Lecture 5: Wheat Flashcards
Wheat has _______% in calories and protein
20%
What crop is grown most widely
Wheat
Wheat is _______ in production ranks in the world
3
what cultivar gave Canada its reputation for high quality hard red spring wheat and why?
The cultivar Marquis
It won the CP railway prize for best wheat in 1911
who is Norman Borlaug
Worked for International Center for the Improvement of Maize and Wheat and created semi-dwarf genes in wheat
1960-1980
Semi-dwarf genes in wheat
reduced lodging, responsive to fertilizer/irrigation, better harvest index
wide adaption and disease resistance
simple genetics
What kind of ploidy does bread wheat have?
6n (AABBDD)
What kind of ploidy does durum wheat have?
4n (AABB)
acclimation
a process of physical and physiological changes to prepare the plant for winter
winter hardiness
a measure of the plant to survive the winter without injury
theoretical benefits of winter crops
Early spring is prime growing time
Soil moisture and daytime temps optimum
better cover/better radiation capture
earlier maturity (escape heat and terminal drought in August
When did the Canadian Wheat Board first become a thing
1935 during the war effort
When did the marketing freedom for grain farmers Act take effect and what did it do?
Took effect in Aug 2012 and dismantled the Canadian Wheat Board
When was the Canadian Grain Commission established
1922
Canadian Grain commission
Grain company licensing to establish quality standards. All bulk grain that is exported on railway or ship is inspected by them
