Research

Bacterial Leaf Streak

Assessing seed to seedling transmission of Xanthomonas translucens causing BLS of cereals to establish inoculum thresholds

Start Date: 2023
Ongoing
August 19, 2024

Searching for resistance to bacterial leaf streak in wheat and barley

Start Date: 2023
Ongoing
April 26, 2024

Bacterial Leaf streak is an emerging disease that has been reported in many cereal-growing regions of the world. The disease… Read More

Wheat

Searching novel genes for resistance to rusts, bacterial leaf streak, and tan spot in wheat

Start Date: 2023
Ongoing
April 12, 2024

Wheat makes an annual contribution of approximately $11 billion to the Canadian economy. Diseases, particularly Fusarium head blight (FHB) and… Read More

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
Completed
March 14, 2023

This project aims to establish a simple, rapid and cost-efficient seed testing protocol by using a novel technique, named loop-mediated… Read More