2006-06-13 Author: AM 1250/Mix 96 News |
Hot temperatures in late May and early June have led to heat canker developing in some crops. Manitoba Agriculture farm production advisor Brian Jack says the condition is identifiable by a constriction in the stem of a plant at ground level. Most reports have been in canary seed and flax, but the condition can afflict cereals. He adds heat canker can cause a crop to fall over or die completely. Jack notes there's not much a producer can do to reverse the condition. |