EXAM – Canola Watch 2025 – Section 3

1. The Canola Council of Canada has a sclerotinia risk assessment tool at canolacalculator.ca. The tool has six questions to establish the risk in each field. With a total score of 40 or more, the tool recommends a fungicide spray. What is the total risk score if you select the highest risk scenario for all six questions?

2. An August @canolawatch tweet reminded farmers about the eastward movement of cabbage seedpod weevil. What does the video in the tweet show?

3. A July 29 @canolawatch tweet showed a video of canola flower midge larvae inside a canola flower. What is the important management tip shared in the tweet?

4. A July 5 @canolawatch tweet shared a video of the apothecia that release sclerotinia spores. What is the key takeaway from the video?

5. In this agronomy short from the Canola Council of Canada Youtube channel, Jay examines some canola volunteers. Why were these volunteers not controlled?

6. In this agronomy short from the Canola Council of Canada Youtube channel, Chris explains the best ways to manage blackleg. If a grower or agronomist decides the risk scenario requires a foliar fungicide, what does Chris say is the best spray timing?

7. In 2025, the CCC hosted a Canola Agriscience Cluster Research Roundup webinar with updates for on-going research projects. The video recording has over five hours of presentations. To keep it simple for this exam, we want to know what precision 4R practice Mario Tenuta describes at the one-hour mark (1:00:00) of the video.

8. The Canola Research Hub has summaries of over 200 completed canola research projects. What was the result from an IHARF study called “Canola seed safety and yield response to novel phosphorus sources in Saskatchewan soils”? (At the site, use the search to find this summary.)

9. The Canola Council of Canada has various infographics. (Scroll to the bottom here.). Reading the infographic on the verticillium stripe disease cycle, step one in the cycle describes fungal propagules called microsclerotia. What does the infographic says stimulate microsclerotial development?

10. Keep It Clean is a Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada and Pulse Canada collaboration to maintain the high standards of Canadian cereal, pulse and oilseed exports. In the Keep It Clean 2025 Product Advisory Webinar, what practice does the CCC presenter flag at the 41:00 mark?