Insects

The action threshold for flea beetles in canola crops in Canada is an average leaf area loss of 25 per cent or more. How

from the perspectives of herbicide uptake, efficacy and label requirements, night spraying is OK as long as weeds are not under any stress and

Four questions that will help with your approach to flea beetle scouting and risk assessment.

Cutworm feeding results in notched, wilted, dead or cut-off plants. Patches of missing plants could also be cutworms. Include cutworms on the scouting checklist

Jim Tansey and Keith Gabert talk about flea beetles – including how far they travel to find the first canola crops, major differences between

Striped flea beetles tend to emerge earlier than crucifer flea beetles, and some are already feeding on canola volunteers. Are first-emerging crops at higher

Respirators for pesticide applicators are NIOSH/MSHA/BHSE approved organic-vapour-removing cartridge with a pre-filter approved for pesticides or a NIOSH/MSHA/BHSE approved canister for pesticides.

A full-fledged bertha armyworm outbreak continues in the Peace region. Continue scouting, noting that fields at thresholds can be right beside fields with low

Bertha armyworm numbers are at thresholds in more Peace-region canola fields this week. Growers in the Birch Hills, Saddle Hills and Northern Sunrise areas

As predicted by moth traps, the Peace region has fields at thresholds. Beyond there, a few field here and there across the Prairies have

The bertha armyworm risk is fairly low across most of the Prairies, but the insect pest is at high numbers in localized areas. These

Insect pressure is low, for the most part. Localized outbreaks of bertha armyworm and other insects could be found, so scouting is still important,