Co-funder: Agriculture Development Fund
Prototyping an online radio frequency (RF) disinfestation unit: a step towards industrial applications
This project was to see whether radio frequency (RF) energy, at the industrial scale, could be used to kill insect pests in stored wheat grains and canola seeds without damaging their product qualities We found out this project was much more challenging than we thought in terms of amount of work,…Read More
Development of a registration system for mustard cultivars in Saskatchewan
Read MoreA reverse-introgression and genomics strategy to develop and characterize chickpea germplasm for yield and climate-resilience traits
Chickpea is well known to have narrow genetic base, consequently, limits our ability to expand the cultivation of the crop into new environments such as western Canada, and limits our breeding effort to improve stress tolerance as well as other economically important traits Wild species of chickpea…Read More
Developing unique herbicide tolerant brassica carinata and brassica juncea germplasm
Canada is the world’s largest exporter of condiment mustard, ie yellow mustard (Sinapis alba) and Brown and Oriental mustard (Brassica juncea), with a market value of $120-140M Carinata (B carinata) as a new and dedicated industrial feedstock crop for the emerging bio economy has great potential…Read More
Biocomposite commercial initiative with crop residue (straw) and agricultural waste products (grain bags) for Shercom Industries
This project develops the foundation for sustainable, economic development and protects the environment through innovating value added material and products from agricultural waste streams Creating circular economies from agricultural waste aligns with the socio-economic policies aimed at…Read More