The October issue of Top Crop Manager West covers a range of topics on seed and plant breeding and more. You’ll read about a new approach to breeding for Fusarium head blight resistance in barley, new heat-tolerant flax varieties and updated research on canola seed size. Discover how splitting nitrogen fertilizer could make sense as a risk management tool and the influence of phosphorous on canola plant roots. Take a look at new cereal varieties and the potential for winter camelina. You’ll also hear about a new fungal species identified as a Fusarium head blight biocontrol agent. Finally, don’t miss the agronomy update on alternate forms of nitrogen fertilizer performing similar to urea.