Reference number : GC-2017-Q1-00266, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Penner, Gregory (University of Saskatchewan), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Saskatchewan, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : Beef cattle production, regardless of season, relies on the availability of forage. Sustainable and consistent production of high-quality forage may provide an opportunity to improve performance of beef cattle (i.e. growth or reproductive efficiency) thereby improving feed conversion and reducing feed cost. This project describes the necessary work for the first selection cycle to develop a novel hybrid bromegrass cultivar selected for increased neutral detergent fibre (NDF) digestibility. Specifically, the objective of this project is to screen existing cultivars and new breeding lines of hybrid bromegrass at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre (Saskatoon, SK). The individual plants with an inherently high NDF digestibility can be selected without compromising agronomic characteristics (yield, vigour, and regrowth). This project includes breeding nursery establishment, initial selection, development of lines with high NDF digestibility, establishment of progeny plants in a field nursery and the evaluation of the progeny. It is anticipated that 3 to 4 selection cycles will be needed to establish a new cultivar with improved NDF digestibility. In this program, we will focus on improved NDF digestibility as the nutritive value, and will assess forage yield, vigour, and regrowth characteristics to ensure that our selection does not negatively affect agronomic characteristics. It is important to note that this project also represents a cross-disciplinary collaboration between a plant breeder and animal scientists._x000D_, program purpose french : Beef cattle production, regardless of season, relies on the availability of forage. Sustainable and consistent production of high-quality forage may provide an opportunity to improve performance of beef cattle (i.e. growth or reproductive efficiency) thereby improving feed conversion and reducing feed cost. This project describes the necessary work for the first selection cycle to develop a novel hybrid bromegrass cultivar selected for increased neutral detergent fibre (NDF) digestibility. Specifically, the objective of this project is to screen existing cultivars and new breeding lines of hybrid bromegrass at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre (Saskatoon, SK). The individual plants with an inherently high NDF digestibility can be selected without compromising agronomic characteristics (yield, vigour, and regrowth). This project includes breeding nursery establishment, initial selection, development of lines with high NDF digestibility, establishment of progeny plants in a field nursery and the evaluation of the progeny. It is anticipated that 3 to 4 selection cycles will be needed to establish a new cultivar with improved NDF digestibility. In this program, we will focus on improved NDF digestibility as the nutritive value, and will assess forage yield, vigour, and regrowth characteristics to ensure that our selection does not negatively affect agronomic characteristics. It is important to note that this project also represents a cross-disciplinary collaboration between a plant breeder and animal scientists._x000D_, agreement title english : Development of hybrid bromegrass cultivars with enhanced NDF digestibility, agreement title french : Development of hybrid bromegrass cultivars with enhanced NDF digestibility, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 31500.0, agreement start date : 2017-04-25, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2020-2021), additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier. (2017-2018 à 2020-2021), owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada