Several provinces are experiencing a shortage of old crop, and eastern provinces have finished planting after being delayed due to wet weather, according to the latest crop report from the United Potato Growers of Canada. » Read more...
Spore traps have been set up for the third year to detect late blight spores in Shelburne, Alliston and Simcoe-Delhi areas of Ontario. So far, no late blight spores have been detected. » Read more...
Please change the first sentence in the third news item to read: BASF will discontinue products containing the active ingredient metiram in response to a recent decision by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. Metiram is currently a part of two products: Polyram DF (a stand-alone metiram formulation) and Cabrio Plus. » Read more...
With summer’s arrival comes risk factors for several potato diseases, including late blight. Eugenia Banks, the Ontario’s potato specialist, shares early-summer, mid-summer and late-summer tips for scouting and preventing late blight in potato fields. » Read more...