Environmental Research - Environmental Sustainability Theme

Are you Interested in knowing what environmental research projects have been funded by OMAFRA?

The current listing is for research projects which were funded through ministry programs outside of the OMAFRA-University of Guelph Partnership. Projects funded through the Partnership will be added at a future date.

Projects are listed by title in alphabetical order. Follow the links provided for more information about the project.

Project #
Title
Researcher
Year Funded
The development of an electronic nose, via intelligent modeling for effective measurement of odour on Ontario pork farms
S. Yang
2004
Synchronizing nitrogen fertilization with plant demand in high density apple and peach orchards to minimize N loses through leaching
J. Cline
2004
Allocating quality water in Ontario as a private, environmental and public good
A. Weersink
2004
Nitrate filter for greenhouse runoff water
W. Robertson
2004
Validation and use of two models for estimating optimum crop planting dates, soil water balances and nitrogen leaching
G. Parkin
2004
Developing strategies to engage agriculture and recreation along the Lake Huron shoreline: A community based approach to solving water quality issues.
W. Caldwell
2005
Development of a web based irrigation scheduler for Ontario grape, tender fruit and vegetable industries
R. Pitbaldo
2004
Nitrogen transformation and losses following application of liquid swine manure to agricultural soils as determined by 15N tracer methods
C. Wagner Riddle
2005
Demonstration of commercial-scale efficacy of soybean peroxidase for treatment of industrial waste and process water.
K. Taylor
2005
Evaluation of the value of cover crops on nitrogen cycling, soil quality and pest management in vegetable production
L. Van Eerd
2006
Increasing efficiency of surface applied urea
T. Sahota
2006
Survival of pathogens during storage of livestock manures
A. Huber
2006
Evaluation of controlled release fertilizers for environmentally sustainable vegetable crop production
A. McKeown
2007
Determining the impact of management on soil organic matter dynamics
R. Beyaert
2007
Assessing the efficacy of subsurface flow constructed wetland cells for their treatment of land-based fish farm discharge
B. Wooten
2008
Increasing water use efficiency and improved nutrient management for processing tomatoes
C. A. Madramootoo
2008
Relationship between soil fertility, soil health and productivity in organic farming systems
D. Lynch
2008
Real Time Web-based Data Management System for Agriculture Solutions
Michael R. Duncan
2009
Agronomic and Economic evaluation of biofuel crops grown on marginal land in eastern and northern Ontario
Ashraf Tubeileh
2009
Post-harvest strategies to minimize nitrogen losses in cole crops
Laura Van Eerd
2009

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Author: Elin Gwyn, Research Analyst - Knowledge Management/RIB
Creation Date: 30 August 2010
Last Reviewed: 10 February 2012