Keyword: cold tolerance
Evaluation and breeding of winter durum wheat for southern Alberta
There are many benefits to growing winter wheat This includes increased average grain yield over spring wheat ranging from 13% in Alberta to 25% across the Canadian Prairies Durum wheat is consistently one of the high value cereal crops grown by farmers in Alberta, and the potential yield advantage…Read More
Winter wheat germplasm development
Read MoreThe integration of spring wheat genetics and agronomics to mitigate risks associated with early plantings into cold soils
Previous studies have indicated that crosses between spring and winter wheat cultivars can result in spring growth habit cultivars with cold tolerance similar to winter wheats (Larsen 2012) Agronomic studies focusing on seeding date tend to indicate a yield advantage to early seeding of spring…Read More