Research Projects

This project was aimed at identifying and incorporating biological indicators into decision support tools used to assist producers and agroenvironmental regulatory bodies seeking to preserve soil productivity and use sustainable production systems.

This project will provide a better understanding of interactions between a vegetable polyculture system and hedges composed of shrubs and perennials in order to enhance the impact of beneficial insects on vegetable crops.

One of the project objectives is to calculate GHG emissions in various beef production systems based on the results of a literature, methodology, and database review.

The objective of the project was to demonstrate that next generation hog barn design (slatted floors over 2/3 or more of the area) generate less odor.

The project consists of evaluating soil degradation based on representative samples taken in Québec’s main soil regions and parent materials.

The aim of the project was to measure the performance and water requirements of eight potato cultivars under commercial production conditions.

This project was aimed at evaluating the impact of integrated pest management on the profitability of field crop farms.

The project compared the nitrogen uptake effects of green manure crops grown for a full season, in association with a main crop, or after it is harvested.

An attract and kill technique to control plum curculio was recently proposed by U.S. researchers, but it is very little used in orchards and virtually unknown in Québec.

The objective of project was to produce a biopesticide from the pyrolysis of agricultural waste.

Using sound irrigation management to control frost and water stress in lowbush blueberry helps stabilize yield while minimizing environmental impacts.

The project was designed to assess the profitability of various types of cover crops and planting methods at the farm level.

The goal of the project is to select a strain of the mullein bug to control two spotted and red spider mites when populations tend to explode.

The project consisted of manufacturing and testing a portable rain simulator to estimate, under various conditions, what proportion of irrigation water a crop is able to use.

The goal of this project was to document the impact of climate change on fruit crop pests and diseases in Québec.