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Blackleg metabolites do not add risk to canola products for export

Key Practice: L. maculans, the fungal pathogen that causes blackleg in canola, can produce a mycotoxin called sirodesmin PL, but this study found none of it in Alberta canola samples. Project Title, Lead Researcher: “Evaluation of the toxicity of the secondary metabolites produced by Leptosphaeria maculans,” 2012-14, Xiujie (Susie) Li, Alberta Innovates — Technology Futures...
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Canola Digest is the official print publication of Canada’s canola growers. Its four issues per year cover a range of topics from agronomics to marketing to the latest developments in the canola industry. Your one year Canola Digest subscription is completely free! Watch for an email from us after you’ve clicked Subscribe, then be sure...
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Resistant varieties plus crop rotation keys to clubroot management

Key result: This study looked at various clubroot management techniques and found that using clubroot-resistant varieties plus crop rotations with at least two years between host crops were effective in reducing disease severity and yield loss. Project title, Principal investigator: “Management of clubroot in a dynamic environment” Sheau-Fang Hwang, Alberta Agriculture and Food Funding: Growing...
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