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Listen: A canola survey in Saskatchewan sees increase in diseases

Feb 9, 2023 | 1:53 PM

MELFORT, Sask. – A survey of Saskatchewan fields found both the prevalence and incidence of blackleg increased. There were higher levels of sclerotinia stem rot and more cases of clubroot.

A separate survey was conducted for the first time for verticillium stripe.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Crops Extension Specialist Kim Stonehouse runs through the statistics from the 2022 survey.