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