Fusarium head blight (FHB) in barley is well established in the eastern Canadian Prairies and appears to be moving westward. A survey of 192 barley crops in eastern Saskatchewan was conducted to determine the impact of ...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) in barley has been spreading on the Canadian Prairies for the last decade. Fusarium spp. causing FHB can also cause crown/root rot of cereal crops. It is therefore of interest to determine the ...

Several soil biochemical processes related to soil fertility are microbially mediated. We know very well the factors limiting crop production but know little of the factors limiting the soil microbial community. The goal ...

Perennial forage crops are not traditionally grown in crop rotations in the Brown soil zone for several reasons: i) they are slow to establish; ii) they require intensive tillage to terminate; and iii) they reduce yield ...

Next to the coinciding harvest of spring crops, the biggest challenge winter wheat seeding faces is finding early matured and harvested crop land for seeding at the optimum window from late August to early September. ...

The effects of Roundup-Ready (RR) corn, grown in monoculture or in rotation with canola, on microbial biomass and diversity in corn rhizosphere were investigated at Lethbridge from 2002 to 2004. In monoculture, weeds in ...

Spring wheat grown in a replicated trial for one or two years after summerfallow, lentil, flax, or continuously (with and without fertilizer N) was examined for subcrown internode discoloration from 2000 to 2002 in southwest ...

Increasing demand for potatoes from Manitoba, mostly from the expanding french fry processing industry, has increased the need for acreages suitable for irrigated potato production. That need can be met by bringing additional ...