Canada's Organic Science Cluster

Activity B.2: Organic cereal crop breeding

Objectives:

Identification of superior Canadian Western Spring (CWRS) wheat and food quality oat breeding lines that are adapted for organic production systems and that can be registered in Canada. These lines will be submitted into existing registration tests or some other suitable vehicle to accommodate the generation of data required for variety registration. Although the area of adaptation of the breeding programs is western Canada, some western varieties have been found to be successful in eastern Canada also.

Learn More:

• Activity Summary
• Background and Supporting Documents
• Activity Researchers

Interesting Results to Date:

• NEW!! Wheat Cultivar Development: Selection for Adaptation to Organic Production Systems
• More than just taste: Comparisons of organic and conventional bread
• Organic Cereal Breeding in Western Canada
• Organic farming...organic varieties?
• Realized gains from selection for spring wheat grain yield are different in conventional and organically managed systems
• The soil microbial community and grain micronutrient concentration of historical and modern hard red spring wheat cultivars grown organically and conventionally in the black soil zone of the Canadian Prairies
• Stay tuned for reports, newspaper articles, and extension bulletins related to this activity.

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