Keyword: fusarium head blight
Development of next-generation CWRS, CWAD, CPS and CWHW germplasm and cultivars to meet changing markets and climates
Read MoreFHB screening of CDC barley selections, 2016-2020
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…Read More
New sources of resistance to fusarium head blight in spring wheat
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…Read More
Enhancing fusarium head blight research capacity to reduce mycotoxin contamination in wheat
The equipment purchased through this project supports our ability to efficiently seed and harvest a large coordinated FHB nursery This nursery includes breeding materials from all wheat breeding programs in western Canada, provides official FHB data for the variety registration trials that support…Read More
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