Research
Research Projects
Crop Specific Research
Select a crop below to view all related research projects.
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
This project will utilize data being collected on plant development and maturity from a proposed network of corn breeding nurseries and yield trials in Manitoba (proposal currently under consideration by MCGA and MAFRD) as well as the Manitoba Corn Committee… Read More
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
Row spacing is an important agronomic management practice for corn production. Although the standard row spacing for corn is 30 inches, studies in the US and Ontario have identified corn hybrid responses to narrow, wide, and twined rows. Given the… Read More
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
Most crops in the Prairies show substantial improvement in early season vigour, maturity and yield for placing P fertilizer in or near the seed row, especially when root growth and soil P availability is poor due to cold soils. However,… Read More
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
This project will measure corn response to phosphorus and zinc fertilizer when corn is grown after canola. Research has shown mycorrhizal associations with corn are key for corn to acquire sufficient phosphorus and zinc. Therefore, to compensate for the deterioration… Read More
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
This project will measure corn response to phosphorus and zinc fertilizer when corn is grown after canola. Research has shown mycorrhizal associations with corn are key for corn to acquire sufficient phosphorus and zinc. Therefore, to compensate for the deterioration… Read More
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
This project will measure corn response to phosphorus and zinc fertilizer when corn is grown after canola. Research has shown mycorrhizal associations with corn are key for corn to acquire sufficient phosphorus and zinc. Therefore, to compensate for the deterioration… Read More
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Start Date: 2013
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Completion Date: 2018
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Project Status: Completed
In Manitoba, corn is being grown in rotation with canola, spring wheat, soybeans, corn, and other crops. This range of crops is different and often more diverse than in other corn growing regions of Ontario and the US. In order… Read More
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Start Date: 2019
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Completion Date: 2022
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Project Status: Completed
The goal of this study was to obtain a selection of crop varieties (Wheat & Canola) more resilient to excess moisture, better understand the amount and timing of excess moisture as it affects growing crops, and take measurements of critical… Read More
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Start Date: 2019
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Completion Date: 2022
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Project Status: Completed
Phytoglobins (PGBs) are animal-Like hemoglobins found in plants, and participate in plant response to biotic and abiotic stress. Increase Pgb levels in corn and soybeans exhibit tolerance o excess moisture and other stressors, while reduced Pgb levels showed that plants… Read More