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The majority of the crop was planted in May and at this time, most crops appear to be off to a good start, with cultivation now starting to occur.  Plant problems observed in greenhouses this spring include chill injury, heat damage, … Continue reading →

Progress of Seedlings in Greenhouses The 2018 greenhouse season is underway with a cool, cloudy start. Most greenhouses appear to have good seed germination and seedling uniformity. Based on the greenhouses that the CTRF has visited, seedlings between farms do … Continue reading →

The 2018 version of OMAFRA’s Flue-Cured Tobacco Crop Protection Guide, Publication 843 is now available.  Growers who have not yet received a copy, can contact CTRF to request one by following this link. Publication 843 contains recommendations on registered pest control products … Continue reading →

CTRF is pleased to announce the hiring of Mitchell Richmond as the Team Leader of CTRF. Mitchell is about to graduate from the University of Kentucky with a Ph.D. in Integrated Plant and Soil Science. His graduate work focused on agronomic research for all … Continue reading →

Reason® 500 SC Fungicide has been granted registration for control of Blue Mold on field tobacco.  It is a liquid suspension concentrate that contains 500 g/L of the active ingredient (a.i.) fenamidone.  Reason® 500 SC Fungicide is a broad-spectrum foliar … Continue reading →

Up until only recently, tobacco growers in Ontario have had to deal primarily with the root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchus penetrans) in their fields.  This past growing season another species of nematode, tobacco cyst nematode (Globodera tabacum = TCN), was found on two tobacco … Continue reading →

Agronomic performance data for the registered varieties grown in 2017 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 Web … Continue reading →

CTRF is holding an “Open House” on Thursday, December 14, 2017 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 →

Harvesting is finished on the majority of farms with the remainder of farms needing up to another week.  Conditions remain dry for those growers still harvesting.  Irrigation is ongoing in some of these cases to help reduce bruising and assist … Continue reading →

Harvesting is now underway on farms either with the first pass or, in some cases, the start of the second pass.  So far, leaves from the bottom of the plant are curing quite clean.  Irrigation is a common site on several farms … Continue reading →