• Scouting for cereal diseases: Risk and the need for a fungicide application

    Originally Tweeted June 16, 2019 by @PCDMN 1. As wheat and barley crops progress concerns regarding disease switch from seed and seedling issues to mid-season leaf disease issues.  Scouting is key to identifying emerging leaf disease issues and to assessing the need for an in-crop fungicide. 2. When scouting for weeds, note the presence and…

  • Stripe rust in 2020

    As of July 2, 2020, there have been five reports of the initial appearance of stripe rust on Alberta winter wheat on June 5, 16, 19, and 30, 2020 in the Counties of Lethbridge, Cardston, and Forty-Mile in southern Alberta and in the County of Grande Prairie in the Peace Region of Alberta (except of…