Shirtliffe: Determining the economic plant density in canola
Canola farmers seeking to maximize returns should target populations so that even under adverse conditions they will have more than 50 plants per square metre (5 plants per square foot).
Evenden: The development of a semiochemical monitoring and detection system for the diamondback moth on canola
Producers are encouraged to use pheromone baited traps to monitor diamondback moth flight. This information can predict expected larval densities in their crop.
Drew: Use of Canola, Pea, and Soy fractions in Aquafeeds
Pea meal and pea and canola protein concentrates provide a significant advantage over soybean meal in salmonid diets according to research at the University of Saskatchewan.
Lange: Marker-Assisted Breeding for Fusarium Wilt Resistance in Canola
Fusarium wilt resistance in Brassica napus was found to be conferred by a single dominant gene, the A-genome. This means that B. rapa and B. oleracea may be sources of resistance to fusarium wilt available to B. napus breeders.
Mutsvangwa: Amino Acids Utilization and Peripheral Tissue Metabolism in Ruminants Fed Full-Fat Canola-Based Diets
Lactating dairy cows or growing beef cattle require amino acids for milk production and growth. These amino acids are the "building blocks" of milk protein and skeletal muscle.
Soroka: Effects of Late Season Flea Beetle Feeding on Canola Seed Yields
The best defense against fall flea beetle damage to canola seed yields was to seed at mid-May or earlier. Seeding date had the greatest influence on harvest parameters for all factors investigated, and in most trials earlier seeded plots outyielded later seeded plots.
Kutcher: Determination of pathogenic variability of Leptosphaeria maculans in western Canada and resistance in Canadian Brassica napus cultivars
Blackleg continues to be found throughout the canola growing area and new strains of Leptosphaeria maculans have been observed in western Canada.
McLaren: Impact of Timing, Rate and Application Technology on Biological Control of Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Canola caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is one of the most important pathogens affecting canola and other susceptible crops such as dry bean in western Canada. In canola, even a yield loss of 3% would cost producers approximately $13M yearly.
SERF: Harvest Crop Management Strategies of Straight Cutting, Desiccation, Pushing and Swathing in Argentine and Polish Canola on the Effects of Yield Characteristics
Researchers in Saskatchewan conducted a three-year trial from 2006 to 2008 to assess the potential of pushing canola as a pre-harvest management option compared to swathing, pushing and/or desiccating, and straight cutting canola.
Falk: Developing High Yielding Brassica Rapa Cultivars With Resistance to Brown Girdling Root Rot, Blackleg, White Rust, and Clubroot
The development of early maturing canola is crucial to the northern canola growing areas of western Canada. Although B. rapa has several advantages over B. napus, producers currently have very few cultivars from which to choose, and only one with resistance to blackleg.
Gan: Optimizing the Production of Brassica Juncea Canola Zones, In Comparison with Other Brassica Species, in Different Soil-climatic Zones
Juncea canola can be considered as an alternate oilseed crop that is adapted to the semiarid areas of the northern Great Plains where high temperature and drought stresses often limit the productivity of conventional napus and rapa canola species.
Brandt: Comparison of Certified and Farm-Saved Seed on Yield and Quality Characteristics of Canola
Most of Canada’s canola crop is produced using certified seed. With rising input costs, some producers are tempted to save and replant seed (farm-saved seed) grown from a hybrid variety.