Breeding Better Crops
Breeding Better Crops Vincent Fetterley has loved the outdoors for as long as he can remember. Now an MSc student in Plant Science, Fetterley recalls growing up with huge, elaborate gardens that his parents and grandparents maintained in Montreal. “I remember all summer long, I would just chill in the garden, eat food right off […]
Research Associate (Crop Pathology and Genetics)
Research Associate (Crop Pathology and Genetics) Posted on May 10, 2022 The Crop Pathology and Genetics Research Group at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems invites applications for a full time Research Associate in the area of Barley Genetics and Pathology with an anticipated start date of June 15, 2022. The successful candidate will […]
Fighting Grain Diseases Using Modern Methods
The grain industry and UBC are partnering to find out how genome technology can prevent pathogens from taking hold in wheat and barley crops.
Connecting with Students for Mutual Growth
Adrienne Nye is a Scientific Communications and Creative Content Professional, with career experience at STEMCELL Technologies. She was a mentor in the 2020-21 LFS Mentorship Program.
Edible Packaging is as Good For Your Food as it is For the Planet
A team of researchers is making improvements to edible packaging film as a way to reduce the use of plastic in the food industry.
Gurcharn Brar
New Faculty Profile: Gurcharn Brar Not many people consider fungus beautiful, but that is how Gurcharn Brar describes yellow rust (also known as stripe rust). He first noticed it in Grade 12 while visiting his farm in his native country of India, and the yellow-striped leaves were fascinating to him. The very fungus causing yellow […]
Setting Two World Records of Tomato Production in Greenhouses
I hope to bring awareness of how plants are engaging with the environment around them, and how that environment is helping to shape their growth behaviour.
New Frontiers research funds to improve plant proteins, to study environmental impacts of urban migration
Two scientists funded for innovative projects.