Early seeding typically results in better yielding crops, especially for canola, barley, wheat, peas and oats (Weir, 2019). But not all crops can be seeded early. This demonstration aims to show producers how their canola crop may have performed differently based on seeding date.

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.

In a previous 2019 study, the Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) completed a survey of canola harvest losses in Western Canada to identify harvest factors had an impact on combine losses.

Greater milk yield is achieved when canola meal replaces soybean meal in the diets of high producing dairy cows. In addition, persistency of milk yield is greater for cows fed canola meal. Part of the explanation for greater milk is because cows fed canola meal consumed more feed resulting in greater milk production.

The nutrient uptake and removal guidelines for crops in Western Canada were last revised in 2001 by the Canadian Fertilizer Institute (CFI). This project aimed to develop new nutrient uptake and removal guidelines for 14 annual crops grown in Western Canada, based on measurements taken from straw and seed samples.

When it comes to canola seeding rate and row width, think of your crop as a solar panel. Using crop imagery, researchers have found that canola yields are maximized with seeding rates that result in early ground cover that is maintained throughout the growing season.

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…

The canola flower midge, Contarinia brassicola, is a recently discovered insect pest of canola widespread across the Prairies. Damage results when larvae feed on developing flower buds which prevents the flowers from opening and forming pods.

Clubroot disease significantly affects canola seed quality by reducing oil content and seed weight. The most effective solution to control this disease today is growing clubroot-resistant (CR) cultivars in appropriate rotations.

Droughts in 2001, 2008 and 2021 adversely affected crop production in Saskatchewan. Canola’s resilience to heat and drought depends on when these stresses occur within the crop lifecycle. Plants may recover after stress during the vegetative stage, but stress during flowering and/or pod development usually has a negative effect on yield.

The environmental impact of crop production has become a critical aspect of market access and crops produced with a low carbon footprint have a competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

In addition to via wounds on cotyledons and lower leaves, the study found that early blackleg infection can occur also via roots. Seed treatment with several new products, including Fluopyram, Saltro and Bion, may help lower the risk of infection…

Soil organic matter (SOM) plays an important role in soil health and sustained soil productivity. Increasing soil carbon (C) storage is beneficial for soil health, mitigating rising atmospheric CO2 concentration and off-setting greenhouse gas emissions from crop production systems.

By determining the rate and extent of evolotion or spread of GR or auxinic-resistant kochia since the initial baseline surveys we conducted, we can better advise producers of the risk, potential agronomic and economic impact, and best management practices to mitigate or manage GR or auxinic resistance kochia (and other species if found).

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.

Air drills, which continue to be a popular choice for seeding many of the crops grown in the prairies, rely on a pneumatic conveying system and the passive division of seed through well-mixed, two-phase or gas-solid flows.

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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.

Our project aim to develop a new soil N test that provides a rapid assessment of potentially mineralizable N, corrolated to crop yield outcomes, and can be used to improve fertilizer N recommendations.