By Alice McFarlane

Saskatchewan clubroot map shows no new cases in 2024

Jan 21, 2025 | 3:11 PM

No new cases of canola plants with visible symptoms of clubroot were identified in Saskatchewan last year.

The provincial government released the 2024 Clubroot Distribution Map last week which shows the rural municipalities (RMs) where clubroot has been identified since the first Saskatchewan detection in 2008.

The map reflects findings from last year’s permission-based survey. In total there have been 84 fields with confirmed visible symptoms.

The survey did find two additional fields that had the clubroot pathogen DNA in the soil, increasing the total number of confirmed fields through DNA testing to 45. Producers impacted by the detections have been notified.

As the clubroot pathogen remains a major challenge for canola production, industry leaders highlight the need for advanced research and proactive farming strategies going forward.

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Codie Nagy, SaskOilseeds Research Chair, said as a commission they continue to invest levy dollars into research to develop canola cultivars resistant to the clubroot pathogen.

“At the farm-level, it is critical that farmers scout and test, employ a suitable crop rotation, and make a plan to manage the disease if it is found,” Nagy said

The 2024 Clubroot Monitoring Program was completed through a partnership between the Ministry of Agriculture and SaskOilseeds. More than 480 fields across Saskatchewan were tested as part of the initiative.

SaskOilseeds funded both a voluntary on-farm soil testing program as well as the soil testing costs associated with the clubroot risk-based survey.

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