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Cereals: Oats: Seed Rot and Seedling Blight (Pyrenopora avenae, Fusarium spp. and others)

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 04 July 2005
Last Reviewed: 15 June 2009
Pub 812: Field Crop Protection Guide > Chapter 4: Cereals > Oats: Seed Rot and Seedling Blight

Excerpt from Chapter 4, Field Crop Protection Guide, Order this publication

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  1. Seed and Seedling Diseases
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Seed and Seedling Diseases

Spread from year to year primarily through infected seed. Wind-blown spores will infect florets with season.

Seed Treatment

Ensure good coverage of seed treatment on seeds. Rotation with non-host crops for at least 2 years will reduce risk. Use disease-free seed and avoid deep seeding.

carbathiin + thiram – Vitaflo 280
Active ingredient carbathiin + thiram
Trade name Vitaflo 280
Rate (product) 330 mL per 100 kg seed

Comments (Days to harvest, label precautions, etc.)
Do not graze or feed livestock on treated areas for 6 weeks after planting.

difenoconazole + metalaxyl-M – Dividend XL RTA
Active ingredient difenoconazole + metalaxyl-M
Trade name Dividend XL RTA
Rate (product) 325-650 mL per 100 kg seed

Comments (Days to harvest, label precautions, etc.)
For both commercial seed treatment plants and on-farm treatment using standard gravity flow- or mist-type seed treatment equipment. May also be used in treat-on-the-go seeder. Do not graze, feed green forage or cut for hay within 35 days of planting.

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