At one time, scientists, agronomists and canola growers were extremely worried that clubroot would devastate Canada’s canola ...

Venktat Chapara knows a great deal about canola and canola disease. Now he's warning farmers in North Dakota's Cavalier County, where canola is widely grown, that clubroot could be reaching "epidemic ...

In 2003, a fungus that produces a disorder known as clubroot was discovered in Alberta. Clubroot has been around for centuries, especially in Europe; it is a swiftly-spreading fungus that causes large ...

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NRGene Canada, an AI genomics company, has reached a major milestone in the development of new canola lines harboring high resistance against the devastating ...

96.1% disease control at 0.5 gal/acre application rate 96.5% disease control at 2.5 gal/acre application rate 98.5% disease control at 10 gal/acre application rate Clubroot is a rapidly-spreading ...

Perfect conditions last autumn have led to an increase in reported cases of clubroot in oilseed rape and farmers are being warned the yield-slashing disease could become even worse in the future.

First described in the 13th century in Russia, clubroot has been affecting worldwide brassica production, including canola, broccoli, and black mustard, since. Clubroot is so tenacious because the ...

When clubroot hit Tim Care’s farm his oilseed rape yields halved and he had to work out a strategy to cope with this damaging soil-borne disease. Yields dropped sharply to a little over 2.5t/ha in his ...

Scientists want to better understand why some canola varieties are resistant to clubroot and are using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) in Saskatoon for help with their research. Canola is the number ...

The number of canola fields in Saskatchewan where clubroot was identified increased during 2021. Clubroot is a declared pest in Saskatchewan and was first detected in the province in 2008. Visible ...

Clubroot, caused by the soil-borne protist Plasmodiophora brassicae, poses a major threat to Brassica crops worldwide. The disease, which induces the formation of galls on infected roots, disrupts ...

Clubroot is a major issue in rape in Scotand’s arable rotations, with more than 50% of fields used for oilseed rape carrying the disease – and in areas like Aberdeenshire, the incidence is higher with ...