COMMUNICATIONS
One of the unique features of OREP is the close partnership between
the Agri-Food sector in Ontario, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Research Branch, towards addressing specific areas of research to enhance
Food Quality in an environmentally sustainable fashion. This research
is focussed on specific areas, and has spawned a strong team approach
comprising both AAFC researchers and researchers from the Universities
of Guelph and Toronto.
In order to inform the Ontario public about the positive developments
arising from this Program, an interesting communications partnership
has been developed with The
SPARK
(Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge) Program, an
unique training opportunity for students to gain experience in written
communications run by Owen Roberts, Writing Program Co-ordinator (Research
Communications) Office of Research,
University of Guelph. Since its
inception in 1988, SPARK has grown to be an important part of the communications
network at the U of G. In 1994, SPARK was named "Best New Idea"
in Canadian university and college communication units by the Canadian
Council for the Advancement of Education.
This partnership not only provides benefits to OREP, but also provides
an excellent opportunity for the Student Writers to sharpen their writing
skills while increasing their awareness of exciting advances in agricultural
research in Ontario.
A major portion of the communications program will be "Short articles
on the 25 OREP research projects" produced by various SPARK members
which will be featured in a variety of Ontario Farm Publications, and
which are listed below.
Bruce T. Bowman
OREP Program Manager
Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre
AAFC, London, Ontario, Canada
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Featured Articles |
SPARK Writer |
OREP Project |
| 1 |
New Partnerships
Trigger Targeted Research |
Owen Roberts |
OREP overview |
| 2 |
Wild
beets help soybeans beat pest |
Christina Clark |
Development of transgenic soybean
with cyst nematode resistance - Dr. B. Shelp, Univ.
of Guelph |
| 3 |
Biological
control could help manage pest - A tarnished
bug’s life |
Christina Clark |
Biological control and sustainable
management of tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris,
in Ontario - Dr. Bruce Broadbent, SCPFRC, AAFC, London,
Ontario |
| 4 |
No bees, no crops - U of G abuzz with
activity as researchers tackle pollination crisis |
Kersti Kahar |
Sustainable pollination services
for Ontario's crops. - Dr. Peter G. Kevan, Univ of
Guelph |
| 5 |
Peeling away pathogens for potato growers |
Sarah Haines |
Development of rapid and quantitative
procedure for identification of plant pathogenic Streptomyces
spp from soil. - Dr. George Lazarovits, SCPFRC, AAFC,
London, ON |
| 6 |
Biocontrol
could help manage grape disease in Ontario
- Giving a pathogen something to whine about. |
Christina Clark |
Development of a biological
control agent for crown gall disease of grapevine
- Dr. Diane Cuppels, SCPFRC, AAFC, London, ON |
| 7 |
Biotechnology
delivers a fighting chance to corn - Getting
tough on a crop disease |
Marianne Clark |
Fusarium resistance and genetic
improvement in Ontario through biotechnology - Dr.
Jas Singh, ECORC, AAFC, Ottawa, ON |
| 8 |
Canada’s $80-million ginseng crop
needs help - Getting to the root of fearsome
fungus |
Christina Clark |
Development of methods to differentiate
and specifically detect the soilborne fungal pathogen Cylindrocarpon
destructans, to improve management of Cylindrocarpon root
rot on ginseng. - Kathy Dobinson, AAFC, London, ON |
| 9 |
Biotechnology brings designer proteins
to traditional crops - Getting a boost from edible
vaccines |
Christina Clark |
Use of Plants for Production
of an Animal Vaccine. - Dr. Jim Brandle, SCPFRC,
AAFC, London, ON |
| 10 |
Natural pesticides could keep
fruit fresh longer - The fruits
of their own labour |
Juhie Bhatia |
Use of natural fruit volatiles
for reduction of postharvest rot of stonefruits and pears.
