Barley is a significant Canadian crop that provided approximately $23 billion in revenue to producers, maltsters and exporters in 2019 To build on Canada’s position as a supplier of premium quality barley and malt requires developing barley varieties with improved resistance to Fusarium head…
The goal of the project is to introgress new diversity into pea germplasm for improvement of key traits for breeding Three diverse varieties identified as donors of heat stress resistance, high speed portien content, and improved Aphanomyces root rot resistance were introgressed as short…
Fusarium head blight (FHB or scab) caused by Fusarium spp is a destructive disease of wheat Host resistance coupled with other integrated pest management practices, is considered the best approach to control FHB In an effort to identify novel sources of FHB resistance, we evaluated wheat germplasm…
Improved grain nutritional quality is an important factor for marketing grain and hence is an important breeding objective for most crop species However, accurate measurement of the concentration of micro- and macro-nutrients in seeds requires multiple analytical methods, often involving…
