Irradiation in Plant Breeding Aids Crop Improvement
Irradiation helps plant breeders create mutants with small but meaningful differences from parent varieties. At Saskatchewan and Manitoba, large scale work on barley, durum wheat, vegetables, fruits, and potatoes explores crossing and selection to develop higher yield, quality, early maturity, or disease resistance over long term field trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
University of Saskatchewan
University of Manitoba
Gazetteer of Manitoba place names published for public use
The Canadian Board on Geographical Names approved the Gazetteer of Canada Manitoba listing over 4600 features. It explains each feature, its type, location relative to towns or lakes, and exact coordinates, with pricing at $1.00 per copy from Ottawa. The board standardizes spellings to avoid confusion and adjudicates new names for maps and government publications.
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Canadian Board On Geographical Names
Province of
Manitoba
Gazetteer of Canada
Department of Public Printing and Stationery
Ottawa
The
Geographic Board of Canada
Canada
Provinces
Northwest Territories
H. E. Beresford
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
More Children More Bicycles More Cars Driving Care
Shell Oil Company of Canada travel director Carol Lane warns that fall school reopens bring more children and bicycles onto roads shared with nearly four million vehicles. She notes the biggest child killer is motor vehicle accidents and urges strict driving caution in school zones playgrounds and residential areas. Parents should teach bicycle safety and ensure bikes are in good condition.
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Shell Oil Company of Canada
Canada
Special Crops Substation to Study New Crops at Portage la Prairie
The Special Crops Substation at Portage la Prairie Manitoba will be operated by the Experimental Farms Service. After eleven years of flax fibre work the substation will shift to other crops such as fresh peas oil flax sugar beets sunflowers rape seed and soybeans. The Portage la Prairie substation will expand its acreage and be administered under the Brandon Experimental Farm with ties to Brandon Morden and Winnipeg cereal breeding staff.
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Experimental Farms Service
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Brandon
Morden
Winnipeg
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Alamar
Carol Lane
Roblin
Man
Plymouth
Belvedere
Hirst
Pymouth
Chrysler Corporation of Canada, Limited
CHRYS
Ler
Plymouth-Fargo
Sorbo Motors
Main Street
Roblin, Man
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