The proposed research we propose builds on an approach that promises to significantly enhance current knowledge of the mechanisms by which the clubroot pathogen causes disease and provides a new functional genomics tool to the research community.
New knowledge of the impact of clubroot infection on the diversity and composition of the root and rhizosphere microbiome in canola. Clubroot is one of the biggest threats to the canola industry in Western Canada…
In addition to via wounds on cotyledons and lower leaves, the study found that early blackleg infection can occur also via roots. Seed treatment with several new products, including Fluopyram, Saltro and Bion, may help lower the risk of infection…
As with many crops, canola faces increasing challenges due to unpredictable environmental changes, notably last year drought conditions were prevalent, while in 2022 high heat stress during flowering and pod filling is likely to cause yield losses.
This proposal aims to identify core pathogenicity factors (effectors) of Lm and Fg and determine their function. This information could be used to develop biological and chemical fungicides that target the effector gene expression or block the function of effector gene products.
Insect pests pose a significant risk to field crop production on an annual basis, with each crop potentially affected by multiple insect pest species each year. This project will conduct experiments and collect new data on important insect pests.
Soil organic matter (SOM) plays an important role in soil health and sustained soil productivity. Increasing soil carbon (C) storage is beneficial for soil health, mitigating rising atmospheric CO2 concentration and off-setting greenhouse gas emissions from crop production systems.
By determining the rate and extent of evolotion or spread of GR or auxinic-resistant kochia since the initial baseline surveys we conducted, we can better advise producers of the risk, potential agronomic and economic impact, and best management practices to mitigate or manage GR or auxinic resistance kochia (and other species if found).
Non-race specific resistance against blackleg disease of Brassica napus canola, known as adult plant resistance (APR), is a quantitative trait controlled by multiple genes. The APR trait is highly durable against the blackleg pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans (Lm), although the nature of causative APR genes is not known.
Air drills, which continue to be a popular choice for seeding many of the crops grown in the prairies, rely on a pneumatic conveying system and the passive division of seed through well-mixed, two-phase or gas-solid flows.
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This project intends to fully characterize the properties of canola with respect to its instrinsic ability to absorb Si, means to improve its ability, and the benefits that canola could derive from this in terms of disease protections with special emphasis on the most important ones: blackleg, clubroot, and sclerotinia.
