Elora Crops Projects

Glyphosate alternatives for sustainable weed control

Lead Applicant: François Tardif

Research Priority: Plant Health and Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Woodstock

Assessing ideal storage temperatures for new chipping varieties

Lead Applicant: Katerina Jordan

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protections

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Combining cover crops and enhanced efficiency fertilizers to minimize nitrogen losses from annual crops

Lead Applicant: Claudia Wagner-Riddle

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Robotic Systems for Scouting and Integrated Pest Management in Soybean Farming: Enhancing Crop Yield and Sustainability through Machine Learning and Precision Agriculture

Lead Applicant: Gurjit Randhawa

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Advanced Phenomics and Genomics for Enhanced Anthracnose Resistance in Ontario Dry Beans

Lead Applicant: Mohsen Yoosefzadeh Najafabadi

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Woodstock

Innovative monitoring, stormwater management and harvesting for water-resilient farmers and improved ecosystems

Lead Applicant: David McCarthy

Research Priority: Water Quality & Quantity

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

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