In-Season Updates

The Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network (PCDMN) is ramping up activities for the 2023 growing season.  Moreover, we are entering Phase 2 of the PCDMN with funding from various producer organizations and Saskatchewan and Alberta funding bodies.   Stay tuned for updates to the Blog and more extensive coverage of a wider range of Prairie crops…

Introduction Sooty moulds Seed testing results Fusarium head blight and fusarium damaged kernels Wheat and barley disease information cards Bacterial leaf streak Introduction With maturity and harvest, one may assume that there are no further opportunities to obtain plant disease information from your 2022 crop.  However, checking harvested grain for disease issues will allow you…

During June and July, crop scouting for the ascochyta/mycosphaerella complex in field pea is critical for assessing risk and gauging the need for and timing of an in-crop fungicide application.  However, late season crop scouting is also important as it can be used to assess the prevalence, severity and impact of these disease issues.  Where…

Blackleg is one of the key diseases faced by Prairie canola producers and has largely been kept in check with the use of resistant varieties and crop rotation.  However, over the past 10-20 years there have been concerns regarding observed shifts in blackleg pathogen virulence in response to the major gene resistance used in a…

 Although the period for scouting, risk assessment, and fungicide use has drawn to a close for cereal leaf spots in 2022,  producers and consultants may want to look at end-of season assessments. Late season crop scouting is critical for assessing the prevalence, severity and impact of these disease issues. Moreover, where unsprayed check strips or areas…

We are fast approaching the time when you can rate sclerotinia stem rot in your canola. Ideally, plants should be rated within a week or so before the crop would normally be swathed (if it was being swathed of course). Once the crop starts to turn, rating becomes very difficult.  Key characteristics of sclerotinia infections…

We continue to work on refining the Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network Quick Disease Reporter Tool (PCDMN QDRT) to make it more user friendly, while also respecting confidentiality and privacy.  The QDRT now logs reports solely based on municipalities within Provinces.  The GPS component of the tool has been removed and thus reports can be submitted…

The latest Prairie PCDMN wind trajectory cereal rust risk report is available for download now at the following link: June 28 to July 4, 2022 report.   As of the week of June 28-July 4, 2022 the overall Prairie cereal rust risk assessments and need for in-crop scouting are as follows: Pacific Northwest – There was a…