Weekly Update 2020
Sunflower & Triticale Pests ( Week 18 )
As the growing season winds down, we are wrapping up our summer series with an Insect of the Week doubleheader: one post featuring both sunflower and triticale pests! Sunflowers are an eye-catching plant with seeds that have numerous uses: as...
Good luck with harvest! ( Week 17 )
This is Week 17 and the last Weekly Update for 2020! It's been an exceptional field season - responding to COVID-19 and a new website for the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network! Watch for special releases during the fall and winter. Your best option...
Weather synopsis ( Week 17 )
An abbreviated synopsis is provided for the final Weekly Update of the 2020 growing season. It was a warm week for most of the prairies! The highest temperatures the past seven days across the prairies are represented in Figure 1 and ranged from...
Predicted diamondback moth development ( Week 17 )
The Diamondback moth (DBM) model was run with a biofix of May 15, 2020. DBM densities generally increase with increasing numbers of generations. Figure 1 represents the model output for the 2020 growing season (as of August 17, 2020). The number...
Predicted grasshopper development ( Week 17 )
The oviposition index provides a snapshot of how growing season conditions impact grasshopper development and subsequent oviposition. Advanced development of the current generation will result in greater potential egg production by females at the...
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Events
CanolaPALOOZA (Saskatoon, SK) – June 26-July8, 2020 – Online event
Due to COVID-19 concerns, CanolaPALOOZA at the AAFC Saskatoon Research and Development Centre research farm has been replace with a series of online Top Notch Farming Training events (June 26, July 6, July 8). www.saskcanola.com/news/upcoming.php
Crop Diagnostic School (Manitoba) – July 7-10, 2020 – Online event
Crop Diagnostic School will be held online in 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns. Event info/registration details are posted at: https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/crop-diagnostic-services/manitoba-crop-diagnostic-school.html Entomologists tentatively participating: John Gavloski and Jordan Bannerman.
2020 CanolaPALOOZA (Lacombe, Alberta) – Postponed until 2021
The 2020 CanolaPALOOZA at the Lacombe Research and Development Centre (Lacombe AB) has been postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns. https://albertacanola.com/event/canolapalooza/
