Agronomy Hannah Bryant Agronomy Hannah Bryant

Foliar N-Fixing Biological Trial for Canola

The objective of this field-scale trial is to determine if farms can see agronomic and economic benefits from applying nitrogen-fixing bacteria product in wheat or canola. Producer-cooperators will determine the value of utilizing this product under the typical management practices and environmental conditions of their operation.

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Preserving hybrid vigour through a novel apomixis breeding strategy in Brassica crops

Engineering apomixis, the asexual reproduction through seeds without fertilization, will provide major advances to plant breeding. This is a technology which could quickly capture and maintain valuable genotypes and associated traits without inbreeding depression and help select for traits not available to current breeding strategies.

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Monitoring the race dynamics of Leptosphaeria maculans for effective deployment and rotation of resistance genes for sustainable management of blackleg of canola in Western Canada

For specific R genes to be effective in management of blackleg, it is essential to understand the pathogen race composition and changes in different regions. The analysis of Avr-gene frequency in the L. maculans population provides an important guidance to the selection of effective R genes in blackleg resistance breeding…

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Overcoming blackleg disease in canola through establishment of quantitative resistance

Non-race specific resistance against blackleg disease of Brassica napus canola, known as adult plant resistance (APR), is a quantitative trait controlled by multiple genes. The APR trait is highly durable against the blackleg pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans (Lm), although the nature of causative APR genes is not known.

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A simple and holistic approach to alleviate biotic and abiotic stresses in canola through silicon (Si) uptake

This project intends to fully characterize the properties of canola with respect to its instrinsic ability to absorb Si, means to improve its ability, and the benefits that canola could derive from this in terms of disease protections with special emphasis on the most important ones: blackleg, clubroot, and sclerotinia.

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