Keyword: variety development
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 MoreDevelopment of hormone based genomic tools to accelerate wheat breeding for enhanced preharvest sprouting tolerance
Wheat is one of the most important crops of Canada Nationally, wheat contributes from $4 to $55 billion to Canada's gross domestic product Given that wheat accounts for 20% of the global calorie consumption and the world's population is growing, the market share for high quality Canadian wheat…Read More
Development of crested wheatgrass lines with improved forage nutritive value
Crested wheatgrass is a deep-rooted bunchgrass, which is tolerant of drought and extreme winter temperatures common in Saskatchewan It is among the first perennial grasses to green up in the spring, and is of high quality at early growth stages However, crested wheatgrass generally matures early,…Read More