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4. Canada Crop Protection

4. Canada Crop Protection

Controlling Canada fleabane in soybean | Top Crop Manager

Dicamba for control in glyphosate- and dicamba-resistant soybean | Top Crop Manager

Keeping the lid on woolly cupgrass | Top Crop Manager

Budding Berry Crops Signal the Start of a New Season – Arysta LifeScience

Potato psyllid monitoring to continue | Grower

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Potato psyllid and zebra chip update | Potatoes in Canada

"Lso (zebra chip pathogen) has been detected in small numbers of potato psyllids in two sites in Alberta, but no zebra chip symptoms or pathogen has been found in any potato plant tissue yet.

During three years of sampling for potato psyllids (Bactericera cockerelli) across Canada, we found small numbers in Alberta (2015–2017, increasing annually), Saskatchewan (first time in 2016), and Manitoba…

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Potato psyllid a no-show in Alberta fields | Potatoes in Canada

Potato psyllid a no-show in Alberta fields | Potatoes in Canada

"Alberta’s potato industry is worth more than $1 billion to the province’s economy. But it’s threatened by a tiny bacterium that causes zebra chip disease, which has already affected crops in the United States, Mexico and New Zealand. 

This year, a Lethbridge scientist reports, it hasn’t shown up in the province.

‘We found hundreds of potato psyllids last year, but we have found under 10 so far…

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Alternative Methods To Control Zebra Chip Disease In Potatoes

Zebra chip disease in potatoes is currently being managed by controlling the potato psyllid with insecticides. But one Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialist is trying to manage the disease symptoms with alternative methods and chemistries. The disease is caused by a bacterium,...

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