Crossing the streams: Improving data quality and integration across the One Health genomics continuum with data standards and implementation strategies.

The Canadian Genomics Research and Development Initiative for Antimicrobial Resistance (GRDI-AMR) uses a genomics-based approach to understand how health care, food production and the environment contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance. Integrating genomics contextual data streams across the One Health continuum is challenging because of the diversity in data scope, content and structure. To better enable data harmonization for analyses, a contextual data standard was developed.

First Report of Root and Hypocotyl Rot of Dry Bean Caused by Aphanomyces euteiches in Alberta, Canada.

Dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a high-value crop grown under irrigation on 45,000 ha in southern Alberta, Canada. In 2019, one field of red beans showed premature yellowing and stunting of shoots in mid-July near Bow Island, AB.

Potential effects of a high CO future on leguminous species.

Legumes provide an important source of food and feed due to their high protein levels and many health benefits, and also impart environmental and agronomic advantages as a consequence of their ability to fix nitrogen through their symbiotic relationship with rhizobia. As a result of our growing population, the demand for products derived from legumes will likely expand considerably in coming years. Since there is little scope for increasing production area, improving the productivity of such crops in the face of climate change will be essential.