Canola Digest Science 2024
Science

Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership Projects

The Canola AgriScience Cluster focuses on priority areas of research to support sustainable growth of the canola industry. This includes climate change and environment, economic growth and development, improving canola’s resilience in response to climatic stressors and pest pressures as well as knowledge and technology transfer and impact assessment aspects.

The Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership canola research projects are funded in part by the Government of Canada with contributions from Alberta Canola, SaskOilseeds, Manitoba Canola Growers, the Ontario Canola Growers Association and industry, including the Canola Council of Canada. These projects, which span up to five years, began in 2023.

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Much needed verticillium stripe research

Harmeet Singh Chawla leads one of four new grower-funded verticillium stripe studies. Chawla will create genetic markers for the most aggressive verticillium stripe isolates. Test labs can use these markers to qualify the virulence level of isolates in a field. Canola breeders can use them to select cultivars with resistance to these most virulent isolates.

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