Development of field-ready cultivars of Canada Western Soft White Spring (CWSWS) wheat

This project is funded through the Canadian National Wheat Cluster.

  • Term:  5 years, ending in 2023

  • Status: Ongoing

  • Funding Amount: $20,000

  • Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Harpinder Randhawa (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge)

  • Funding Partners: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Alberta Wheat Commission, Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association, Western Grains Research Foundation,

Project Description

Among the various classes of wheat, CWSWS has a high-yield potential and plays an important role in rotations with high-value crops such as potatoes, canola, sugar beets and beans under irrigation. Soft white spring wheat has unique intrinsic quality characteristics for its multiple end-uses which cannot be substituted by any other western Canadian wheat class. This project will provide further improvements in disease/pest resistance (especially for FHB and rust) in the forms of effective gene pyramids and desirable pest resistance combinations in high-yielding, agronomically superior cultivars adapted to the various wheat production regions.

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