b"A NEW TOOL HELPING YOU IN THE REALM OF RETAIL SEED SALES.APHANOMYCES IN PEA AND LENTIL: AN EMERGING THREATFour experts weigh in on how best to manage a problem that was almost unheard of on the Prairies prior to 2012 and whats being done to breed for resistance.Marc ZienkiewiczWHAT IS APHANOMYCES? Why is aphanomyces becoming a bigger issue Aphanomyces root rot is caused byfor you?Aphanomyces euteiches, a highly specializedIn the last two years, weve taken on pathogen of legumes. While this pathogenthe marketing rights for some SaskPulse pea varieties. I always get the question has a number of legume host plants, peas andMira van Burck of whether theres a pea variety resist-lentils are the most susceptible pulse crops toMarketing Rep South AB/SK ant to aphanomyces. Unfortunately, right infection.SeCan now, there are no resistant varieties. It is Aphanomyces can infect at any time in theMira works with southernbecoming an increasingly big topic. I just growing season and spores persist for manyAlberta, southerntalked to one of my members in southern years in the soil, making it the most difficultSaskatchewan and U.S. SeCanAlberta, and hes going to have to start members to increase sales ofswitching up his rotations to guard against cause of root rot to manage (and therefore theSeCan products. She providesaphanomyces. We need to increase aware-most serious among the root rot pathogens).technical support to membersness and knowledge and mitigate risk While research is being undertaken inand co-ordinates localposed by this threat.Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, there isactivities with SeCan's national currently no reliable prevention or cure. communications strategy. What do you advise people in regard to what Aphanomyces root rot causes severe damagethey can do about this?to the roots, causing infected plants to wilt andRotation, rotation, rotation. A one-in-six die prematurely. In wet years, high yield loss inrotation is what I advise for growing pea pea and lentil has been observed under highin Alberta. In Saskatchewan, I think every-ones used to hearing about the benefits of aphanomyces root rot infections. the one-in-eight pea rotation.Source: saskpulse.com34GERMINATION.CAJANUARY 2021"