About this program
Led by Dr. Istvan Rajcan
Dr. Istvan Rajcan leads the University of Guelph’s soybean breeding and genetics program, developing high-yielding, high-quality and disease-resistant food-grade soybean varieties for short- and medium-season growing areas. The program combines seed quality, disease resistance and genomic tools to develop varieties adapted primarily to Ontario and other Canadian soybean-growing regions.
Breeding Team
The people behind University of Guelph Food Grade Soybean —from research and selection through certified seed.
Varieties Licensed
Published varieties matched to this program's institute, lead breeder, and crop scope.
| Variety | Crop kind | Status | Year acquired |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAC Fallsview | Soybean | Released to members | 2025 |
| OAC Kincardine | Soybean | Released to members | 2025 |
| OAC Mitchell | Soybean | Released to members | 2025 |
| OAC Bianco | Soybean | Archived | 2022 |
| OAC Carson | Soybean | Commercial | 2021 |
| OAC Ambrose | Soybean | Archived | 2021 |
| OAC Kamran | Soybean | Commercial | 2020 |
| OAC Rush | Soybean | Archived | 2020 |
| OAC Elevation | Soybean | Commercial | 2019 |
| OAC Hastings | Soybean | Commercial | 2019 |
| OAC Shine | Soybean | Archived | 2019 |
| OAC Malory | Soybean | Commercial | 2018 |