Award-winning U of G student has a passion for helping farmers secure yields through breeding

In research funded in part by the Alliance, Kelsey Boucher has evaluated sudden death syndrome (SDS) in soybeans over the past two years, testing about 250 different soybean varieties. This will lead over the long term to her long-term goal of producing hardier soybean crops, particularly those with more disease resistance.

Boucher is supervised by U of G researchers Dr. Istavan Rajcan and Dr. Milad Eskandari.

Learn more about Boucher and her research in Ontario Grain Farmer: The problem solvers: Kelsey Boucher

Read more about the publicly funded soybean breeding program at U of G, which has released more than 280 new varieties since 1970: Research Impact Case Study: Breeding & Genetics (page 12)