Dr. Crosby, and his team of scientists from across the country, are studying the way crops tolerate cold, salinity and other nonbiological stresses. They work with wheat and canola, examining the whole plant and studying these crops at the molecular level. Determining what proteins and genes are involved in regulating a plant’s response to low temperatures could provide critical information for farmers. The team collects expressed sequence tags (gene markers) from cold-responding wheat. The researchers study canola’s response to metal and nutrient stresses. This work has the potential to improve agricultural productivity in Canada and around the world.
Co-project leaders:
| William | Crosby | University of Windsor |
| Randall | Weselake | University of Alberta |
Co-applicants:
| Sue | Abrams | NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute |
| Ravi | Chibbar | University of Saskatchewan |
| Adrian | Cutler | NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute |
| Brian | Fowler | University of Saskatchewan |
| Allen | Good | University of Alberta |
| Gordon | Gray | University of Saskatchewan |
| Patrick | Gulick | Concordia University |
| Larry | Gusta | University of Saskatchewan |
| George | Haughn | University of British Colombia |
| Robert | Hill | University of Manitoba |
| Mario | Houde | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Jean-Francois | Laliberté | Institut Armand-Frappier |
| André | Laroche | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Lethbridge Research Centre |
| Maurice | Moloney | University of Calgary |
| Douglas | Muench | University of Calgary |
| Isobel | Parkin | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Saskatoon Research Centre |
| Larry | Pelcher | NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute |
| Jean | Rivoal | Université de Montréal |
| Andrew | Ross | NRC Plant Biotechnology Institute |
| Graham | Scoles | University of Saskatchewan |
| Gregory | Taylor | University of Alberta |
| Luc | Varin | Concordia University |