Tier 2 Projects

Lead Applicant: Kim Schneider

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Research Summary: Exploring how different forage management practices (with a focus on fertility) affect yield and quality of various Ontario forage mixtures.

Lead Applicant: Rene Van Acker

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Simcoe

Research Summary: Evaluating current and new fungicides to manage downy mildew in vine crops and exploring potential pest management approaches that could be used with existing tools.

Lead Applicant: Darren Robinson

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crop Research Centre- Ridgetown

Research Summary: Examining weed control and tolerance to herbicides on vegetable crops for which those herbicides are not currently registered.

Lead Applicant: David Wolyn

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Simcoe, and Woodstock

Research Summary: Comparing Russian Dandelion populations (plants bred for desirable traitrs) to assess the potential for future breeding and yield stability in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Trevor DeVries

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre - Elora

Research Summary: Generating new knowledge about individual variability in behaviour as the basis for developing precision nutritional strategies for dairy cows.

Lead Applicant: Katie Wood

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Beef Research Centre - Elora

Research Summary: Improving the understanding of feed efficiency and methane emission measures in beef cattle and investigating whether a form of activated charcoal (biochar) can help to improve methane emissions in Ontario beef herds.

Lead Applicant: Eric Lyons

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Testing innovative products, cultivars and management methods of horticultural plants to maximize quality, environmental benefit and competitiveness.

Lead Applicant: Wendy Pearson

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Arkell Equine Research Facility

Research Summary: Examining the effects of transport and exercise on leaky gut syndrome in horses and exploring the effects of a dietary supplement on their gastrointestinal function.

Lead Applicant: Trevor DeVries

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre - Elora

Research Summary: Determining whether supplementing dairy cows prior to and after calving with glycerol, a sugar alcohol,  improves metabolic health, rumen stability, and productivity.

Lead Applicant: Nicholas Bernier

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

Research Summary: Validating a new genetic tool for monitoring the growth and health of fish in aquaculture settings and determining the usefulness of repeated tissue sampling that does not kill the fish.