WGRF News

The purpose of the project was to improve understanding of the value of diversified cropping for three regions of the Canadian Prairies with different climatic conditions These included the Parkland region where canola dominates cropping systems, southern Manitoba where warmer season crops such as…

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Weed surveys of annual crops have been regularly conducted in the Prairie Provinces since the 1970’s  In the 1990’s, a herbicide resistance component was added to the provincial surveys  The objectives of the project were to complete the sixth set of weed surveys in the Prairie Provinces and…

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Surveys for foliar diseases of commercial faba bean fields in Saskatchewan and Alberta were completed in 2017, 2018 and 2019 All faba bean crops surveyed had foliar lesions in all years, but disease severity was low across all fields Botrytis species that cause chocolate spot were commonly present…

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