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With another greenhouse season almost here, things to be on the lookout for based on what we have seen in the past few years are provided in the plant protection area of the website.   Post prepared and sent by Canadian Tobacco Research Foundation Mailing Address: CTRF, P.O. … Continue reading →

The annual tobacco variety meeting was held on March 5, 2015.  Highlights of this meeting are provided in the plant breeding area of the website.   Post prepared and sent by Canadian Tobacco Research Foundation Mailing Address: CTRF, P.O. Box 322, Tillsonburg, ON  N4G 4H5 … Continue reading →

Agronomic performance data on the registered varieties grown in 2014 can now be viewed in the plant breeding area of the website.   Post prepared and sent by Canadian Tobacco Research Foundation Mailing Address: CTRF, P.O. Box 322, Tillsonburg, ON  N4G 4H5 Telephone: 519-842-8997 … Continue reading →

CTRF is holding an “Open House” on Thursday, December 11 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon.  Cured leaf samples of registered and promising varieties will be on display.  Handouts on the performance of the registered varieties will be available.  … Continue reading →

With the assistance of the Ontario Farm Innovation Program (OFIP), a project was undertaken that examined the effectiveness of the bio-pesticide, MustGrow, to control soil-borne plant pathogenic nematodes and diseases.  Results to date are provided in the following release – Evaluation of a Bio-Pesticide … Continue reading →

Several growers have now started their last harvesting pass. As for when harvest will be completed, on most farms it will likely take most of September provided the weather cooperates. Several fields are now showing more maturity as of late.  Cured … Continue reading →

Harvest is now underway on all farms. The quality of tobacco cured so far appears good. Pressure from aphids and hornworms does not appear to be too significant at this time in fields that were treated earlier. In higher rainfall areas, crops … Continue reading →

Several technical bulletins on tobacco pests and disorders in the greenhouse and field are now available in the Plant Protection area of CTRF’s website.  All of the bulletins have been prepared by Dr. Catarina Saude, CTRF’s Plant Protection Program Team Lead.  If … Continue reading →

Harvest is now underway on some farms.  To date, there continues to be no widespread problems.  There has been excessive rains in some areas, which have caused some crops to turn yellow.  Additional nitrogen has been applied in these cases to try … Continue reading →

The crop continues to progress quite well. Topping has begun on some farms. Recent rains and warmer weather have helped to push out the buds in the earlier plantings. Leaf counts of topped tobacco on some farms have been reported to be in the … Continue reading →