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Manitoba Agriculture says total seeding progress is sitting at about 65 per cent complete compared to the three-year average of 81 per cent.
 
Cereal and canola crops seeded last week are emerging quickly, however, many farmers are unable to seed corner-to-corner, as frequent wet spots are preventing machinery access. Delays and stuck equipment are common.
 
Farmers are dealing with excess moisture in many regions, while some producers benefited from last week’s rain.
 
Large amounts of rainfall in some areas left pooled water in field drains and low spots.
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LALEXPERT: Sclerotinia cycle and prophylactic methods

Video: LALEXPERT: Sclerotinia cycle and prophylactic methods

White rot, also known as sclerotinia, is a common agricultural fungal disease caused by various virulent species of Sclerotinia. It initially affects the root system (mycelium) before spreading to the aerial parts through the dissemination of spores.

Sclerotinia is undoubtedly a disease of major economic importance, and very damaging in the event of a heavy attack.

All these attacks come from the primary inoculum stored in the soil: sclerotia. These forms of resistance can survive in the soil for over 10 years, maintaining constant contamination of susceptible host crops, causing symptoms on the crop and replenishing the soil inoculum with new sclerotia.