Research Projects

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.

A series of herbicides has been tested along the edge of the plastic mulch.

This project proposes ways of using legume intercrops to control vegetable pests (insects, diseases, and weeds) while increasing soil productivity and quality and economic yields.

This project as aimed at comparing the efficacy of two parasites (T. brassicae and T. ostriniae) on leek moth.

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

This project evaluated effective and economically viable control strategies for swede midge that are healthy for both humans and the ecosystem.

This project determined the efficacy of various pest control products on the striped cucumber beetle on organic cucurbit crops.

This three-year project looked at optimal ways to use a mix of flowering plants against caterpillar pests of crucifers.

Biofumigation could be an attractive option for increasing the mortality of dormant seeds.

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.

The purpose of this project was to study the vegetative propagation and regeneration capacity of Canada thistle and sow thistle with a view to developing effective weed control strategies.

Barcoding can be used to obtain DNA sequences from specimens kept in the official Québec government insect collection and compare these sequences with those from field-caught specimens.

This project aims to evaluate effective and economically viable control strategies for leek moth that are healthy for both humans and ecosystems.

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.

In highbush blueberry fields where stunt disease has been detected, plants that have never received nitrogen fertilizer are more vigorous and homogeneous than plants that have received nitrogen fertilizer.