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The quinoa market in Ontario and Canada has grown significantly over the past five years, to an expected 19 Mx000D
lbs. imported into Canada by the end of 2016 (Stats Canada, 2016). In addition to high protein and iron levels,x000D
and a balanced amino acid profile, quinoa is highly popular due to its ability to grow on marginal soils, as wellx000D
as under various abiotic stresses such as frost, drought, and salinity. This ability is thought to be due to thex000D
large range of environments from which quinoa is and has been cultivated for millennia.x000D
Katan Kitchens has spent the past five years researching quinoa production in Ontario. Their pursuit tox000D
commercialize production of this alternative pseudo-cereal crop was triggered by concerns with purity, qualityx000D
and access to quinoa from South America, in combination with the increasingly high demand in North Americax000D
for quinoa as a seed and functional food ingredient. With five years of research substantiating the company'sx000D
current agronomic practices for optimal yields and production, as well as having developed quinoa varieties,x000D
through natural breeding techniques, that are conducive to Ontario's climate and soil conditions, the companyx000D
has now commercialized the first Ontario grown quinoa crop - branded Quinta Quinoa. The company'sx000D
experience with its higher nutrient quality Ontario quinoa has demonstrated an inconsistency of crop yieldsx000D
across the province under hot growing seasons. While most of Katan's field crops show excellent growthx000D
through the vegetative and flowering stages, crop yield and seed quality vary from excellent yield and quality tox000D
low yield and quality. Therefore, further understanding of the impact of heat stress is the first step in betterx000D
field selection (climatic conditions) and planting dates to improve seed quality and yield consistency.x000D
The proposed research will be focused on the assessment of four quinoa varieties that have been grown inx000D
Ontario, in relation to optimal temperatures during critical growth stages. This will involve using four different,x000D
controlled day/night temperature ranges to identify conditions for optimal growth during each critical growthx000D
stage. The research will address a gap in current quinoa agronomic research to maximize production quantity