Lead Researcher (PI): Cecil Vera

Institution: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

Total WGRF Funding: $75,440

Co-Funders: Agriculture Development Fund, BASF AgSolutions, Northeast Agriculture Research Foundation

Start Date: 2014

Project Length: 3 Years

Objectives:

The objectives of this research are to determine: the association of disease and lodging in flax, and their impact on seed yield; study the action and benefit of fungicide application in the control of disease and lodging in flax; and compare the benefit of pyraclostrobin fungicide in controlling pasmo disease as well as lodging in flax, in comparison to fungicides with different mode of action available in the market.