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Below are the researchers, funders or organizations that are interested in working towards the eradication of root rot.

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Dr. David A. Kaminski

Government of Manitoba

Field Crop Pathologist. He works on pest management in the crops grown in Manitoba and across the Prairie Region.

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Dr. Dennis Lange

Government of Manitoba

Provincial Pulse Specialist. He has been involved in the pulse and soybean industry for the last 20 years working with soybeans, peas, edible beans and various other pulses.

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Dr. Nicholas Larkan

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Saskatoon Research & Development Centre

Research Scientist in Pulse Crop Genomics.

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Kristen MacMillan

University of Manitoba

Leads the soybean and pulse crop agronomy and cropping systems lab through the Agronomist-in-Residence program.

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Dr. Kevin McPhee

Montana State University

Development of high-yielding pulse crop (pea, lentil, and chickpea) varieties using conventional breeding approaches.

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Dr. Janice Meseyton

Government of Manitoba

Product Commercialization Consultant at the Food Development Centre.

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Dr. Lyndon Porter

United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service

Research Plant Pathologist – grain legume genetics and plant pathology.

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Dr. Endale Rafesse

PacRidge Corporation

Senior Research Scientist. Developing biological solutions to aphanomyces control in pea and lentil in co-ordination with researchers from the U of R and the U of S.

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Dr. R. Sri Ranjan

University of Manitoba

Professor in Department of Biosystems Engineering – Research areas include irrigation, drainage, flow, and soil remediation.

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Dr. Marcus Samuel

University of Calgary

Professor, Biological Sciences. Cellular signaling mechanisms in plants with projects on root rots in pulses.

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Dr. Steve Shirtliffe

University of Saskatchewan

Professor, Department of Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Bioresources. Field crop agronomy, crop phenotyping, crop imaging, precision agriculture, weed science.

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Dr. Jodi Souter

University of British Columbia

Department of Biology. Plant Breeding: Agricultural Crop Development; Quantitative Genetics.

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