Keyword: pathogen
Towards generating multiple-fungal disease resistance in lentil- can we score a hat trick?
Lentil production has been affected by three major foliar diseases over the past 2 decades, ascochyta blight caused by Ascochyta lentis, anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum lentis and stemphylium blight caused by Stemphylium botryosum No resistance to the more aggressive and widespread race 0 of…Read More
Development of canola cultivar blackleg resistance groups: feasibility evaluation
Read MoreScreening of coriander and caraway germplasm for resistance to blossom blight
Blossom blight diseases of caraway and coriander have a large impact on the stability of production of these crops in Saskatchewan, but their causal organisms are not well understood Blossom blight surveys were conducted from 2015 to 2019 and revealed that generally, wetter conditions favouring…Read More
Developing canola germplasms with multiple resistance mechanisms for durable clubroot control
Cultivar resistance is considered the most effective and practical approach for clubroot management However, current resistant canola cultivars, available in Canada since 2009, were based on a single clubroot resistance (CR) gene In 2013, some fields in Alberta with a resistant canola cultivar…Read More
Breeding for resistance to leaf blotch in Saskatchewan oat
Oat leaf blotch diseases are caused by a complex of Pyrenophora avenae, Cochliobolus sativus and Stagonospora (Septoria) avenae Concern exists as to the potential harm they may pose to oat yield and physical grain quality (ie test weight) which can negatively impact production and the potential to…Read More