Enhancing the Development of Short and Herbicide Resistant Flax
This project focuses on showing the benefits of improved flax varieties to farmers and adapting the trait to allow farmers to be as competitive as possible.
Integrated Approaches for the Genetic Improvement of Flax
The proposed project will develop new generation of flax varieties which will enable the crop to be grown over larger areas in Canada.
Enhancing Genetic Gain for Yield, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Flax
Breeding efforts to develop lines with improved tolerance to heat stress are urgently needed.
Accelerated Breeding Strategy for Flax Improvement
Increasing the rate at which new flax cultivars are developed will improve the ability of the flax industry to meet changing market demands and to tolerate climate change.
Developing canola lines with higher yield and better drought resilience through the regulation of transcription factors
Canola cultivars with higher yields can substantially benefit producers and downstream industries in Canada. Drought stress, one of the most detrimental abiotic factors, may cause severe yield loss in the Canadian Prairies.
Identifying novel genetic sources of resistance to Verticillium stripe using synthetic Brassica napus lines
Verticillium stripe (VS), caused by the soil-borne fungus Verticillium longisporum (VL), poses a significant threat to global canola production.
Developing Heat- and Drought-Tolerant Canola by Regulating Oil-Associated Enzyme: Phase Two
Canola is the most important oilseed crop in Canada, but it is vulnerable to heat and drought stresses. These stresses may cause abnormal vegetative growth, flower abortion, abnormal siliques, and substantially reduced seed yield and quality in canola and other crops.
Understanding the clubroot disease at the single cell level
Clubroot is a major disease that threatens Canadian canola industry. Developing strong resistance and understanding the clubroot pathogen are top priorities for CARP research, which will lead to increase productivity.
Developing technologies and resources to gain an accurate view of Canadian populations of Plasmodiophora brassicae
Clubroot disease continues to spread on the Canadian prairies. Use of resistant cultivars combined with crop rotation is the only economical method to reduce production losses caused by the disease.
Develop verticillium stripe disease management strategy in canola
Verticillium stripe is an important vascular disease of canola caused by the soilborne fungus Verticillium longisporum. This disease was well established in Europe decades ago and has subsequently been reported in other major oilseed growing regions.
Identifying new genetic resources to optimize the canola oil profile
Conventional canola oil and the high oleic (HO) specialty oils are high quality vegetable oils very well suited for human consumption, food preparation and biofuel production. They offer the lowest saturated fatty acid content of any commodity oil with total saturate levels ranging from 7% to as low as 4.5% in some “Low Sat HO” varieties.
Marker development and establishment of qPCR-based screening for verticillium stripe disease in Canola
Verticillium longisporum is a soil-borne fungal pathogen that can infect a range of host plants, such as horseradish, canola, cabbage, and cauliflower. In canola, the fungus enters the plant through the roots and colonizes the vascular system, causing verticillium stripe (VS) disease.