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2024 Plant Disease Issues to Watch Out For: Seed and Seedling Issues
Unfortunately, plant diseases that occur early in the growing season can be difficult to diagnose. At this stage the focus is typically on issues affecting seed germination, emergence, stand establishment, and general crop appearance. Plant diseases such as seed rots, damping off, wirestem, and seedling blights are the main diseases that can be associated with…
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2024 Cereal Rust Risk Report (May 20-26, 2024)
The third weekly Prairie wind trajectory cereal rust risk report for 2024 is available for download now at the following link: May 20-26, 2024 report. As of the week of May 20-26, 2024, the overall Prairie cereal rust risk assessment and need for in-crop scouting is as follows: Pacific Northwest – There were low numbers of reverse…
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Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network Quick Disease Reporter Tool (PCDMN QDRT): Please contribute your Prairie field crop disease observations in 2024!
The spring of 2024 started dry in some Prairie regions, but recent rains have resulted in improved moisture conditions for crop establishment and subsequent development. Most of the Prairies have 30 day rainfall amounts were normal to above normal (Figure 1). Cumulative rainfall has been greatest along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border and across southern regions of…
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2024 Cereal Rust Risk Report (May 14-20, 2024)
The second weekly Prairie wind trajectory cereal rust risk report for 2024 is available for download now at the following link: May 14-20, 2024 report. As of the week of May 14-20, 2024, the overall Prairie cereal rust risk assessment and need for in-crop scouting is as follows: Pacific Northwest – There were relatively low…
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2024 Cereal Rust Risk Report (May 7-13, 2024)
The first weekly Prairie wind trajectory cereal rust risk report for 2024 is available for download now at the following link: May 7-13, 2024 report. As of the week of May 7-13, 2024, the overall Prairie cereal rust risk assessment and need for in-crop scouting is as follows: Pacific Northwest – There were low to moderate…