Tier 1 Projects

An innovative approach to thinning peaches for improved labour efficiencies, fruit quality and orchard economics


Lead Applicant: John Cline

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Simcoe

Identification & integration of sudden death syndrome resistance genomic regions into Ontario-adapted food-grade soybeans


Lead Applicant: Istvan Rajcan

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crop Research Centre- Elora, Ridgetown & Woodstock

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

Enhancing functionality of potato tuber starch for industrial use by manipulating amylopectin branching frequency


Lead Applicant: Ian Tetlow

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

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

Maternal and perinatal dietary supplementation with enzymatically hydrolyzed yeast cell wall: immunocompetence and growth performance of piglets and broiler chicks


Lead Applicant: Elijah Kiarie

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Arkell Swine Research Facility & Ontario Poultry Research Centre at the Arkell Research Station

Exploring nutritional and non-antimicrobial methods to improve male dairy calf success through transportation


Lead Applicant: David Renaud

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Exploring the prevalence and identifying risk factors associated with Salmonella Dublin in Ontario dairy herds


Lead Applicant: David Renaud

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

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