Saskatoon Research and Development Centre. Felicitas Katepa-Mupondwa, PhD Director Research, Development, Technology Saskatchewan

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1 Saskatoon Research and Development Centre Felicitas Katepa-Mupondwa, PhD Director Research, Development, Technology Saskatchewan 1

2 1959 SRDC A history of co-location with the University of Saskatchewan Dominion Laboratories were set up to solve immediate problems being faced by producers Dominion Laboratory of Pathology 1919 Dominion Laboratory of Entomology 1921 Dominion Laboratory of Forage Crops 1931 Wheat stem rust, browning root rot & take all which could cut yields by 40% Wireworms, cutworms, grasshopper, blackflies, bertha army worms & wheat stem sawfly Alfalfa, clovers and grasses key in fighting soil erosion 2

3 Staff and Facilities Saskatoon Research and Development Centre Staff 10,500 ft 2 Controlled Growth Facilities 27 Greenhouse Chambers 37 Incubators 31 Growth Chambers Research Farms 1120 ha; dryland and irrigation 83 Saskatoon Melfort Scott Outlook Level 2 Biocontainment Laboratories & Storage 3

4 Investment ( ) 93 Projects covering 7 Sector Strategies $13.9M Salary >85% A-Base $6.2M Total Project Funding >69% Industry Led Oilseeds, 56 14,000,000 12,000,000 Cereals and Pulses, 15 Agro Ecosystem Resilience, 13 $ 10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000 Horticulture, 4 Bioproducts, 2 Beef and Forage, 1 Biodiversity and Bioresouces, 2 4,000,000 2,000,000 0 Salary Project Industry 2,078,258 4,328,756 AAFC 11,846,071 1,902,495 4

5 Located in the Heart of Canola Production 99% of Canada s largest crop in 2017 was grown on the prairies SRDC Satellite Farms 5

6 Canadian Canola Canada s largest crop 43,000 Farmers seeded 9.3 M ha; produced 21.3M Mt $26.7 Billion in economic activity Canadian Economy 90% exported Major exports to USA (oil and meal); China (raw seed) $11.4 Billion in export sales Seed, oil, meal 10 Million Mt Crushing and Refining Capacity 3 million Mt Oil & 4 Million Mt Meal Produced Annually 250,000 Jobs $11.2 billion in wages 6

7 Oilseed Breeding Canola Pre-Breeding Trait Development Brassica napus Leveraging digital phenotyping and genomics for crop breeding Condiment Mustard Breeding Brassica juncea and Sinapis alba Important economic and rotation crop for semiarid growing regions Yellow Mustard Hotdog mustard, mayonnaise, salad dressings & binding agent Brown Mustard Exported to Europe; Dijon mustard Oriental Mustard Exported to Asia; cooking oils Oilseeds for Biofuels and Bioproducts Development and breeding of alternative crops for new food and non-food uses (Brassica carinata & Camelina) 7

8 Mapping Genomes of Brassica Species Canadian Canola Sequencing Project (CanSeq) Mapping canola genome Nested Association Mapping (NAM) and Linking Phenotyping with Genomics Gene mining diverse germplasm and trait development 8

9 Entomology Research, detection, surveillance & integrated crop management for pests that threaten economic viability & environmental health of agro-ecosystems Cabbage Seedpod Weevil Swede Midge Leaf Hopper Flea Beetle Swede Midge Aster Yellows 9

10 Pathology Blackleg and clubroot pose serious threat to $26.7 B canola industry & $11.4 B in exports Resistance is cornerstone for disease control Discover New Sources & Mechanisms of resistance Resistance Gene Mapping Marker Assisted Breeding Genome Editing AvrLm7 egn4_lema_t , egn4_lema_t0862 AvrLm egn4_lema_t (C/A) (A/G) (G/A) (G/A) (C/T) (C/T) (G/A) (C/T) (C/T) (C/T) (G/A) (C/T) (C/T) 01 (G/A) (G/A) (C/T) (G/A) (C/T) (G/A) (G/A) 91 (C/T) (G/A) (C/T) (A/G) (A/G) (G/A) (G/A) 792 (G/A) wa74_ 1523 wa74_ wa74_ 1532 wa74_ 1856 wa74_ wa74_ 2392 wa74_ 2695 wa74_

11 Bioproducts Clean Energy Crops Camelina as a bio-product platform for feed and industrial products Biopesticides Plant Pathogens and Weeds Agri-Environment Resiliency Soil/Plant Microbiome Irrigation Technologies Weed Science Agronomy Greenhouse Gas 11

12 SRDC Science Achievements Dr. Downey changes Canadian agriculture known as the Father of Canola Dr. Rakow develops Canola Quality juncea for drier areas Dr. Cheng develops Hybrid Brown Mustard for higher yields Dr. Falk develops Carinata (biofuel) and Camelina (high omega) for Canada Genomics scientist Dr. Parkin co-lead s Canola Genome Sequencing Dr. Muir & Dr. Westcott develop Flax Bioactive supplements for feed & health Dr. Bailey develops a Biopesticide for weed control (Phoma macrostoma) SRDC scientists establish a Prairie Pest Monitoring Network Pathology scientists develop Blackleg and Clubroot Management solutions 12

13 ANNEX SLIDES 13

14 Plant Gene Resources of Canada Mandate to acquire, preserve and evaluate genetic diversity of crops and wild relatives of economic importance for Canada Holdings include 120,000 accessions of 980 different plant species belonging to 47 botanical families and 258 genera 14

15 Satellite Farm Locations Melfort (370 ha) Short cool growing conditions Black Soils Parkland Region Scott (340 ha) Semi-arid Dark Brown Clay Loam Moderately Acidic Soils Outlook CSIDC (145 ha) Irrigation Precision Technologies Sustainability 15

16 Service Lab Support Liquid Chromatography Bioproduct quality analysis Plant Transformation (tissue culture) Trait and double haploid plant development Oilseed Chemistry High-throughput Oil and Meal Quality Screening 16

17 Facility Upgrades Greenhouse LED Lighting Upgrade Shading effects from new University construction Improved project viability and efficiency during winter months Cost: $900,000 Crop Services Building Expansion Over 5000 square feet of new research farm lab space High-tech drying systems, ventilated threshing areas and LED lighting Safe work environment & space for processing field trial samples Cost: $3.5M 17