Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Elucidating Storage and Biological Mechanisms Influencing the Efficacy of Anti-Greening Edible Coatings for Potato Tubers

Lead Applicant: Loong-Tak Lim

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Validation and Implementation of a Rapid Detection Test for Boar Taint in a Commercial Slaughter Plant

Lead Applicant: James Squires

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Identification of Marker-Trait Associations for Resistance to Phytophthora Root Resistance in a Genetic Diversity Panel Derived from Modern Chinese and Canadian Germplasm

Lead Applicant: Istvan Rajcan

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Unlocking the Power of Surplus Early Lactation Milk: Fractionation for High-Value Dairy Ingredients

Lead Applicant: Alice Marciniak

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Evaluating an innovative honeybee queen banking system to reduce beekeepers' reliance on imported queens, address increasing honeybee overwintering losses, and shape a more sustainable beekeeping industry in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Nigel Raine

Research Priority: Innovative Products and Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Centre: NA

Converting agricultural waste into pipeline-quality RNG through hyperthermophilic hydrolysis

Lead Applicant: Brandon Gilroyed

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Effect of light spectrum and intensity on female turkey breeder performance

Lead Applicant: Gregoy Bedecarrats

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Allele mining for yield, resistance to soybean cyst nematode and sudden death syndrome using a genetic diversity panel of soybeans derived from Canadian and Chinese crosses

Lead Applicant: Istvan Rajcan

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Reducing cold sweetening in stored potato tubers to improve processing quality

Lead Applicant: Ian Tetlow

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Developing pure fungal mycelium materials with tunable properties as advanced and carbon-neutral packaging alternatives from agri-food resources

Lead Applicant: Guneet Kaur

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA