Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 11216 www.seed.ab.ca | Advancing Seed in Alberta Ideally, Weselake and Tahir are aiming to cut canola’s current saturated fat content in about half. If an oil contains less than 3.5 per cent saturated fat, it can be labelled “saturated fat free.” This drop could offer a major potential win on the marketing front. Weselake and his team are, interestingly, not conducting their genomic trials within canola varietals. Rather, they are carrying out their experiments using a canola cousin called Arabidopsis (thale cress or mouse-ear cress). This plant shares many key attributes with canola but offers two important differences: it grows to maturity in several weeks rather than several months, and it con- tains much simpler genetics than canola. As they develop important genomic improvements, the research team will transfer those advances into Dow AgroScience’s Nexera varieties, saving both time and significant expense. Just 18 months into the study, it is too early to say yet what the results may be. If results are in line with most breeding advances, the changes will be incremental but extremely important. The Western Canada Canola/Rapeseed Recommending Com- mittee (WCC/RRC) recommended more than 90 new canola cultivars for registration in 2016. Of these, about five percent will end up being sold in the marketplace, says Raymond Gadoua, the canola co-op test manager with the WCC. “The generic goals of all new cultivars is high yield, high oil, high protein and excellent disease resistance across all diseases. It’s a constant challenge to accommodate all of those goals,” says Gadoua. “It’s pretty rare that a variety becomes widespread. Between high- and low-yielding varieties you might see maybe one to two per cent difference in oil content, maybe slightly more University of Alberta and Dow AgroSciences researchers are conducting a collaborative research project to create a “super elite” line of high-performance canola hybrids. Photo by Janet Kanters HAVE YOUR BEST CROP EVER THE CHANCE TO BE ITS BEST WE GIVE A CROP... HAVE YOUR TO BE ITS BEST Use the latest in purity, germination, vigour, vigour, vigour 1000 kernel weight, and seed health tests combined with the seed knowledge and heart we put into our work. FULLY ACCREDITED SEED LAB NO. 1215 • EMPLOYEE OWNED & OPERATED 1-866-980-8324 [email protected] www.seedcheck.net Like us on HAVE YOUR BEST CROP EVER HAVE YOUR Use the latest in germination 1000 kernel weight and combined with the seed knowledge and heart we put into our work. 1-866-980-8324 [email protected] www.seedcheck.net Like us on