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Sask. wheat commission merger takes another step

The next step in the amalgamation of two Saskatchewan crop commissions has begun.

Sask Wheat and the Saskatchewan Winter Cereals Development Commission are holding another round of online consultations on the potential amalgamation, as they promised last summer.

The two commissions have carried out previous online consultations and found overwhelming support for the merger. After the new round of consultations, a formal proposal is expected and each commission is expected to vote on it at their January annual meetings.

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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.