b'A look at seed industry developments around the globe.Lower yield in Canada inSTATUS CANADA tion fell by 6.9% to 32 millionof the occurrence of tomato 2023 and tomato brownCanadian farmers producedtonnes with lower yields off- brown rugose fruit virus rugose fruit virus found inless wheat, canola, barley andsetting the higher harvested(Tobamovirus, ToBRFVEPPO oats in 2023 due to lowerarea, the report said.A2 List) in its territory. ToBRFV Morocco yields in Western CanadaNationally canola produc- was first detected in October where growing conditions weretion decreased by 2% to 18.32021 in the region of Souss-generally drier than in 2022,million tonnes driven by lowerMassa and in March 2022 in the production of principal fieldyields. Harvested area rosethe region of Dakhla. During crops for November 2023 fromthree per recent to 21.9 millionthe 2022-2023 production Statistics Canada said. acres.season, approximately 10 out-Throughout the growingCanadian barley produc- breaks have been confirmed season in 2023, dry condi- tion fell 10.9% to 8.9 millionon tomato (Solanum lycoper-tions across much of Westerntonnes. Total oat productionsicum) grown under green-Canada contributed to lowerdecreased by 49.6% nation- houses for fruit production. The yields compared with 2022.ally to 2.6 million tonnes insources of the outbreaks are Warm and dry conditions2023the lowest productioninfected, imported seed.allowed farm operators toin more than a decade. ToBRFV has been a prior-complete harvests in a timelyity quarantine pest in Morocco manner across most of thesince 2018 and official meas-prairies, a news release on theSTATUS MOROCCO ures are taken in case of find-report said. The NPPO of Morocco recentlyings. SWCanadian wheat produc- informed the EPPO Secretariat Registration & waitlists are now open for our 2024 courses!Our Mission Online In-personThe mission of the Seed BiotechnologyCenter (SBC) is to mobilize the research,educational and outreach resources of UCDavis in partnership with the seed andbiotechnology industries to facilitatediscovery and commercialization of newseed technologies for agricultural and Upcoming PBA E-Series in 2024:consumer benefit. -Statistics & Experimental Design-Hybrid Breeding Strategies100+ years of Experience -RStudioLearn from world-class instructorsaround the globe! Our core instructorsin each course collectively bring over100 years of experience.EPBA Class VIII Application NowOpen! Apply by April 15, 2024 andsave 1,000 .Please visit our website for more information at sbc.ucdavis.edu or pba.ucdavis.edu50/ SEEDWORLD.COMFEBRUARY 2024'