The Problem
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is the number one priority disease of wheat in Canada It threatens all wheat growing areas by reducing crop yield, compromising end-use quality, and affecting food and feed safety through accumulation of mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol (DON) in the…
There are many benefits to growing winter wheat This includes increased average grain yield over spring wheat ranging from 13% in Alberta to 25% across the Canadian Prairies Durum wheat is consistently one of the high value cereal crops grown by farmers in Alberta, and the potential yield advantage…
Wireworms, the underground larval stage of various species of click beetles, are a serious pest of many crops across Canada These long-living soil-dwelling larvae eat cereal and pulse seeds and seedlings, causing crop thinning Wireworms are hard to detect and move up and down in the soil profile At…