University of Saskatchewan

$25,000.00 CAD

≈ 4 months of average Canadian pay
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program – Ideation Fund
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2018-2019
Agreement period
March 15, 2019 – March 31, 2020
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2018-2019-Q4-00061

Published purpose

This project will efficiently target the crucial genes controlling development of lentil seed and seed coat traits using (1) EMS mutagenesis and (2) CRISPR/Cas9 based genome editing tools to generate novel diverse cis-regulatory alleles, to address the need for improved lentil meal quality and support the Canadian lentil industry.

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