SBARE Canola Granting Committee
Conference Call Minutes
March 8, 2011
The conference call of the
State Board of Agricultural Research and Education’s canola granting committee
was called to order at 8 a.m. Voting
members present were Wally Brandjord, Kyle Rollness and Dave Gehrtz. Also present were
The committee discussed the
following proposal:
Development of high
seed yield spring canola utilizing winter type germplasm adapted to North
Dakota
Researcher: Mukhlesur Rahman
Amount requested: $9,640
Increased
seed yield is the most important and attractive traits for canola growers.
Winter type canola producers over two-fold seed yield compared to spring type
canola. Because of severe winter hardiness, winter type canola is not possible
to grow in North Dakota. Therefore, this
project has been initiated to develop spring type canola by introducing
favorable yield contributing characters from the winter types to create new
high seed yield spring canola germplasm adapted to North Dakota. In this project, a winter nursery facility
will be used to reduce the time it takes to reach practical homozygosis by one
half and researchers will be able to obtain adequate volumes of bulked seed per
family for early generation testing and selfed seed for generation advancement.
It was moved by Brandjord and
seconded by Gertz to grant negotiated funding of up to $9,640 to the project
titled “Development of high seed yield spring canola utilizing winter type
germplasm adapted to North Dakota”. The
motion carried unanimously.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned.