Clubroot research in Alberta is getting a big boost.
Results Driven Agriculture Research, the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission have awarded $1.25 million to Stephen Strelkov at the University of Alberta to lead an expert team in:
- breeding resistance into new crop varieties;
- developing new ways to control the pathogen; and
- identifying clubroot resistance genes.
As part of the five-year project, the team is expected to contribute to the sustainable long-term control of clubroot and improved resistance stewardship, helping producers manage and reduce clubroot spores that contaminate their fields. Clubroot can make infected land less desirable to some buyers and renters.
