Staying one step ahead of clubroot

Choose a hybrid with resistance to this destructive canola disease

In theory, the last couple of relatively hot and dry growing seasons should have slowed the progress of clubroot to canola fields across the Prairies. In practice, they didn’t. Why?

Researchers and plant breeders say the answer is that just as other weeds, pests and diseases evolve to thwart control methods, clubroot is doing the same. While they’re coming up with solutions to stay ahead, applying them will mean that farmers have to learn a bit of clubroot biology so they can make the right decisions when selecting canola varieties.

Read the complete article online – Western Producer.