One of the most common and highly damaging insect pests for canola growers is the flea beetle. Here, Tyler Wist, a research scientist in field crop entomology with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, talks about the most effective way to deal with flea beetles, the efficacy of flea beetle control methods and how the return of ‘hairy canola’ could help keep these voracious bugs at bay.
AgGronomyTV: Farmers vs. flea beetles
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