Co-funder: Agriculture Development Fund
Canadian wheat-NAM (Can-NAM): capturing genetic variation for Canadian wheat improvement
Most important traits in wheat are complex, quantitatively inherited, and controlled by many minor effect genes This poses a significant challenge to characterize these traits Linkage and linkage disequilibrium mapping approaches have limitations that a multi-parent population approach such as…Read More
Enhancing wheat midge resistance in spring and durum wheat
Orange wheat blossom midge (Sitodiplosis mosellana Géhin) is one of the most damaging pests of wheat in western Canada This project was undertaken to identify additional wheat genes that can prevent wheat midge damage Currently, there is a heavy reliance on the wheat midge resistance gene Sm1 in…Read More
Development of fully cleistogamous wheat and associated markers
Read MoreImprovement in wheat carbon flux for increased yield and harvest index
This project proposed to increase grain yield in wheat by manipulating the cellular Carbon flux for the production of improved varieties with higher productivity More specifically, our objective was to modulate the activity of a key regulatory enzyme, the mitochondrial Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase…Read More
Filling gaps in wheat cultivar development with translational research
Translation of upstream genetic technology into breeding applications is essential to the continued improvement of wheat cultivars adapted to western Canadian conditions Advancing breeding methods will help improve cultivars to diseases such as Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) while maintaining grain…Read More