NSERC - SPG Industrial Research Chair in Genetic Improvement of Lentil

NSERC小扁豆遗传改良工业研究主席是一个长期致力于小扁豆遗传研究的机构，小扁豆是加拿大一种重要的经济和农学作物。加拿大已成为世界上最大的扁豆出口国，其中萨斯喀彻温省生产了加拿大95%的扁豆，占全球产量的50%。通过对研究和创新的投资，萨斯喀彻温大学将成为扁豆基因研究和开发的全球中心。研究主席计划将通过对扁豆野生亲缘种的遗传研究和开发对育种友好的标记辅助选择策略，重点关注提高抗病性、营养和种子品质性状以及根系健康。在接下来的5年里，该研究项目将为众多研究生和研究实习生提供培训，并为加拿大扁豆产业提供新的商业扁豆品种。扩大扁豆产业将在加拿大农村和城市地区创造更多就业机会，并作出积极贡献

The NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Genetic Improvement in Lentil is a long-term commitment to genetic research for lentil, an important crop in Canada for both economic and agronomic reasons. Canada has become the world's largest exporter of lentil, with Saskatchewan producing 95% of Canada's lentil and 50% of global production. Through investment in research and innovation, the University of Saskatchewan will become the global centre for lentil genetic research and development. The Research Chair program will focus on improvement in disease resistance, nutritional and seed quality traits, and root health through genetic research in wild relatives of lentils and the development of breeder-friendly marker-assisted selection strategy. Over the next 5 years, the research program will provide training of numerous graduate students and research trainees, and deliver new commercial lentil varieties for the Canadian lentil industry. Expansion of the lentil industry will create additional employment in both rural and urban regions in Canada, and make a positive contribution to sustainability in agricultural production.