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Complete a survey to help promote benefits of Canadian pulses

Canadian pea and lentil growers are needed to help promoting the environmental benefit of Canadian pulses. Complete a survey on your production methods here by Feb. 7 for a chance to win a $1,000 Amazon gift card: .
 
Pulse Canada is developing a complete inventory of data for Canadian pea and lentil production to produce national-level life cycle assessments of Canadian pea and lentil production, which will outline the environmental impacts of these two production systems.
 
The objectives of the project are to:
 
Develop representative life cycle inventories for Canadian peas and lentils suitable for incorporation into public LCA databases; and
Develop ISO-compliant life cycle analyses of Canadian pea and lentil production.
 
Source : Alberta pulse

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Developing disease resistance in new wheat varieties

Video: Developing disease resistance in new wheat varieties


Dr. Colin Hiebert, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Morden, is focused on developing new tools that wheat breeders can use to improve, diversify and strengthen disease resistance in new wheat varieties. This includes new genomic tools that address resistance to five diseases including: Fusarium head blight, leaf rust, stripe rust, stem rust and common bunt.

Learn more about how research conducted at AAFC-Morden will impact wheat variety development, production and profitability for the future. This research is part of the Canadian National Wheat Cluster and funding is provided through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Alberta Grains, Sask Wheat, Manitoba Crop Alliance, Western Grains Research Foundation and Canadian Field Crop Research Alliance.