Investment

GRDC Code: CSP2307-006RTX

Effective Control of Blackleg of Canola: Contract 4 Phenotyping

GRDC has invested in research that enables development of canola cultivars with new blackleg major resistance genes, detection and knowledge of pathogen structure and an improved understanding of Quantitative resistance (QR). However, with major genes and chemical control options able to be overcome and yield impacted, there is the ongoing need to ensure that new resistant varieties, integrated disease management and new technology to assess and measure blackleg are established. In this investment, technologies will be developed to improve the throughput, accuracy and cost involved in measuring (or phenotyping) blackleg incidence in canola. These improvements will be made by optimising existing workflows and incorporation of novel methods of measuring blackleg symptoms (e.g., spectral, or image-based technologies). The phenotyping tools will be developed with the level of throughput and accuracy required to enable improved efficiency in both the pre-breeding (e.g., crop protection, genetic technologies, NVT) and breeding industries. New medium throughput phenotyping methods will be developed for the pre-breeding community to increase capacity for, or speed of, genetic gain in blackleg resistance in canola in both controlled environment and field trials.

Project start date:

24/08/2023

Project end date:

30/06/2028

Crop type:

Canola/Rapeseed, (Oilseed)

Organisation

CSIRO

Region:

North, South, West

Project status

Active

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