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Improving heat and drought resistance in canola through regulating diacylglycerol acyltransferase activity
Project Details
Lead Researcher(s)
Gavin Chen
Co-Researcher(s)
Stacy D. Singer
Funding Partners
N/A
March 2020 - March 2024
Ongoing
The Challenge
Canola is vulnerable to heat and drought stress, which can severely impact seed yield and quality.
The Project
Diversify Canadian canola with stress-resistance genes, identify candidate genes involved in the control of heat and drought resistance, and collaborate with canola breeders to develop tightly linked molecular markers for these resistance genes through the application of traditional breeding and modern genomic tools.
The Results
This section will be updated upon completion of the research project.
Grower Benefits
This research will help to develop commercially available canola varieties with gene-resistance to heat and drought stress.
Keywords:
Yield, Heat, Drought, Seed quality, Oil, Diacylglycerol, Acyltransferase