Information for commercial vegetable production in Ontario
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) recently announced the approval of a Minor Use label expansion of Delegate Insecticide for… Continue Reading Minor Use Label Expansion – Delegate for flea beetles on root vegetables
The cabbage maggot (Delia radicum) is the larvae stage of the cabbage root fly which can cause severe damage to… Continue Reading Cabbage Maggot; An old pest with limited options
A potato IPM training module has been launched and can be found on the Ontario CropIPM website here: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/IPM/english/index.html The module is… Continue Reading Potato module now available on Ontario Crop IPM
Dennis Van Dyk, OMAFRA, Guelph; Manju Chandran and Mary Ruth McDonald, University of Guelph, Muck Crops Research Station. For the… Continue Reading Flea Beetle Feeding Damage Found on Carrots in Ontario
The 2016 Ontario Potato Field Day will be held Thursday, August 18 at HJV Equipment, 5900 Simcoe Road 10, Alliston.… Continue Reading Potato Field Day
Eugenia Banks, OMAFRA Growing potatoes is always a challenge for Ontario potato producers. Mother Nature dictates crop development from planting… Continue Reading The 2015 season: how is the potato crop doing?
Eugenia Banks, Potato Specialist, OMAFRA On July 9, late blight was found in a potato field near Orangeville. This is… Continue Reading First occurrence of potato late blight in Ontario in 2015
Interest in growing sweet potatoes in Ontario is increasing. This presentation (pdf) summarizes some of the major production requirements involved… Continue Reading Sweet potato production in Ontario