- Lisa J. Skog, Hort. Res. Inst. of Ontario, Univ. of Guelph,
Vineland, ON |
| 11 |
New yellow mustard compound
might be a food processing fix-all - Mustard’s moment
in the spotlight |
Ariana Murata |
Improvement of functional
properties of mustard products - W. Steve Cui , Food
Processing & Quality Improvement Group, AAFC, Guelph, ON |
| 12 |
Researchers are chipping in with
Mexican food corn varieties - Winners in the wrap
category |
Sandra Alton |
Development of high quality
corn for dry milling and production of Mexican food products
- Dr. Art Schaafsma,
Ridgetown College, Univ of Guelph, Ridgetown,ON |
| 13 |
Maximizing crop yields while
minimizing environmental impact -
Refining fertilizer use takes
a little soil searching |
Ian Lang |
Increasing nitrogen use efficiency
in corn production systems -
Dr. Bev D. Kay., Land Resource
Sci., Univ of Guelph, Guelph, ON |
| 14 |
Bacteria-coated seeds fight
off disease - Biological control
could be a ‘green’ solution for greenhouses |
Christina Clark |
Formulation and delivery of
actinomycete biocontrol agents for damping-off and seedling
root rots in greenhouse-grown plug transplants - Dr. Jim Traquair,
Southern Crop Protection & Food Research Centre, AAFC, London,
ON |
| 15 |
Genetically modified soybean could
prevent multi-million-dollar losses - Wiping out
white mould |
Juhie Bhatia |
Development of white mould
resistant soybean with Oxalate Oxidase and through the identification
of resistance genes -
Dr. Daina Simmonds, Eastern
Cereals and Oilseed Res. Centre, AAFC, Ottawa, ON |
| 16 |
Taking a natural approach
to pest management
The right crop
rotation system can help beat a costly pest |
Blythe McKay |
Management of soybean cyst
nematode with winter wheat/legume rotations -
Dr. Terry Anderson, Greenhouse
and Processing Crops Research Centre, AAFC Harrow, ON |
| 17 |
You ooze, you lose
Protective proteins could reduce fruit tree disease |
Juhie Bhatia |
Biological control of fire
blight by induced resistance in pear and apple - Dr. Antonet M. Svircev,
Southern Crop Protection & Food Research Centre, AAFC, Vineland,
ON |
| 18 |
These beans fight their own diseases
New technologies help plants control disease and improve
production flexibility |
Dale Duncan |
Application of biotechnology
to pest and pesticide resistance in dry beans
- Dr. K. Peter Pauls, Dept. of Plant Agriculture, Univ.
of Guelph, Guelph, ON |
| 19 |
Spot-free tomatoes and peppers
- Biocontrol package yields heartier transplant
plugs...with no bacterial disease |
Christina Clark |
Development of an integrated
approach to the control of bacterial diseases of tomato
and pepper - Dr. Diane Cuppels, Southern Crop
Protection and Food Research Centre, AAFC, London, ON |
| 20 |
Soybeans, soaking wet
- Water absorption qualities make new waves |
Juhie Bhatia
|
A study of pectic substances
of soybeans in relation to water absorption -
Dr. W.John Mullin, Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research
Centre, AAFC Harrow, ON |
| 21 |
Mad About Mucks
- A year-round supply of Ontario crops grown on muck
soils. |
Sigrid Boersma |
Improved quality and storability
of onions and carrots through sustainable disease management
- Mary R. McDonald, Muck Crops Research Station,
Univ of Guelph, Kettleby,ON |
| 22 |
Putting a mark on the best beans
- Molecular markers help build a better protein |
Amanda Elias
|
Enhancement of protein and
carbohydrate quality of food- and feed-type soybean and
development of molecular markers for protein - Dr. Vaino
Poysa, Greenhouse and Processing Crops Res. Centre, AAFC,
Harrow, ON |
| 23 |
Getting the worm off the apple,
naturally - Integrated pest management program spears
the environment |
Ian Lang |
Development of alternative,
IPM-Compatible strategies for organophosphate resistant
oblique-banded leafroller on apple - Bernt Solymar,
Ont. Ministry of Agric. Food & Rural Affairs, Simcoe, ON |
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