Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01397, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Paliwal, Jitendra (University of Manitoba)|Paliwal, Jitendra (Université du Manitoba), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Manitoba, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a disease of wheat and other cereals, which in Canada is caused by Fusarium_x000D_
graminearum. The disease causes significant quality and quantity losses in grain, and affects food safety by_x000D_
producing secondary metabolites, also known as mycotoxins. Over the last three decades, the disease has_x000D_
caused $1.5 billion in losses to Canadian producers. The incidence of the disease varies from year-to-year and_x000D_
active monitoring of standing crops is key to developing timely corrective strategies to mitigate losses. The_x000D_
current method of assessing FHB is for trained crop scouts to manually survey the field. The process is slow,_x000D_
subjective and labour intensive. Farmers Edge, an agricultural data analytics company, has vested interest in_x000D_
developing technologies to detect FHB from field images. Therefore, Farmers Edge wants to partner with Dr._x000D_
Paliwal's research team to develop an imaging method capable of objectively assessing FHB infection levels in_x000D_
standing crops. In the realm of this preliminary study, visible, near-infrared and thermal imaging techniques_x000D_
will be evaluated to determine the most effective way of imaging crops at the wheat-breeding nursery in the_x000D_
Department of Plant Science (University of Manitoba). Additionally, multivariate classification models will be_x000D_
developed and tested and their suitability in FHB detection will be tested. The outcome of this project will help_x000D_
our industry partner (i.e. Farmers Edge) by adding FHB detection from field data to the array of services they_x000D_
provide to their clients., program purpose french : Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a disease of wheat and other cereals, which in Canada is caused by Fusarium_x000D_
graminearum. The disease causes significant quality and quantity losses in grain, and affects food safety by_x000D_
producing secondary metabolites, also known as mycotoxins. Over the last three decades, the disease has_x000D_
caused $1.5 billion in losses to Canadian producers. The incidence of the disease varies from year-to-year and_x000D_
active monitoring of standing crops is key to developing timely corrective strategies to mitigate losses. The_x000D_
current method of assessing FHB is for trained crop scouts to manually survey the field. The process is slow,_x000D_
subjective and labour intensive. Farmers Edge, an agricultural data analytics company, has vested interest in_x000D_
developing technologies to detect FHB from field images. Therefore, Farmers Edge wants to partner with Dr._x000D_
Paliwal's research team to develop an imaging method capable of objectively assessing FHB infection levels in_x000D_
standing crops. In the realm of this preliminary study, visible, near-infrared and thermal imaging techniques_x000D_
will be evaluated to determine the most effective way of imaging crops at the wheat-breeding nursery in the_x000D_
Department of Plant Science (University of Manitoba). Additionally, multivariate classification models will be_x000D_
developed and tested and their suitability in FHB detection will be tested. The outcome of this project will help_x000D_
our industry partner (i.e. Farmers Edge) by adding FHB detection from field data to the array of services they_x000D_
provide to their clients., agreement title english : Fusarium Head Blight Detection in Wheat using Digital Imaging, agreement title french : Fusarium Head Blight Detection in Wheat using Digital Imaging, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, 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 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., 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