Institution: National Research Council of Canada
Development of haploid production technology applicable for genetic improvement of lentils
Read MoreBuilding durable clubroot resistance in canola: identification of multiple clubroot resistance genes from brassica napus and b. rapa for marker-assisted gene stacking in canola breeding
Read MoreCanadian 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
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