Organic Field Crop Research in Alberta

• Field Crop Production
• Forages

 

Field Crop Production

• NEW!! Spring wheat genotypes differentially alter soil microbial communities and wheat breadmaking quality in organic and conventional systems
• NEW!! Realized gains from selection for spring wheat grain yield are different in conventional and organically managed systems
• NEW!! Assessing the demand for value-based organic meats in Canada: a combined retail and household scanner-data approach
• NEW!! The soil microbial community and grain micronutrient concentration of historical and modern hard red spring wheat cultivars grown organically and conventionally in the black soil zone of the Canadian Prairies
• NEW!! Organic and conventional management of mixtures of wheat and spring cereals
• NEW!! Sensory profiles of bread made from paired samples of organic and conventionally grown wheat grain
• Can Annual Intercrops Help Control Weeds and Improve Productivity?
• Canadian Consumers’ Preferences for Food Safety and Agricultural Environment Safety
• Competitive ability of wheat in conventional and organic
  management systems: A review of the literature
• Control of Canada thistle in pastures using rotational cattle grazing
• Cultivar and seeding rate effects on the competitive ability of spring cereals grown under organic production in northern Canada
• Does growing Canadian Western Hard Red Spring wheat under organic management alter its breadmaking quality?
• Evaluation of cover crop mixtures for high and low rainfall areas in Alberta

 

• Integrating cropping systems with cultural techniques augments wild oat (Avena fatua) management in barley (Hordeum vulgare)
• Is organic spring wheat breeding necessary?
• Low input and organic cropping systems for semi-arid regions
• Organic Farming in Central Alberta Currents Trends, Production Constraints and Research Needs
• Organic Grain Production and Breeding Research in the Black Soil Zone of Alberta
• Potential of Forages to Diversify Cropping Systems in the Northern Great Plains
• Quantifying the Benefits of Cool Season Pulse Crops to Subsequent Barley Crops in Rotation
• The Role of Sensory Experiences and Information on the Willingness to Pay for Organic Wheat Bread

 

• Should spring wheat breeding for organically managed systems be conducted on organically managed land?
• Suitability of legume cover crop-winter wheat intercrops on the semi-arid Canadian Prairies
• The sustainability of organic grain production on the Canadian Prairies – A review
• The Weed-Competitive Ability of Canada Western Red Spring Wheat Cultivars Grown under Organic Management
• Weed-Competitive Ability of Spring and Winter Cereals in the Northern Great Plains

 

Forages

• Effect of sweetclover cultivars and management practices on following weed infestations and wheat yield
• Potential of Forages to Diversify Cropping Systems
• The potential role of annual forage legumes in Canada: A review

 

 

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