KEY RESULT: Pollinators increased canola yield by promoting earlier flowering and reducing loss associated with drought. However, pollinators were unable to compensate for suboptimal seeding rate or low nitrogen fertility. PROJECT TITLE, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: “Getting more bang for your buzz: Does pollination compensate for canola yield lost under sub-optimal soil moisture, nitrogen fertilization and/or seeding...

KEY RESULT: The canola growth stage prediction model and sclerotinia stem rot risk index deployed on www.canoladst.ca are useful tools for managing the disease. PROJECT TITLE, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: “Operational models to forecast canola growth stage, Sclerotinia risk, and yield in Western Canada,” Rishi Burlakoti, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada FUNDING: Growing Forward 2 The major objectives...

KEY RESULT: Heads Up, a resistance activator applied to seed, was found to enhance resistance against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing white mould in dry bean, but showed no benefit for canola. Adding a micronutrient to a foliar fungicide improved control of S. sclerotiorum for two of the six fungicides tested. PROJECT TITLE, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: “Improving Sclerotinia...

KEY RESULT: Soil fumigation with metam sodium can reduce clubroot severity and improve plant health in the subsequent canola crop. But because of high rates required and high cost per acre, fumigation may have a role in the eradication of localized or isolated areas of infestation. PROJECT TITLE, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: “Toward a Strategy for Reducing...

KEY RESULT: Researchers developed the Canadian Clubroot Differential (CCD) Set, which represents an improved system for the identification of new virulence profiles of Plasmodiophora brassicae and their classification into pathotypes. The CCD Set is an important new tool that can be applied directly on the ground by the sector, including agronomists, breeders and researchers. PROJECT...