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.