From 2019 to 2023
Project duration
Fruit production, Market gardening
Activity areas
Pest, weed, and disease control
Service
This study will help quantify the economic impacts of fungicide resistance.
Phytodata
The apple leafcurling midge is a new apple pest in Québec. The aim of the project is to explore the pest’s phenology, establish variable economic injury thresholds, and incorporate the results into a phenology model in CIPRA.
Researcher: Daniel Cormier
Improving the RIMpro software to better predict the risk of infection during rainfall.
Researcher: Vincent Philion
The aim of this project was to field-test sound irrigation practices and band application of various types of fertilizers at ridging time to eliminate fertigation and increase the efficiency of fertilizer and water use under plastic mulch.
Researchers: Carl Boivin Christine Landry