Here's a list of items and links mentioned by Jennifer at today's field tour:
INSECT MONITORING IN FIELD CROPS
- Permission to Access by AAFC Staff (posted Jun 3, 2024).
- Field bio-sanitation protocol (posted May 1, 2024).
- Annual canola survey of the Peace River region (link here); Agreements: 102; Fields: 1170; Targeted survey sites: 110.
- Aphids in field crops (Weekly Update; Wk12).
- Bertha armyworm (Weekly Update; Wk12).
- Cereal leaf beetle (Weekly Update; Wk10).
- Cutworms (Weekly Update; Wk05).
- Diamondback moth (Weekly Update; Wk12).
- Fall field scouting in grasses grown for seed (IPM Blog; 2023Sep13)
- Field heroes (Weekly Update; Wk05).
- Flea beetles (Weekly Update; Wk04).
- Grasshopper monitoring (Weekly Update; Wk12).
- Lygus bug (Weekly Update; Wk12).
- Pea leaf weevil (Weekly Update; Wk05).
- Wheat midge monitoring (Weekly Update; Wk11).
- Weekly Update for Week 12 (view list of posts) by #PPMN.
FIELD GUIDES
- Alberta Forage Manual (2009; Ag-Dex120/20-1; ISBN 0-7732-6082-X; pdf in English). Includes Forage Insects and Natural Enemies of Forage Pest Insects chapters.
- Arthropods of legume forage crops (2011; ISBN 978-0-9689321-5-5; pdf in English).
- Cutworm field guide (2017; ISBN 978-0-660-08051-2; pdf in English, pdf en français).
- Field crop and forage insect pests and natural enemies in western Canada (ISBN 978-1-100-25768-6; pdf in English, pdf en français).
- Guide to pest wireworms in Canadian prairie field crop production (ISBN 978-0-660-39114-4; pdf in English, pdf en français).
PRAIRIE-WIDE NETWORKS
- Prairie Pest Monitoring Network (homepage); Weekly Update, Insect of the Week, Subscribe, Risk Maps, Insect Monitoring Protocols
- Prairie Weed Monitoring Network (homepage).
- Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network (homepage).
INSECT PEST MONITORING PROGRAM AT AAFC-BEAVERLODGE
- X @bugs5132 with in-season updates.
- Insect Pest Management Lab Blog updated seasonally.
- Alberta AgriSystems Living Lab
- Peace Region Living Lab
