b'CEREALSContinued from page 12Afterawetyear,whenyouharvest thegrainyoucouldseethingslikeblack point and other seed contaminations, said Kaminski.Blackpointwillmanifestincropsthat have been out for a while, are already mature and get hit by rain, or among crops sitting in swath.Youre going to see a black or greenish-black sooty mould developing as a growth outside the glumes, said Kaminski. When you harvest, youll probably see some stain-ing of the seed as a result of those fungi being present.Bacterial leaf streak is another disease now on the radar. According to Kaminski, there are still a lot of unknowns about this seed-borne disease.There is a lot of work going on in the research community right now because we dont know about things like varietal resis- David Kaminski flicks a barley seed head infected with true loose smut at the Crop Diagnostic School. tance, he said. PHOTO: MARK HALSALLBREVANTSEEDS B3019 BEATS INVIGORL356PC IN YIELD ON AVERAGELearn more at Brevant.ca/Versus B3019 yields 102% higher vs InVigor L356PC. Source: (2023) 1 year summary from field scale trials across Western Canada.TMTrademarks of Corteva Agriscience and its affiliated companies.2024 CortevaSEEDMB.CASEED MANITOBA 2025 13'