HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-01-22, Page 24Harry Knip discounts claims by
area turnip growers that the latter in-
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Responding to comments made
recently to Exeter council by turnip
grower Eric Davlaeminck, -Knip
points out that turnip growers had tur- '
nip mosaic virus in their fields 20
years ago and canola has only been
grown in this part of the country for
the past two years. -
The RR 2 Lucan farmer, who has
800 acres in canola, said turnip
growers have been complacent about
the disease problltm for several years
and notes•they can hardly use canola
as a scapegoat at a time when the
economic return for their crop is not
good.
Knip admits that canola does
carry the virus, but suggests the
worst carrier is the turnips the
growers leave in their fields.
"The prime breeding place for the
virus is in the refuse left on the
ground," he said this week in airing
his opinion on the situation.
However. he suggests that rather
than blaming each other, the growers
of the two crops should get their heads
together and do some research to find
a solution.
"If they really want to take the
situation seriously, they'd get rid of
the cull turnips in a better manner
than they've been doing so far," he
added.
Knip said the canola growers have
been doing more research than their
counterparts (in the turnip business,
but said it remains to be seen how the
virus will affect the canola crop.
He explained that canola is a very
important crop for agriculture and
questioned the acreage figures given
to council by Davlaeminck. The lat-
ter said each was about 4,000 acres,
while Knip said there was "a lot more
than 4,000 acres in canola".
Knip also doubted that the virus has
been the main reason for the raid
decline in the number of tftrnip pro-
ducers since 1981 as cited by
Davlaeminck, basing his argument
on the fact there was no canola grown
here until 1984 and the decline in tur-
nip producers was evident before
that.
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Times -Advocate, Jan 22, 1986
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ton has received approval for funding
of a'sewage works expansion. Jim
Bradley, Minister of the Environ-
ment, said that Clinton is eligible for
the grant estimated at 62.9 percent of
the total cost of updating the town's
existing sewage collector system and
sewage treatment plant.
I directed my ministry last
November to establish special task
force to work on a strategy to reduce
losses from the turnip mosaic virus
for the 1986 crop year, in Ontario and
particularly in Huron and Middlesex
Counties.
The disease is not new to Ontario
but it tends to flare up in some years
causing losses to the rutabaga in-
dustry. There is concern that the in-
crease in the virus may be linked to
the increased production of winter
rapeseed.,
The virus decreases the leaf sur-
face of the plant and stunts root
development. The roots, If they
develop at all, are small and suffer
reduced storage life. The virus is an
insurable loss under the Canada -
Ontario Crop Insurance program for
rutabagas.
Heading the task force is Ralph
Shaw, director of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food plant industry
branch.Other members include Dr.
Rob McLaughlin, executive director
research and education; Dr. Jack
Tanner, Chairman of the Department
of Crop Science, University of
Guelph; Dr. John Proctor, acting
chairman, Department of Hor-
ticultural, University of Guelph; and
Wayne Roberts, manager of the
ministry's pest management
program. •
The first job is to pull togeiiier all
fo the facts, so they are in the process
of receiving briefs from rutabaga
growers, packers and shippers, and
are welcoming submissions from
other groups as well.
The task force has also formed a
technical action committee of resear-
chers, virologists and extension
specialists to develop recommenda-
tions for the 1,986 crop.
Serving on the technical committee
is Wayne Roberts, manager of
OMAF's pest management program;
Dr. Lorne Stobbs, virologist,
Agriculture Canada, Vineland; Dr.
David Hume, Department of Crop
Science, University of Guelph; Dr.
Vern Shattuck, Dr. Vince Souza
Machado, and Dr. Ib Nonnecke, of the
Department of Horticultural Science,
University of Guelph; Dr. John Gard-
ner, crop advisor, OMAF, London;
Craig - Hunter, 'extension
pathologist,OMAF, Simcoe; Joan
Says canola
not culprit
McDonald, crop specialist,OMAF,
Walkerton; and Jim O'Toole, head of
agronomy, Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology.
At the December meeting of theac-
tion committee, Dr. Stoblis confirm.-
ed
onfirm-ed that aphids readily transmit the
turnip mosaic virus from rutabagas
to winter rapeseed and vice versa.
The green peach aphid, which
migrates to Ontario from the United
States each year, has been found as
the most efficient carrier of the virus.
Early tests indicate it is unlikely that
the virus is seedborne.
Tests of winter rapeseed cultivars
are being conducted to determine
resistance to the turnip mosaic virus.
The results of the field survey con-
ducted last fall suggest a possible
relationship between proximity of
winter rapeseed and the severity of
crop losses in rutabaga. However,
there were exceptions where the virus
was present in the rutabaga crop with
no winter rapeseed known within 10
miles of the field.
The action committee is now look-
ing at rutabaga and winter rapeseed
breeding programs with the hope of
incorporating resistance to the virus.
The committee is also trying to deter -
Mine if a chemical control strategy
can be developed to control aphids in
both crops.
The turnip mosaic virus has been
present in Ontario for many years
and was not introduced by the produc-
tion of winter rapeseed.
"Winter rapeseed has been grown
commercially for more than five
years by individual entrprenurial
farmers who obtained seed from
European sources."
More research is needed to deter-
mine controls and whether the
disease can be directly linked to the
winter rapeseed crop. I will keep con-
stituents up-to-date with the progress
of the task force in future columns.
Submissions may be directed to
Ralph Shas; Director, Plant Industry
Branch, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, Box 1030,
Guelph, Ontario NIH 6N1.
E*eter is
vigorous
Responding to a T -A editorial which
called on council to be more vigorous
in joining with area turnip growers
and producers regarding a serious
disease problem in that crop, Reeve
Bill Mickle reported this week that
considerable work is being under-
taken by council in that regard.
"There's a fair amount of work be-
ing done to get at the root of the
thing,"' Mickle said this week in
noting that letters of concern have
been sent to Agriculture Minister
Jack Riddell and the area processing
plants.
"Be assured we are working with
the producers," Mickle noted, adding
that a TV program will soon be aired
over CFPL regarding the problem.
Ile conclucl..d by saying that coun-
cil member wery well aware of the
concern of th( try and its value
to the commune
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