by Dan Yates | Oct 2, 2023 | Blog
A better understanding of plant root structure could lead to more efficient nutrient use in crops, say researchers at the Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS). In a recent academic review, “Getting to the roots of N, P, and K uptake,” published in the Oxford...
by Dan Yates | Mar 27, 2023 | Blog
GIFS Board Chair Alanna Koch and CEO Steven Webb are featured in the March 2023 edition of Manitoba Farmers’ Voice published by the Keystone Agricultural Producers of Manitoba. In the article — “Market needs continue to increase” — Koch and Webb discuss how...
by admin | Mar 8, 2021 | Blog
Big data (including data generated from plant genome sequencing) influences research and can be a competitive advantage for firms that have identified means to extract value. However, questions around ownership of the data, privacy, accessibility and sharing need to...
by admin | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog
GIFS researchers are screening large panels of soybean and canola for the ability to germinate and establish root systems under cold conditions. Dr. Joanne Ernest, GIFS Research Associate, explains how. The author, Dr. Joanne Ernest, in the Global Institute for Food...
by admin | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog
The following article is posted in its entirety from CanadianFoodFocus.org through Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan. The original article appears here. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 coronavirus a pandemic globally on...
by admin | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog
Dr. Tim Sharbel, GIFS Research Chair in Seed Biology, is part of a team of researchers who have discovered genes involved in the biosynthesis of hypericin, a molecule in St. John’s Wort with important medicinal use. Read the publication in the Plant...
