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Collaborative Barley Breeding Research
Collaborative Barley Breeding Research
- Start date: 2016
- Project Length: 3 years (2016-2019)
- Project Status: In Progress
Background
Benefits to MB Producers: New barley varieties; Increasing the number of lines evaluated at advanced generations of the program
Funding Partners: Western Grains Research Foundation, Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission, Alberta Barley Commission
Objectives:
Manitoba Crop Alliance Funding:
- Objectives: Increase the number of barley breeding lines being evaluated in agronomic trials, along with associated malt quality and disease testing; improves the opportunity to identify superior lines and thus superior varieties.
$25,000
Total Funding Approved:$490,000 added to the core funding by WGRF brings the total to $2.5 million
Funding Partners:$465,000