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Projects & Results

Agronomic and seed quality improvement of the clubroot resistant canola germplasm of canola x rutabaga cross, and fine mapping of the gene resistance

Project Details

Lead Researcher(s)

Habibur Rahman

Co-Researcher(s)

N/A

Funding Partners

Alberta Agriculture & Forestry, Alberta Innovates

March 2018 - February 2021

Complete

The Challenge

P. brassicae populations continue to evolve, therefore outsourcing genetic resistance from other Brassicas could broaden the resistance to clubroot in canola.

The Project

Develop canola lines that carry the clubroot resistance gene of rutabaga, resulting in clubroot resistant hybrid canola cultivars.

The Results

This section will be updated upon completion of the project.

Grower Benefits

The clubroot resistant lines and cultivars developed through this project will broaden the genetic base of the crop, and the molecular markers will increase the efficiency of canola breeding programs by reducing the turn-around time for cultivar development.

Keywords:

Clubroot, Clubroot resistant, Plasmodiophora brassicae, P. brassicae, Rutabaga, Resistance gene, Fine mapping, Germplasm