date:Jul 27, 2015
ent of genetic markers, and predictive genetic tests to improve selection efficiency in Canadian wheat breeding programmes.
The university has also received another $15.5m to develop vaccines against infectious diseases of cattle and develop local lentil varieties, and $9.8m for an Alberta-based project, where it is a co-lead, to develop new tools to fight disease in pigs and improve Canada's pork industry.
The government hopes that innovations resulting from this research will lead to job cre