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University of Guelph
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I am a Professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Canada. Since 1998, I have been leading a large and dynamic research program in soybean breeding and genetics at the University of Guelph. Beside developing soybean cultivars, my research focuses on seed composition (e.g., modified fatty acids, isoflavones, vitamin E, soyasaponins) for food and industrial uses, and exploration of genetic variation for yield and disease resistance traits using elite and exotic germplasm. In the past five years, I have become interested in genomics research in soybean to address questions such as the dynamics of genomic changes, selection signatures, genomic selection and genetic basis of important traits.
Department of Plant Agriculture
50 Stone Road East University of Guelph
N1G 2W1 Guelph, ON
(519) 824-4120 extension : 53564
irajcan@uoguelph.ca
Laboratory
Ph.D. University of Guelph
B.Sc. (Agr.) University of Novi Sad
Istvan Rajcan's team
Together with my colleagues, I am involved in Activity 2, which is aimed at developing genomic selection tools to breed for increased yield.
I also co-lead Activity 4.3 together with Dr. Belzile, which involves the development of selection tools to facilitate the breeding of soybean cultivar with increased disease resistance, especially to Sclerotinia stem rot, or white mould.
- André Luiz de Lima Passianotto, University of Guelph, Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Chris Grainger, University of Guelph, Lab Manager
- Davoud Torkamaneh, University of Guelph, Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Robert Bruce, University of Guelph, PhD Student