The medicinal benefits obtained through the consumption of whole pulses and soybeans are being investigated with the intent of obtaining health claims around cholesterol lowering and glycemic control. However, the North American population typcially does not consume large amounts of … Continue reading →
With historical crop damage due to waterlogging/flooding conditions in Manitoba, the sustainable production and expansion of soybeans on the Prairies require successful development of cultivars with improved tolerance to sub-optimal soil moisture conditions. Phytoglobins (Pgb), expressed during growth, development and … Continue reading →
Farmers in Manitoba generally inoculate their soybeans every year using Bradyrhizobium japonicum. However, after repeated successful inoculated soybean crops, populations of B. japonium can build up and overwinter, providing sufficient inoculum for proceeding soybean crops. Farmers may not need to … Continue reading →
The 2016 Manitoba general & herbicide-resistant weed surveys are supported by the commodity associations and will be carried out collaboratively by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and the University of Manitoba. The survey requires 600 hundred … Continue reading →