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Reducing the Wireworm Threat

As a national wireworm research project wraps, growers have more ways to control the pest. When Christine Noronha first started researching wireworms more than a...

Colorado Potato Beetles Break Down, Regrow Muscle to Survive Winter

New research from Western University has discovered hibernating Colorado potato beetles (CPBs) break down muscles to survive winters and then regrow them on demand...

Ontario’s Potato Field Guide Available to View Online

The Potato Field Guide of insects, diseases and defects, which was edited by the Ontario Potato Board's Eugenia Banks, is now available for viewing...

No Margin of Error to Control the Colorado Potato Beetle

Neonicotinoids have been used in Ontario for 26 years to control the Colorado potato beetle (CPB) but relying on one mode of action...

Top Contenders for Potato Pests and Diseases Across Canada for 2022

A cross country look at what potato pests and diseases growers can expect in their potato fields for the 2022 growing season. As the days...

RNA-based Biopesticide Kills 98.3 Per Cent of Colorado Potato Beetles

A Vancouver, B.C.-based company has announced that an independent test of its environmentally safe, RNA-based biopesticide technology was found to have 98.3 per cent mortality...

Reducing the Wireworm Threat

As a national wireworm research project wraps, growers have more ways to control the pest. When Christine Noronha first started researching wireworms more than a...

Colorado Potato Beetles Break Down, Regrow Muscle to Survive Winter

New research from Western University has discovered hibernating Colorado potato beetles (CPBs) break down muscles to survive winters and then regrow them on demand...

Ontario’s Potato Field Guide Available to View Online

The Potato Field Guide of insects, diseases and defects, which was edited by the Ontario Potato Board's Eugenia Banks, is now available for viewing...

No Margin of Error to Control the Colorado Potato Beetle

Neonicotinoids have been used in Ontario for 26 years to control the Colorado potato beetle (CPB) but relying on one mode of action...

Top Contenders for Potato Pests and Diseases Across Canada for 2022

A cross country look at what potato pests and diseases growers can expect in their potato fields for the 2022 growing season. As the days...

RNA-based Biopesticide Kills 98.3 Per Cent of Colorado Potato Beetles

A Vancouver, B.C.-based company has announced that an independent test of its environmentally safe, RNA-based biopesticide technology was found to have 98.3 per cent mortality...