VIDEO: The right time to spray for fusarium

Aug 16, 2012 12:01 AM - 0 comments
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By: Staff

Timing is nearly everything when spraying to suppress fusarium head blight -- but it's a small, fast-moving target, according to MAFRI plant pathologist Holly Derksen at Carman in this video, second in a series of nine hosted by Crops Guide editor Gord Gilmour.

Watch this site for more video highlights from the annual Crop Diagnostic School, hosted by Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives and the University of Manitoba at the Ian M. Morrison Research Farm at Carman. Farmers and agronomists attend the one-day hands-on school, which runs for two weeks in July. Time: 0:38.

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Control products used against fusarium in wheat will only work during flowering, MAFRI's Holly Derksen says.
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