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Eggs are not a target for management, but this is a fun quiz that will improve your agronomy knowledge. Look out for these when out scouting the soil or plants for other issues. This is a matching quiz – five eggs, five choices. Can you match all five?…
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Seeing about ground symptoms? Root maggots are one possible cause. Their damage can also increase root disease infections…
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Slugs have been found feeding on canola in wet areas of Alberta. Some fields are starting to flower – which means we have to start talking about cabbage seedpod weevils…
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Four scenarios with "Yes" or "No" answers on application timing…
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Trap counts are showing higher numbers of diamondback moths in a few areas, but this just means that the moths have arrived, and is not necessarily a cause for concern. Flea beetle scouting is more important this week…
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The action threshold for flea beetles in canola crops in Canada is an average leaf area loss of 25 per cent or more. How do you make that assessment?…
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Four questions that will help with your approach to flea beetle scouting and risk assessment…
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Cutworm feeding results in notched, wilted, dead or cut-off plants. Patches of missing plants could also be cutworms. Include cutworms on the scouting checklist for the first one to three weeks after emergence…
