New Directions Research Program - Funded Projects 2006

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*Disclaimer: Projects marked with an asterisk (*) were sent to the researchers for review and comment and no reply was received.

These projects have received funding support from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Such support does not indicate endorsement by the Ministry of the contents of the material.

• SR9176 - Evaluation of the value of cover crops on nitrogen cycling, soil quality and pest management in vegetable production
• SR9177 - Increasing efficiency of surface applied urea
• SR9178 - Effects of pearling levels on absorption of dietary carbohydrate for the development of healthy barley-based foods
• SR9179 - Alleviation of low temperature sweetening in potato tubers by genetic modification of some enzymes involved in anaerobic respiration
• SR9180 - Delivering value-added technology in corn directly to the Ontario corn farmer
• SR9181 - Study of population dynamics of gastrointestinal nematodes in organic sheep farms in Canada with an attempt to introduce sustainable parasite control measures
• SR9182 - Survival of pathogens during storage of livestock manures
• SR9183 - Effective manipulation of fatty acid profiles in pork products aimed at enhancing contribution of pork to human health
• SR9184 - Can Ontario soybean farmers capture value from increased bioproduct demand?
• SR9185 - Biofibre genetic profiling and breeding program
• SR9186 - Improving quality standards and economics of winter wheat in Ontario through innovative management strategies of nitrogen fertilizer