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13 May Investigating canola plant density and flea beetle control

Posted at 15:49h in Insects

Canola yield increased with increasing plant stand no matter flea beetle density, flea beetle control methods or geographic regions. Insecticide seed treatment and foliar spray at threshold level produced similar yield. Flea beetles are a perennial pest issue on the Canadian Prairies. Insecticide-coated canola seed, primarily...

26 Apr Target 6 to 7 canola plants per square foot

Posted at 16:12h in Agronomy

A meta-analysis of canola yield response to plant densities found that the economic optimal canola plant stand is 6 to 7 plants per square foot assuming recent 3 year average hybrid seed cost of $11.84/lbs., and farmgate canola price of $10.22/bu, hybrid seed size of...

05 Dec Optimal canola seeding rate based on seed size

Posted at 15:50h in Agronomy

This study compared three canola seeding rates (5, 10 and 15 seeds per square foot) with small and large seed size lots from two different hybrids.  It concluded that the most economic and least risky seeding rate to achieve adequate plant stand population is about 10...