NSERC - SPG Industrial Research Chair in Genetic Improvement of Lentil

NSERC小扁豆遗传改良工业研究讲座长期致力于小扁豆的遗传研究，小扁豆是加拿大的一种重要作物，出于经济和农学原因。加拿大已经成为世界上最大的小扁豆出口国，萨斯喀彻温省生产了加拿大95%的小扁豆和全球50%的小扁豆产量。通过对研究和创新的投资，萨斯喀彻温省大学将成为全球小扁豆基因研究和开发中心。研究主席计划将重点放在通过对小扁豆野生近缘的遗传研究和开发对育种者友好的标记辅助选择策略来提高抗病能力、营养和种子质量特征以及根的健康。在接下来的5年里，该研究计划将为众多的研究生和研究实习生提供培训，并为加拿大小扁豆产业提供新的商业小扁豆品种。扁豆产业的扩大将在加拿大的农村和城市地区创造更多的就业机会，并对农业生产的可持续性作出积极贡献。

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 contributionto sustainability in agricultural production.