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Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust

By Jeff Melchior July 26, 2024

The province received variable precipitation this spring which had pathologists and producers expecting the arrival of members of the leaf spot complex. However, Kelly Turkington with the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research and Development Centre said they may have been scorched by the July heat wave.

Forages, News, News Roundup

To tackle a plant pathogen, get the ID right first

Forages: News Roundup from the May 2018 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 31, 2018

With more advanced equipment and technology, experts like Dr. Sarah Hambleton from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) continue to refine our understanding of different plants and fungi. A recent case in point occurred when Hambleton, whose specialty is identifying fungi, and in particular rust, was sent a sample of contaminated switchgrass from Ontario to identify […] Read more

Stripe rust overwintered further north than usual going into the 2016 growing season, Cargill’s Linda Freitag said at SWAC. (OMAFRA photo)

Crops, Weather

Greig: Lessons learned from Ontario crops’ pest pressures

By John Greig January 9, 2017

The warmer winter and subsequent drought defined the 2016 cropping season in Ontario, resulting in more disease and insect pressures and then challenges managing them. Three agronomists gave an overview of the 2016 cropping season at the SouthWest Agricultural Conference in Ridgetown, outlining challenges and wins for the year. Leanne Freitag, Cargill’s manager of agronomy […] Read more

A sclerotinia-infected canola stem. Eastern Prairie crops are expected to face added disease pressure. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Weather

Rain increases disease pressures on eastern Prairies

By Dave Sims June 28, 2016

CNS Canada — The recent batch of wet weather across parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been a welcome relief to some fields that were suffering from excess dryness. However, soggy conditions have also enabled certain disease pressures to rear their ugly head, according to some government specialists. “Root rot is showing up in peas […] Read more

Stripe rust can cause significant yield losses for wheat growers. (Yue Jin photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Pearce: Stripe rust in winter wheat is Ontario’s biggest threat

By Ralph Pearce May 29, 2016

Normally, stripe rust in winter wheat isn’t a huge problem for growers in Eastern Canada, and particularly in Ontario — at least, not at this stage of the growing season — but the 2016 growing season isn’t shaping up to be “normal” either. For now, the immediate challenge before growers is to get out and […] Read more

Stripe rust in wheat. (Yue Jin photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Manitoba rust diseases dissipate as fusarium appears

By Dave Sims July 16, 2015

CNS Canada –– The spread of leaf and stripe rust in southern Manitoba appears to be over. The diseases, which generally target cereal crops, were thought to have blown up from the northern U.S. in late spring. Fields near Carman and Killarney both tested positive for rust in winter and spring wheat. Recent warm weather, […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

By Dave Sims June 19, 2015

CNS Canada — While fusarium head blight and wheat streak mosaic have already popped up in Manitoba fields, a new strain of disease is making its presence felt in the province’s south. Stripe rust and leaf rust appear to have blown in from the United States. Pam de Rocquigny of Manitoba’s agriculture department said the […] Read more

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Cereal leaf disease minimal in Alberta but be aware of blown-in stripe rust

To tackle a plant pathogen, get the ID right first

Greig: Lessons learned from Ontario crops’ pest pressures

Rain increases disease pressures on eastern Prairies

Pearce: Stripe rust in winter wheat is Ontario’s biggest threat

Manitoba rust diseases dissipate as fusarium appears

Rusts enter southern Manitoba from U.S.

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