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GRADUATE STUDENTS - as of September, 2010

Name Degree Supervisor Research Project
Alkher,Hassna Ph.D. Dr. F. Daayf  
Amarasinghe, Chami M.Sc. Dr. D. Fernando Fusarium - chemotypes and understanding the nature of infection and protection of wheat to the pathogen using Real Time PCR
Asselin, Sean M.Sc. Dr. P.B.E. McVetty Seed quality improvement on Ogu-INRA CMS R-lines in high erucic acid rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) through the reduction of the Raphanus sativus derived Rfo introgression.
Bajracharya, Pratisara M.Sc. Dr. C. McCartney  
Barcellos Rosa, Silvia Ph.D. Dr. A. Brûlé-Babel/
Dr. B. McCallum
Identification, characterization and fine mapping new leaf rust resistance genes in the Brazilian wheat cultivar Toropi.
Baron, Kevin Ph.D. Dr. C. Stasolla Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Abscisic Acid (ABA) Signaling
Boyce, Marley M.Sc. Dr. A. Brûlé-Babe  
Braman, Sarah M.Sc. Dr. M. Entz  
Chan, Aaron M.Sc. Dr.C. Stasolla The relation of WOX genes to somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis
Chin Fatt, Adam M.Sc. Dr.S. Cloutier  
Chitnis, Vijaya Ph.D. Dr. B. Ayele  
Cicek, Harun Ph.D. Dr. M. Entz Diversifying and enhancing the N fertility of prairie agroecosystems with cover crops and ruminants
Clague, Chelsea M.Sc Dr. P.B.E. McVetty A comparison of the restorer gene transmission rate to R-line quality in ogu CMS canola (Brassica napus L.) R-lines for the development of high quality ogu CMS R-lines.
Dakouri, Salam Ph.D. Dr.S. Cloutier Genetic analysis of leaf rust resistance (Lr34) gene in wheat
Deol, Kirandeep Kaur M.Sc. Dr. B. Ayele/
Dr. C. Stasolla
Cloning and characterization of sucrose transporter gene from wheat.
Elahi, Nosheen Noor Ph.D. Dr. M. Tahir Test the influence that constitutive expression of Brassica napus LEAFY COTYLEDON 1 (LEC1) and WRINKLED 1 gene has upon the embryogenesis and on oil level in canola and in Arabidopsis
Evans, Rachel M.Sc. Dr. M.H. Entz  
Halde, Caroline Ph.D. Dr. M.H. Entz Mulch decomposition and soil microbiology in organic no-till systems
Huang, Shuanglong Ph.D. Dr. C. Stasolla/
Dr .B. Ayele
 
Javed, Nasir Ph.D. Dr. M.Tahir Identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL) influencing yield, oil content and oil quality in Brassica napus
Kazuk, Robert Ph.D. Dr.S. Fox  
Larkin, Jodi M.Sc. Dr. P.B.E. McVetty Innovative approaches to assessing seed quality in Brassicas
Lewis, Derek M.Sc. Dr. M. Entz Developing yield loss relationships for difficult to manage weeds in sunflower
Li, Ru Ph.D Dr.D. Fernando How different cropping systems influence the composition and function of bacterial communities in soil.
Liban, Sakaria M.Sc. Dr.D. Fernando Classification of race structure and phylogenetic analysis of Leptosphaeria maculans
Liu, Chang M.Sc. Dr.D. Fernando Assessment of the efficacies of fungicides towards Leptosphaeria maculans isolates in canola and identification and characterization of resistance to Qol fungicides in isolates of Leptosphaeria maculans
Liu, Jun Ph.D Dr. G. Li Introgressing sclerotinia tolerance and other beneficial traits into canola from Asian rapeseeds
Liu, Lingwei M.Sc. Dr. B. Ayele Gibberellin inactivation: role and regulation during cereal grain development
Mohamed Soliman, Atta Ph.D. Dr. F. Daayf Molecular and biochemical characterization of ADP-glucose transport in cereals
Mukherjee, Shalini Ph.D. Dr. B. Ayele/
Dr. C. Stasolla
Investigation of the role of AGPase in determining starch yield and sink strength on wheat
Mwaniki, Alice Ph.D. Dr.A. Brûlé-Babel Molecular mapping of genes controlling fusarium head blight and don accumulation in winter wheat
Naoui, Abdelwahed M.Sc. Dr. F. Daayf  
Park, Seok Hoon M.Sc. Dr. B. Ayele  
Podolsky, Kristen M.Sc. Dr.M. Entz Comparing reduced tillage implements for terminating cover crops
Price, Mary M.Sc. Dr.R. Gulden  
Sakthivel, Geethalakshmi M.Sc. Dr. B. Ayele/
Dr. C. Stasolla
Expression analysis of sucrose transporter gene in wheat.
Singh, Simranjit M.Sc. Dr.C. Stasolla  
Soto Cerda, Braulio Ph.D. Dr. S. Cloutier Through an association mapping approach, a tool to identify QTLs in plants; it will exploit the variation present in flaxseed to uncover the association between agronomic traits and molecular markers on the basis of linkage disequillibrium (LD). By this approach the most favourable allele combinations will be traced and combined in new varieties.
Thambugala, Dinushika Ph.D. Dr. S. Cloutier Analysis of genetic diversity of genes involved in fatty acid composition in flax (linum usitatissimum L.) and comparative genomic analysis of their loci
Waddell, Kristine M.Sc. Dr. R. Gulden The evaluation of new harvest aid herbicides for canadian dry bean production
Watts, Roger M.Sc. Dr. M.Tahir Construction of linkage map and QTL analysis for oil content in DH population of B. juncea using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers
Wiebe, Laura M.Sc. Dr. M.H. Entz Examining the nitrogen economy of organically selected spring wheat genotypes
Yang, Cunchun M.Sc Dr. C. Stasolla  
Ye, Zesong M.Sc Dr.A. Brûlé-Babel  
Zhang, Xuehua Ph.D. Dr. D. Fernando Characterization of major resistance genes and their relationship with quantitative resistance in Brassica napus against blackleg
     
 

 

 

 

       
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