Research Projects

Exploration of the potential of detecting water stress in lowbush blueberries using a thermal infrared imaging sensor installed on a drone.

The aim of this project is to improve the productivity of haskap orchards by promoting more efficient water and nutrient uptake.

This project aims to examine whether improving soil health can help check strawberry decline.

IRDA is in charge of the economic analysis for this project which purpose is to examine the impact of flower plantings on bumblebee biodiversity in apple orchards in southern Québec.

The current project is designed to check the predictability of the biological productivity score.

Economic analysis of a three-year project aimed at testing methods of reducing and correcting surface soil compaction.

The aim of this project was to study the relationship between thermal imaging data collected by drone and agrometerological indicators of water stress in potato crops.

The hypothesis was that it should be possible to measure sap flow in apple trees and correlate it with soil water conditions and the weather.

The aim of this project was to leverage the efficiency of drip irrigation and splitting nitrogen inputs into multiple applications to reduce total nitrogen inputs per unit produced and provide better economic and environmental alternatives to conventional irrigation.

This project will compare the ability of various pheromone mixes to prevent male swede midges from locating females.

This online training platform will help improve technical support for Québec apple growers by furthering the training of new consultants.

Economic analysis of using flower strips around soybean fields to serve as a reservoir for aphid species attacked by Pandora neoaphidis.

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.

The aim of this project is to show that efforts made to better distribute phosphorus on the land are effective and that the indicators used to determine phosphorus saturation thresholds are correlated with soil phosphorus balance and dynamics.