Enhancing the Saskatchewan Soil Health Assessment Protocol – Phase 2
Healthy soils form the basis of productive farming systems, and soil health tests can be useful tools to support good management decisions. The concept of soil health recognizes soil as a living and dynamic natural system, a notion that aptly fits in the realm of biology; however, soil health tests are often dominated by indicators of soil fertility and chemistry. Biological indicators of soil health remain understudied and underrepresented in soil health assessments.
Canola Agri-Science Cluster CARP Theme 1-2
Evaluation of Canola Meal as compared to Soybean meal in Practical California Rations: Effects upon long term lactational performance, reproductive performance and metabolic disease.
Utilizing pulse-protein and canola oil-based emulsions in healthy meat products
Objectives: Development of pulse protein.
Practical Oilseed Protein Products
Our proposal describes ethanol and small molecule extraction. This process is similar to hexane extraction used to recover oil but uses potable anhydrous ethanol as the solvent. Our local industries can produce potable anhydrous ethanol and also recover the ethanol after it has been used for extraction.
Development of a Tool for Rapid Analysis of Glucosinolate in Canola Meal
This research will promote the use of these important Canadian feed resources, effectively in animal nutrition. A comprehensive database on the chemical and nutritional profiles will be generated and specifications on the digestible energy and available amino acids and P contents for poultry and swine will be developed.
Using Modulated On-farm Response Surface Experiments (MORSE) to develop evidence based, agronomic recommendations for precision
MORSE has the potential to increase the adoption of variable rate technologies, which could increase production in SK by 5% while improving environmental sustainability. It could revolutionize the way that agronomic experiments are done by replacing the conventional small plot experiments which have higher variability in the results.
SKSIS-3: Synergies and Sustainability for the Saskatchewan Soil Information System
This type of deep knowledge will be particularly essential for farmers facing an increasingly variable climate - they need to understand how and why different areas of their fields might respond under marginal production conditions in order to maximize both their profits and their productivity.
Verticillium Stripe – The Disease Management
This research has been an integrated and collaborative approach to addressing the major research priorities around the new disease, verticillium stripe, in Canada. It includes four specific objectives; to measure yield loss, monitor disease development, evaluate canola genotypes resistant to verticillium stripe and determine the interacting effects of verticillium stripe and blackleg.
Understanding canola root morphology and microbiomes in response to soil phosphorus fertility
We did not find that high rates of phosphorus (P) fertilizer affected crop yield and had only a minimal impact on the overall canola microbiome community structure. In our study, the intermediate-rate P supplied in a narrow opener was the most cost-effective fertilization method which generated equivalent canola yield to the high P rate. Our rhizobox studies showed that early canola growth was higher in plants where half of the root system was exposed to fertilized soil and the other half to unfertilized soil. Each half of the root system had a distinct root microbiome indicating that the root-microbiome system may confer the best advantage in soil where P availability is heterogenous as would be found in most field soils.
Influence of pH on the clubroot pathogen: are there pH-insensitive strains?
An understanding of the effectiveness of liming to control different pathotypes will help in decision making, since liming to increase soil pH can be costly and will not produce satisfactory results if the pathogen strains present are less sensitive to pH.
Managing small patches of clubroot infestation in canola fields
This research project will provide canola producers with practical approaches to managing small patches of clubroot. This will be especially important in situations where the patch represents a new introduction to the area or farm, or where commercial sources of resistance are not available.
Optimal source, placement and application timing for yield and reduction of greenhouse gas footprint for canola production on light texture soils
The objective of this project is to determine the best combination of fertilizer source, placement, and timing to maximize yield, improve fertilizer N use efficiency and reduce losses of N2O and ammonia (NH3) on light textured soil (sandy loam) in south-central Manitoba.
