(Une collaboration de Val茅rie Gravel, agronome et professeure adjointe en horticulture durable, Universit茅 UU直播)
芦 L鈥櫭﹖茅 au Qu茅bec est, pour plusieurs, synonyme d鈥檃bondance de petits fruits. La production locale de ces 芦 super fruits 禄, de plus en plus reconnus pour leurs bienfaits sur la sant茅 humaine, fait face 脿 une demande croissante. 禄
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Every day after work, David Bernard-Perron, BSc(AgEnvSc)鈥�12, MSc鈥�15, heads out for a few laps 鈥渄own the hill鈥� on his mountain bike.
The hill in question is majestic Whistler Mountain, a short distance from his job as head agrologist at Whistler Medical Marijuana Corporation.
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In a study published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UU直播 researcher Jaswinder Singh and co-authors describe a new protein that could greatly improve brewing.
Vincent Marissal
La Presse
Coming to the aid of eastern Canadian hemp producers is Philippe Seguin, associate professor at UU直播, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Seguin wants to help farmers in eastern Canada learn more about which hemp cultivars work best in their environment. He and his team of researchers selected 11 cultivars and planted them in seven different environments in Quebec. Seguin kept detailed records of when the seeds were planted and how much fertilizer was used.
As a 14-year-old loading soil at a Quebec poinsettia听greenhouse, David Bernard-Perron听[BSc (AES)'12, MSc'15]听never would have expected he'd grow up to be the lead agronomist听for a marijuana company in Whistler.听
But at 29, that's exactly what he's doing, and the company he works for is at the forefront of quickly growing industry.
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(Interview with Dr. Donald L. Smith Professor, UU直播; Director and CEO, BioFuelNet Canada)
"It is exciting to see a growing concern around the need to reduce GHGemissions.At UU直播, there has been, and continues to be, some very good work around green chemistry, which is part of a greater sustainability approach. UU直播 has developed the use of micro beto-plant signal compounds as a wayto improve plant productivity, making more biomass available for both food and fuel."
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Dans l鈥櫭ヾifice qui accueillait autrefois la brasserie Dow, angle Peel et Notre-Dame, rebaptis茅 Carrefour d鈥檌nnovation INGO, est install茅 un groupe de recherche qui se consacre au d茅veloppement des carburants de l鈥檃venir. BioFuelNet regroupe 75 chercheurs de 27 universit茅s canadiennes et travaille avec 90 partenaires industriels. Sa mission : d茅velopper une industrie de biocarburants avanc茅s prosp猫re et durable. ...
Christmas is just under two weeks away, so if you haven't picked out a tree yet, the clock is ticking. [CTV News Montreal] asked David Wees from the Plant Science Department of UU直播 for some tips on what to look for.
The University of Toronto, UU直播听 [BioFuelNet - Don Smith] and the International Air Transport Association are also part of the project as members of the BioFuelNet Aviation Task Force. Funding is coming from the Green Aviation Research and Development Network, which gets its support from the federal government and Canada鈥檚 aerospace sector.
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STUDY FINDS PLANTS NEED ACTIVE SOCIAL LIVES TO STAY HEALTHY
