Co-funder: Agriculture Development Fund
Selection of clonal propagated alfalfa and sainfoin plants under grass or legume competition
Persistence of alfalfa under grass competition or persistence of sainfoin under alfalfa competition raises a similar breeding question This project was a 5-yr forage breeding research initiated in spring of 2017 The objectives of the research were: to evaluate and select 1) alfalfa clones growing…Read More
Characterization of rust resistance genes of flax
Flax rust is a serious disease that reached epidemic levels in North America two or three times in the previous century Since the 1970s, however, immunity to flax rust in all Canadian cultivars has depended on the L6 allele for rust resistance This reliance on a single version (allele) of this gene…Read More
Mapping and introgression of the highly effective Brassica rapa blackleg resistance gene Rlm11 into spring-type Brassica napus
Researchers with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada recently completed the genetic mapping of the blackleg resistance gene Rlm11 Rlm11 is effective against the L maculans isolates carrying the avirulence gene AvrLm11, which is found in 95 percent of L maculans isolates collected from western Canadian…Read More
Characterization of flax breeding lines for northern adaptation and stability of yield and maturity
Read MoreCharacterizing canaryseed germplasm for Fusarium Blight and enhanced herbicide tolerance
Fusarium seed infection has been noted in canary seed in past years In this study, we evaluated the consequences of Fusarium seed infection on canary seed yield and quality, determined the causal species involved and the impacts that infection at various growth stage of canary seed Fusarium seed…Read More