Browsing by Subject "organic"
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Commercial Bumble Bees as Vectors of the Microbial Antagonist Clonostachys rosea for Management of Botrytis Blight in Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)
(2012-06-18)Greenhouse and laboratory experiments in 2011 determined that Clonostachys rosea can effectively prevent Botrytis cinerea infection in Vaccinium angustifolium blossoms. In vitro testing demonstrated that C. rosea germination ... -
Life Cycle Assessment of Organic Canadian Prairie Field Crop Systems: Oats, Rye, and Wheat
(2022-12-15)Organic farming is a rapidly growing agricultural sub-sector in Canada that many look to as a means to lower resource use and environmental impacts of food systems. In this thesis, life cycle assessment (LCA) is coupled ... -
Soil health in organic grain cropping systems as influenced by green manure management and weed presence
(2019-04-29)From 2016-2018 two experiments in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia were conducted where GMr of red clover, hairy vetch or common vetch grown two years prior to soybeans with current season presence or absence of weeds (Exp. 1) or ...