Clubroot Inspections

With fall approaching, it is time once again to remember that clubroot has been detected in Yellowhead County. Clubroot is a soil-borne disease that reduces yields of cruciferous crops such as canola, mustards and some vegetables.

Please note that Yellowhead County Pest Inspectors will be scouting for this disease in canola and other Brassicaceae fields throughout Yellowhead County from approximately August 26th – September 30th. Scouts will be taking all possible preventative measures to limit the spread of the disease.

Help prevent the spread of Clubroot.

The primary way this disease spreads is by soil movement from infected fields to non-infected fields. This may be done by soil falling off farm machinery, vehicles, and off-highway vehicles. It may also be spread by wind and water erosion. Equipment sanitation is essential to preventing the establishment of clubroot.

Some things you can do to prevent the establishment of Clubroot:

  • Continuous cropping of canola may increase the likelihood and severity of infection. Rotation of crops help prevent the severity of clubroot.
  • Check fields regularly and look for abnormalities such as galls and/or clubs on roots, premature ripening and/or wilting plants
  • Sanitize machinery, vehicles and equipment before moving in to a new area with a solution of 1% bleach and 99% water
  • Use clubroot-resistant varieties of seed for planting

Please see www.clubroot.ca for more details or contact the Yellowhead County Agricultural Department in the Wildwood County Office 780-325-3782 or 1 800 814-3935

Clubroot is a soil-borne disease that reduces yields of cruciferous crops such as canola, mustards and some vegetables. There are no treatments currently available for clubroot-infected fields/plants, so prevention practices are highly recommended.

Please see www.clubroot.ca for more details or contact the Yellowhead County Agricultural Department in the Wildwood County Office at 780-325-3782 or 1 800 814-3935

Please see www.clubroot.ca for more details or contact the Yellowhead County Agricultural Department in the Wildwood County Office at: 53404 Rge Rd 92A or call toll free: 1-800-814-3935.