Catherine Bossé
Project Manager – Pedology, agr.
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About
Catherine Bossé (agr.) earned a bachelor's degree in agronomy from Université Laval. She has over 10 years of experience in soil science and project management. Her previous positions at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and at an agri-environmental advisory club saw her participate in research projects in agricultural settings, including a national agricultural watershed project—the Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices Program. A soil science project manager since 2017, Catherine strives to raise awareness and understanding of soil science and to make it more accessible to farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural community. One of her objectives is to improve methods for acquiring and interpreting soil data. Her role will also involve providing support to IRDA researchers on matters of soil science. Some of the areas where soil science has a major impact include soil and water conservation, crop fertilization, organic farming, and soil microbiology.
Area(s) of Expertise
- Pedology
Related research project(s)
Crop response to fertilizers as an index of soil health
Fertilizer response and soil health.
Researchers: Marc-Olivier Gasser Catherine Bossé Christine Landry
Technical, economic, social and environmental guidelines for the use of irrigation on corn, soybeans and fodder crops
This research project aims to establish technical, economic, social and environmental benchmarks for irrigation of field and forage crops.
Researchers: Carl Boivin Catherine Bossé Simon Ricard
Artificial intelligence - Development of a decision support system to optimize alfalfa yield and nutritional value in relation to soil health
This project aims to develop a digital decision support tool to improve the nutritional quality and yield of alfalfa from analyses of the nutritional quality of forages, based on its relationship with soil fertility and health, while including the other pedoclimatic parameters that define alfalfa production conditions.
Researchers: Marc-Olivier Gasser Catherine Bossé
Publications
Research report • Simon Ricard, Marc-Olivier Gasser, Eduardo Chavez, Jean-Benoît Mathieu, M. Sc., William Huertas, Arianne Blais-Gagnon, Mick Wu, Catherine Bossé
Ricard, S., Gasser, M-O. et coll. 2023. Hydrological impacts of cropping systems and physical soil degradation. IRDA. 158 p. Hydrological impacts of cropping systems and degradation of soil physical condition DownloadSee also
