Innovative Products & Product Improvement Projects

Energy-efficient pumping technology for sustainable food production systems

Lead Applicant: Wael Ahmed

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Enhancing functionality of potato tuber starch for industrial use by manipulating amylopectin branching frequency

Lead Applicant: Ian Tetlow

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Chemical upcycling of agri-food resources to activated carbon

Lead Applicant: Animesh Dutta

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA

Breeding stress tolerant beer yeast strains for enhanced fermentation capacity and product consistency

Lead Applicant: George van der Merwe

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: Developing reliable beer yeasts for craft brewing that can withstand challenging brewing environments and be reused (repitched) without sacrificing quality.

 

Analysis of rubber yield selection gain in Russian Dandelion

Lead Applicant: David Wolyn

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Simcoe, and Woodstock

Research Summary: Comparing Russian Dandelion populations (plants bred for desirable traitrs) to assess the potential for future breeding and yield stability in Ontario