This project will open the discussion around increasing wheat protein. It will serve to help farmers to apply post-emergent nitrogen to their crop as safely and efficiently as possible and to decide under what circumstances a post-anthesis application is likely to be profitable.
Read MoreThis study seeks to empirically investigate the factors that affect Prairie farmers’ wheat variety choices, which ultimately leads to the success or failure of all newly developed wheat varieties.
Read MoreThis project will help us understand the virulence of stripe rust in western Canada, especially Alberta. We will identify resistant genes effective against races in western Canada and these genes will be transferred into wheat cultivars.
Read MoreFarmers need to be equipped with best management practices (BMPs) to increase individual farm productivity and profitability to remain economically competitive. Thus, this project will bridge a critical knowledge gap of BMPs through research activities.
Read MoreThis project aims to study the impact of pesticides on soil microbiome under cereal production, and identify/isolate microbes thriving under pesticide use and investigate their potential as pesticide degraders.
Read MoreThe aim of this project is to develop seed coat technology containing nanocarrier-complexed RNAi for the suppression of smut and bunt diseases in cereals. Such technology will reduce our dependency on toxic fungicides, resulting in healthier soil microbiomes.
Read MoreThis project will examine cropping system-based strategies to lessen the impact of fusarium head blight (FHB). The research will evaluate how cropping strategies may reduce the amount of inoculum (primarily infested crop residues) and reduce the extent of host infection.
Read MoreThis research project is designed to test the that approach by using a natural product ascaroside #18 (ascr#18), a pheromone produced by nematodes against diseases caused by challenging pathogens of wheat, and pulse crops.
Read MoreThe main goal of this project is to compare the yield, and economics of using certified wheat seed to farmer-saved seed of same varieties under Saskatchewan field conditions.
Read MoreThe overall objective of this research project is to develop an effective weed control system for herbicide resistant wild oat in wheat.
Read MoreThis research will generate information to better understand the efficiency of microbial processes affecting different crop residues, which will enable producers to manage their fields over the long-term.
Read MoreIn this project, SVPG is collecting additional wheat data in the variety performance trials on priority traits including maturity, height, lodging, test weight, thousand kernel weight, protein, ergot and wheat midge, to enhance the available data set, and to provide farmers with more productive information on farming decisions.
Read MoreThe main objective of this project is to determine levels of free asparagine in CWRS wheat, and to identify the effective mechanisms for its reduction.
Read MoreThe main focus of this trial is to demonstrate the potential of post-anthesis application of UAN to increase wheat grain protein.
Read MoreThis research is tailored to understand how the interaction of management practices and environmental conditions in farmers’ fields affect FHB development in wheat; and to develop a more precise recommendations for FHB management in wheat considering all the variables that influence FHB development.
Read MoreThis project will compare the field-derived results with those on conventional small plot experiments and with modelled results using sophisticated models of carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Collectively, the results of the project will enable Saskatchewan producers to position themselves confidently and appropriately in the public policy debate over how crop production should be treated in carbon tax schemes and/or within trading schemes for greenhouse gas emission offsets produced through SOC sequestration.
Read MoreThe main objective of this study is to modify the existing N test method in to a rapid new soil N test that potentially correlates to mineralizable N and crop yield outcomes. Researchers intend to develop this into a commercial soil N test that could be licensed to others or developed further in-house. The new test will provide a better means of estimating fertilizer needs.
Read MoreThe proposed research will compare the yield and quality benefits of various fungicide application timings and the performance of new fungicide modes of action that have longer residual periods. This study will also investigate the interaction of fungicide use on two genetically diverse wheat cultivars.
Read MoreThe main objectives of this project are to identify the soil properties that best characterize soil health in the semi-arid prairies; to quantify the effects of medium and long-term agricultural management (tillage system, crop rotation) on soil health; and to develop a new producer-oriented manual (soil health assessment protocol) for measuring soil health in Saskatchewan. The proposed project will fill this gap by developing Saskatchewan’s first soil health testing protocol.
Read MoreWater quality information currently available to understand neonicotinoid concentrations in the environment is based on limited data, especially in prairie streams and rivers. Information from these water monitoring programs could influence the decision on the phase-out of imidacloprid and the subsequent special review of the other two neonicotinoids.
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