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OMAFRA Crops - What's Hot?

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 01 January 2000
Last Reviewed: 20 December 2007

Table of Contents

  1. Field Crops
  2. Fruit Crops
  3. Vegetable Crops
  4. Specialty Crops
  5. For more information

For Field Crop Growers

The 2007 Ontario Seasonal Summaries for Corn, Forages, Edible Beans and Canola arenow online:

For Fruit Growers

The Minor Use program achieved 9 new herbicide registrations for fruit, vegetable and ornamental growers in 2007.

Read (or listen to) this Sound Advice on "Minor Use System Produces 9 New Herbicide Registrations for Horticulture Producers", now online at www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/updates/soundadvice/index.html#reports

For Vegetable Growers

Rising prices have many growers reevaluating their crop input costs. Nitrogen applications must be adequate for maximum yield, while avoiding over-application to minimize risk of N losses.

Read (or listen to) this Sound Advice on "Sweet Corn - Getting the Most from Your Fertilizer $$$", now online at www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/updates/soundadvice/index.html#reports

For Specialty Crop Growers

Difficulties with whitefly on poinsettias in recent years, and the concern about the newly arrived "Q-biotype" of sweetpotato whitefly has led to increased interest in biological control, especially with a new biocontrol agent.

Read more about this in
Biological Control Of Whitefly In Poinsettia - Can Trap Plants Help?
www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/grower/2007/03gn07a1.htm
Controlling Whiteflies On Poinsettias
www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/hort/news/grower/2006/01gn06a2.htm


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