Leduc: Long-Term Storage of Canola
Producers are growing canola with much higher oil content compared to 10 years ago. Current recommendations for safe storage of canola are based on previous lower oil content varieties.
Holliday: Classical Biological Control of Root Maggots in Canola with Aleochara bipustulata
Root maggots, principally the cabbage maggot, have increased in incidence and damage severity in canola in all three Prairie Provinces. Currently, estimates of average annual losses from root maggot damage range from $20 million to $75 million; in years of severe infestation, losses may reach $100 million.
Soroka: Potential Flea Beetle Species Composition Shift in Prairie Canola
Crucifer-feeding flea beetles, principally Phyllotreta cruciferae (crucifer flea beetle) and P. striolata (striped flea beetle) are the most economically damaging insect pests of canola on the Canadian prairies.
Shaw: Field Survey of alternative seeding methods of canola under extreme wet weather conditions in Southeast Saskatchewan, 2011
Given the extreme wet conditions in Southeast Saskatchewan during the seeding season of 2011, producers attempted to use innovative ways of seeding their canola.
Kav: Antifungal Peptide from Pine for Multiple Disease Resistance in Canola
Canola can be significantly affected by diseases such as sclerotinia stem rot, blackleg and alternaria black spot resulting in loss of crop productivity and quality.
Holzapfel: Evaluating the effects of glyphosate and pod sealants on the yield of straight-combined canola on a large field-scale
Traditionally swathing is recommended for napus canola over straight-combining because of the risks of yield loss due to shattering.
Selvaraj: Building Durable Clubroot Resistance in Canola: Identification of Multiple Clubroot Resistance Genes From Brassica Napus and B. Rapa for Marker-Assisted Gene Stacking in Canola Breeding
Clubroot is a serious soil-borne disease of canola caused by the pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae. Multiple genes that can be clearly identified and stacked or rotated are required for long-term effectiveness of clubroot management toward protecting canola yield.
Rahman: Investigation on the individual genes of Brassica carinata in canola (B. napus) for their resistance to different blackleg pathotypes
Blackleg is a serious disease of canola caused by the fungal pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans. A number of different sources of partial resistance genes (Rlm) to blackleg disease have been identified and characterized in several Brassica napus cultivars.
Sawhney: Regulation of Male Sterility in Canola for Use in Hybrid Seed Production
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan initiated a study in 2000 to develop a non-transgenic, GMS system in canola (Brassica napus) using chemicals to restore fertility.
Niu: Separation of Ethanol-Water Mixtures Using Canola Meals
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan conducted a three-year study to determine if cost-effective biosorbents from canola meal would have potential for industrial application of dehydration of ethanol, other alcohols or gases.
Kutcher: A large-scale survey of races of L. maculans occurring on canola in western Canada
In a previous study (Project Code: CARP2006-02) AAFC researchers determined the race structure of Leptosphaeria maculans, the species responsible for the most damaging symptoms of blackleg of canola in Canada.
Integrating drift reduction technologies with agronomic practices
It is well known that a contact herbicide such as Liberty is less effective on hard-to-wet weeds such as wild oat or cleavers. Wild oat control can be improved by tank-mixing with a Group 1 graminicide; however, there are no tank-mixes that will improve control of cleavers.