Wild Lentils

Breeding & genetics of #lentil and its wild relatives (& relatives like bean); tweeting abt our large #genomics project & other exciting research from @usask

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

Oooh - largest acreage of black beans in MB is CDC Blackstrap! Am I reading that right?!😎

[Kelvin Heppner @KelvinHeppner]

172 thousand acres of dry beans in the province. There was some talk of 200 back in winter, but ended up well below. (via @DennisBeanLange)

[Steve Shirtliffe @ProfAgronomy]

New app day!!! Search “Virtual Rain Gauge” in the iPhone App Store. 100% free and no ads - brought to by @agbiousask! Please let us know how accurate it is - built using the CaPA data from Env Canada on 2.5 km pixels.

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

@DavidKucher @usaskplsc @agbiousask @GenomeCanada @westerngrains @SaskPulse No, this was more about how the colour changes in room temp storage and how best to phenotype for it. Tl:dr - objectively classifying colour of the fresh seed will predict how bad they will get. So, breeders can assess the colour whenever and just keep the best.

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

🎉Congratulations to Matt who defended his MSc thesis on seed coat colour deterioration in lentil today🎉
⁦@usaskplsc ⁦@agbiousask⁩ ⁦@GenomeCanada⁩ ⁦@westerngrains⁩ ⁦@SaskPulse⁩

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

@DavidKucher @usaskplsc @agbiousask @GenomeCanada @westerngrains @SaskPulse We will let you know when it is available. Short answer, not really from this work - harvest as soon as mature and keep out of light, heat & humidity.

[Crop Development Centre - USask @CDC_USask]

Come visit the @AgBio USask booth #328 on July 16th at 11 am and discover the impact of the Crop Development Centre!

[USask AgBio @agbiousask]

Grow your future with the #USask College of Agriculture and Bioresources! We are hiring five new faculty in the strategic area of sustainability and digital agriculture!

Learn more: https://t.co/NXU25dR6Vn

[Prager Lab @USaskEnt]

#Pulse, #Legume, #Alfalfa growers. Are you checking for #peaphids ? Share your catches and help us track the build up of pea aphids this year! @SaskPulse
https://t.co/NaSvVwUUDY

[Steve Shirtliffe @ProfAgronomy]

We -@agbiousask - are hiring 5 new faculty in the strategic area of sustainability & digital agriculture! Ag is big here in Saskatchewan. We have the best teaching and research in Ag of any University is Canada. Come join our team and make a difference. https://t.co/uL2IlthIZr

[Prager Lab @USaskEnt]

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PhD Position in Plant Virology

Are you interested in doing PhD on mycoviruses?The Prager lab at the University of Saskatchewan (https://t.co/wBqEkpj1Lh) is recruiting a PhD student to study mycoviruses presence in the plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

One of our newest team members managed to snag a nice scholarship to further our work on N transfer from lentil to wheat in crop rotations. Congratulations @Salva_osuna
https://t.co/XgWM8uYTVc

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

New season, new team members, new trial. Staying out of the way as the pros start to seed our lentil-wheat rotation trial.1000+ plots per rep 😳

[Phillip Harder @harder_water]

Before you feel the need to complain about the precip phase a fun fact is that snow at this time of year is an effective mechanism to move nitrogen from the ait to
the soil. On the order of 1-2lbs/acre per inch of snow so still need a bit of fertilizer #water #snow #westcdnag

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

Thanks to the following for their financial support: @SaskPulse @GenomeCanada @GenomePrairie @westerngrains @usask

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

Our latest in lentil protein genetics. Yes there is room for improvement … will anyone pay??

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

Our latest in lentil protein genetics. Yes there is room for improvement … will anyone pay??

[bioRxiv @biorxivpreprint]

Evaluating the breeding potential of cultivated lentils for increasing protein and amino acid concentration in the Northern Great Plains https://t.co/kRaTDOiNuH #bioRxiv

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

The redder it is the less likely it is that they will need to add beet or tomato powder to get the colour ‘right’. Stay tuned for more findings.

[McDougall Acres Grainex @McDougallAcres]

@WildLentils Wow seems like a big difference. Do the end users care?

[Wild Lentils @WildLentils]

Variability among red #lentils when baked into crackers.

[Quinn Sturby @quinnsturby]

Last day to register!!

[Saskatchewan Pulse Growers @SaskPulse]

Do you farm in Southeast or East-Central SK? Dry beans may be a good fit for your rotation. Learn more: https://t.co/84JOhnMWSg #AgTwitter #SaskAg

[Rudy Agro @RudyAgroLtd]

Beans mounting a comeback? https://t.co/8OBHUdAJbC

Something to think about for this upcoming planting season!