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Psigryph, an innovative company built on University of Guelph research into naturally derived nanoparticles to deliver nutrition and medicine into cells, has been named one of Canada’s most investable cleantech firms by cleantech accelerator Foresight Canada.

Psigryph‘s success is growing internationally thanks in part to several funding and entrepreneurship programs, including support from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and U of G.

Submit your proposal or attend the town hall information session at noon on Wednesday, March 1.

The Alliance's Knowledge Translation and Transfer (KTT) Funding Program aims to accelerate the impact of agri-food and rural research.

Applications are open for two funding streams:

Three U of G projects funded by the Alliance and Grain Farmers of Ontario investigate:

In this research funded in part by the Alliance, Dr. Wanhong Yang, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Guelph, created a GIS modelling tool that addresses the complexity of a typical watershed evaluation for beneficial management practices (BMPs), along with a user-friendly system developed for creating BMP scenarios and evaluating their effects and outcomes. 

New cultivars developed by Dr. Istvan Rajcan's soybean breeding program offer enhanced value and opportunities for value-added markets, as well as genetic resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) and white mould.

Graduate student and 2020 Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Scholar Deus Mugabe is evaluating the genetic causes for white mould resistance in Ontario soybeans.

New University of Guelph research has been shown to improve existing surveillance measures for preventing Salmonella outbreaks.

At the 2023 Ontario Agricultural Conference, Sikkema talked about keeping soybeans weed-free and how to deal with herbicide-resistant fleabane and waterhemp in corn and soybean.

Read the articles on Farmtario: 

• Managing Ontario's devious weed duo
• How to keep soybeans weed-free

What do a chicken, a cow, an octopus, a dog and a cat have in common? All were a part of this year’s American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) animal welfare assessment contest, with University of Guelph competitors walking away with multiple wins and top-five finishes.

Alliance-funded research has led to the development of a model that will help growers reduce energy use thanks to technology. The model, which has been tested in six greenhouses (mostly in Essex county), means researchers can test scenarios before they are implemented at the farm level, potentially reducing the risk to farmers.

Read the full article on the U of G news site: U of G Research Makes Growing Greenhouse Industry More Efficient

In 2020, U of G researchers conducted a study to find out if and how the province's Guidelines on Permitted Uses in Ontario’s Prime Agricultural Areas publication was being implemented.