Canterra Seeds hopes to appeal a decision that rejected interim registration of a fusarium-resistant wheat.
Canterra, the agent for the wheat Alsen, has applied to the Prairie Registration Recommending Committee for Grain to appeal the refusal of an extension of the grain’s interim registration.
Margaret Coyle said they must wait to hear from the recommending committee if there are grounds for an appeal.
Alsen was reviewed by the committee at its February meeting, but was not granted an extension. There were concerns Alsen didn’t meet the quality parameters for Canada Western red spring wheat, particularly the falling number.
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The falling number indicates the presence of alpha-amylase, an enzyme that can play havoc with the bread-making qualities of flour made from sprout-damaged wheat.
Coyle said when samples of No. 3 wheat are removed from the test and only samples of No. 1 and 2 wheat are tested, the falling numbers fall within the accepted level.
Mario Therrien, chair of the PRRCG, said as soon as the executive committee receives the appeal documents, it will make a decision on whether the appeal can be heard, and if so, then make a decision on the appeal.
Rarely is an application for appeal rejected, said Therrien, an Agriculture Canada scientist in Brandon.
Once an appeal is heard, the committee usually makes a decision within 30 days, he said.
Canterra Seeds didn’t have good luck at the recommending committee meeting. All four of its varieties put forward for recommendation were rejected: the Alsen wheat and three barley varieties.
