2008 Canola Industry Meeting

December 10, 2008, 8:30a.m. - 5:00p.m.

Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon


Minutes of and PDF presentations given at the 2008 Canola Industry Meeting are available below by clicking on the respective titles.

Presentations given at the Applying Genomics to Canola Workshop are also available


Minutes of the Canola Industry Meeting

Presentations

WCC/RRC Report
Raymond Gadoua, Canola Council of Canada
Canola Breeding
Results of Saskatoon Canola Program Review
Jeff Stewart, AAFC
Science Cluster Canola
John Culley, AAFC
Dow Agrosciences Expanded Program
Steve Webb, Dow AgroSciences
Brassica juncea Clearfield Production System
Derek Potts, Viterra
Transgenics
Chromosome Engineering in Canola Improvement
Steve Fabijanski, Agrisoma
Herbicide Tolerant Canola - A Farmer's Perspective
Ed Seidle, Seidle Seed Farm
Feature Presentation
Breeding with Molecular Markers - Effect of Population Structure and Parental Selection
Anju Gupta, Monsanto
(No PDF presentation available)
Diseases
The Clubroot Situation
Murray Hartman, Alberta Agriculture
Canola Hybrid Trait Improvements - Sclerotinia and Clubroot
Igor Falak, Pioneer Hi-Bred
(No PDF presentation available - see minutes for summary)
Clubroot in Brassica napus - a European perspective
Elke Diederichsen, Freie Univ. Berlin
Other Diseases
Faye Dokken, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
Meal Utilization
Higher Value Animal Feeds
David Maenz, MCNBIO
Processing
Extracting Value
Samah Garringer, Bioxx
Crop Reports
CGC Canola Report
Doug DeClercq, Canadian Grain Commission
Reports from Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan (See minutes for report), Alberta
CCC Agronomists
Jim Bessel, CCC
Insect Pests
2008-09 Insect Situation
Scott Hartley, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture
Other Reports
CCC Reports
Robert Hunter, Canola Council of Canada
Report from the Plant Biosafety Office
Gord Berg CFIA
Networking Reception for the Canola Industry Meeting and Canola Genome Workshop attendees