Providing timely information about crop diseases on the Prairies
We are a group of Canadian prairie pathologists working together to support disease assessment and management in field crops.
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Mini Prairie cereal rust risk update – April 25, 2025
Since the PCDMN rust risk update in early February 2025 (https://prairiecropdisease.com/2025/02/02/2025-pnw-stripe-rust-forecast-a-heads-up-for-prairie-wheat-growers/) there has been a change in rust risk coming out of the Pacific Northwest. Dr.…
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2025 PNW Stripe Rust Forecast: A heads-up for Prairie wheat growers
In early winter of each year, Dr. Xianming Chen, USDA-ARS, and WSU, Pullman, WA, issues one or more stripe rust forecasts for the PNW region in…
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Reports of barley yellow dwarf virus in Southern Alberta – early to mid-August 2024
Feature report from Dr. Mike Harding, Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, Brooks, Alberta, August 14, 2024. Barley yellow dwarf (BYD) is a disease in cereals that can…
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Additional updated cereal leaf spot disease info cards have been posted
Updated disease info cards have been posted on the PCDMN website for speckled leaf blotch, leaf and glume blotch and tan spot of wheat, and spot-form…
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Updated end-of-season assessment protocols for the Ascochyta/Mycosphaerella complex of field pea
Ascochyta/Mycosphaerella Assessment Protocols (Summer 2024)During June and July, crop scouting for the ascochyta/mycosphaerella complex in field pea is critical for assessing risk and gauging the need for…