Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
A tough new strain of clubroot was detected by a University of Alberta researcher. Clubroot was first discovered in Western Canada in 2003. Since then the soil-borne pathogen has steadily moved from a few fields to 30 municipalities.
New varieties of canola have been developed that can resist clubroot, but last year [2014] a newer strain of the disease was detected. “There are 16 fields confirmed in Alberta with a strain of clubroot that has overcome all of our resistant varieties that are
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