In this project, SVPG is collecting additional data in the variety performance trials on priority traits including maturity, height, lodging, test weight, thousand kernel weight, ergot and wheat midge, to enhance the available data set and to provide farmers with more productive information on farming decisions.
Read MoreWater quality information currently available to understand neonicotinoid concentrations in the environment is based on limited data, especially in prairie streams and rivers. Information from these water monitoring programs could influence the decision on the phase-out of imidacloprid and the subsequent special review of the other two neonicotinoids.
Read MoreThe proposed project aims to identify new sources of resistance to tan spot in durum and winter wheat.
Read MoreThis project will investigate the efficacy of Harrington Seed Destructor on weed management across different cropping systems and with different weeds.
Read MoreThis project involves field-scale trials to determine the effect of poor management of residue of cereal crop on the following year’s canola emergence and yield, and to assess whether post-harvest operations, such as harrowing and high-speed disking (“vertical tillage”), can mitigate the residue management issues.
Read MoreThe focus of this project is to introduce novel variation for crop improvement by understanding and manipulating the recombination in polyploid crops.
Read MoreThe objective of this project is to develop a weed clipping strategy to reduce crop-weed competition and weed seed production in wheat and lentil.
Read MoreThis project will focus on genetic and genomic approaches to predict quality parameters including protein content, yellow pigment content (YPC) and milling quality in durum which will enable larger scale selections for those traits at earlier generations of breeding programs and ultimately accelerate the breeding programs on improving durum wheat quality.
Read MoreThis project links biochemistry and physiology to whole plant phenotyping by identifying key biochemical markers for greater drought stress resistance in wheat, which will enable breeders to target specific responses and accelerate the selection of more drought adapted wheat varieties.
Read MoreThis project builds on the findings from previous ADF project on the positive effect of recently developed, inexpensive, one-time seed treatment on early seed germination, seedling establishment and enhanced root development in spring. These are the critical factors for increasing yield through advanced flowering and avoidance of heat/drought stress in mid-summer in multiple crops.
Read MoreThe aim of this project is to develop an improved knowledge base about wheat management that will enable growers to take full advantage of both the genetic potential of this crop while optimizing other management practices.
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.
Read MoreThe project is designed to assess whether current loss monitor sensing systems in combines can accurately provide an absolute loss level with reasonable accuracy.
Read MoreThis project builds on the research conducted at the National Research Council (NRC) that involves the application of physiology, genetics and genomics to identify pertinent genomic regions/genes/markers for traits that impact yield protection under drought stress.
Read MoreThis project focuses on evaluation of CWRS wheat lines introgressed with dwarfing gene Rht18 from durum in the CDC Bread Wheat Program, for any deleterious effects on agronomic and end use quality traits.
Read MoreThis project involves development of advanced cytological approaches to increase the genetic variability released in the CDC wheat breeding programs by utilizing a novel technique that will manipulate the native “recombination machinery” of the wheat plant.
Read MoreThis project focus on developing and establishing DON and mycotoxin screening capacity to increase the breeding efficiency for improved fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance.
Read MoreThis project aims to generate Nitrogen fixing wheat plants that will be developed from engineered triticale plants containing mitochondrial genome enriched with nitrogen fixation (nif) genes. This research builds on the recently developed AAFC nif cluster, optimized for expression in triticale/wheat mitochondria.
Read MoreThis project involves the development of wheat and barley germplasm with resistance to two important diseases: Fusarium head blight (FHB) and tan spot.
Read MoreThis proposed research focuses on identifying new genetic resources for Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistance in wheat and on developing FHB resistant wheat germplasm to combat FHB infection.
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