Led by Lakeland College in partnership with Farming Smarter and SARDA Ag Research, a three-year study examined ways to minimize lodging and maximize yield in barley. The project was carried out with the support of the Agriculture Funding Consortium. The initiative, which wrapped up this year, examined the combined effects of cultivar selection, plant growth regulator (PGR) strategies and tank mixes under Prairie conditions.

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan have gone underground, and underwater, to uncover the root cause of lodging in barley. Using a new approach, the Crop Development Centre’s Aaron Beattie and the National Research Council of Canada’s Allan Feurtado employed hydroponics to identify root traits that improve lodging resistance.