Government of Canada Invests to Improve Pest and Disease Management for Vegetable Growers
August 6, 2010| |
The Government of Canada through the Minister of Veteran Affairs and Minister of State Jean-Pierre Blackburn announced the granting of $1.2 million to Phytodata Inc. to develop DNA-based technologies for disease monitoring in vegetables. Minister Blackburn said that "Investments in innovation keep our farmers on the cutting edge of technology. This project will provide our producers with tools to help improve pest and disease management, which will boost their productivity and help them compete in the marketplace."
The funds will be used to develop a DNA-based technology, a highly-reliable method of monitoring major diseases in potatoes, grapes, and greenhouse tomatoes. The technology can also be used to monitor diseases in other vegetables. "Thanks to the funding from Agriculture Canada, Phytodata and its partner, McCain Foods Canada, will develop expertise unmatched in the world in the detection of late blight in potatoes and several other airborne plant diseases," said Luc Brodeur, president of Phytodata Inc.
See the original news article at http://www.agr.gc.ca/cb/index_e.php?s1=n&s2=2010&page=n100803
| |
Biotech Updates is a weekly newsletter of ISAAA, a not-for-profit organization. It is distributed for free to over 22,000 subscribers worldwide to inform them about the key developments in biosciences, especially in biotechnology. Your support will help us in our mission to feed the world with knowledge. You can help by donating as little as $10.
-
See more articles:
-
News from Around the World
- FAO Cuts Wheat Production Forecast
- WEMA Receives Approval for Confined Field Trial in Uganda
- Madagascar Now Part of AfricaRice Center
- HarvestPlus to Release 'Iron Beans' in Rwanda
- Green Pepper to the Rescue of African Bananas
- Monsanto to Introduce Aphid Tolerant Soybean in 2011
- Syngenta's Enogen Trait Receives Import Approval from Japan and Taiwan
- Montana Researchers Develop Spring wheat Cultivars Resistant to Orange Wheat Blossom Midge
- MSU Develops Pest Resistant Soybean
- Private Support Helps Public Plant Research
- Government of Canada Invests to Improve Pest and Disease Management for Vegetable Growers
- USDA-APHIS Dedicates August to Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness
- Fearless Aphids Ignore Warnings
- DuPont Leader: Drought Tolerance Technology Vital to Increase Food Production
- NBPGR Commercializes State-of-the-Art GMO Detection Technology
- India's GEAC renamed as Appraisal Committee
- Application to OGTR for International Release of Disease Resistant GM Banana
- BT/FSBR Eggplant Collaborators Enhance Skills in Biosafety and Biotech Communication
- Monsanto Applies for Limited Release of Herbicide Tolerant GM Canola in Australia
- EFSA Panel's Scientific Opinion on Assessing Allergenicity
-
Research Highlights
- Scientists Explain the Molecular Basis for Channels of Protein Import into Chloroplasts of Arabidopsis
- Effects of High Night Temperature and Spikelet Position on Yield Characteristics of Rice Plants
-
Announcements
- UK's Event: "Potatoes in Practice"
- BIOTECHNICA 2010 in Hanover
- International Training Course in Cryopreservation
-
Read the latest: - Biotech Updates (April 24, 2024)
- Gene Editing Supplement (April 24, 2024)
- Gene Drive Supplement (February 22, 2023)
-
Subscribe to BU: - Share
- Tweet