After a very slow start to June, we're getting flooded with root samples. Nice Aph on lentil roots from Lana at SE Research Farm, but then pea roots with Pythium(?)! And more lentil roots with puzzling results from a long-term pulse frequency study with Kui Liu. Roots, roots, roots!

🚨🐞📢 The news is out! If you are attending the Entomology 2024 conference by Entomological Society of America in November (you should, it's an amazing conference), don't miss the Symposium on Leafhoppers in North America that Berenice Romero, Gina Angelella, Prager Lab, and I have organized! There's

We -USask AgBio - are hiring 5 new faculty in the strategic area of sustainability & digital agriculture! Ag is big here in Saskatchewan. We have the best teaching and research in Ag of any University is Canada. Come join our team and make a difference. agbio.usask.ca/agbio-cluster.…

So, are you checking your #pulses for #peaphids ? Share your catches and help us track the build up of pea aphids this year! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers AB Pulse Growers Manitoba Crop Alliance Want to help spread the word about this easy to use survey to report on pea aphids in fields this year?

96. The Canadian Bug Lab (Feat. Dr. Sean Prager) - YouTube ⁦USask AgBio⁩ ⁦USask PlantSci⁩ youtube.com/watch?v=5I9Iom…

#Pulse, #Legume, #Alfalfa growers. Are you checking for #peaphids ? Share your catches and help us track the build up of pea aphids this year! Saskatchewan Pulse Growers docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Grow your future with the #USask College of Agriculture and Bioresources! We are hiring five new faculty in the strategic area of sustainability and digital agriculture! Learn more: agbio.usask.ca/agbio-cluster.…

The only known insect-vectored disease in #canola, aster yellows is often first spotted in plants that are noticeably taller than the rest of the crop, through the flowering to podding stages. Use our life cycle graphic & visit the #CanolaEncyclopedia: canolacouncil.org/canola-encyclo…

Join us for our speaker series at Ag in Motion! Jeremy Irvine will be presenting "Integrated Pest Management: Tools for better pest management" on Thurs., July 18 at 10:30 and 11:30 am at the USask AgBio booth (#328). #AIM24 Jeremy Learn more: bit.ly/3XOEuAE

EntSocSask student Tyler Hartl rocks the Field Heroes cape! Ag in Motion #aginmotion at the AAFC Canada insect station. USask PlantSci Prager Lab

Find the #Usask College of Agriculture and Bioresources at Ag in Motion booth #328 and learn about plant pests and beneficial insects with Prager Lab!

We just started a search for a postdoc to join my lab group to study honey bee microbes through some collaborative/interdisciplinary projects. We will review applications through Aug 19. Full ad here: igb.illinois.edu/sites/default/…

If you need info to help scout & manage APHIDS in FIELD CROPS, link to Prairie Pest Monitoring Network's Wk12: prairiepest.ca/2024/week-12/#… Reliable links, aphid species, crops, and a whole lotta Field Heroes all listed for you to click/tap through to arm yourself #WestCdnAg #PPMN

Here is our table, designed by Ningxing Zhou from the Prager Lab in her MSc project determining the economic threshold for #peaaphids in #lentils Science. = It's not just a wild-ass guess anymore.

New paper and relevant given this season. With Tyler Wist Ningxing Zhou. #aphid #fava Saskatchewan Pulse Growers WGRF

Economic thresholds for #aphids in #fava. Might be late for this year, but be prepared for next. With Tyler Wist Economic thresholds and economic injury level for pea aphid in tannin ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Saskatchewan Pulse Growers WGRF

realagriculture.com/2024/09/pulse-… pulse school on pea aphids. #lentil #peaaphid Saskatchewan Pulse Growers

Interested in wheat breeding and applying technology to make breeding more efficient? Dr. Adam Carter's lab at the Crop Development Centre in Canada is recruiting interested graduate students. Contact [email protected] to learn about potential opportunities. #IWC2024Perth

Plz RT: I’ll be recruiting 2-3 grad students in 2025. If you’re interested in wheat breeding, genetics/genomics of agronomic, quality, pest resistance traits, genomic selection, email me with subject line-CBL studentship. Generous stipend+tuition. We’re based in City of Edmonton