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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Optimum nitrogen fertilizer management strategies for high-yielding spring wheat in Manitoba

  • Start Date: 2016
  • Completion Date: 2018
  • Project Status: Completed

Given the large value of the farm investment in N fertilizer and expected returns to that investment, Manitoba wheat producers will receive financial benefits from optimizing fertilizer use on individual farms and fields. Read More

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Canadian wheat alliance: standing strong: maximizing yield potential by optimizing stem strength and biomass partitioning

  • Start Date: 2015
  • Completion Date: 2020
  • Project Status: Completed

Little is known about how stem properties such as strength, diameter, wall wall width and height contribute to standability and few markers exist to select for preferred traits. This project will identify, dissect, and prioritize traits that contribute to maximum… Read More

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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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MCA special projects at Diversification Centres – Management practices for high yield wheat

  • Start Date: 2017
  • Completion Date: 2022
  • Project Status: Completed

This information will help producers make decisions on where to focus their input dollars and will provide an opportunity to highlight the effects of PGR’s in spring wheat production. This information can also be used to determine if the variety… 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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Genomic tools to mitigate the adverse effects of lodging in wheat

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

This project will aid in the development of long term tools for plant breeders. 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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Increasing grain yield in CWRS wheat while maintaining grain protein levels and baking quality

  • Start Date: 2020
  • Completion Date: 2023
  • Project Status: Ongoing

The benchmark information that will be generated by this project will address the feasibility of achieving simultaneous genetic improvement in grain yield and baking quality-related traits in order to develop more resource-use efficient varieties. Read More

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Maximizing durable disease resistance in wheat

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

Our work will focus on the development and deployment of appropriate to marker-assisted selection of wheat DNA markers that will facilitate breeding of adapted to the prairie environment elite cultivars. These DNA markers and a germplasm carrying newly discovered resistance… Read More

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