Research Projects

Updating the apple pest monitoring guide and the IFP reference guide for the benefit of apple growers.

The overall objective of the project is to inform apple growers via regional demonstration plots of the latest apple IPM techniques.

The aim of this project is to measure the potential of automated traps and extrapolate it to an apple-monitoring network.

The aim of our project was to increase the acreage on which mating disruption is used against the codling moth in all of Québec’s apple-growing regions.

Research projects on controlling fire blight.

The aim of this project is to determine the combined impact on fungicide efficacy of rain and the appearance of new leaves to more accurately identify how long treatments remain effective.

The main aim of this project is to test a bacterial detection technique developed in Austria that consists of quantifying inoculum carried by bees.

IRDA drew up a list of insects and mites in Québec known to be or likely to become resistant to pesticides.

IRDA produced posters to help producers and extension agents choose pest and disease control strategies that promote the use of IPM.

This project helped to determine if there is a significant correlation between the number of adult spotted wing drosophila captured and yield losses observed in the field.

The aim of this two-year project was to determine the efficacy of various pesticides in the field.

The aim of the project was to determine whether the witches’ broom symptom on blueberries is really caused by the rust Pucciniastrum geopertianum, which attacks balsam.

The aim of this project was to test the general hypothesis that exclusion nets, when properly used, can prevent attacks by most apple pests and reduce disease incidence with no major adverse effects on fruit quality.

This project aims to promote a biocontrol solution by testing a complex of natural enemies that attack the spotted wing drosophilia at different development stages.

The purpose of this project is to test the general hypothesis that biobased polymers can be used to replace fossil-fuel-based products and reduce the use of pesticides without increasing GHG emissions.