Sustainable Production Systems Projects

Low-cost bio-graphene made from agriculture residues for electric batteries

Lead Applicant: Manjusri Misra

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Critical micronutrient tissue test levels, and filling the N-gap in Ontario soybean

Lead Applicant: Hugh Earl

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Research Summary: "Available diagnostic tools for micronutrient deficiencies in soybean are currently inadequate. Using a newly developed method involving soilless culture systems in the field, we will:

Expanding winter canola acreage in Ontario through the use of plant growth regulators

Lead Applicant: Joshua Nasielski

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - New Liskeard, Winchester

Abiotic stress mitigation in Ontario horticultural crops: Induction of systemic resilience

Lead Applicant: Praveen Saxena

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Simcoe

Characterizing the exposure of soil and field crops to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances from the land application of biosolids

Lead Applicant: Ryan Prosser

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Ontario legacy database for phosphorus and potassium research in corn and soybean

Lead Applicant: Adrian Correndo

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora, Ridgetown, Winchester

Towards sustainable freshwater aquaculture in Ontario: Knowledge dissemination, collaboration, and dialogue among researchers and research users

Lead Applicant: Neil Rooney

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: This project will bring together First Nations, regulators, researchers, feed producers, fish farmers and commercial fishers to open a dialogue about ways to improve the sustainability of aquaculture practices.

Braiding food systems: Co-constructing Indigenous seed systems in Northern Ontario for food sovereignty, security, and climate adaptation

Lead Applicant: Silvia Sarapura

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Using behavioral economics to promote diversified crop rotations: Lab and field experiments on how policy and behavioral instruments influence farmers’ decision

Lead Applicant: Tongzhe Li

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

The effects of Three Sisters on pollinator diversity, abundance and the related effects on plant health and crop yield

Lead Applicant: Joshua Nasielski

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Emo & New Liskeard