Keyword: agronomy
Diversifying organic cropping options for the brown soils through intercropping
The objectives of this study conducted in the semi-arid Prairies were to determine: if intercrops can reduce weed levels compared to monocrops, and in the following sole crop; if intercrops have less disease than monocrops and impacts on diseases in the following crop; the grain yield/quality of…Read More
Manitoba general and herbicide resistant weed surveys
Read MoreImproving fusarium head blight management in durum wheat in Saskatchewan
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most important diseases of wheat in Canada Even a small per hectare yield loss due to FHB results in the loss of tens of thousands of dollars per grower and millions of dollars collectively Multiple control strategies are required to control the disease…Read More
Toxicopathological determination of safe dose ranges of neonicotinoids for honey bee colonies
The agriculture industry faces the daunting challenge to produce food for an ever-growing world population Three quarters of the leading global food crops and one third of the total global production volume are dependent upon insect pollination The honey bees are the most economically important…Read More
Optimal nitrogen and phosphorus management for flax
Flax fertility trials were conducted over a three-year period at eight locations, primarily in Saskatchewan but also in Alberta and Manitoba All fertilizer was side-banded, and the treatments were a factorial combination of four nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates (13, 50, 100, and 150 kg N/ha) and four…Read More