New grower-funded research projects

Plant establishment

Rye Cover Crop termination date effect for no-till canola emergence

Principal investigator: FarmWise Inc (Rob Dunn) and Palliser Agriculture Management Society (PAMS)
Funding: Alberta Canola

How does in-row seed spacing and spatial pattern affect canola yield?

Principal investigator: Steven Shirtliffe, University of Saskatchewan
Funding: SaskCanola

What is the ideal plant spacing within the row? Steven Shirtliffe will study this question.

Effect of cereal crop residue distribution on the following year’s canola emergence and yield

Principal investigator: Nathan Gregg, Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI)
Funding: SaskCanola and Sask Wheat

An On-Farm Approach to Monitor and Evaluate the Interaction of Management and Environment on Canola Establishment and Disease Development

Principal investigator: Christiane Catellier, Indian Head Agricultural Research Foundation (IHARF)
Funding: SaskCanola

Fertility management

Reducing toxicity of seed-placed phosphorus fertilizer in oilseed crops

Principal investigator: Patrick Mooleki, AAFC Saskatoon
Funding: CARP (Alberta Canola and SaskCanola)

Canola frequency effects on nutrient turnover and root-microbe interactions

Principal investigator: Bobbi Helgason, AAFC Saskatoon
Funding: CARP (Alberta Canola and SaskCanola)

Optimal source, placement and application timing for yield and reduction of greenhouse gas footprint for canola production on light texture soils

Principal investigator: Mario Tenuta, University of Manitoba
Funding: CARP (SaskCanola and Manitoba Canola Growers)

Revisiting nitrogen fertilizer recommendations for Saskatchewan: Are we measuring the right soil nitrogen pool?

Principal investigator: Richard Farrell, University of Saskatchewan
Funding: SaskCanola, Sask Wheat, Alberta Wheat, Western Grains Research Foundation (WGRF)

Deep banding immobile nutrients under direct seeding systems to improve crop production and tackle nutrient stratification

Principal investigator: SARDA Ag Research
Funding: Alberta Canola

Monitoring soil organic carbon on commercial direct-seed fields across Saskatchewan, Phase 4

Principal investigator: Brian McConkey, AAFC Swift Current
Funding: SaskCanola, Sask Wheat, Sask Pulse, SaskOat, SaskBarley, SaskFlax and Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF)

Developing a soil health assessment protocol for Saskatchewan producers

Principal investigator: Kate Congreves, University of Saskatchewan
Funding: SaskCanola, Sask Wheat and WGRF

Soil health and nutrient uptake among diverse canola lines – added value to crop phenotyping

Principal investigator: Melissa Arcand, University of Saskatchewan
Funding: SaskCanola

Strategies to Reduce Fertility Inputs and Improve Soil Health and C-Sequestration in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems

Principal investigator: Akim Omokanye, Peace Country Beef and Forage Association
Funding: Alberta Canola

Integrated pest management

University of Alberta NSERC Industrial Chair in Agro-Entemology

Principal investigator: To be named
Funding: Alberta Canola along with University of Alberta, Alberta Wheat Commission, Alberta Barley and Alberta Pulse Growers

Biopesticides as a Novel Management Strategy for Sclerotinia in Canola

Principal investigator: Susan Boyetchko, AAFC Saskatoon
Funding: CARP (SaskCanola and Manitoba Canola Growers)

Effect of hairiness in Brassica lines on the abundance, feeding
and oviposition behavior of flea beetles, diamondback moth and aster leafhopper

Principal investigator: Chrystel Olivier, AAFC Saskatoon
Funding: CARP (SaskCanola and Alberta Canola)

Assessing surface wax chemical diversity as a tool to defend against abiotic and biotic stress in canola

Principal investigator: Mark Smith, AAFC Saskatoon
Funding: CARP (SaskCanola)

Development of a harmonized clubroot map

Principal investigator: Stephen Strelkov, University of Alberta
Funding: CARP (Alberta Canola, Manitoba Canola Growers and SaskCanola)

Generate knowledge and control strategies for the pollen beetle Brassicogethes viridescens (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a new invasive insect pest of canola

Principal investigator: Christine Noronha, AAFC Charlottetown
Funding: CARP (Alberta Canola, Manitoba Canola Growers and SaskCanola)

Identification and assessment of the role of natural enemies in pest suppression in canola with specific reference to diamondback moth management

Principal investigator: Sharavari Kulkarni and Maya Evenden, University of Alberta
Funding: CARP (Alberta Canola and SaskCanola)

Investigating the role of plant hosts in the outbreaks of the aster leafhopper vectored aster yellows

Principal investigator: Sean Prager, University of Saskatchewan
Funding: SaskCanola

Harvest management

Investigation into converting a combine grain loss signal into a grain loss rate

Principal investigator: Nathan Gregg, PAMI
Funding: SaskCanola, Sask Wheat, Sask Pulse and WGRF

Defining best management practices for using supplemental heating with natural air drying

Principal investigator: Joy Agnew, PAMI
Funding: SaskCanola and Sask Wheat

Joy Agnew will define the best practices for using heaters (in blue) within a bin aeration system.

Genetics

Identification and genetic mapping of novel genes for resistance to blackleg in Chinese and Canadian Brassica napus varieties

Principal investigator: Dilantha Fernando, University of Manitoba
Funding: SaskCanola

Re-synthesizing Brassica napus with clubroot resistance from C-genome

Principal investigator: Fengqun Yu, AAFC Saskatoon
Funding: Alberta Canola

Exploring Brassica oleracea for resistance to the newly emerged Plasmodiophora brassicae pathotypes: Resistance mapping and introgression into canola

Principal investigator: Habibur Rahman, University of Alberta
Funding: Alberta Canola

Agronomic and seed quality improvement of the clubroot-resistant canola germplasm of canola × rutabaga cross, and fine mapping of the resistance gene