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PRO/PL> Wheat streak mosaic virus – Canada: (AB)
Other Plant Disease -- CanadaWheat streak mosaic virus has appeared in southern Alberta winter wheat, with potential to infect spring wheat."We've confirmed it in probably a dozen fields and people have seen symptoms in dozens more. And in a few of the fields, it's severe," said Alberta Agriculture's Mike Harding."We had maybe a dozen or so fields last year [2015] that were confirmed to have wheat streak mosaic but we've got many, many more than that this year [2016]. It has really a break-out year." Read more [...]
