Institution: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Total WGRF Funding: 83275
Optimizing crop rotations to enhance agronomic, economic and environmental performance
Determine the effect of crop rotation on crop yield and quality, disease incidence and severity, profitability and economic risk, soil health and nutrient cycling. Generate a reliable, research-based dataset of...
Institution: University of Manitoba
Total WGRF Funding: 39139
Protecting Manitoba's Soybean Industry from Soybean Cyst Nematode
To conduct a field survey to determine the spread of the soybean cyst nematode, study the effectiveness of disease management strategies, and conduct Heterodera glycines typing of pathogen populations found...
Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University
Total WGRF Funding: 152375
Expanding BnVQs (Valine-Glutamine) gene family against Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum in canola
1. Evaluate Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) disease resistance in canola varieties, including Westar, blackleg resistance lines, spring canola, and winter canola commercial varieties in the greenhouse. 2) Characterize the global...