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"We think Manitoba has been overlooked by Genome Canada in the past," [Reno Pontarollo] said. "Now we will be here on a daily basis."
"Manitoba is recognized as a leading edge research centre on canola," said Dave Chomiak, the province's minister of Energy Science and Technology. "We're very excited about the research team at the U of M and it is only going to get better.""[Canola] already generates about $3 billion in economic activity in the country," he said. "This project will help find ways to increase the quality and the yield. There is also a tremendous future for canola in industrial oils that could provide environmentally renewable sources of energy."See the full content of this document
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Web Extra: Funds for Genomics Research On the Way
By Martin Cash
Funding for a new research project at the University of Manitoba on the genetic makeup of canola could be the start of much more money becoming availabl...See the full content of this document
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