Research

Making every Manitoba Farmer member more productive and sustainable

Manitoba Crop Alliance’s research program invests in research that will make every Manitoba farmer member more productive and sustainable, providing data to help members make decisions for their operations. Investments will be made towards meaningful, independent research and valuable knowledge as outlined in our strategic plan. 

Our research priorities are identified each year by our farmer-led crop committees. MCA has four crop committees: wheat & barley, flax, sunflower and corn.

We address identified research priorities through collaboration in provincial and federal funding programs, and internal funding programs such as our Whole Farm Research program. In addition, we lead a Research on the Farm program and support numerous variety evaluation trials (e.g., Manitoba Corn Committee, Manitoba Crop Variety Evaluation Team, Sunflower Variety Performance Trials), which provide unique opportunities for the creation of sound data that can help farmers make informed decisions for their operations.

We take pride in the role farmer members play in identifying research priorities and initiatives. If you are interested in contributing to discussions about research that could impact your farm, consider becoming a crop committee delegate!

 

General MCA research priorities include:

  • Variety development and genetic enhancement
  • Applied agronomy
  • Disease and pest management
  • Crop quality
  • Economics and farm profitability
  • Value-add opportunities

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Genetic selection – assessment of genetic resilience of a subset of MCVET varieties

  • Start Date: 2019
  • Completion Date: 2022
  • Project Status: Completed

Currently evaluation of moisture resilience by variety is not available for producers, in spite of moisture being the most probable cause for yield reductions. This project will evaluate the performance of MCVET varieties under extreme moisture conditions. Read More

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Targeting mycotoxin resistance to control fusarium head blight

  • Start Date: 2021
  • Completion Date: 2023
  • Project Status: Ongoing

Generating barley varieties with enhanced FHB resistance is complex because multiple fungal compounds and plant genes influence disease severity. We recently discovered a fungal compound called gramillin that promotes FHB severity in barley and is toxic to plants, killing cells… Read More

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Examining fusarium growth and interactions with barley trichomes under the hull

  • Start Date: 2021
  • Completion Date: 2023
  • Project Status: Ongoing

Preliminary observations in Dr. Bakker’s lab have revealed that there are trichomes on the inner surface of the hull; these have never been explored for potential interactions with Fusarium growth. Using field-grown barley, including multiple different lines and varieties, we… Read More

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Establishing a seed testing protocol and greenhouse/growth cabinet based disease evaluation method to improve disease management against bacterial leaf streak in barley

  • Start Date: 2021
  • Completion Date: 2024
  • Project Status: Ongoing

This project aims to establish a simple, rapid and cost-efficient seed testing protocol by using a novel technique, named loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). Meanwhile, a greenhouse/growth cabinet disease evaluation method will be developed to screen barley germplasm for resistance, and… Read More

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Multi-pronged fusarium head blight management strategy in western canada through insight into pathogen virulence mechanisms

  • Start Date: 2020
  • Completion Date: 2025
  • Project Status: Ongoing

The deliverables of this project will complement other national and international efforts for the identification of virulence genes in F. graminearum, which are mainly focused on reverse genetic studies, meanwhile it exemplifies the necessity of integrating forward and reverse genetics… Read More

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Phenotyping and genomic selection for improved barley deoxynivalenol (DON) resistance

  • Start Date: 2020
  • Completion Date: 2026
  • Project Status: Ongoing

This project will maintain progress in breeding improved DON resistant barley varieties and to identify new tools to breed for DON resistance. Read More

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Contrasting fungicide applications and genetic fusarium head blight resistance for enhanced yield and quality of barley.

  • Start Date: 2020
  • Completion Date: 2024
  • Project Status: Ongoing

This project will look at the effect of foliar fungicide strategies on the mitigation of FHB in barley. Read More

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TEN-TG: A tilling and genome resource for FHB improvement

  • Start Date: 2022
  • Completion Date: 2026
  • Project Status: Ongoing

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… Read More

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Identifying weed competitive varieties in wheat and barley

  • Start Date: 2022
  • Completion Date: 2026
  • Project Status: Ongoing

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… Read More

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