Developing High Yielding Brassica Rapa Cultivars With Resistance to Brown Girdling Root Rot, Blackleg, White Rust, and Clubroot

Researcher:

Dr. Kevin Falk, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon

Project Code:

CGDP-SCDC 11/03-01

Final Report:

March 2009

Summary:

The development of early maturing canola is crucial to the northern canola growing areas of western Canada. Although B. rapa has several advantages over B. napus, producers currently have very few cultivars from which to choose, and only one with resistance to blackleg. This project will ensure that producers are provided with a high yielding, disease resistant, early maturing alternative to Argentine canola.