Integrating N fertilizer technologies with superior genetics to optimize protein in CWRS wheat without comprising yield, 4R principles, and environmental health

  • Term:  3 years, starting in 2019

  • Status: Ongoing

  • Funding Amount: $750,000

  • Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Brian Beres (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge)

  • Funding Partners: Alberta Wheat Commission, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Project Description

This project aims to study the impact of pesticides on soil microbiome under cereal production, and identify/isolate microbes thriving under pesticide use and investigate their potential as pesticide degraders. Soil microbes from long-term rotation plots, experimental plots and growers fields where wheat is grown and pesticides are used will be identified and evaluated for their potential to degrade pesticides.

Pests & Disease, AgronomySask Wheat2018-2019, All Projects