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Pod-eating insects — including bertha armyworm, lygus and diamondback moth larvae — are at low levels in general in 2016. The biggest factors regulating

Three thrips species will feed on canola in Canada and only one — western flower thrips, (Frankliniella occidentalis) — causes pod curling.

You may find quite menagerie of insects in your net after 10 sweeps. Can you correctly identify these five?

Learn to tell the difference between common lesion-causing diseases — blackleg, sclerotinia stem rot and alternaria black spot.

Lygus have piercing, sucking mouth parts, which they use to pierce pods and drain immature seeds. This is where the major yield loss occurs

Three main lygus species are pests of canola in Canada. Colour and shape are somewhat different, but each should be counted equally when sweep

To answer the question, not likely. In most cases, only individual or small groups of plants are infested. The nominal threshold in canola is

Misshapen sack-shaped pods are often the result of aster yellows.

As canola starts to move from flowering and into pod formation, growers will often notice blanks up the raceme where pods did not form.

With severe hail after flowering, plants can start to regrow, going through flowering stages again. This really sets back maturity, but with enough time,

The spray-to-swath calculator helps growers and agronomists find a fungicide, insecticide or pre-harvest herbicide that fits the timeframe available.

Malathion CANNOT be used to treat bins where canola will be stored or to treat canola as it goes into storage. These applications can