diamondback continue feeding, bertha moth numbers are high in some regions, cutworms near the end but still active, and always think about those valuable beneficials — like those helpful killers, the lady bugs…
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Begin sweep netting for cabbage seedpod weevil when canola enters the flowering period. Select 10 locations within each field and at each location, count the number of weevils from ten 180° sweeps. At current prices, the threshold will be around 20-30 per 10 sweeps (2-3 per sweep). Anything below that and the canola plant will generally compensate for seedpod weevil…
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Growers in some areas are spraying for late season insects, including lygus, bertha armyworm and diamondback moth. Make sure to scout…
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Cabbage seedpod weevil adults have arrived and are feeding on volunteer canola at the bloom stage in southern Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan. Weevils move to canola fields at the bud to early flower stages. Growers should start scouting…
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Lygus bugs are feeding on canola in the Peace River region and in some parts of central Alberta. Insecticide control at the bud stage is rarely effective or economical. Under good growing conditions, canola can grow through this early damage without any yield loss. Instead of spraying, step up monitoring and proper sweep net sampling and be ready to take…
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