Other Plant Disease — Canada
Root disease is omnipresent in pulses in 2020. There were ideal conditions for aphanomyces in large parts of the prairies in the summer. But exactly how prevalent the disease was is largely unknown because researchers weren’t allowed to do in-field surveys due to COVID-19. “So, I don’t have hard numbers,” said Agriculture Canada’s Syama Chatterton.
Her informal survey was largely from pictures. “From what I gathered, it was a really rough year for aphanomyces,” she said. Alberta Agriculture
…
