Maryse Bourgault, University of Saskatchewan

Research

crop productivity drought adaptation drought resistance early vigor physiological trait breeding transpiration efficiency water soluble carbohydrate accumulation water use efficiency

Latest papers

Does Elevated [CO2] Only Increase Root Growth in the Topsoil? A FACE Study with Lentil in a Semi-Arid Environment.
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Net-zero farming systems through diversity, integration, and perenniality: A co-design approach.
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$2,000,000
NSERC CREATE in Computational Agriculture
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$414,042
Investigating drought adaptive traits in pulse crops
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Does Elevated [CO2] Only Increase Root Growth in the Topsoil? A FACE Study with Lentil in a Semi-Arid Environment.

Bourgault M, Tausz-Posch S, Greenwood M, Löw M, Henty S, Armstrong RD, O'Leary GL, Fitzgerald GJ, Tausz M

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2021First author

DOI: 10.3390/plants10040612 PMID: 33804836

Net-zero farming systems through diversity, integration, and perenniality: A co-design approach.

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Entz, Martin MH

Keywords: cover crops; crop-livestock integration; crop rotation; indigenous agriculture; mental health; modeling farm systems; nature-based climate solutions; net-zero farming systems; perennial crops; soil health

$2,000,000

NSERC CREATE in Computational Agriculture

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Stavness, Ian IK

Keywords: agronomy; bioinformatics; crop breeding; data & image analysis; genomics; machine learning; plant phenotyping; precision agriculture; predictive modeling; software development

$414,042

Investigating drought adaptive traits in pulse crops

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Bourgault, Maryse

$12,500

Investigating drought adaptive traits in pulse crops

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bourgault, Maryse

Keywords: drought adaptation; crop productivity; physiological trait breeding; drought resistance; transpiration efficiency; water soluble carbohydrate accumulation; water use efficiency; early vigor

$132,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: crop productivity Dear Professor Bourgault, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Does Elevated [CO2] Only Increase Root Growth in the Topsoil? A FACE Study with Lentil in a Semi-Arid Environment." (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Investigating drought adaptive traits in pulse crops" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]