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…
Farmers are looking for appropriate tools and methods for assessing and interpreting the health status of their soils; however, for Saskatchewan there is no standardized and prairie-based soil health test available As such, we focused on developing a soil health testing protocol for arable cropping…
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a common disease in cereal crops, such as wheat, barley, and oat Very little is known about FHB on rye in Canada In this project, fall rye spike samples were collected from naturally infected fall rye fields in Manitoba Five Fusarium species were isolated and…
