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In Eastern Canada, early control sets winter wheat up for the season
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fleabane. When mixed with Stratego® PRO fungicide, winter wheat growers are able to also manage those early diseases, before the disease – or weeds – can damage the yield potential of the crop. “The disease can be region specific, but for areas that can successfully manage powdery mildew in particular, a good herbicide and fungicide
package is critical,” says Kaastra. “The gold standard for control would be a T1 application of an early herbicide, sprayed together with a fungicide to save a pass and to take on those early and mid-season diseases. Then follow it up with a T3 fungicide application, like Prosaro® XTR, when the crop is flowering to help manage for fusarium.”
To learn more about Infinity, visit cropscience.bayer.ca/infinity. And for more information on disease control with Stratego PRO and Prosaro XTR, visit cropscience.bayer.ca/ Stratego-PRO and cropscience.bayer.ca/Prosaro-XTR.
TOP PHOTO: JEANNETTE GREAVES, BOTTOM PHOTO: STACEY DAWSON
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he lush fields of winter wheat have the potential for greater yield than spring wheat in many areas of Ontario and Quebec. Where growing it works, winter cereals are generally the preferred crop. However keeping both weeds and disease out of the crop is critical to achieving a yield bump over its spring counterpart. While some weeds germinate in the fall and can be controlled before fields go dormant, most winter annuals are tackled in early spring. Aggressive weeds such as glyphosate resistant Canada fleabane are of particular concern for winter wheat growers. The key to controlling those weeds is getting in early and stopping them from robbing your yield. “If you wait until the canopy closes then it’s too late, and you won’t get that contact that is needed to eliminate those weeds,” says Allan Kaastra, Agronomic Development Horticulture and Row Crops with Bayer. “An early, T1 application of herbicide plus a fungicide will take care of those competitive weeds and early season disease so the pressure is much lower when the crop starts to build yield.” In Eastern Canada, the primary early diseases in winter wheat include septoria leaf spot and powdery mildew. As the crop matures, common rust and stripe rust start to make their way into the field. Then finally at heading, fusarium is the primary disease concern for winter wheat growers. Infinity® herbicide is an effective early application herbicide that will take on tough to kill glyphosate resistant Canada