Organic Agriculture Research in Québec

A. Soils

• Applying compost in conventional and no-tillage systems under corn silage and soybean production
• Impacts of earthworms on soil nutrients and plant growth in soybean and maize agroecosystems
• Managing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in cropping systems
• Multifaceted beneficial effects of rhizosphere microorganisms on plant health and productivity
• Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Following Application of Pig Slurry for the 19th Consecutive Year

B. Horticulture

• Biological control in greenhouse systems
• Constructed wetlands implanted with Iris versicolor, Juncus sp. and Phragmites australis as a potential treatment for greenhouse effluents
• Effect of cultural management on tomato fruit health qualities
• Influence of cell volume in multicell transplant flats on the growth of organically grown seedlings of medicinal plants
• Kaolin: a new alternative to manage the striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum, in cucumber
• Management of weeds, apple sawfly and plum curcuclio with cellulose sheeting
• Optimization of substrate and nutrient solution for organic cultivation of medicinal transplants in multicell flats
• Organic fertilizers for greenhouse tomatoes: productivity and substrate microbiology
• Organic Greenhouse Tomato Production in Raised Bed Containers under Commercial Conditions: Conclusion of a 3-Year Study
• Organic production of vegetables: State of the art and challenges
• Potential replacements for rockwool as growing substrate for greenhouse tomato
• Pythium root rot and growth responses of organically grown geranium plants to beneficial micro-organisms
• Removal of Pythium ultimum propagules in recycled greenhouse nutrient solution using artifical wetlands
• Risk of phytotoxicity of sawdust substrates for greenhouse vegetables
• The use of artificial wetlands to treat greenhouse effluents
• Use of Mechanical Cultivators for Market Vegetable Crops

C. Field Crops

• NEW!! The influence of a long-term black medic cover crop on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization and nutrient uptake in flax under zero-tillage management
• Evaluation of the potential of no-till seeding in organic agriculture in Quebec: Building a cover crop “crimper-roller” and farm trials (PDF, 663 kbs)
• Fertilization and mowing effects on unimproved mixed-species hayfields in Québec, Canada
• The influence of crop rotation on the mineral nutrient content of organic vs. conventionally produced wheat grain
• Weed response to flame weeding at different developmental stages

D. Livestock

• Assessment of Milk Quality and Dairy Herd Health under Organic Management
• Effects of different moving devices at loading on stress response and meat quality in pigs
• Effects of lairage and slaughter conditions on animal welfare and pork quality
• Environmental & Economic Consequences of Applying Composted Cattle Manure to Direct Seeded & Conventional Tillage Systems
• Organic dairying in Quebec…alive and well!
• Prevalence and distribution of gastrointestinal nematodes on 32 organic and conventional commercial sheep farms in Ontario and Quebec
• Study of the population dynamics of gastrointestinal nematodes in organic sheep farms in Canada with an attempt to introduce sustainable parasite control measures
• Sweet forages and organic milk: Quite a sustainable combination!?!

E. Other

• A few ideas about the invention of safe biopesticides
• Organic farmers in Quebec are at the heart of an intense innovation that is re-creating local knowledge
• Polycultures of the Mind - Organic Farmers in Québec and the Recovery of Agency
• Research, innovation and technology transfer priorities in organic agriculture

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