Sustainable Production Systems Projects

Effective agri-food water treatment without the hangover - in situ electrochemical water remediation

Lead Applicant: Thomas Graham

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: This project will develop an MVP based on previous research that developed an electrochemcial process that does not require ongoing chemical additions, while controlling plant pathogens, and mobilizing plant nutrients from dissolved organic wastes.

Digital soil mapping for site-specific analysis of plant growth regulator in wheat

Lead Applicant: John Sulik

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Determining the amount and long-term stability of atmospheric carbon sequestered by miscanthus and switchgrass biomass crops.

Lead Applicant: Adam Gillespie

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Effects of pasture management strategies on carbon sequestration, soil health, and forage productivity for optimizing cow-calf performance using sustainable production practices

Lead Applicant: Ira Mandell

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centres - Elora and New Liskeard

Enabling adoption of digital technologies by Ontario rainbow trout farms

Lead Applicant: Ataharul Chowdhury

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Knowledge translation and transfer- Research

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Increasing lodging resistance in oats for enhanced quality and yield

Lead Applicant: Joshua Nasielski

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre- New Liskeard

Research Summary: Assessing different plant production practices for their ability to improve oat crop health during growth.

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Understanding transitions in Ontario's potato sector - a study of key drivers to behaviour change in the uptake of sustainable BMPs.

Lead Applicant: Silvia Sarapura

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Commercial propagation and conservation of value added crops in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Praveen Saxena

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora & Simcoe

Improving the growth, gut health and immune response of fish by feeding insects, pre/probiotics and fatty acids

Lead Applicant: David Huyben

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

Enhancement of renewable energy production (biogas) through biochar amended anaerobic digestion of poultry waste

Lead Applicant: Brandon Gilroyed

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA