Science

New and Ongoing Projects

New projects launched in the past year will look into nitrogen-fixing bacteria, humic-acid-coated phosphorus, finding resistance to verticillium stripe, and capturing ancestral diversity for developing climate ready canola. Ongoing projects include research into biologicals for insect management, phenology-based weed control, and new techniques to breed for disease resistance and environmental stress tolerance. Canola growers contribute to these projects through their levy payments to SaskCanola, Alberta Canola and Manitoba Canola Growers. Many projects are also collaborations with other commodity groups and other Prairie-wide funders, including Western Grains Research Foundation.

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National Canola Marketing Program

Canola, personified

Canadian Canola, in human form, connects with Canadians in a warm, approachable fashion, sharing interesting facts about canola’s versatility and value to the Canadian economy.

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Agronomy Insights

Do you want the best? Or the best for you?

Canola growers can increase yield and improve profitability with cultivars that suit local growing conditions, the specific farm system and challenges unique to each field. Use our decision tree to think through cultivar selection for 2024.

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Agronomy Insights

How to identify verticillium stripe

The canola disease verticillium stripe is found across the Prairies and is already at yield-damaging levels in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan. This article provides tips to accurate diagnosis this fall.

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