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Why is this research important to Alberta? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global threat to human, animal, and environmental health. While increased antimicrobial use drives rising resistance, how resistance genes move between humans, animals, and the environment remains poorly understood. Understanding these pathways is essential for developing effective control strategies and policies. Alberta is

Why is this research important to Alberta? Alberta beekeepers face persistently high colony losses. Current diagnostic approaches cannot reliably detect the early, sub-lethal effects of agrochemical exposure before colonies begin to decline. Healthy honeybees are essential to honey production, crop pollination, food security, rural livelihoods, and a resilient agricultural economy in Alberta. By using existing

Why is this research important to Alberta? Parasite infections and growing drug resistance threaten the productivity, profitability and welfare of Alberta’s cattle and sheep. The annual cost to Canada is now estimated at $2 billion, largely through poorer growth, feed efficiency and animal health. Yet no new anti-parasitic drug class has been approved for Canadian

Why is this research important to Alberta? Alberta’s beef industry operates across highly variable climatic, forage, and management conditions that directly influence animal performance, health, and productivity. Current genomic evaluations assume environmental uniformity, resulting in inconsistent animal performance across production systems and reduced confidence in selection tools. This creates production risk and limits producers’ ability

Why is this research important to Alberta? Clubroot is one of the most significant disease threats to Alberta’s canola industry, and the emergence of resistance-breaking pathogen strains is reducing the effectiveness of resistant cultivars currently used by producers. This creates an urgent need for faster, more scalable diagnostic tools to monitor pathogen populations and support

Why is this research important to Alberta? Flea beetles are the most damaging early-season pest of canola on the prairies. They survive Alberta’s winters in hibernation, then emerge in spring to feed on young seedlings. We know very little about how they survive winters or what triggers them to wake up in spring, so farmers

Why is this research important to Alberta? Clubroot disease represents a formidable challenge for canola cultivation in Alberta owing to its spore’s persistence in contaminated soil, even in the absence of suitable host crops. At present, the agricultural community submits soil samples for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assays to confirm pathogen presence and to estimate

Canola is the largest field crop in Canada, generating $30 billion in annual economic output.  However, Over the past 10 years, yield of this crop has been stagnant due to narrow genetics, lack of new yield trait technology, and is further threaten by recent years of frequent drought and heat stresses in the Canadian Prairies. 

ABAzyne Bioscience Inc. is a Saskatchewan-based Canadian agriculture technology company commercializing ABA Boost, a proprietary analog of the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA). ABA Boost enhances plants’ natural stress-response pathways to improve cold and frost tolerance, reduce reliance on fuel-intensive frost-protection equipment, and improve water-use efficiency in high-value perennial crops such as wine grapes and

This project advances agricultural clean technology by developing a sustainable controlled-release nitrogen fertilizer that improves the delivery of nutrients to crops. Conventional fertilizers, particularly urea, are widely used but inefficient, with only 30–35% of applied nitrogen absorbed by plants. The remainder is lost to the environment, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, water contamination, and soil