Canada
September 15, 2006
Farmscape
(Episode 2247)
Source:
http://www.farmscape.ca/f1Scripts.aspx?m=INT&p1=694
Dr. Anita
Brûlé-Babel -
University of Manitoba
"A University of Manitoba cereal
grain researcher says a planned restructuring of western
Canada's wheat classes is unlikely to free the hand of winter
wheat breeders.
"In June the Canadian Grain Commission announced plans to
restructure western Canada's wheat classes to allow the
development and registration of non-milling wheat varieties.
"The changes are scheduled to take
effect August 1, 2008 and will include the creation of a new
general purpose wheat class and the elimination of kernel visual
distinction requirements for the minor wheat classes.
"University of Manitoba professor
Dr. Anita Brûlé-Babel says the concern with winter wheat is that
Kernel Visual Distinguishability (KVD) requirements for red spring and durum wheats will remain in
place.
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Dr. Anita Brûlé-Babel:
"The proposal right now as it stands, the kernel
variety distinguishability traits for the hard red
springs and the durum classes will remain intact but
there will be some flexibility in the minor use
classes and they will essentially be marketed based
on what ever end use characteristics they happen to
carry.
"I
don't think the proposal has gone far enough.
"I
think that, because in those other classes we still
can not have a mixture with some red spring
characteristics or kernel characteristics in the
grain, that that's still not far enough and it's
still going to limit our ability to register some
materials.
"I
know, within the winter wheats, the KVD reports
where things fail they almost always fail because
they have a red spring kernel type within the
mixture of the grain.
"With winter wheats it's still going to be a
challenge in the short term because the materials
that we have developed have had to have some
characteristics related to the red winter type." |
"Dr. Brûlé-Babel notes, while
there won't be an immediate benefit, she is encouraged by the
fact that winter wheat breeders will be able to register
materials which have larger kernel types that look different
than what has been allowed in the past.
For Farmscape.ca, I'm Bruce
Cochrane."
Dr. Brûlé-Babel is scheduled to
examine "How Are Cereal Breeding Programs Working to Ensure a
Secure Feed Grain Supply for the Future" during the Western
Nurtition Conference (September 19-20) at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg
*Farmscape is a presentation of
Sask Pork and
Manitoba Pork Council |
