Mustard Production Manual

Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission

Table of Contents

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  • Home
  • Plant Description
    • Types of mustards and their uses
    • Growth stages
    • How to distinguish mustard from canola
  • Adaptation, field selection and rotational characteristics
    • Adaptation
    • Field preparation
    • Crop rotation
    • Herbicide residue consideration
  • Varieties
    • Varieties Overview
    • Hybrid Mustard
  • Production: Seed treatments
  • Fertility
    • Soil testing
    • Nitrogen
    • Phosphorus
    • Potassium
    • Sulphur
    • Micronutrients
    • Top dressing and split application
  • Seeding
    • Seeding depth
    • Seeding rate
    • Time of seeding
  • Pest Control
    • Weed and herbicide options
      • Introduction
      • The role of agronomy in weed management
      • Herbicides for weed control in mustard
      • Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs)
    • Insects
      • Insect scouting
      • Pests of seedlings
      • Pests at flowering and podding stages
    • Diseases
      • Introduction
      • Disease scouting
      • Disease management
      • Fungicides
  • Harvest, storage and grading
    • Harvest
      • Swathing vs straight combining
      • Time of swathing
      • Straight combining
      • Desiccation
      • Harvesting
    • Storage
      • Storage insects
    • Grading
      • Green seed
        Heated seed
        Sclerotinia sclerotia
        Ergot
        Excreta
        Rime

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Updated May 2024
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