Location: Crop Production and Protection
Project Number: 0500-00053-005-192-G
Project Type: Grant
Start Date: May 1, 2026
End Date: Apr 30, 2030
Objective:
The objective of this project is to publicly release Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) resistant spring wheat varieties adapted to Montana’s rainfed production environments.
Approach:
We are accomplishing this goal by integrating FHB resistance alleles into MSU’s spring wheat breeding program using both conventional and marker assisted selection (MAS) breeding methods to increase FHB resistant allele frequencies in Montana’s spring wheat breeding program. Germplasm carrying the FHB resistance alleles will be tested in FHB screening nurseries.