Research

Falling Number (FN) is used to evaluate the amount of sprout damage in wheat, a critical component of wheat quality.… Read More

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is the most important fungal disease that affects wheat throughout cereal growing regions of Canada. It… Read More

In recent years a concept and technology, an accelerated disease phenotyping system, sometimes referred to as ‘speed-breeding’, has been developed… Read More

Anthocyanins are water-soluble phenolic pigments responsible for red, purple, blue, or even black colors in fruits, vegetables, grains, flowers, and… Read More

In this project, the study team will focus on dissecting FDK through the use of innovative digital imagining in order… Read More

The most desirable approach to protect crops against pathogens is to breed cultivars with disease resistance (R) genes. However, current… Read More

Late maturity alpha-amylase (LMA) is a recessive genetic defect in wheat that is expressed only under certain environmental conditions. LMA… Read More

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

In Western Canada, wheat is the cereal crop with the largest acerage; however, increasingly variable climate conditions and stress suchs… Read More