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Silver Scurf in Potato Storage
  |  January 5, 2023

In collaboration with a potato processor, Spornado is excited to be monitoring potatoes in storage for the first time to detect Silver Scurf, caused by the fungus Helminthosporium solani. This disease causes silver-gray patches to appear on the skin of the potato and reduces the marketability of the crop if the potatoes are visibly infected.  The severity of silver […]

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Spornado @ Twin Creeks Greenhouse
Spornado at Twin Creeks Greenhouse   |  December 14, 2022

Spornado is being used indoors for the first time at Twin creeks greenhouse, a family owned and operated company with 40 acres of peppers under glass in southwestern Ontario. Their commitment to innovation, green practices and product excellence led them to seek out the data driven disease management Spornado provides. Entry into the greenhouse market […]

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To Spray or not to Spray
Spornado was featured in John Deere's The Furrow Magazine summer 2020 edition in their article To Spray or Not Spray.   |  December 9, 2020

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Spore trapping-analysis technology
MANAGEMENT OF FUNGAL crop pathogens continues to evolve as new diagnostic tools become available to help farmers understand what diseases are present in their fields and pinpoint whether and/or when to spray.  |  December 9, 2020

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Trapping Spores for Science
Farming Smarter begins testing a new product, Spornado, to find if it’s effective at of trapping fungal spores as an early warning system for crop protection.  |  July 24, 2020

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Alberta spore traps catch late blight spores
Alberta had almost been late blight free until 2010 when late blight was discovered in many Alberta potato fields. In 2014 in response to the discovery, the Potato Growers of Alberta (PGA) supported a spore-trapping project.  |  June 19, 2020

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SVG Ventures announces the THRIVE VI Accelerator Cohort
Silicon Valley, CA, February 24, 2020- SVG Ventures-THRIVE is delighted to announce the 13 companies selected to join their THRIVE VI Accelerator cohort  |  February 25, 2020

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The future of disease management in Western Canada
  |  February 24, 2020

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Improving Sclerotinia management in canola
Better risk management tools and fungicide treatments are coming to improve disease assessment, control and economics.  |  December 7, 2019

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Spornado causes a whirlwind of new research
Jeff Melchior | Alberta Farmer Express  |  November 13, 2019

A device that helps alert growers to the presence of airborne pathogens has been popping up in some Alberta cereal and canola fields in the last couple of years.

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