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Topic: breeding

Breeding innovations

OAT AND SOYBEAN VARIETY DEVELOPMENT

February 2023 - THE OAT BREEDING program at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Ottawa Research and Development Centre, led by Dr. Weikai Yan, has been working on a project to boost yield, quality, and disease resistance in new oat…
Oats to oatmeal

A LOOK AT BREEDING AND PRODUCING OATS

April 2022 - WHEN THINKING OF oats, oatmeal, feed, and cover crops come to mind. Weikai Yan, oat breeder at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, works to develop oat varieties that can be used in both feed…
Seed development: barley

BREEDING THE RIGHT CHARACTERISTICS

March 2022 - DR. RAJA KHANAL, RESEARCH scientist in barley breeding and genomics with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, aims to develop new barley varieties that are high yielding, have improved resistance to Fusarium head blight (FHB), and have…
Seed development: wheat

BREEDING THE RIGHT CHARACTERISTICS

February 2022 - BREEDERS TAKE SEVERAL factors into consideration when developing a new wheat variety, such as yield, quality, standability, and disease tolerance. Each class of wheat grown has its own characteristics and management requirements. Approximately 85 per…
Seed development: corn

BREEDING NEW LINES, TESTING NEW HYBRID CROSSES

November 2021 - FARMERS KNOW WHAT is going on in their fields during the growing season, but are we all aware of what goes on prior to the seed arriving in our sheds? This article is the first…