Keyword: wheat
Developing new high yield wheat varieties (CPS and GP) for milling, animal feed and ethanol in Alberta
Alberta’s most important crop is spring wheat, with a farm-gate value of about $11billion per year Canadian Prairie Spring Red (CPS-R) was developed to compete with American winter wheat for markets of lower protein and higher yields than Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) Estimated annual…Read More
In vitro selection: rapid screening and development of FHB and DON resistant wheat
Read MoreExpanding Albertan capacity for hard red spring wheat breeding, and the education of future scientists
The overall objectives of this research was to develop new Hard Red spring wheat cultivars selected for growth in Alberta, and to educate graduate and post-graduate students in this field for the Alberta Industry Over this five-year project (2014 - 2019) we registered and released…Read More