Breeding new pea varieties that address the challenges and opportunities of the western Canadian industry is a key component to the success of this crop This project was targeted at breeding high performance pea varieties for the Canadian prairies It aimed to address all the key traits that have…
Intercropping has been demonstrated to benefit producers by reducing the need for chemical pesticides through exhibiting biological control of weed pressure, disease incidence, and grain quality and by mitigating crop failure risks through adding diversity to a system Intercrops have also been…
The study consisted of a series of bench-top incubation undertaken to measure nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from soils with canola, flax, pea or wheat residues dually labeled with 15N and 13C Additionally the efficiency of decomposition of the different crop residues was…
