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A species of the Ascochyta fungus called Ascochyta lentis, also known as Didymella lentis, causes this disease. Why Does it Matter? Ascochyta blight of lentils is wide spread and can cause severe yield and grade losses. Yield loss. Under the right conditions yield losses can be as high as 50% in susceptible varieties. Grade loss.Read more

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Carey Matthiessen, Laboratory Manager, Purity and Germination Analyst Hello everybody: I started out in agriculture by scratching a meager wage out of the dirt at a local market garden at the tender age of 16 during the summer months. This wasn’t quite enough to drive the agricultural bug out of my system, so once IRead more

View the new International Seed Testing Association video on uniformity in seed testing.Read more

Recently on Twitter there was discussion regarding declining Fusarium levels on seed that has been stored in the bin from a previous season.  One Tweep went as far as saying that it would test negative after storage.  Is that the case??? “The short answer from what I know is it’s possible”, says Trevor Blois, DiseaseRead more