Fusarium head blight forecasts offer key information when Manitoba farmers are trying to decide whether they need to apply fungicide against the disease in their 2025 cereal crops.
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Fusarium head blight forecasts offer key information when Manitoba farmers are trying to decide whether they need to apply fungicide against the disease in their 2025 cereal crops
Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat
A biological sample that a Chinese researcher was accused of smuggling into the United States and that prosecutors cast as a “dangerous biological pathogen” is a common type of fungus already widespread in U.S. crop fields that likely poses little risk to food safety, experts said.
Two Chinese researchers accused of smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into U.S.
Fusarium poses threat
U.S. federal prosecutors have accused two Chinese nationals of smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen that had the potential to be used as an agricultural terrorism weapon into the United States for research.
Later spraying may help with DON
Agronomists change their advice as to when to spray for fusarium infection
Wheat growers in North Dakota have altered how they use fungicides to control fusarium head blight.
Later called better when spraying for fusarium
Some advice to growers still recommends spraying earlier, but researchers say recent studies point in the opposite direction
Prairie wheat growers could be getting poor control of fusarium head blight because they’re applying fungicides too early.
Website launched to fight pulse root rot
Glacier FarmMedia – Pea and lentil growers looking to gain the upper hand against root rot diseases have a new resource. A website, rootrot.ca, has been launched through the Pulse Root Rot Network. Users can access information on agronomy, breeding and pathology to advance research and management practices. The website is part of the Manitoba […] Read more
Prairie fusarium levels mixed; some grades take a hit
‘Significantly more’ reports of fusarium head blight seen in Sask. cereal crops this season; Man. also has problem areas
Glacier FarmMedia – Fusarium head blight, a persistent threat to cereal crops across the Prairies, is making a stronger-than-usual appearance this season, but the severity and location varies. Compared to previous years, said Alireza Akhavan, a provincial plant disease specialist in Saskatchewan, she has received “significantly more” reports of fusarium head blight in cereal crops […] Read more
New research strategy developed for root rot
Sask. gov’t, farm groups kick in $4.2 million to tackle aphanomyces and other diseases that threaten pea and lentil crops
A $4.2 million investment in root rot research is a “big deal” for farmers and Canada’s pulse industry, says a University of Saskatchewan scientist. Saskatchewan agriculture minister David Marit announced $2.5 million in provincial and federal funding last week to find solutions for root rot in peas and lentils. Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, the Western Grains […] Read more
Fungal infections pose increasing risk to crops
Scientists at the University of Exeter, U.K., authored a commentary published recently in the journal Nature, highlighting the threats of fungal infection to crops. Growers worldwide lose between 10 and 23 percent of their crops to infection annually, despite widespread use of fungicides. Another 10 to 20 percent is lost to problems post-harvest.
Potato research targets disease
The research is part of wider efforts to combat economic loss in the burgeoning potato industry in southern Alberta, which is expected to grow with expansion of the McCains processing facility and expanded irrigation networks.
