Keyword: pathogen
Enhancing the durability of clubroot with multiple genes
Clubroot, caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae (Pb), continues to spread on the Canadian prairies, posing a serious threat to canola production Cultivar resistance is the key to clubroot management, but the 17 “new” pathotypes identified recently in Alberta all appeared virulent to current…Read More
FHB 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
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
Enhancing resistance to fusarium head blight and stem rust in Ontario spring wheat germplasm
Read MoreIntegrated management of stripe rust in wheat for Alberta
The net revenue from Canadian wheat sales returned directly to producers was about $48 billion in 2010 Stripe rust of wheat can cause yield losses up to 50% and loss of quality In western Canada, Alberta is a hotspot for stripe rust because of the close proximity of southern Alberta to the…Read More