Sustainable Production Systems Projects

Abiotic stress mitigation in Ontario horticultural crops: Induction of systemic resilience

Lead Applicant: Praveen Saxena

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora, Simcoe

Characterizing the exposure of soil and field crops to per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances from the land application of biosolids

Lead Applicant: Ryan Prosser

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: NA

Ontario legacy database for phosphorus and potassium research in corn and soybean

Lead Applicant: Adrian Correndo

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2024/2025

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora, Ridgetown, Winchester

Towards sustainable freshwater aquaculture in Ontario: Knowledge dissemination, collaboration, and dialogue among researchers and research users

Lead Applicant: Neil Rooney

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: This project will bring together First Nations, regulators, researchers, feed producers, fish farmers and commercial fishers to open a dialogue about ways to improve the sustainability of aquaculture practices.

Braiding food systems: Co-constructing Indigenous seed systems in Northern Ontario for food sovereignty, security, and climate adaptation

Lead Applicant: Silvia Sarapura

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

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

The effects of Three Sisters on pollinator diversity, abundance and the related effects on plant health and crop yield

Lead Applicant: Joshua Nasielski

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Special Initiatives Projects

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Emo & New Liskeard

Effective agri-food water treatment without the hangover - in situ electrochemical water remediation

Lead Applicant: Thomas Graham

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Research Summary: This project will develop an MVP based on previous research that developed an electrochemcial process that does not require ongoing chemical additions, while controlling plant pathogens, and mobilizing plant nutrients from dissolved organic wastes.

Digital soil mapping for site-specific analysis of plant growth regulator in wheat

Lead Applicant: John Sulik

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Determining the amount and long-term stability of atmospheric carbon sequestered by miscanthus and switchgrass biomass crops.

Lead Applicant: Adam Gillespie

Research Priority: Sustainable Production Systems Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA