Cereal Research Centre
Winnipeg, MB
Company Overview
The Cereal Research Centre (CRC), is one of 19 research centres of the Research Branch of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. At its facilities in Winnipeg and Morden, Manitoba, the CRC develops improved varieties of wheat, oat, flax, pulses and ornamentals adapted to the eastern prairies. Programs are focused on adding value to the Canadian agriculture and agri-food industry. This is accomplished by providing producers with high-yielding, superior performing varieties with excellent quality characteristics; and by providing processors with crops that have improved end-product attributes. Approximately 50% of wheat and oat acreage in Canada is seeded to varieties developed at the CRC. This represents a farmgate value of close to $2.5 billion. Since its inception in 1925 (as the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory), the CRC has released 27 wheat, 22 oat, two barley, 17 flax, 14 field pea, 123 ornamental and 53 fruit tree varieties.
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Physical Address
195 Dafoe Rd.
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9
CA
Mailing Address
195 Dafoe Rd.
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9
CA
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Legal Name: Agriculture and Agri-Food Can. Research Centre-Winnipeg
CA
New wheat, oat, barley, flax, pulse crop and ornamental varieties. Genetic marker development: example: Genetic Marker for fusarium head blight Bio-control products: example: A natural product for controlling root diseases Novel food products: example: Tortilla's from barley Promoting gene function in cereals: examples: Matrix attachment regions Insect control methods: example: Using pea protein to combat stored grain insects New methods for quality testing: example: Novel method for measuring alpha amylase
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