Wednesday 27 January 2016

Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification and Field Guide

Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification and Field Guide (2015) by Hugh Philip is a new publication from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.  Two downloadable (~8 MB) versions of the complete field guide are available:
- 'Regular', best for printing: EnglishFrench
- 'Enhanced', best for viewing electronically with active internal and external hyperlinks: English-enhancedFrench-enhanced

Here's what the cover looks like:

Link to our Insect of the Week feature from 2015 to view more!

Tuesday 26 January 2016

Canola Insect Scouting Chart

Have you used the new Canola Insect Scouting Chart?  
  • The Canola Insect Scouting Chart helps growers anticipate and identify insect pests according to relative crop stages.  
  • Insect pest names have been hyperlinked to pages published within the new "Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification and Field Guide".  
  • Growers can link to photos and to fact sheets by clicking each insect name on the chart.
Link here to access the Canola Insect Scouting Chart.

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