This project will generate information on how P fertilizer source (form) and its interaction with placement and rate influences yield, fertilizer P recovery and use efficiency in a cereal-pulse-oilseed rotation. This study will also analyze the potential loss of soluble reactive phosphate off-site in spring snowmelt runoff in contrasting soils, and its relationship to the forms of P that accumulate in the soil and water.
Read MoreThe overall goal of this project is to optimize the arbuscular mycorrhizae inoculation potential and subsequent nitrogen use efficiency in cereal crops. This research will provide valuable agronomic knowledge that will enable producers to be more efficient in the application of nitrogen fertilizers and validate the efficacy of AMF inoculation in conjunction with common pesticides used in Canadian cereal crops.
Read MoreThis project aims at creating a generation of triticale and wheat varieties with a stable trait of Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF), by genetic engineering of crop plant mitochondrial genomes with the nitrogen fixation genes (nif) originating from BNF bacteria. The proposed research would advance the BNF trait by stabilizing the trait in triticale and wheat engineered varieties and transferring the trait into the cultivars of high agronomic importance for Canadian agriculture.
Read MoreThe main objective of this project is to determine levels of free asparagine in CWRS wheat, and to identify the effective mechanisms for its reduction.
Read MoreThis project aims to develop fermentation technologies to reduce levels of adverse components in wheat and to improve tolerance of wheat products. The main objectives of this project include the reduction of FODMAPs in wheat and wheat bread by fermentation with food-grade lactobacilli and quantification of trypsin amylase inhibitors and wheat agglutinins in wheat and wheat bread fermented with addition of enzyme-active malt and lactobacilli.
Read MoreThe overall objective of this project is to determine the most practical, cost effective methods to reduce deoxynivalenol (DON) levels in Fusarium-infected wheat and barley, with a focus on on-farm applications thereby increasing the value, safety and marketing opportunities for these important crops.
Read MoreThe primary goal of this study is to investigate and provide knowledge about the common consumption patterns of grain-based foods among Canadians and contributions of grains to Canadian’s nutrient intake, health and wellbeing.
Read MoreThis project is the first intensive study focused on characterizing the wheat gluten protein complex from a historical set of 37 CWRS wheat varieties, to study changes in glutenin and gliadin subunits over time and to identify specific changes or not both in quantity and quality in Celiac disease (CD) causing epitopes in wheat gluten complex proteins.
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