Development of hormone based genomic tools to accelerate wheat breeding for enhanced preharvest sprouting tolerance
Posted on 06.02.2017 | Last Modified 18.01.2021
Lead Researcher (PI): Belay Ayele
Institution:
University of Manitoba
Total WGRF Funding:
$116,000
Co-Funders:
MAFRD-Agri-Food Research & Development Initiative
Start Date:
2015
Project Length:
3 Years
Objectives:
Development of wheat cultivars with improved tolerance to preharvest sprouting (PHS), emphasizing the need of developing innovative genomic tools for efficient and directed wheat breeding to improve PHS tolerance.