Genomic Strategies to Improve Wheat Breeding in Canada
Targeted chromosomes
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Project team
| First name | Last name | Institution | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre | Hucl | pierre.huclSPAMFILTER@usask.ca | University of Saskatchewan | Canada |
| Andrew | Sharpe | NRC-PBI | Canada | |
| Dean | Spaner | University of Alberta | Canada | |
| Mark | Jordan | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada CRC | Canada | |
| Curt | McCartney | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada CRC | Canada | |
| Ron | Knox | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada SPARC | Canada | |
| Harpinder | Randhawa | Agrculture and Agri-Food Canada LRC | Canada | |
| Faouzi | Bekkaoui | NRC-PBI | Canada | |
| Viktoriya | Galushko | University of Regina | Canada | |
| Richard | Gray | University of Saskatchewan | Canada |
Project collaborators
| First name | Last name | Institution | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduard | Akhunov | Kansas State University | USA | |
| Tuli | Rakash | National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute | India | |
| Bikram | Gill | Kansas State University | USA |
Project funding
This proposal is pending.
Abstract
If funded, one component of this project will be to generate a high quality sequence for chromosome 6D of bread wheat cv. Chinese Spring using a combination of Roche 454/Illumina sequencing platforms. If funded, this activity will represent Canada's contribution to the IWGSC.