Winter 2022 and our IPM Team!

Our field research program at Beaverlodge hinges on technical support - these are people who implement the science we are fortunate to be supported to do in the Peace River region!

This winter, our program has new people hired who are rapidly learning a LOT about how to process and begin to identify the more than 110 arthropod species that are active in annual and perennial field crops  grown throughout the region. Learn more about Jordon, Vicky, Tessa, and Tanya. They join Shelby, Amanda, and me and we're the IPM Team for the winter of 2022!

Links from 2020 Canadian Forage Seed Conference

The following resources are available to producers and the agricultural industry working in perennial grass and legume seed production in western Canada.

Alberta Forage Manual
Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification and Management Field Guide
Cutworm Pests of Crops on the Canadian Prairie: Identification and Management Field Guide
Canadian Grain Commission’s Stored Insect Pest Keys
Alberta Pest Monitoring Network
Alberta Crop Insects webpages
PRFSA’s Insect and Disease Trials
Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Blog
Insect Pest Management Program Blog
Twitter   @bugs5132  #CanForageSeed

Red clover casebearer in the Peace River region

We pulled together information related to the Red clover casebearer (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Coleophora deauratella):

• Insect pest Q & A describing the biology and damage initially reported in the Peace River region (2007).
• Preliminary research poster (2006) - "Clover insect pests - European flare for damage?"
• Red clover casebearer lifecycle in the Peace River region (Otani 2006).
• Prairie Pest Monitoring Network's "Insect of the Week" featuring the red clover casebearer and link to the Field Guide pages.
• IPM Lab Blog student write-up describing 2016 field activities.
• Slide deck from 2019Feb06 presentation shared with the Oregon Clover Growers Association summarizing red clover casebearer in the Peace River region.

Other insect pest related information pertinent to perennial grass and legume seed production in Canada:

• Alberta Forage Manual (2009; Ag-Dex120/20-1; ISBN 0-7732-6082-X; pdf version).  Includes Forage Insects and Natural Enemies of Forage Pest Insects chapters.
• Arthropods of legume forage crops (2011; ISBN 978-0-9689321-5-5; pdf version).
• Field crop and forage insect pests and natural enemies in western Canada (ISBN 978-1-100-25768-6; pdf version).
• Cutworm field guide (2017; ISBN 978-0-660-08051-2; pdf version).
• Information related to natural enemies in field crops - Western Grains Research Foundation is working with federal and provincial entomologists across the Canadian prairies to promote beneficial arthropods.  Growers are the target audience so check out the website and follow them on Twitter @FieldHeroes