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Insect trap counts are generally low across the Prairies, but bertha counts keep rising. Here are the latest provincial survey results.

Entomologists were excited to find a known diamondback moth parasitoid, the 2mm-long Diolcogaster claritibia wasp, at very high numbers in Alberta canola fields over

Take a random look at a few canola roots in each field to see what’s going on. Also dig up the root area for

In light hail, canola can sometimes over-compensate and produce even higher yield. In serious hail situations where entire flowering branches are knocked off, plants

Manitoba: Sclerotinia stem rot: Timeline for infection Saskatchewan: Sclerotinia stem rot: Timeline for infection Alberta: Map of the Week – Cabbage seedpod weevil counts

canolaPALOOZA 2018 was at AAFC Saskatoon June 25 and AAFC Lacombe June 27. Here are the top 10 questions from the two events.

Can you identify these four insects?

Alberta Agriculture’s cabbage seedpod weevil survey results for 2018 are mapped. In areas with a red marker, 25% or more of samples reported are

The three points of the disease triangle are host, pathogen and environment. When it comes to sclerotinia stem rot in canola in Western Canada,

The sclerotinia stem rot infection cycle begins when sclerotia in the soil (left from the last time an infected crop was produced on that

If conditions are dry at early flower and then it rains at 40% to 50% flower, spraying at the end of the window may

Small amounts of spores can lead to yield-robbing levels of sclerotinia in continued moist conditions. A petal test to confirm the presence of sclerotinia