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Cutworms, aphids and hornworms are insect pests that can attack tobacco plants after transplanting.  High population density of these insects can cause significant losses.  Thus, the need for field scouting to ensure that these insects are kept under damaging levels, … Continue reading →

The majority of the crop was planted in May under hot and dry conditions. Plant quality appears to have been quite good this year and most crops appear uniform and are off to a good start.  Cultivation is now underway.  Windy conditions … Continue reading →

The 2016 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 get one. Publication 843 contains recommendations on registered pest control products for flue-cured tobacco … Continue reading →

Seed germination and seedling uniformity in most greenhouses appear to be quite good.  In some of the earlier seeded greenhouses, a preventive application of Senator 70WP fungicide has already been made for the control of Rhizoctonia Damping-off.  The application is made when the … Continue reading →

Active Blue Mold was found in six tobacco greenhouses in Georgia over the Easter weekend (March 25-27).  The infected greenhouses are now empty.  No occurrences of active Blue Mold have been reported in any tobacco fields in the state. This is the first report … Continue reading →

The Tobacco Pests and Disorders bulletins, published in the Plant Protection area of this website, have been recently updated. The updates incorporate new information on several pests and plant protection products that have been recently registered and are recommended for … Continue reading →

Agronomic performance data on the registered varieties grown in 2015 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 10 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 →

Fulfill 50WG Insecticide has been granted registration for control of aphids on field tobacco.  The formulation contains the active ingredient (a.i.) pymetrozine.  Fulfill 50WG Insecticide is in the insecticide group 9B.  This group is different from all other insecticides registered and TREC … Continue reading →

Several growers have already finished harvesting, while those still harvesting should be done by the end of this month.  There are no significant disease or insect problems to report at this time.  Similar to the past several years, there were no reports … Continue reading →