Pre-breeding platform for Canadian wheat improvement

This project is funded through the Canadian National Wheat Cluster.

  • Term:  5 years, ending in 2023

  • Status: Ongoing

  • Funding Amount: $80,000

  • Lead Researcher(s): Dr. Sylvie Cloutier (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa) and Dr. Curt McCartney (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden)

  • Funding Partners: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Alberta Wheat Commission, Manitoba Crop Alliance, Western Grains Research Foundation,

Project Description

Pre-breeding, which includes the identification of useful genes in species other than the cultivated wheat species and their transfer into cultivated wheat, is important to reinvigorate breeding programs and provide breeders with options to quickly respond to arising disease threats. This project will establish a Canada-wide pre-breeding platform that will supply all Canadian wheat breeding programs with useful markers and germplasm carrying new resistance genes, as well as a searchable database that will contain all relevant data collected during the evaluation process.

Variety DevelopmentSask Wheat2018-2019, All Projects