Disease Resistant Breeder

**Now hiring Disease Resistant Breeder**:
**Saskatoon, SK**

We are looking for a Disease Resistant Breeder to join our Agricultural Solutions team in Saskatoon.

**Come create chemistry with us**

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division connects innovation, customers, partners and agricultural experts and integrates sustainability criteria into all business decisions. We help farmers deliver the best possible outcomes, working to achieve the balance between economic, environmental and social value creation for sustainable and efficient agriculture.

Disease Resistant Breeder is a specialized professional who possesses expertise in germplasm screening and evaluation, donor characterization, mapping populations, introgression of resistance genes, and pathogen characterization. Their work is critical to the development of disease-resistant InVigor hybrids and the breeding program's continued success and market share maintenance.

**As a Disease Resistant Breeder, you create chemistry by...**:

- Evaluating canola parental lines, hybrids and exotic germplasm for resistance in field, greenhouse and growth chambers against important canola diseases in Western Canada.
- Characterizing new resistance genes in different sources for canola diseases, mapping these genes, and developing hybrids with resistance to important canola diseases.
- Initiating and/or writing disease resistance projects for the greenhouse related to new resistance donor characterization, mapping, and introgression into parental lines.
- Collecting, isolating and characterization of field pathogen isolates into different pathotypes on different resistance genes for tracking changes in virulence and for screening purposes in greenhouse and field situations.
- Designing specific field experiments and layout plans for disease nurseries and completing disease data analysis and presentation to breeders for advanced selections.

**If you have...**:

- A MSc in Breeding or Plant Pathology with minimum of 10 years’ experience in Disease Resistance Breeding and/or Ph.D (desirable).
- Experience working with plant diseases and developing resistance in a breeding program.
- Experience with agricultural plants and plant pathogens and working in lab, greenhouse and small plot experiments.
- Knowledge of pathogen identification, fungal isolations and culturing in sterile environments.
- Skills in experiment design and statistical analysis.
- Understanding of plant genetics/breeding and modern breeding tools.

The total rewards that you receive as a BASF employee go way beyond a paycheck. From competitive health and insurance plans to robust retirement benefits that include company-matching contributions, to making sure you never stop learning, we believe investing in you is investing in our success. Working for a large, global organization, you’ll have a chance to grow professionally and personally, expand your network and build a rewarding and dynamic career. We also provide engaging learning and development opportunities to help you make the most of your talents and your role.

**About us**:
As the world’s leading chemical company, we have been finding solutions for your everyday needs and addressing the most complex economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges for more than 150 years

We constantly strive to become an even better workplace. As a result of our commitment to our employees, BASF has earned various awards, including being recognized by Mediacorp in 2024 as one of Canada's Top Employers for tenth consecutive year, one of the Greater Toronto Area's Top Employers for the eleventh year in a row, and twice being named one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People and Best Diversity Employers.

We provide a fulfilling work environment with a strong emphasis on the physical and psychological safety of our employees and the communities we operate in. We are always working to form the best team with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion and through lifelong learning and development.

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