Research Projects

Each year, IRDA's R&D Team conducts more than one hundred research projects in sustainable agriculture. What's more, IRDA is working with Quebec's key agricultural stakeholders to find concrete solutions.

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Results for 2018
2018-2019 • Fruit production

Integrated control methods for control of Japanese beetle in Montérégie in highbush blueberry

This project aims to reduce Japanese beetle populations using localized applications that minimize environmental and health risks

Researcher: Annabelle Firlej

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Annabelle Firlej
2018-2021 • Field crops

Evolution of spatial indicators of soil health in Québec and Ontario in response to a changing climate

This project aims to improve our understanding of the evolution and spatial variability of soil health indicators as barometers of climate change.

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Marc-Olivier Gasser
Claude Bernard
2018-2021 • Fruit production

Release of sterile spotted wing drosophila (Phase 1)

This project will evaluate the efficiency of the initial releases of sterile spotted wing drosophilas on fall raspberry plots.

Researcher: Annabelle Firlej

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Annabelle Firlej
2018-2021 • Fruit production

Large scale release of trichogramma to biologically control black-headed fireworm in cranberries

This project’s goal is to develop a large-scale inundative release method using the same trichogramma species employed in a previous project.

Researcher: Daniel Cormier

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Daniel Cormier
2018-2020 • Fruit production

Mating disruption of the codling moth – phase II

Project to increase the use of mating disruption to control codling moths.

Researcher: Daniel Cormier

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Daniel Cormier
2018-2021 • Fruit production

Optimizing pest management decision support systems to help the berry-growing industry adapt to climate change

Validation and adaptation of pest and disease monitoring and decision support tools.

Researcher: Annabelle Firlej

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Annabelle Firlej
2018-2019 • Fruit production

Updating the Québec IFP reference guide

Updating the apple pest monitoring guide and the IFP reference guide for the benefit of apple growers.

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Daniel Cormier
Gérald Chouinard
2018-2022 • Fruit production

Demo plots for low-risk apple IPM programs

The overall objective of the project is to inform apple growers via regional demonstration plots of the latest apple IPM techniques.

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Vincent Philion
Daniel Cormier
Mikaël Larose
2018-2021 • Fruit production

Automated traps for pest monitoring in Québec apple orchards

The aim of this project is to measure the potential of automated traps and extrapolate it to an apple-monitoring network.

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Gérald Chouinard
Daniel Cormier
2018-2023

Management and ecological restoration of peatlands for a sustainable Canadian horticultural peat industry

Development of a strategy for rapidly producing biomass using restoration and irrigation.

Researcher: Stéphane Godbout

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Stéphane Godbout
2018-2020 • Field crops

Testing biofungicides against white mold in soybean crops – an economic analysis

Testing the efficacy of four biofungicides against Sclerotinia in soybeans.

Researcher: Luc Belzile

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Bison farming in Quebec: Determining phosphorus discharge

The purpose of our project was to generate benchmark data on phosphorus discharge from bison farms in Québec.

Researcher: Stéphane Godbout

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Stéphane Godbout
2016-2018 • Fruit production

Large-scale use of codling moth mating disruption in Quebec orchards

The aim of our project was to increase the acreage on which mating disruption is used against the codling moth in all of Québec’s apple-growing regions.

Researcher: Daniel Cormier

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Daniel Cormier
2016-2018 • Field crops

Promoting undersown clover cover crops in small grain production: A network of farm demonstration plots across Québec

Demonstration project to showcase the ability of undersown clover cover crops to reduce nitrogen fertilizer requirements in crops.

Researcher: Marc-Olivier Gasser

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Marc-Olivier Gasser

The solutions developed by IRDA aim to...

Ensure the sustainability

and quality of soil, water, and air

Protect the health and well-being

of local communities by improving the quality of crop and livestock production, with an emphasis on animal welfare

Safeguard the economic viability

of crop and livestock production

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