Si vous habitez les alentours de la ville de Windsor, peut-锚tre avez-vous remarqu茅 des substances blanches semblables 脿 du pollen amass茅 sur les trottoirs, les pelouses ou les terrasses. Ce sont des semences de peupliers. 脌 l'茅mission听Matins sans fronti猫res,听David Wees, enseignant en horticulture 脿 l'Universit茅 成人VR视频, explique l'origine de ces semences, leur importance et comment se comporter vis-脿-vis d'elles.
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Published on: 3 Jul 2023
Congratulations to two Macdonald Profs who have received funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration stream, which supports high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research: Hamid Akbarzadeh (BRE) for Origami-inspired deployable sensoriactuator soft robots and Mehran Dastmalchi (PltSci) for Plant-derived biosynergists to enhance pesticide efficacy.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2023
The 成人VR视频 Pulse Breeding Program and the non-profit organization SeedChange have partnered to bring the ImPulse Project to fruition, an initiative to promote knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and agricultural resilience in the pulse sector.
During the summer of 2022, and thanks to the support of the FRQNT-RQRAD, the ImPulse Project held two field days with actors in Quebec鈥檚 pulse sector. The sessions focused on agricultural management, market trends, cultivar evaluation, and the development of pulse varieties adapted to Quebec.
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Published on: 3 Apr 2023
"Cultivated trees grow faster [than their natural counterparts] because in the early years much effort is spent weeding out the competition," points out David Wees, Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Plant Science at 成人VR视频's Macdonald Campus.
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Published on: 9 Jan 2023
David Wees (FMT) provides an update on a recent project coordinated with Lindsay Flood, Franco Nardi and Freida Beauregard, to plant 200 trees on Campus to honour 成人VR视频鈥檚 Bicentennial.
鈥淎ltogether, we planted 203 trees. Most have survived. The only tree we had a problem with was the pin oak. Right now, the trees are small and scattered around the campus, but that鈥檚 how it starts. Five years from now, we鈥檒l have a little forest.鈥�
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Published on: 7 Dec 2022
The Board of Governors of 成人VR视频 is pleased to announce the appointment of Prof. H. Deep Saini as the University's 18th Principal and Vice-Chancellor. Currently President and Vice-Chancellor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Prof. Saini will begin his five-year, renewable term at 成人VR视频 on April 1, 2023. He will also hold the appointment of Full Professor in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
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Published on: 15 Nov 2022
"People think that the colder fall temperatures trigger the colour change, but it鈥檚 actually the photoperiod," explains Plant Science Faculty Lecturer David Wees. However, some regions of Quebec are luckier when it comes to fall colours than others: those with a lot of deciduous trees like maples, oaks or even birches. On the other hand, areas that have more conifers will see fewer transformations to their landscape.鈥�
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Published on: 6 Oct 2022
Two-hundred years ago, a young man frequented swamps, stream banks and thickets, collecting wild plants across what would become the urban core of the city of Montreal. He had recently returned home from Edinburgh, where he had gone to be receive medical training, learning there also techniques of drying and preserving plant specimens, botany and medicine then being sister-subjects.
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Published on: 23 Jun 2022
On May 18, 97 laureates were celebrated at the Bravo 2022 gala, an event honouring 成人VR视频 researchers and scholars across disciplines who won special awards, memberships, and prizes during the preceding year.
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Published on: 6 Jun 2022
Two public art projects launching in Montreal this summer take inspiration from the botanical collection of Dr. Andrew Holmes, one of the founders of 成人VR视频's Faculty of Medicine.
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Published on: 9 May 2022
Three Mac-based research projects have been funded through FQRNT/MAPAQ鈥檚 first Partnership Research Program-Sustainable Agriculture . All of the projects fall under the scientific program developed by the .
Congrats to Profs:
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Published on: 29 Apr 2022
Professor (Natural Resource Sciences) and Director of the Lyman Entomological Museum Jessica Gillung and Assistant Professor (Plant Science) Mehran Dastmalchi are among the eight 成人VR视频 recipients of funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Fund (JELF) and the Government of Quebec.
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Published on: 2 Mar 2022
Congratulations to Dean Anja Geitmann who is the 2020 recipient of the Frances W. Doane Award. The objective of the Frances W Doane award is to recognize the valuable service and contributions that an individual made to the Microscopical Society of Canada.
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Published on: 12 Jun 2020
Award funding gives students lab time, research experience and the chance to discover the right path
...Supported by a Schulich Graduate Fellowship, doctoral student Bikram Poudel is working to improve one of the world鈥檚 most important food crops.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2020
Ils d茅tonnent du reste du paysage hivernal : ces arbres, contrairement aux autres, gardent leurs feuilles m锚me apr猫s leur mort. Ce ph茅nom猫ne, appel茅 marcescence, est observable chez certaines esp猫ces d'arbres. M茅t茅oM茅dia s'est entretenu avec David Wees, charg茅 de cours au D茅partement des sciences v茅g茅tales et directeur adjoint du programme Gestion et technologies d鈥檈ntreprise agricole (GTEA) 脿 l'universit茅 成人VR视频.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2020
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