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IV. Canola G. D. Buntin, R. D. Hudson, and J. N. All Canola, Brassica napus,
isa new winter field crop being grown as an oilseed crop. Virtually all production is in the spring-type varieties that are grown in the Coastal Plain region. Most of canola acreage is contract production of laurate canola. Acreage was about 12,000 acres with most acreage being laurate canola. Market price of laurate canola was $6.25/bu and of other canola was $5.25/bu in 1995. Average yield was 31 bu/acre (1550 lb/acre).* Hot, dry weather in March reduced pod and seed set.
Three species of aphids (turnip, green peach, and cabbage aphids) occur in canola. Aphids, primarily turnip aphid, were an economic problem in some fields especially in southeastern Georgia. The cabbage seedpod weevil,
Ceutorhychus assimilis, occurs only in the Piedmont region and is not a major pest in most new plantings. However, it did severly damage fields on a few farms where canola has been produced for a number of years. |
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___________*Dr. John Woodruff, Extension Agronomist, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, personal communication. |
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