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Topic: resistance

Scouting for corn rootworm

PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RESISTANCE

June 2021 - EXTENSIVE INJURY FROM corn rootworm (CRW) was documented in four counties in 2020: Durham, Huron, Perth, and Middlesex. Injury ranged from root injury to goosenecking and lodging. To help prevent CRW damage, Grain Farmers of…
Preventing pest damage in soybeans

UNTANGLING THE METABOLIC FACTORS of RESISTANCE

February 2020 - ONTARIO SOYBEAN GROWERS contend with many challenges each year, from cold and wet springs to potential pre-harvest frost to diseases and pests. If the threat to yield from two prominent pests — soybean aphids and…