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Breaking Rotation: Rising popularity of lentils raises weed, disease risk
Author(s) -
Ehmke Tanner
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2016-49-0406
Subject(s) - popularity , certification , weed , weed control , crop rotation , agroforestry , geography , business , agricultural economics , agronomy , crop , political science , economics , biology , law
The surge in lentil popularity in recent years has Canadian farmers shifting more acres to lentils and adopting riskier crop rotations that CCAs find concerning. What does this trend mean for weed and disease control in the field? Earn 0.5 CEUs in Integrated Pest Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/786 .