Reference number : GC-2017-Q2-00087, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Hillier, Kirk (Acadia University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Nova Scotia|Nouvelle-Écosse, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for Universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is a crop growing in popularity due to its high protein and mineral content,_x000D_
health benefits and gluten-free characteristics. In Canada, market demand has led to rapidly increasing_x000D_
cultivation of quinoa well beyond its traditional range, and the growth of the Northern Quinoa Corporation._x000D_
Concurrent with this increased propagation and production, NorQuin and associated quinoa producers have_x000D_
encountered increasing pest pressures, particularly from the goosefoot groundling moth, Scrobipalpa_x000D_
atriplicella. This pest attacks stems of plants in early season, and seeds later in the year, producing twofold_x000D_
losses in production and making products unmarketable. Heavily infested fields in Saskatchewan have_x000D_
experienced up to 100% crop losses. For NorQuin to better monitor and manage this pest species this project_x000D_
will identify the naturally-occurring female sex pheromone of S. atricplicella for development of a_x000D_
pheromone-based trap monitoring system. By having such tools in place, we can develop reduced-risk_x000D_
strategies for management of this pest species while minimizing application of insecticides., program purpose french : Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) is a crop growing in popularity due to its high protein and mineral content,_x000D_
health benefits and gluten-free characteristics. In Canada, market demand has led to rapidly increasing_x000D_
cultivation of quinoa well beyond its traditional range, and the growth of the Northern Quinoa Corporation._x000D_
Concurrent with this increased propagation and production, NorQuin and associated quinoa producers have_x000D_
encountered increasing pest pressures, particularly from the goosefoot groundling moth, Scrobipalpa_x000D_
atriplicella. This pest attacks stems of plants in early season, and seeds later in the year, producing twofold_x000D_
losses in production and making products unmarketable. Heavily infested fields in Saskatchewan have_x000D_
experienced up to 100% crop losses. For NorQuin to better monitor and manage this pest species this project_x000D_
will identify the naturally-occurring female sex pheromone of S. atricplicella for development of a_x000D_
pheromone-based trap monitoring system. By having such tools in place, we can develop reduced-risk_x000D_
strategies for management of this pest species while minimizing application of insecticides., agreement title english : Development of a pheromone-based monitoring system for the goosefoot groundling moth, a pest of quinoa in western Canada, agreement title french : Development of a pheromone-based monitoring system for the goosefoot groundling moth, a pest of quinoa in western Canada, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 24788.0, agreement start date : 2017-07-12, 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