Projects not using a Research Centre

Evaluating the technical and economic feasibility of harvestable biomass crops as regenerative buffer strips and silt sock packing for nutrient runoff control

Lead Applicant: Emily Yi Wai Chiang

Research Priority: Water Quality & Quantity 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Exploring adoption of best management practices for health and welfare by Ontario cow-calf producers

Lead Applicant: Charlotte Winder

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Using behavioral economics to promote diversified crop rotations: Lab and field experiments on how policy and behavioral instruments influence farmers’ decision

Lead Applicant: Tongzhe Li

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Targeted diversification in the Ontario hop value chain for application in the brewing industry

Lead Applicant: George van der Merwe

Research Priority: Innovative Products & Product Improvement

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

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

Current state of lesson horse welfare in Ontario and best practices for their management

Lead Applicant: Katrina Merkies

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Using in situ eDNA and sediment bioassays to determine the assimilative capacities of benthic invertebrate communities to aquaculture inputs

Lead Applicant: Neil Rooney

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

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

Detoxification of mycotoxins in Fusarium head blight of wheat

Lead Applicant: Jennifer Geddes-McAlister

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Investigation of mucosal immunity to gastrointestinal nematodes in Ontario goats

Lead Applicant: Emma Borkowski

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA