Keyword: genomics
Canadian Triticum Applied Genomics
The CTAG2 project was designed to develop novel genomic tools to advance wheat biology and breeding in the next 10 to 15 years Specifically, the genomic resources developed were aimed at improving selection efficiency and to access untapped genetic variation from related species CTAG2’s outputs…Read More
Canadian wheat-NAM (Can-NAM): capturing genetic variation for Canadian wheat improvement
Most important traits in wheat are complex, quantitatively inherited, and controlled by many minor effect genes This poses a significant challenge to characterize these traits Linkage and linkage disequilibrium mapping approaches have limitations that a multi-parent population approach such as…Read More
Hormonal regulation of pre-harvest sprouting in wheat
Read MoreFighting rust fungal crop threats through integrated genomics research
Rust diseases are a serious threat to the Canadian wheat crops To increase genetic and other forms of resistance in wheat plants is the most economical way to prevent damage by these fungal pathogens, including less reliance on chemical pesticides Wheat suffers from damage caused by three rusts in…Read More
Genomic strategies to improve field survival of winter cereals and stabilized yield
Winter wheat has the potential to produce 20 – 30% higher yields than spring wheat as the winter crop can more efficiently utilize spring moisture, out-compete weeds and due to early maturation, circumvent the peak of Fusarium Head blight infections However, due to insufficient winter-hardiness…Read More