Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
University of Guelph
$179,779.00
Mapping disease resistance, quality and yield traits in cannabis sativa L.
EF 2019-20
Résumé
Cannabis is an ancient source of fibre, oil and medicines. This plant is largely unexplored due to its drug content and laws against production, trafficking and consumption. However, with the advent of laws to regulate its production and legal medical and recreation uses more information about its genetic diversity and the genetic relationships among clones is required. This will be especially important for designing plant breeding strategies for disease resistant varieties in the future. The recent recognition of cannabis as an important medicinal plant has resulted in some research on different functional and evolutionary aspects of this plant, including a draft genome and transcriptome. However, there is little published information on quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with economically important traits. Genetic characterization of several important traits, including: female flower bud yield, THC and CBD content and disease resistance are required for effective selection and breeding economically viable cannabis varieties. The objectives of the proposed collaborative project between the University of Guelph and Canopy Growth Corporation (Tweed) are to:- better understand the genetic variation among important commercial strains at Canopy Growth Corp- develop a genetic mapping population between a disease resistant cannabis line and other lines with desirable production traits (such as bud yield, cannabanoid cannabinoid content, plant architecture, plant maturity)- identify SNPs among the parents and the lines in the population lines by deep and skim sequencing,- derive a linkage map for cannabis based on segregation of the markers in the population, and- map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for important production traits in cannabis, and- develop molecular markers for economically important traits.This information will be useful to develop molecular methods for selecting powdery mildew resistant cannabis strains and implementing these methods in breeding novel cannabis varieties.
Programme
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
530255-2018
Name nom
Pauls, Karl
Department département
Plant Agriculture (Guelph)
Organization id
24
Institution établissement
University of Guelph
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
179779
Program id
CRDPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
1209
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Agriculture
Area of application fr
Agriculture
Research subject code
4908
Research subject group en
Plant and treebiology
Research subject group fr
Biologie végétale et des arbres
Research subject en
Crop and pasture production,breeding
Research subject fr
Production et amélioration génétique des cultures
Installment
inst:2 - 2
Partie
2
Nb partie
2
Application title
Mapping disease resistance, quality and yield traits in cannabis sativa L.
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Cannabis is an ancient source of fibre, oil and medicines. This plant is largely unexplored due to its drug content and laws against production, trafficking and consumption. However, with the advent of laws to regulate its production and legal medical and recreation uses more information about its genetic diversity and the genetic relationships among clones is required. This will be especially important for designing plant breeding strategies for disease resistant varieties in the future. The recent recognition of cannabis as an important medicinal plant has resulted in some research on different functional and evolutionary aspects of this plant, including a draft genome and transcriptome. However, there is little published information on quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with economically important traits. Genetic characterization of several important traits, including: female flower bud yield, THC and CBD content and disease resistance are required for effective selection and breeding economically viable cannabis varieties. The objectives of the proposed collaborative project between the University of Guelph and Canopy Growth Corporation (Tweed) are to:- better understand the genetic variation among important commercial strains at Canopy Growth Corp- develop a genetic mapping population between a disease resistant cannabis line and other lines with desirable production traits (such as bud yield, cannabanoid cannabinoid content, plant architecture, plant maturity)- identify SNPs among the parents and the lines in the population lines by deep and skim sequencing,- derive a linkage map for cannabis based on segregation of the markers in the population, and- map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for important production traits in cannabis, and- develop molecular markers for economically important traits.This information will be useful to develop molecular methods for selecting powdery mildew resistant cannabis strains and implementing these methods in breeding novel cannabis varieties.
