“It was a great collaboration between crop associations and the Saskatchewan government and we're really proud of the fact that we were able to invest $1.2 million towards these nine different projects,” said Brad Blackwell, director and former chair of Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (SPG).
With the funding from ADF and SPG, the nine projects total $4.8 million in funding. The research projects involve crops such as chickpeas, peas and dry beans, said the SPG release.
“These projects are all focused on things that are really important to pulse crop growers. We're looking at investing in chickpea breeding, looking at new chickpea cultivars and investing in dry bean breeding. We also have some investments in pea breeding for peas with root rot resistance,” Blackwell told Farms.com.
Additional funders of the nine projects include Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission, Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, Saskatchewan Barley Development Commission, Alberta Wheat Commission, Manitoba Crop Alliance and Western Grains Research Foundation.