2001 Projects Supported by
The Ontario
Tomato Research Institute
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| Research Project |
Researcher |
Funding |
| Germplasm Enhancement and Cultivar Evaluation. (On-going) |
V. Poysa/ S. Loewen |
$ 30,119.00 |
| Nitrogen and Plant Spacing Management for Enhancing Earliness and Concentrating
Fruit Maturity of Processing Tomatoes. |
J. Warner |
$ 10,000.00 |
| The Development of Pest Management Strategies for Insects and Plant Diseases in
Processing Tomatoes - 2001. |
R.E. Pitblado |
$ 12,000.00 |
| Weed Control and Crop Tolerance Evaluations in Processing Tomatoes. |
P.H. Sikkema/
A.S. Hamill |
$ 18,000.00 |
| Control of Bacterial Diseases of Tomato Seed and Plug Plants Through the
Development of Improved Diagnostic Tools |
D. Cuppels |
$ 8,855.00 |
| Separation of Lycopene from Tomato Skin by Supercritical CO2 Fluid Extraction
Technology - Scale up Extraction Process into Industrial Application |
J. Shi |
$ 5,000.00 |
| Development of Transgenic Tomato with Resistance to Invertebrate Pests |
B. Shelp |
$ 10,000.00 |
| Manipulating Ethylene Levels in Tomatoes to Increase Their Disease Resistance,
Firmness and Field Storage |
K. Pauls/ T. Zhou |
$ 10,000.00 |
| Development of Molecular Markers to Facilitate Development of Disease Resistant
Processing Tomatoes for Ontario |
V.
Poysa/
C. He |
$ 7,500.00 |
| TOTAL |
$ 111,474.00 |
Note that the long-term breeding program entitled "Germplasm Enhancement and Cultivar Evaluation" is now entering the fourth
year of a five-year agreement. This project, involving Ridgetown College and the Greenhouse and Processing Crops Research
Centre in Harrow, is jointly funded by the Ontario Tomato Research Institute and the Agricultural Adaptation Council which
matches dollar for dollar the Ontario Tomato Research Institute funding with monies made available for research through the
federal CanAdapt program.
The Ontario Tomato Research Institute looks forward to the results of these projects and the implications on the processing tomato
industry.