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Discovering Moisture: the unknown potential of coleoptile length in wheat under dry seeding conditions

Discovering Moisture: the unknown potential of coleoptile length in wheat under dry seeding conditions

  • Start Date: 2024
  • Completion Date: 2026
  • Project Status: Ongoing
High yielding wheat varieties via screening for water use efficiency and drought tolerance under thermal conditions

High yielding wheat varieties via screening for water use efficiency and drought tolerance under thermal conditions

  • Start Date: 2023
  • Completion Date: 2026
  • Project Status: Ongoing

In Western Canada, wheat is the cereal crop with the largest acerage; however, increasingly variable climate conditions and stress suchs as drought can affect plant development, yield and profitability for growers. This places more ephasis ondeveloping tolerant varieties with high… Read More

Breeding hardier crops for Saskatchewan – dynamic phenotyping to dissect components of water stress in wheat

Breeding hardier crops for Saskatchewan – dynamic phenotyping to dissect components of water stress in wheat

  • Start Date: 2021
  • Completion Date: 2025
  • Project Status: Ongoing

This project aims to breed more resilient crop varieties in the face of water stress Read More

Adapting wheat to arid environments: mining Canadian germplasm for reduced night-time water loss and improved water productivtiy

Adapting wheat to arid environments: mining Canadian germplasm for reduced night-time water loss and improved water productivtiy

  • Start Date: 2019
  • Completion Date: 2024
  • Project Status: Ongoing

The knowledge, germplasm and markers generated from this project will accelerate breeding cycles and benefit the wheat industry. Read More

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