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Rant About Agriculture

Michelle Arseneault, is a very busy girl!  Michelle's MSc. in Plant Agriculture is in apple crop load management with Dr. John Cline. Recently, Michelle won first place in a video contest...06 Feb 2015
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Muck Vegetable Growers Conference

The 64th Annual Muck Vegetable Growers Conference is fast approaching! This is a two day conference and trade show with the first day (Wed, April 8) devoted to carrots and the second day (Thurs...04 Feb 2015
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FarmSmart Youth Activities

Over 40 public school- and high school-age youth participated in a program organized for them by the FarmSmart group in OMAFRA on Saturday Jan 24th. The all-day program included sessions on...26 Jan 2015
Drs Subramanian, Paliyath and Sullivan, Sidney Frank Consul General  of Canada in India along with Drs Beth Finnis and Loong-Tak Lim

Enhanced Preservation of Fruit Using Nanotechnology Project

  Four Plant Agriculture Faculty were in India Jan 21-23, 2015 for the Inception Workshop to launch the continuation of their project on 'Enhanced Preservation of Fruit Using...26 Jan 2015
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The Plant Ag Life Savers: A Donation Celebration!

On Monday, January 19th, a group of friends and colleagues from the Department of Plant Agriculture gave a little of their time and one pint of themselves to support and save the lives of many...20 Jan 2015
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Eric's Pursuit of the Perfect Grass for The Jays

Eric Lyons had a great interview Real Grass for the Blue Jays with Larry Fedoruk, which has been podcasted.  You can listen to the interview here. Eric answers questions on what is involved...16 Jan 2015
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Plant Ag Thesis Defences Fall 2014

Congratulations to the following graduate students. They successfully defended their thesis in Fall 2014. Mina Kaviani, PhD - August 28, 2014 Resistance to pear decline phytoplasma and its...13 Jan 2015
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Got 180 seconds?

What is 3MT®? 3MT® is a university wide competition for graduate students in which participants present their research and its wider impact in 3 minutes or less to a panel of non-...09 Jan 2015

Fight The Light Project

Owen Roberts discusses the strategies being put together by François Tardif and weed management field crops program lead, Mike Cowbrough, to use non-herbicide methods to control weeds in...07 Jan 2015
Manish Raizada

$2.3 Million to Improve Sustainable Farming, Food Security

Prof. Manish Raizada received a $2.3-million federal grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada.  The grant it to be used...15 Dec 2014

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