Tier 1 Projects

Evaluation of cannabis advanced odour management technologies

Lead Applicant: Edward McBean

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Evaluating management technologies for cannabis odours released during the plant growth cycle.

 

Effect of land conversion on soil carbon and nutrient dynamics in the Great Clay Belt of Northern Ontario: Digital soil mapping approach

Lead Applicant: Asim Biswas

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing high-resolution digital maps of soil carbon and nutrients to provide a baseline for future modelling.

 

Assessing land use planning tools to mitigate odour and lighting nuisances related to cannabis production

Lead Applicant: Sara Epp

Research Priority: Productive Land Capacity

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Analyzing land use planning policies related to cannabis production, within Ontario and other jurisdictions.

 

Rural non-farm development: Assessing the impacts of Ontario's provincial policy statement lot creation (severance) policies, 2010-2019

Lead Applicant: Dave Guyadeen

Research Priority: Productive Land Capacity

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Assessing the impacts of lot creation policies by providing a province-wide evaluation of the extent and nature of rural non-farm development across Ontario between 2010 and 2019.

 

Herbicides and cover crops for improved corn establishment

Lead Applicant: François Tardif

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centres - Ridgetown & Elora

Research Summary: Investigating how to ensure normal crop yield while also maximizing cover crop growth through factors related to cover crop and herbicide use.

 

Development of a sustainable pest management program for the box tree moth - a pest of the nursery and landscape industry

Lead Applicant: Cynthia Scott-Dupree

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing an integrated pest management program for box tree moth, an invasive insect pest recently discovered in southern Ontario.

 

Solving Stemphylium: Enhanced integrated pest management of Stemphylium leaf blight and other foliar diseases of onion

Lead Applicant: Mary Ruth McDonald

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Bradford

Research Summary: Examining factors related to fungicide use in onions to reduce disease risk.

 

Genetic dissection of the resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) using advanced functional genomic tools and developing Ontario-adapted SCN-Resistant Cultivars

Lead Applicant: Mehrzad (Milad) Eskandari

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Ridgetown

Research Summary: Developing new Ontario-adapted soybean varieties resistant to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) and developing genetic-based tools to accelerate the development of SCN-resistant varieties.

 

Herbicide-resistant weeds in Ontario - surveys, mechanism of resistance, and development of integrated management strategies

Lead Applicant: Peter Sikkema

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing integrated weed management strategies to address herbicide-resistant weeds in Ontario.

 

Depletion of Dexamethasone in cattle: Food safety study in dairy and beef cattle

Lead Applicant: Ron Johnson

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre - Elora, Ontario Beef Research Centre - Elora  

Research Summary: Determining the length of time a Health-Canada-approved drug for dairy and beef cattle remains in their systems.