Elora Crops Projects

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

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

Determining the biology and impact of the canola flower midge on spring canola in Ontario


Lead Applicant: Rebecca Hallett

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Connecting changes in soil carbon storage over 20+ years to dynamics of net ecosystem carbon balance through modelling and remote sensing tools


Lead Applicant: Claudia Wagner-Riddle

Research Priority: Soil Health 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

The biology and distribution of the switchgrass gall midge, an emerging pest in Ontario


Lead Applicant: Rebecca Hallett

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centres – Elora & Simcoe

Masked mycotoxin content in winter wheat cultivars to enhance development of Fusarium resistance in Ontario wheat


Lead Applicant: Helen Booker

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Delineating drainage class by in-field induction measurement of soil magnetic susceptibility


Lead Applicant: Richard Heck

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora & Simcoe

Commercial propagation and conservation of value added crops in Ontario


Lead Applicant: Praveen Saxena

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora & Simcoe

Molecular marker assisted selection for improved seed protein content in dry bean


Lead Applicant: Kim Schnedier

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora & Woodstock

Novel approaches for assessing biological indicators of soil health


Lead Applicant: Kari Dunfield

Research Priority: Soil Health

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora & Ridgetown