Midge

[tstep]

Any spraying for wheat midge?

[sumdumguy]

Planes are filling with fungicide and Lorsban
here. now Bertha is showing up. In this kind of
year with prices where they are, we are in for a
real crop. Now that board is gone, there is
something to protect.

[rhoff]

We have been spraying midge. South of regina

[fjlip]

Feels great to have Midge resistant wheat!
One less risk off the table. Good luck timing the application.

[groundspeed]

That would be midge tolerant not resistant.

[fjlip]

Correct term, Larvae must start to feed before they are starved out by the high phenolic acids in the kernel.
Two years of great yields, with no insecticides.