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It has been a long journey, but our work on FUL genes in pea is finally out! Thanks to the great @IreneVSN Vicente Balanzà Tom Warkentin pacomad, CristinaFerrandiz, Chloe, Ana and everybody contributing! pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

March CDM Report: Eastern Canada warmer, while Prairies cooler. Parts of AB and BC face precipitation deficits, posing growing season concerns. Drought persisted in areas of AB, BC, and the N.W.T while parts of Eastern Canada saw improvements. rb.gy/10wghk #CdnAg

🫛New publication by PhD student Loveleen 🫛Insights into seedling root architectural traits and nitrogen fixation and agronomic traits in field pea 🫛 acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cs… Tom Warkentin Crop Development Centre - USask USask AgBio

Congratulations to Junsheng Zhou on his successful PhD defense. His work forms part of the AFD SRI Pea Protein 'Omics Determination project. We celebrate this wonderful milestone with you!!!! Tom Warkentin Crop Development Centre - USask USask AgBio Sask Agriculture

Super excited to share my new publication on F. avenaceum root rot resistance in peas. dx.doi.org/10.1002/leg3.2… This study provides phenotypic insights for my research utilizing genomics and transcriptomics to map the resistance genes & break the linkage with anthocyanin genes.

🫛Excited to have our research funded by the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (S-CAP) AgriScience Program – Clusters Component 🫛 saskpulse.com/news/learn-mor… Tom Warkentin Saskatchewan Pulse Growers USask AgBio Crop Development Centre - USask

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

Congratulations to Dr. Sabine Banniza, professor and researcher Crop Development Centre - USask USask PlantSci USask AgBio, on being named one of the '2024 Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture' agwomen.ca/?p=122172

Congratulations to Loveleen Kaur Dhillon on her successful PhD defense. Her work on nitrogen fixation provides important insight in our pea breeding program. We celebrate this highlight in your research career with you!!!! Tom Warkentin Loveleen Crop Development Centre - USask USask AgBio

Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Invests in Soybean Breeding Research: mailchi.mp/d08a0ef174e3/s… A healthy boost for our soybean research program. Tom Warkentin Crop Development Centre - USask USask AgBio

It's been a while since we reported this. One of these things is not like the others...

I don't subscribe to any weather services but I'm curious if any of them forecast anything close to this type of outcome for May.

🫛With the good rains of late planting may have been a little delayed but we are excited to see these beautiful little pea plants emerge at the Saskatoon-Sutherland nursery on May 27 🫛 Tom Warkentin Crop Development Centre - USask USask AgBio

🫛Our pea long plots at Sutherland are coming along beautifully. Photo by Donna Lindsay.🫛 Tom Warkentin Crop Development Centre - USask USask AgBio

We -USask AgBio - 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. agbio.usask.ca/agbio-cluster.…

So, are you checking your #pulses for #peaphids ? Share your catches and help us track the build up of pea aphids this year! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Congrats to Dr. Jeff Schoenau, the inaugural recipient of the Les Henry Award! The Les Henry Award recognizes a recipient in Western Canada that provides excellence in soil and water science and its application in the farming community. Read more: bit.ly/3L8Yh8p

"Addressing root threats in pulse crops", a new free LEGUME PERSPECTIVES issue curated by our president Tom Warkentin Link on our site: legumesociety.org/2019/12/02/leg… #roots #legumes #plantprotein #disease

#Harvest24 begins in West Central Saskatchewan Yellow peas are up first!

Legume Perspectives is a quarterly publication by The International Legume Society (ILS) The latest issue has a special focus on root threats in pulse crops. legumesociety.org/2019/12/02/leg… Tom Warkentin Crop Development Centre - USask USask AgBio