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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First observations of stripe rust in commercial fields in Alberta
Dr. Mike Harding, Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation, Brooks, AB got a call last night from Dani Kerr, an Agronomy Supervisor at Nutrien, saying that three of…
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2025 Cereal Rust Risk Report (June 24-30, 2025)
The eighth weekly Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network (PCDMN) Prairie wind trajectory cereal rust risk report for 2025 is available for download now at the following…
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Scouting and risk assessment recommendations for cereal leaf spot diseases
2025 moisture conditions in many Prairie regions were dry in late May and early to mid June. However, recent rainfall in some regions over the last…
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PCDMN Soil Moisture Maps: Risk of stem rot sclerotial germination, July 2, 2025
June and early July are important months in terms of field crop disease development. For diseases such as sclerotinia stem rot of canola and ergot of small…
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Weekly Lentil Anthracnose Risk (June 30, 2025)
Welcome to the third weekly lentil anthracnose disease risk map, hosted by the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network on behalf of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. This map…