Making Every Manitoba Farmer Member More Productive And Sustainable.
This project seeks to identify management strategies to maximize yield and protein through soil health. Specific and practical information will be provided on how grower controlled maangemetn and weater impact soil health indicators. An important outcome of this project is to develop a soil health index for soybean and corn in Manitoba
Recently, an emerging disease caused by pathogenic Xanthomonas translucens known as bacterial leaf streak (BLS) has been reported in a number of fields in western Canada leading to heightened general concerns among wheat growers. This project will gather information on BLS to assist producers with this pathogen.
This project will enable farmers to incorporate cover crops and their benefits into current cropping systems with equipment and resources already available to them. Results from this project will enable farmers to integrate CC into their systems while reducing costly mistakes by identifying CC strategies that are promising versus those that are not adapted to Prairie crops, management, and growing conditions.
The new source of Fusarium resistance (not yet tapped by local breeders), combined with the resistance already present in commercial cultivars, could reduce the impact of more aggressive F. graminearum chemotypes on grain yield and quality losses as well as mycotoxin levels in the grain, thereby improving food and feed safety.
Markers developed in this proejct will accelerate the breeding process and make trait monitoring more accurate and cost effective over traditional phenotyping. Improved resistance to FHB will protect the producer’s grades as well as milling and baking quality of Canadian wheat, thus ensuring the marketability of wheat in domestic and international markets. Protection of wheat marketability is critical for Canadian producers.
The results from this project will help determine whether it is possible to enhance the effects of the Sm1 gene in terms of protecting the grain yield of spring wheat as well as increasing the quality/grade of the harvested crop. Furthermore, if the OD and pubescence traits can reduce the rissk of the Sm1 gene being overcome, the longevity of the Sm1 gene will be extended. Both of the deliverables have significant economic implications.
This project aims to begin rating commercialized Canadian varieties for competitiveness. In addition it will allow development of a methodology to take competitiveness testing forward into a framework such as the regional variety trials to continue rating of registered varieties or varieties that will be newly registered. Finally, it allows a preliminary look at what characteristics may be associated with competitiveness in wheat and barley to feed back into germplasm selections by breeders moving forward.
The proposed research is aimed at identifying germplasm lines and novel candidate genes/molecular markers that provide a unique opportunity for efficient and directed breeding of malting barley cultivars with optimum dormancy.
This project would increase adoption of improved barley cultivars on farm and also may make PGR management practices more efficient.
This study seeks to fill knowledge gaps on end-of-pipe treatment options for cold climates and undulating landscapes, specifically for saturated buffers, constructed wetlands and phosphorus removal structures. Additionally, the study seeks to demonstrate the practicality, affordability and effectiveness of these treatment options for Manitoba producers and the agricultural industry.
