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

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

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No late blight detected: Spore trap update for Ontario

| June 28, 2019

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Spornado could give heads up on disease

Collecting airborne disease spores could offer growers an early warning | April 24, 2019

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Spornado: Fast Results Mean Better Decision-Making on the Farm

t’s a no-brainer that people in agriculture — growers especially — need to be able to make decisions fast. Mother Nature waits for nobody, and anything that can give a grower a better idea of what they’re dealing with becomes a valuable tool in the toolbox. | April 20, 2019

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Spornado in a field

Spornado: Fast Results Mean Better Decision-Making on the Farm

Shauna Sereda | Seed Analyst | April 16, 2019

People in agriculture need to make decisions fast as Mother Nature continually throws curve balls.

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It’s a Spornado! But that’s good news for cereal growers

Jennifer Blair | Alberta Farmer Express | April 12, 2018

New tool for detecting disease-causing spores being rolled out across the Prairies.

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Spornado Potato Field

Setting the Trap: Early Warnings of Late Blight Using Passive Spore Traps

Eugenia Banks | Potato Specialist, Ontario Potato Board | April 5, 2018

Do passive spore traps provide an early warning of late blight to better time late blight-specific fungicides?

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Spornado CPMA Podcast

Jason Gourley | CPMA Education Manager | June 20, 2017

Spornado was discussed in this 2017 CPMA Podcast, “Produce Talks”.

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Spornado on Display Table

Simple and Effective Late Blight Detection

Rosalie I. Tennison | SpudSmart | April 6, 2017

What if it could be determined in advance if late blight will be a problem. Time and money could be saved.

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