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37 | Pulse Research Report Current Projects GROW GENETICS Dry bean breeding for Alberta __________________ Enhancing field pea, len l, lupin and faba bean produc vity and resilience through germplasm screening __________________ Iden fying promising genotypes and op mizing seeding density, nitrogen fixa on and irriga on for cost-effec ve soybean produc on in Alberta __________________ Selec on for disease resistance in early maturing bean lines for Alberta __________________ Iden fica on of dry bean lines in Ontario and the Prairies with improved canning and cooking quality __________________ Development of gene cally improved field pea varie es and germplasm for the Canadian pulse industry and the evalua on of flavour, physiochemical and func onal characteris cs in high protein pea breeding lines __________________ Breeding, physiology and agronomy to mi gate yield loss caused by root rots of pea GROW YIELD Prevalence, pathogenicity and risk assessment of Fusarium species causing root rot of field pea __________________ Recovery of pulse crops from hail in Alberta using foliar fungicides and nutrient blends __________________ Refining dry bean fer lity prac ces __________________ Development of an immune-PCR for the detec on of pea root rot causal agent Aphanomyces eu ches __________________ Advanced agronomic prac ces in wheat, barley and peas to maximize yield and harvestability __________________ Inves ga ng herbicide applica on prac ces to remove barriers to faba bean produc on __________________ Epidemiology of chocolate spot in faba beans __________________ Cover crops as part of a rota onal strategy to reduce pea root rot and evalua on of other management op ons __________________ Use of semio-chemical-baited traps to delineate the distribu on of the pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus in Alberta __________________ Op mizing disease management strategies for white mould and bacterial blights of dry bean __________________ Vigilance towards plant nematodes to sustain pulse produc on on the Canadian prairies __________________ Integrated pest management of pea leaf weevil using biological control and low insec cide-input alterna ves GROW SUSTAINABILITY Alberta Weed Survey __________________ Impact of cropping prac ces on soil health, crop produc vity and profitability in the brown soil zone __________________ Plot to Field __________________ Coordinated monitoring of field crop insect pests in the prairie ecosystem __________________ Prairie Crop Disease Monitoring Network __________________ Spray dri management under changing opera onal requirements __________________ Op mizing systems produc vity, resilience and sustainability in the major Canadian ecozones __________________ Economic value of diversified cropping systems __________________ Intercropping winter and spring crops with pulses GROW UTILIZATION Novel combined sub/supercri cal fluid process development for oligosaccharides produc on from crop frac ons for the func onal food industry __________________ Value-added applica ons of pulse protein and fibre __________________ Development of sprou ng process and characteriza on of aroma and flavour in Alberta grown high and low tannin faba beans __________________ Develop a novel line of gluten-free ready meal products from Alberta- based pulses __________________ Developing value-added meat products using non-allergenic ingredients __________________ Development of gluten-free licorice using Canadian pulses __________________ Development of processing strategies for innova ve commercially- ready pulse ingredients for the Canadian food sector __________________ Applica on development for the starch/protein concentrate produced by the Air Current-Assisted Par cle Separa on Technology (ACAPS) ________________________ GROW HEALTH Glycemic control and cardiovascular disease in Type 2 diabetes __________________ Increasing pulse intake in primary care pa ents: The CHANGE Cancer Alberta interven ons increase pulse module __________________ Development of a pulse protein-based pet food kibble through lab and pilot scale studies

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