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January 25, 2019 |
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Syngenta Canada announced the launch of Orondis Gold Potato fungicide for the suppression of two common storage diseases, pink rot and Pythium leak, in potatoes. The fungicide will be available for the 2019 growing season.
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The expansion of Simplot’s french fry processing plant in Portage la Prairie will require 16,000 more acres of potatoes to satisfy its larger capacity. The plant will be accepting potatoes in the fall of 2019, with the intent of being in full production in early 2020.
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BASF is currently working on Zidua, a pre-emergence herbicide that controls red root pigweed and suppresses lamb’s quarters, and Cimegra, an insecticide that controls leafhoppers and tarnished plant bug.
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Pythium leak was a problem in Ontario in 2018, but it can manifest itself in any growing area if the conditions are right. Minimizing the infection comes down to management of harvest and storage, but producers walk a fine line between maintaining quality and minimizing the increase of Pythium leak.
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