Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Pest Management Updates

The Pest Management Centre at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has new information available on its website. Visit the PMC Website or click on the hyperlinks below for the latest pest management information.

The Pesticide Risk Reduction Strategies section has been expanded and updated. There is general information on strategies and selecting priorities, as well as strategy documents detailing progress for the following specific issues:

Apple Scab
Chickpea Ascochyta Blight
Grasshopper

A number of factsheets are available under the Document and Publications Archive > factsheets section:

Pest Management Centre Progress in ….(6 factsheets hyperlinked mid page)

Carrot foliage trimmer
Biopesticides for fireblight

Under Crop Profiles > the Cranberry crop profile has been published and can be viewed on-line.

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