
Alberta Grains begins trials on variety-specific fungicide applications
A new small-plot research program will evaluate how wheat and barley varieties respond to fungicide applications in different regions of the province.
Alberta Grains has launched Advanced Management Trials (AMTs) which are co-funded by Syngenta and SeCan.
Trials will take place at six locations in Alberta where disease is common or likely including Taber (under irrigation), Lacombe, Olds, Westlock, Vermilion and Falher. The sites were selected based on their diverse growing environments and regional disease pressures. Each location features replicated plots of wheat and barley varieties that are either treated or untreated with fungicide.
Alberta Grains agronomy programs specialist Lara de Moissac said wheat and barley varieties differ in their levels of disease resistance and their genetic response to crop inputs such as fungicides.