b'Producers need to know the quality of the product they are selling, so that at time of delivery, there are no issues at the facility. Holding product that can be rejected costs money and lost marketing opportunities to other markets.Lorne CampbellFarmers arent alone in carrying responsibility for fusarium. Campbell adds each sector of the agricultural industryproducers, industry partners, and governmentmust educate themselves about FHB.If there is an expectation of an infestation, testing should be done to confirm a problem or not. The industry needs to test as many samples as feasible to get an early indicator that the disease WheatOatsBarleyCanolaPeasFaba BeansLupin is present or not in the area. Results found by industry needs TF (800) 444-8961 22252 TWP452 to be relayed back to source so best practices for control can be implemented.P (780) 352-3240 RR#1 New Norway, F (780) 352-6943 Alberta, T0B 3L0Most Susceptible [email protected] When it comes to which crops tend to be more susceptible to Yellow Peas CPS Wheat fusarium, Klaas says its durum, followed by other wheat classes. - CDC Lewochko - CDC Reign Other cereals like barley, oats and rye are less susceptible than - LN4228 - AAC Penholdwheat. Higher infection absolutely trends higher in irrigated Green Peas - CS Accelerate areas, as the pathogen thrives in higher moisture and temperature - CDC Limerick Oats conditions.Faba Beans - CS Camden Corn can be a source of the pathogen inoculum as its a host for - Snowbird Malt Barley- Fabelle - AAC Synergy fusarium, though its relatively unaffected by the pathogen itself. Lupin- CDC Churchill Corn field residue (stalks, etc.) can harbour the pathogen until the - Boregine - AAC Connect crop residue breaks down.HRS Wheat Feed Barley (Corn is) susceptible, as is durum, soft white spring wheat and - AAC Hockley - CDC Coalition CPS, but they are mostly grown in areas that didnt have the right - CDC Silas - Sirish environment for the rapid development of (fusarium). But that - AAC Viewfield changed about a decade ago when we went through a warm moist - AAC Brandon- AAC Wheatland cycle in most of central Alberta and poof we have lots of (fusarium) now, Whiting explains.WHEAT PEASCPS Red GreenAAC Rimbey NEWCDC ForestCWRSBARLEYEllerslie Feed/ForageAB AdvantageEsmaGrowing Pedigreed Seed since 1983 Custom forage blends, scale on site, select plot growerRichard Hallett (403) 586-3769|Dale Hallett (403) 899-4166|Office (403) 337-2469|E-mail: [email protected]|Carstairs, Alberta28seed.ab.ca'