This project seeks to develop IPM management strategies for crop rotations that include lentils for the Northern Region and was implemented as a direct result of the Pest Management Strategic Plan for Pulse Crops published in 2017 which took into account numerous discussions with growers, seed dealers, crop consultants, grower organizations, Farm Service Agency and financial institutions.

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Montana Team

Based out of Montana State University, agronomic research will be conducted on the Montana Agricultural Experiment Stations in Bozeman, Moccassin, Havre and Sidney. Mary Burrows and Perry Miller's group will be conducting root rot surveys and be looking at the interaction of agronomic practices and disease pressure.

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North Dakota Team

Julie Pasche's group is based out of North Dakota State University and will identify Fusarium spp, and their interaction and contribution to root rot disease. While Mike Grusak's group is based out of Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center and they will look at nutritional quality of lentil under different agronomic and disease pressure regimes.

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Washington Team

Clarice Coyne, Rebecca McGee and Lyndon Porter are based out of Washington State University's USDA-ARS. Clarice and Rebecca are characterizing lentil diversity for resistance to Fusarium through root architecture and using Exome capture to provide genome wide association mapping to potential resistance genes. Lyndon will be conducting root rot surveys and provide inoculations for the development of lentil resistance, and will also look at Fusarium spp interactions and contributions to root rot disease.

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Saskatchewan Team

Kirstin Bett out of the University of Saskatchewan is developing molecular markers and other genetic based breeder resources to improve lentil varieties for global food and nutritional security.

Syama Chatterton is a specialty crops pathologist at AAFC focusing on management of root and foliar diseases of pulse crops. She uses molecular diagnostics to identify of soil-borne pathogens impacting the pulse production in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Robyne Bowness is a pulse research scientist who has been developing improved genetics in pulse crops to be more resistant to disease, and in the end better yields.

 

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