Ridgetown Crops Projects

Assessing cover crop herbicide tolerance for adverse weather response

Lead Applicant: Darren Robinson

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crop Research Centre- Elora & Ridgetown

Research Summary: Exploring approaches to improve the success of terminating cover crops in the spring and examining cover crop tolerance to corn herbicides.

 

Weed control in processing vegetables

Lead Applicant: Darren Robinson

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 2

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crop Research Centre- Ridgetown

Research Summary: Examining weed control and tolerance to herbicides on vegetable crops for which those herbicides are not currently registered.

 

Herbicides and cover crops for improved corn establishment

Lead Applicant: François Tardif

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centres - Ridgetown & Elora

Research Summary: Investigating how to ensure normal crop yield while also maximizing cover crop growth through factors related to cover crop and herbicide use.

 

Genetic dissection of the resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) using advanced functional genomic tools and developing Ontario-adapted SCN-Resistant Cultivars

Lead Applicant: Mehrzad (Milad) Eskandari

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2020/2021

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Ridgetown

Research Summary: Developing new Ontario-adapted soybean varieties resistant to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) and developing genetic-based tools to accelerate the development of SCN-resistant varieties.