Topics for the week
…Verticillium stripe. Harvest, even shortly after harvest, is a good time to scout for verticillium stripe. Collect suspicious stem samples and send them for testing. Clubroot soil testing. When collecting…
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Choose the right cultivar for each field
…labs that test stubble for blackleg races. See the table here for a list of cultivars with blackleg R genes. Other disease resistance. Some cultivars may have higher verticillium tolerance…
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…a standardized protocol. Cultivar promotions that use the terms Adult Plant Resistance (APR), minor genes, QTLs, or QR all refer to the cultivar’s quantitative resistance. Verticillium stripe To reduce the…
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…Canola Watch article explains why and how to count. While counting stems, check them for verticillium stripe. Symptoms for this disease, which is relatively unknown for many farmers and agronomists…
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…27.) If the “blackleg” might be verticillium stripe, canola that is resistant to blackleg in a field is also known to reduce the incidence levels of verticillium stripe. Win-win. Disease…
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…sections of the field may need to managed separately. (Early hot swathing can increase green counts) Is it verticillium stripe? Or blackleg? Or both? Pre-swathing, at swathing and post-swathing are…
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