Grant: CCI Applied Research and Development Grants
Collège La Cité
$40,000.00
Development of an universal method for the elimination of the HOP-Latent viroid in cannabis
EF 2023-24
Résumé
Segra International Corp. is a cannabis tissue culture nursery and a trusted source of clean genetics domestically and internationally. They witnessed the dramatic impact on the Canadian cannabis industry of HLVd (Hop Latent viroid) and wish to develop innovative solutions to cope with it. This viroid is especially challenging as its symptoms start being visible only at the end of the life cycle of the plants. It means that growers invest time and money on the crop to realize only in the end that their yield will be drastically reduced by the viroid. The goal of this project is to set up a shorter and more robust protocol by using tissue culture technique along with other conventional methods that could be used to permanently eliminate the viroid from cannabis plants which would be extremely valuable to the industry.
Programme
CCI Applied Research and Development Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
CCARD-2022-00531
Name nom
Le Roy, Julien
Department département
Bureau de la Recherche et de l'Innovation - La Cité collégiale
Organization id
28248
Institution établissement
Collège La Cité
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2022
Award amount
40000
Program id
CCARD
Program name en
CCI Applied Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
ICC Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Area of application code
10000
Area of application group en
The socioeconomic objective available
Area of application group fr
L'objectif socioéconomique disponible
Area of application en
The socioeconomic objective available
Area of application fr
L'objectif socioéconomique disponible
Research subject code
10000
Research subject group en
The field of research available
Research subject group fr
The field of research available
Research subject en
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Research subject fr
Le domaine de recherche disponible
Field of research list codes
RDF1060507
Field of research list names en
Life histories
Field of research list names fr
Ontogenèse
Socioeconomic objective list codes
RDS10803
Socioeconomic objective list names en
Crops
Socioeconomic objective list names fr
Cultures
Application title
Development of an universal method for the elimination of the HOP-Latent viroid in cannabis
Keyword
Tissues Culture; Viroid; cannabis; molecular biology; plant pathogen
Application summary
Segra International Corp. is a cannabis tissue culture nursery and a trusted source of clean genetics domestically and internationally. They witnessed the dramatic impact on the Canadian cannabis industry of HLVd (Hop Latent viroid) and wish to develop innovative solutions to cope with it. This viroid is especially challenging as its symptoms start being visible only at the end of the life cycle of the plants. It means that growers invest time and money on the crop to realize only in the end that their yield will be drastically reduced by the viroid. The goal of this project is to set up a shorter and more robust protocol by using tissue culture technique along with other conventional methods that could be used to permanently eliminate the viroid from cannabis plants which would be extremely valuable to the industry.
