Improving wheat tolerance to field sprouting

Dr Dean Spaner, University of Alberta

Start Date: March 1, 2020
End Date: April 30, 2023

AWC funding: $300,000

Summary:

Wheat is a major crop of the Canadian prairies. Pre-harvest sprouting causes major yield reduction and downgrades the end use quality of the grain. Sprouting occurs frequently in the wheat growing regions of the Prairies. Enhanced tolerance to field sprouting is a trait constantly in demand by wheat growers. The proposed research identifies new genes that provide a unique opportunity to facilitate wheat breeding for mitigating the problem of pre-harvest sprouting.