Plant Health & Protection Projects

Agricultural robotics for vegetable production and weed management

Lead Applicant: Mary Ruth McDonald

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Bradford

Monitoring and management of clubroot on canola and brassica vegetables in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Mary Ruth McDonald

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Bradford

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

RNAi-based biopesticides for control of pests and pathogens of Ontario specialty crops

Lead Applicant: Melanie Kalischuk

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Simcoe

Development of biological control tactics for use in an IPM program for multiple thrips species in Ontario greenhouse crops

Lead Applicant: Rose Buitenhuis

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Masked mycotoxin content in winter wheat cultivars to enhance development of Fusarium resistance in Ontario wheat

Lead Applicant: Helen Booker

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Developing novel native grapevine rootstocks (vitis riparia michx) and enhancing their supply as clean stock for the Canadian Grapevine Certification Network

Lead Applicant: Helen Fisher

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Station - Simcoe

Semiochemical management tactics for Colorado potato beetle

Lead Applicant: Rebecca Hallett

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Simcoe

Innovative weed management strategies for control of emerging weed biotypes in dry beans - Acceptable herbicide residues in beans for export markets.

Lead Applicant: Peter Sikkema

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Huron, Ridgetown & Cedar Springs

Identification and management of Pythium diseases of carrot

Lead Applicant: Mary Ruth McDonald

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Bradford