Keyword: resistance
Protecting Canadian farmers from the threat of Ug99
Read MoreControl of sclerotinia using RNA interference technologies
White mould is a fungal disease that infects many crops, including canola The causative agent, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, occurs in all canola-growing regions of Canada and throughout the world, causing stem rot of the plants Annual losses due to this fungus are highly variable, ranging from 5 to…Read More
FHB resistant oat for the FHB prone eastern prairie region, 2012 – 2014
Read MoreAchieving the best resistance to clubroot disease in canola by pyramiding multiple effective resistance genes
Read MoreCandidate genes for ascochyta blight resistance and genome-wide association analysis for improvement of assisted-selection in chickpea
Ascochyta blight caused by the fungus Ascochyta rabiei is one of the most devastating diseases of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) worldwide The use of resistant varieties is considered the most economical and sustainable approach for controlling this disease The project consisted of two major…Read More