Lead Researcher (PI): Harmeet Singh Chawla

Institution: University of Manitoba

Total WGRF Funding: $106,375

Co-Funders: Agriculture Development Fund, Manitoba Crop Alliance, Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission

Start Date: 2024

Project Length: 4 Years

Objectives:

1. Screen a diverse collection of 250 Brassica napus genotypes (along with appropriate controls) for verticillium stripe resistance using accurate quantitative PCR (qPCR).
2. Genome-wide association analyses (GWAS) to identify verticillium stripe (VS) resistance QTLs.
3. Development of KASP marker around the identified polymorphisms to enable the introgression of newly identified verticillium stripe resistance alleles into elite Western Canadian breeding material and cultivars.