City of Montreal will plant 40,000 saplings to replace trees that must be cut down
Thousands of ash trees infested by the tiny but destructive emerald ash borer will be cut down in Mount Royal Park by March 2019.
There are more than 10,000 ash trees in the park, and two-thirds have been treated against the invasive bug.听 The rest听are getting axed.
The average Canadian might hold a romanticized view of agriculture in this country, but for a group of nearly 100 industry, academic, government folks, big data is key to the sector鈥檚 future.
The $250 million Smart Agri-Food Super Cluster (SASC) is one of nine industry-led projects, and one of two that focuses on agriculture, to be shortlisted for up to $950 million in federal innovation funding earmarked in last year鈥檚 budget.
Researchers demonstrate for the first time the potential of existing technology to directly detect and characterize life on Mars and other planets. The study, published in Frontiers in Microbiology, used miniaturized scientific instruments and new microbiology techniques to identify and examine microorganisms in the Canadian high Arctic - one of the closest analogs to Mars on Earth. By avoiding delays that come with having to return samples to a laboratory for analysis, the methodology could also be used on Earth to detect and identify pathogens during epidemics in remote areas.
New labs and equipment through the CFI鈥檚 Innovation Fund will help six transformative 成人VR视频 research projects to collaborate, innovate and train the next generation of scientists for the jobs of tomorrow.
...Professors Timothy Geary (Institute of Parasitology) and Anja Geitmann (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) were each awarded funding in this round.
Congratulations to the winners of the Lister Family Engaged Science 3-Minute Thesis庐 Competition - V茅ronique Boyer, Marcus Kaji, and Karolin Dietrich - pictured here with Dean Anja Geitmann and Geoffrey Kelley, MNA for Jacques-Cartier and Minister responsible for Native Affairs.
First place winner, Mark Kaji is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Parasitology. His presentation was entitled "Real life vampires and how to kill them"
However, Lawrence Goodridge, the director of 成人VR视频's food safety and quality program, said the practice of thoroughly washing infected lettuce won't make it safe for consumption.
"That is actually untrue, that is not the case," he said.听"Washing lettuce or any fresh produce that may be contaminated with bacteria is a not a way to ensure its safety."鈥�
"The number of bacteria that one must consume to become sick is听so low 鈥� and when you wash a lettuce or any fresh produce, you cannot wash away 100听per cent of the bacteria."
Jaswinder Singh can hardly contain his excitement when talking about TLP8, a useful protein he discovered in barley. 鈥淚t could revolutionize the brewing industry,鈥� said the associate professor at 成人VR视频鈥檚 plant science department.
...Singh and his research team identified 22 genes in barley that were related to the germination process.
It takes a long time to develop a new variety from scratch. Dr. Bruce Coulman of the University of Sask颅atchewan recently recalled the start of his forage breeding career at 成人VR视频. 成人VR视频 had allowed its forage breeding program to collapse, and had no breeding lines under development when Coulman started. Starting from scratch in 1976, Coulman registered his first forage variety in 1993.
[Bruce Coulman is a former professor from the Department of Plant Science and served as Departmental Chair]
Researchers from 成人VR视频 (Paul Thomassin) found that if Canadians ate less meat, and more fruits and vegetables, Canada's GDP would benefit. The authors recommended the government subsidize fruits and vegetables, and tax meat, in an effort to reduce chronic disease.
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En cette fin d'ann茅e, nous vous proposons une r茅flexion sur l'agriculture avec une femme qui a consacr茅 sa vie aux enjeux agricoles. Anja Geitmann est doyenne de la facult茅 des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement 脿 l'Universit茅 成人VR视频.
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Congratulations to alum Val茅rie Toupin-Dub茅, BSc (AgEnvSci)鈥�16, recipient of the Canada鈥檚 Volunteer Awards鈥� Emerging Leader Award for the Quebec region!
鈥淢y village, Oka, has left a deep agricultural imprint on me. It formed my desire to bridge the gap between consumers and the hard-working farmers who provide us with three meals a day. As an agronomist, my commitment to children and families is to teach them where their food comes from so that they can consume better and live in a community that is more tightly knit and respectful of the environment.鈥�
Congratulations to Professor Jianguo (Jeff) Xia, Department of Animal Science and Institute of Parasitology, who has been named a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)听 in Bioinformatics and Big Data Analytics.
Congratulations to Jan Adamowski (Bioresource Engineering) and Elena Bennett (Natural Resource Sciences) on their induction into the Royal Society of Canada. The announcement was made in September, and the induction ceremony was held in late November.
CITATIONS:
For 47 years, biologists have plucked eggs from seabird nests along the British Columbia coast. Many of the eggs were collected from remote rocky islands surrounded by some of the world鈥檚 roughest seas.
In all, they collected 537 eggs from six species, including ancient murrelets, rhinoceros auklets and double-crested cormorants. Now these eggs are revealing new information about the way mercury finds its way into the ecosystem.
Some might see it as a quirky career path, to be sure, that leads one to an occupation in which their job 鈥� essentially 鈥� is to sip on whisky.
Joanna Zanin Scandella鈥檚 job title is an enviable one.
The 成人VR视频-educated Zanin Scandella is, officially, a master blender, an elite standing in the nomenclature of the alcohol industry. One does not just seek the wanted ads for a job as a master blender 鈥� they aspire to it.
