Lead Researcher (PI): Curtis Pozniak

Institution: University of Saskatchewan

Total WGRF Funding: $204,124

Co-Funders: Agriculture Development Fund, Manitoba Crop Alliance, Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission

Start Date: 2024

Project Length: 5 Years

Objectives:

Optimize a sequence based high-throughput genotyping platform to support predictive breeding for resistance to heat and drought in CWRS and durum wheat. Develop a multi-temporal, thermal imaging digital phenotyping strategy platform for heat and drought selection in wheat. Apply the genotypic and digital phenotypic/agronomic performance data to develop predictive breeding models and apply to early generation breeding populations.