Research

Bacterial Leaf streak is an emerging disease that has been reported in many cereal-growing regions of the world. The disease has become a recurring problem in the upper midwest of the United States since the early 2000's; currently it is… Read More

Falling Number (FN) is used to evaluate the amount of sprout damage in wheat, a critical component of wheat quality. FN is the amount of time in seconds it takes for a plunger to fall through a slurry of ground… Read More

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is the most important fungal disease that affects wheat throughout cereal growing regions of Canada. It is one of the five priority-one diseases of wheat in the cultivar registration system, and an “intermediate” resistance reaction is… Read More

In recent years a concept and technology, an accelerated disease phenotyping system, sometimes referred to as ‘speed-breeding’, has been developed with the aim of shortening the breeding cycle. The technique utilizes optimal light quality, light intensity, photoperiod and temperature control… Read More