Elora Crops Projects

Critical micronutrient tissue test levels, and filling the N-gap in Ontario soybean

Lead Applicant: Hugh Earl

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Research Summary: "Available diagnostic tools for micronutrient deficiencies in soybean are currently inadequate. Using a newly developed method involving soilless culture systems in the field, we will:

Developing recommendations for pasture management (degree of defoliation and nitrogen fertilizer application) to increase soil carbon storage

Lead Applicant: Kim Schneider

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Allele mining for yield, resistance to soybean cyst nematode and sudden death syndrome using a genetic diversity panel of soybeans derived from Canadian and Chinese crosses

Lead Applicant: Istvan Rajcan

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Abiotic stress mitigation in Ontario horticultural crops: Induction of systemic resilience

Lead Applicant: Praveen Saxena

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Simcoe

Ontario legacy database for phosphorus and potassium research in corn and soybean

Lead Applicant: Adrian Correndo

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora, Ridgetown, Winchester

Corn fertilizer response and safe rate guidance for various strip-till fertilizer placements

Lead Applicant: John Lauzon

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Assessing Ontario dry bean germplasm for nitrogen fixing capacity

Lead Applicant: Karl Peter Pauls

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Determining the biology and impact of the canola flower midge on spring canola in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Rebecca Hallett

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Connecting changes in soil carbon storage over 20+ years to dynamics of net ecosystem carbon balance through modelling and remote sensing tools

Lead Applicant: Claudia Wagner-Riddle

Research Priority: Soil Health 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

The biology and distribution of the switchgrass gall midge, an emerging pest in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Rebecca Hallett

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centres – Elora & Simcoe