Tier 1 Projects

Determining the biology and impact of the canola flower midge on spring canola in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Rebecca Hallett

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre – Elora

Impact of new emerging Fusarium strains on mycotoxins in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Art Schaafsma

Research Priority: Plant Health & Protection

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Ridgetown

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

Investigation of the efficacy, animal welfare, and pharmacokinetic impacts of needle-free administration of iron dextran and meloxicam compared to intramuscular injection in piglets

Lead Applicant: Terri O'Sullivan

Research Priority: Animal Health & Welfare

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Swine Research Centre - Arkell

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

Upper limits for insect meal inclusion in salmonid diets using biological and economic endpoints

Lead Applicant: Neil Rooney

Research Priority: Competitive Production Systems 

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre

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