Field signals & news

News from the field.

Field observations, research, disease-monitoring updates and practical crop-protection intelligence from the Spornado network.

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

Alberta spore traps catch late blight spores

Read story →

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

SVG Ventures announces the THRIVE VI Accelerator Cohort

Read story →

February 24, 2020

The future of disease management in Western Canada

Read story →

Better risk management tools and fungicide treatments are coming to improve disease assessment, control and economics. · December 7, 2019

Improving Sclerotinia management in canola

Read story →

Jeff Melchior | Alberta Farmer Express · November 13, 2019

Spornado causes a whirlwind of new research

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.

Read story →

Researchers are working on innovative ways for growers to detect late blight before symptoms appear in their potato crops. · October 11, 2019

Better Sooner Than Later

Read story →

DETECTION DEVICES WILL WARN OF AIRBORNE DISEASE SPORES · September 10, 2019

Phantom Menace

Read story →

Bioenterprise · September 6, 2019

Detection and Connection, Keys to Success for No-Power Powerhouse in Fungal Disease Detection

It was more than five years ago that Kristine White, co-founder and President of Spornado, was approached by a large company to source a passive air sampler to detect fungal…

Read story →

The three-year project will evaluate early detection, management approaches and potential benefits · August 16, 2019

Trial aims to better detect late blight pathogen before it infects tomatoes

Read story →

June 28, 2019

No late blight detected: Spore trap update for Ontario

Read story →

Bring the signal into your program

Put pathogen data into your crop protection program.

Contact Us