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Read about the many types of diseases, such as bacterial, fungal and viral that affect beans, and learn about causes and prevention.

Find detailed descriptions and pictures of potato varieties produced in Canada.

Find information about the chick pea industry, such as types, where they are produced, yield and statistics.

Read report descriptions and access contact information for researchers studying several specific crop and livestock topics.

Access the complete text of a book on cucumber diseases, which included sections on types of diseases, causes and control.

Find information about the diseases that affect carrot crops.

Read about the different types of diseases that affect onions in this complete on-line book.

Read about the different types of diseases that affect onions in this complete on-line book.

Learn about Canada’s dry bean industry, such as where dry beans are produced, their yield and their disposition.

Find information on the dry pea industry, which has the largest production of all special crops in Canada.

Access a study about field beans and link to information on Manitoba’s field bean industry.

Find information about field peas, an important crop in western Canada, which is extensively used as food and feed throughout the world.

Find information on the industry that produces ginseng, a slow-growing herbaceous perennial plant cultivated for its medicinal qualities.

Read a paper about pea crops that discusses field selection, optimal spring seeding date and recropping issues.

Learn about the herb and spice industry in Canada.

Learn about the lentil industry in Canada. Find out what the lentil plant yields and where it grows, or link to industry statistics.

Learn about natto, a traditional Japanese food, and how the products of Canadian soybean breeding are finding markets in Japan.

Discover how peas enable diversification from the spring wheat systems in the semi-arid prairie.

Discover the historical and geographic roots of the potato and what kind of potato-related research is being done in Canada now.

Find information on the federal Seed Potato Certification Program, including the pdf and html versions of Plant Protection Policy Directives.

Find out how grain producers in the semiarid prairie have substantially increased their per acre income by including pulse crops as well as spring wheat in their rotations.

Access the results of the 1992 Alternative Crops X Tillage small-plot experiment.

Learn about the sugar beet industry, from which eight percent of household sugar is produced.

Learn about the different types of diseases that affect tomato crops.

Access a paper about the ability of pulse crops to boost grain protein when grown in sequence with cereal crops.

Read about opportunities for producers diversifying into vegetable production in Saskatchewan.