2022/23 Research Projects

Replacing aluminum foil with high-oxygen barrier compostable sheet in layered paper packaging for coffee industry

Lead Applicant: Manjusri Misra

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement 

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

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.

CleanGrapes: Mass production of grape vine in vitro

Lead Applicant: Praveen Saxena

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Assessment of the autonomous farm vehicle market

Lead Applicant: Michele Oliver

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: The purpose of this market study is to determine whether retrofit autonomous kits for mobile agricultural machinery are a viable economic solution to the labour shortage and if farmers will accept this technology.

Development of novel controlled gas-permeable membranes (CGPMs) for enhanced modified atmosphere packaging (EMAP) of fresh produce

Lead Applicant: Loong-Tak Lim

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Effect of housing- and management-related stressors in late gestation and early lactation on the health, welfare, and performance of Ontario dairy cattle

Lead Applicant: Trevor DeVries

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Developing agronomic practices and the value chain for sesame seed in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Rene Van Acker

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Simcoe

Monitoring and management of clubroot on canola and brassica vegetables in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Mary Ruth McDonald

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Bradford

Field trial of non-antibiotic treatment of postpartum uterine disease in dairy cows

Lead Applicant: Stephen LeBlanc

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Towards understanding soil health-induced changes in nitrogen dynamics with long-term cover cropping

Lead Applicant: Laura Van Eerd

Research Priority: Soil Health Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Ridgetown