LOSING YIELD TO WHITE MOLD? 100% of Alberta Dry Bean Growers Count on Heads Up Seed Treatment as the Solution. Here is why.. EVALUATING FOLIAR FUNGICIDES unique. It was a product derived from saponins from a plant called Chenopodium quinoa, and had been brought to Harding by an agribusiness entrepreneur whod wanted to see if it provided a white mold response and hoped to find a market other products. Before long, Harding's results had helped complete a package of performance data that would ultimately support its registration. FOR CONTROLLING SCLEROTINIA WHITE MOLD ON DRY BEAN CROPS The product, now known commercially as Heads Up Plant Protectant, was used to treat all dry bean seed brought to Alberta by Viterra in 2017. "We were looking at fungicides for the management of white mold, but we weren't seeing a transformation in the ability to control white mold," Harding said. That one product showed significant improwement in most years, or a trend to improvement in others. Normally wed start in the lab and the greenhouse and do growth cabinet trials. In this case, we clearly saw the potential of this product and fast-tracked it to small plot trials. Written by Michael Harding and Brian Storozynsky Alberta Agriculture and Forestry for it. A BETTER WAY TO PROTECT BEANS FROM WHITE MOLD FROM 2017 TO 2019, ALL DRY BEAN SEED BROUGHT TO ALBERTA WAS TREATED WITH A PRODUCT KNOWN AS HEADS UP RESEARCH FUNDED BY APG AND OTHERS HELPED MAKE THIS ADVANCE Another component of this study looked at the use of micro-nutrients within a white POSSIBLE. Until this year, the agronomic package for dry bean production in Southern Alberta might have been described as a case of two out of three ain't bad. Untreated mold management program. Despite flashes of performance, no configuration performed consistently enough to offer a real advantage, in Harding's eyes. Treated "it's a product that's normally applied as a seed treatment," Harding said. "White mold usually comes in July or August, so it was hard to imagine That's according to Michael Harding, Brooks-based Research Scientist, Plant Pathology, with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Still, this 2013-16 study helped bring dry bean growers a piece of the agronomic puzzle they've long lacked: a new way to manage white mold. it would be effective. It turned out to have a significant effect. possibly due to a phenomenon known as resistance priming. You can prime the plant to use its own natural resistance to the disease. It's a different way of poking at the problem. We now have good early-maturing. high-yielding varieties, Harding said, "and pretty good tools for weed control. But disease has continued to be an issue. In most years, white mold is the biggest or one of the biggest constraints to dry bean production in southern Alberta. "Part of our job is to try things out so the growers don't have to, so theres less risk for them," Harding said. "That's the purpose. We tried a product out and it was adopted by industry. In that sense it's one of those projects that has been really satisfying A NEW APPROACH ON In 2013, Harding and a team of researchers embarked on a four-year study to evaluate foliar fungicides for controlling white mold in dry beans. WHITE MOLD Article adapted and courtesy of the Alberta Pulse Growers Through four years of trials at Brooks and Lethbridge, Heads Upoften outperformed the Among the products for testing was one that was HEADS UP IS AVAILABLE PRE-TREATED ON REQUEST FROM YOUR headsup LOCAL BEAN DEALER OR TREASURE VALLEY SEED COMPANY HEADSUPST.COM | (866) 368-9306 PLANT PROTECTANTS INC. LOSING YIELD TO WHITE MOLD? 100% of Alberta Dry Bean Growers Count on Heads Up Seed Treatment as the Solution. Here is why.. EVALUATING FOLIAR FUNGICIDES unique. It was a product derived from saponins from a plant called Chenopodium quinoa, and had been brought to Harding by an agribusiness entrepreneur whod wanted to see if it provided a white mold response and hoped to find a market other products. Before long, Harding's results had helped complete a package of performance data that would ultimately support its registration. FOR CONTROLLING SCLEROTINIA WHITE MOLD ON DRY BEAN CROPS The product, now known commercially as Heads Up Plant Protectant, was used to treat all dry bean seed brought to Alberta by Viterra in 2017. "We were looking at fungicides for the management of white mold, but we weren't seeing a transformation in the ability to control white mold," Harding said. That one product showed significant improwement in most years, or a trend to improvement in others. Normally wed start in the lab and the greenhouse and do growth cabinet trials. In this case, we clearly saw the potential of this product and fast-tracked it to small plot trials. Written by Michael Harding and Brian Storozynsky Alberta Agriculture and Forestry for it. A BETTER WAY TO PROTECT BEANS FROM WHITE MOLD FROM 2017 TO 2019, ALL DRY BEAN SEED BROUGHT TO ALBERTA WAS TREATED WITH A PRODUCT KNOWN AS HEADS UP RESEARCH FUNDED BY APG AND OTHERS HELPED MAKE THIS ADVANCE Another component of this study looked at the use of micro-nutrients within a white POSSIBLE. Until this year, the agronomic package for dry bean production in Southern Alberta might have been described as a case of two out of three ain't bad. Untreated mold management program. Despite flashes of performance, no configuration performed consistently enough to offer a real advantage, in Harding's eyes. Treated "it's a product that's normally applied as a seed treatment," Harding said. "White mold usually comes in July or August, so it was hard to imagine That's according to Michael Harding, Brooks-based Research Scientist, Plant Pathology, with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Still, this 2013-16 study helped bring dry bean growers a piece of the agronomic puzzle they've long lacked: a new way to manage white mold. it would be effective. It turned out to have a significant effect. possibly due to a phenomenon known as resistance priming. You can prime the plant to use its own natural resistance to the disease. It's a different way of poking at the problem. We now have good early-maturing. high-yielding varieties, Harding said, "and pretty good tools for weed control. But disease has continued to be an issue. In most years, white mold is the biggest or one of the biggest constraints to dry bean production in southern Alberta. "Part of our job is to try things out so the growers don't have to, so theres less risk for them," Harding said. "That's the purpose. We tried a product out and it was adopted by industry. In that sense it's one of those projects that has been really satisfying A NEW APPROACH ON In 2013, Harding and a team of researchers embarked on a four-year study to evaluate foliar fungicides for controlling white mold in dry beans. WHITE MOLD Article adapted and courtesy of the Alberta Pulse Growers Through four years of trials at Brooks and Lethbridge, Heads Upoften outperformed the Among the products for testing was one that was HEADS UP IS AVAILABLE PRE-TREATED ON REQUEST FROM YOUR headsup LOCAL BEAN DEALER OR TREASURE VALLEY SEED COMPANY HEADSUPST.COM | (866) 368-9306 PLANT PROTECTANTS INC.