Competitive Production Systems Projects

Marker assisted breeding for SCN and white mould at University of Guelph soybean breeding program

Lead Applicant: Istvan Rajcan

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Management and non-management factors determining soybean yield potential in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Hugh Earl

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crop Research Centre- Elora & Woodstock

Adaptation mechanisms associated with survival under low-temperature flooding and ice encasement in Ontario winters

Lead Applicant: Eric Lyons

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Elora Field Crops & University of Guelph - Ridgetown Campus (OAC) Field Crops & Winchester Field Crops

Innovative solution for compostable greenhouse plant supplies

Lead Applicant: Amar Mohanty

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Requirements for increasing pasture utilization and developing benchmarked targets for ruminant production systems for Ontario

Lead Applicant: Kim Schneider

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crop Research Centre- New Liskeard & Elora

Research Summary: Calibrating the rising plate meter, a standard piece of equipment to measure pasture biomass, and using it to improve Ontario pasture usage.

 

Market and engineering implementation evaluations for a regenerative in situ electrochemical hypochlorination system for agricultural water treatment

Lead Applicant: Thomas Graham

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Conducting a market evaluation for a new agriculture water treatment technology

 

Development of nutrient deficiency pictorial guides for hops and industrial hemp

Lead Applicant: Rene Van Acker

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing visual guides for diagnosing nutrient deficiencies in hops and hemp.

 

Individualized feeding strategies for dairy cows milked in robotic systems

Lead Applicant: Trevor DeVries

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre - Elora

Research Summary: Generating new knowledge about individual variability in behaviour as the basis for developing precision nutritional strategies for dairy cows.

 

The impact of biochar supplementation on enteric methane emissions and the relationships between methane and feed efficiency in beef cows

Lead Applicant: Katie Wood

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre - Elora

Research Summary: Improving the understanding of feed efficiency and methane emission measures in beef cattle and investigating whether a form of activated charcoal (biochar) can help to improve methane emissions in Ontario beef herds.

 

Improvement of functional horticulture through cultivar evaluation and testing of new products

Lead Applicant: Eric Lyons

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Testing innovative products, cultivars and management methods of horticultural plants to maximize quality, environmental benefit and competitiveness.