Research
Research Projects
Crop Specific Research
Select a crop below to view all related research projects.
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Start Date: 2022
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Completion Date: 2027
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Project Status: Ongoing
This project aims to generate research-based information to support on-farm agronomic and farm management decisions by determining the effect of including soybean and field pea in Manitoba cropping systems on crop productivity and quality, diseases, soil health, nutrient cycling, and… Read More
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Start Date: 2022
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Completion Date: 2025
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Project Status: Ongoing
This project seeks to address this current lack of information regarding leaf rust resistance in western Canadian winter wheat. The data from this project will be used in two types of analyses: (1) genome-wide association study (GWAS) and (2) genomic… Read More
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Start Date: 2022
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Completion Date: 2023
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Project Status: Ongoing
Within the scope of this proposal, PAMI will simulate wheat in air seeders through the development of a coupled fluid-particle (CFD/DEM) model. This modeling approach connects the airflow patterns within the air seeder system to the movement of wheat particles… Read More
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Start Date: 2022
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Completion Date: 2023
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Project Status: Ongoing
The purpose of this project is to use field trials in multiple locations across the Prairies to grow established and new Canadian malting barley varieties annually and to generate comprehensive and comparative data on barley quality, malting performance and malt… Read More
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Start Date: 2022
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Completion Date: 2026
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Project Status: Ongoing
This project will adapt “speed breeding” protocols developed for other crops and apply them to flax breeding for the development of populations ready for pre-registration trials as well as populations suitable for genetic mapping and trait analysis. Significant time savings… Read More
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Start Date: 2021
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Completion Date: 2024
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Project Status: Ongoing
Diseases are one of the biggest foes associated with barley production in Canada; Fusarium head blight (FHB) in particular is the most dangerous as it produces mycotoxin in the grain thus affecting malting and marketing. This project has multi-faceted benefits… Read More
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Start Date: 2020
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Completion Date: 2025
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Project Status: Ongoing
The proposed research will help farmers and agricultural industry understand which herbicide active ingredients and usage scenarios remain effective for management of multiple-HR kochia. It will also help them understand how auxinic herbicide resistance in kochia is inherited, how quickly… Read More
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Start Date: 2022
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Completion Date: 2025
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Project Status: Ongoing
This will be an exploratory project to identify mycoviruses causing hypovirulence in rust fungi to develop "virocontrol" biopesticides. Read More
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Start Date: 2021
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Completion Date: 2022
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Project Status: Completed
This project is a proof of concept for long-term potential development of new biodegradeable fungicides for field applications. Read More