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Genetic gains in agronomic and selected end-use quality traits over a century of genetic improvement of Canada Western Red Spring Wheat
Pierre Hucl. Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan

heat, drought, and saline soils. Recently, some have spun these efforts into the perception that plant breeders have made wheat unsafe. This session will present results from long-term historical analysis of wheat breeding and genetic improvement in Canada, and grain constituent analyses in Canadian heritage and modern day wheat varieties.

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