In-Season Updates

The Prairie Crop Disease MonitoringNetwork (PCDMN) is a coordinated field crop disease monitoring program for theprairies. The PCDMN’s main focus is to provide timely information about cropdiseases on the Prairies and to highlight effective disease managementapproaches.  The Blog is designed to help the PCDMN share disease information with the Canadian agricultural industry as it becomes available.  The…

Since 2019, the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network (PCDMN) has released a series of weekly Cereal Rust Risk Reports throughout May and June.  Read the OVERVIEW describing the collaborative nature of this effort and the methods employed.  Information related to trajectory events based on forecast and diagnostic wind fields and cereal rust risk is experimental, and is offered to the public for informational purposes only. The…

Disease Scouting Playing Cards, including key symptoms and management strategies for a number of field crop diseases, have been created by the @PCDMN.   Free downloadable PDF versions of the following playing cards are available by linking to the Scouting Tips & Calendar page! Wheat • Speckled leaf blotch • Parastagonospora/Septoria leaf and glume blotch • Tan spot Barley •…

Below are 12 practical tips to complement the recent Canola Watch Information (posted July 2, 2020 in Issue 16). Tweeted 25 June 2019 by @PCDMN Factors related TO THE HOST… 1.  Canopy closure: Closure promotes soil moisture favourable to germination of sclerotia and production of apothecia when rainfall occurs. 2.  Flowering date and period: Does flowering…

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…