Canola School: Managing verticillium stripe before it manages you

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May 30, 2025

Source: RealAgriculture.com

In this episode of the RealAgriculture’s Canola School, Jeanette Gaultier discusses where verticillium is showing up and what can be done to manage it. While most visible in Manitoba, the disease has now been confirmed across the Prairies.

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In this episode of the RealAgriculture’s Canola School, Jeanette Gaultier discusses where verticillium is showing up and what can be done to manage it. While most visible in Manitoba, the disease has now been confirmed across the Prairies.

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