The conditions are right for wheat and corn producers to be on the look out for fusarium
Fusarium likes damp, mild weather and thrives in temperatures between the high teens and mid-20's.
Jeff Jaques is an agronomy manager in the Midwestern Ontario area. He says the fungus survives on plants that were left in fields over the winter. In the spring, the spores shoot up into the air during rainfall events and settle in fields. But Jaques says because the cycle is predictable, farmers can prepare.
Jaques says a majority of Ontario's wheat crop goes into the human food chain so it's important to protect against fusarium.
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Jaques says because the cycle is predictable, farmers can prepare.
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Jaques says with a majority of the province's wheat crop going into the human food chain, it needs to be monitored.
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