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Scientific Staff - Bonnie Ball Coelho
... with suppressive crops or fumigation. Based on results from glasshouse trials and one field experiment, we hypothesized that pearl millet (Pennisetum ... materials alone of $484 ha(-1). The objectives of these trials were to develop and evaluate a marigold (Tagetes sp.) rotation ... and J.W.B. Stewart. 1992. Root dynamics in plant and ratoon crops of sugarcane. Plant and Soil 142:297-305. The root system ...
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Scientific Staff - Bruce Reynolds
... on certain chemical and physical characteristics of sweet potato grown in southwestern Ontario. Can. J. Plant Sci. 74:603-606. Effects of harvest date on yield, concentration of selected minerals and ... paste tomatoes grown in Southwestern Ontario. Supplement to J. Nematology 24(4S):656-661. Field trials were conducted at the Delhi Research Station, Ontario, Canada, on a Fox loamy sand soil ...
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PMRR - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases - 1999
... Program Tour of the Centre Pest Management Research Report (PMRR) Insect Pests and Plant Diseases - 1999 Compiled for The Expert Committee on Integrated Pest Management, by Southern ... and facilitate the rapid dissemination of pest management research results, particularly of field trials, amongst researchers, the pest management industry, university and government agencies, and others concerned ...
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PMRR - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases - 1998
... and facilitate the rapid dissemination of pest management research results, particularly of field trials, amongst researchers, the pest management industry, university and government agencies, and others ... ; Medical and Veterinary; Cereal, Forage and Oilseed Crops; Ornamentals and Greenhouse; Basic Studies Plant Pathology (76 reports in 1998) Fruit; Vegetables and Special Crops; Potatoes; Cereal, ...
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Research Program - Soil and Environmental Sciences
... pear cultivars have been submitted by the commercialization agent Studies underway to induce host plant defence mechanisms through a systemic acquired resistance response Cultural practices for field crops ... soils have benefited from research to improve crop and soil management practices. Sorghum production trials evaluated forage and grain varieties of new sorghum and millet hybrids under Canadian ...
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Research Program - Molecular Farming
... for the production of safe low-cost therapeutic proteins. Field trials of the non-food bioreactor expressing a human gene for ... the porcine parvovirus in transgenic tobacco. The potential of this plant material as a vaccine against this disease is currently being ... flexible and can produce a wide variety of proteins. Plant Transformation 1 The plant leaf disc is dipped in a solution of bacteria ...
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OREP - Development of an Integrated Approach to The Control of Bacterial Diseases of Tomato And Pepper
... Higgins Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Dr. Sally Miller Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA Dr. James Dick Grocery Division, Agric. ... induce disease resistance in plants. The specific goals are: to determine, in growth room trials, the disease (bacterial and fungal) control efficacy of treating transplant seedlings with a microbial ...
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OREP - Development of Transgenic Soybean with Cyst Nematode Resistance
... Lead Investigators: Dr. Barry J. Shelp, Professor Dr. Michael McLean, Research Associate Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph Collaborating Investigators: Dr. Daina Simmonds, Scientist Eastern Cereal and Oilseed ... gene. One of these transgenic lines was selected as SCN resistant in two different trials of the field test, and thus it has the highest priority among the produced ...
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OREP - Use of natural fruit volatiles for reduction of postharvest rot of stonefruits and pears
... pears Report No.: OREP-1999/15 Principal Researcher: Lisa J. Skog Department of Plant Agriculture University of Guelph Vineland Station, Ontario Other Collaborators: Brian McGarvey Agriculture & Agri- ... . In general, higher concentrations were required for control of P. expansum. These screening trials identified nine volatiles with excellent potential which were subjected to further testing for ...
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OREP - Improved Quality and Storability of Onions and Carrots Through Sustainable Management of Soilborne Diseases
... resistance, this approach is usually very cost effective, once the plant breeding and development has been completed. Field trials demonstrated differences in resistance of onions to white rot, although ... using this method, which is much faster and often more reproducible than field trials. Biological controls also have the potential to provide environmentally friendly disease management. However, ...
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