Competitive Production Systems Projects

Valorization of Ontario agro-waste and recycled vegetable oil into green flame-retardant materials for sustainable electronic applications


Lead Applicant: Amar Mohanty

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Automation of the modern commercial feed mill: Optimization of pellet quality using machine learning 2.0


Lead Applicant: Jennifer Ellis

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Corn fertilizer response and safe rate guidance for various strip-till fertilizer placements


Lead Applicant: John Lauzon

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Using artificial intelligence to improve feed efficiency of lactating dairy cows monitored by remote sensing devices


Lead Applicant: John Cant

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Dairy Research Centre

Assessing Ontario dry bean germplasm for nitrogen fixing capacity


Lead Applicant: Karl Peter Pauls

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Developing soybeans for a changing climate: Assessing lipid traits affecting drought tolerance in Ontario-adapted commercial soybean varieties


Lead Applicant: Yang Xu

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Upper limits for insect meal inclusion in salmonid diets using biological and economic endpoints


Lead Applicant: Neil Rooney

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

Chlorogenic acid as a molecular marker to identify peach and nectarine genotypes resistant to brown rot disease in Niagara peninsula


Lead Applicant: Jayasankar Subramanian

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Supporting sustainability of the equine sector: Development of a digestion model to predict nutrient utilization and excretion


Lead Applicant: Jennifer Ellis

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

An innovative approach to thinning plums for improved labour efficiencies, fruit quality and orchard economics


Lead Applicant: John Cline

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA