Research

Current Research 

1) Plant-pathogen interactions in adapting to climate change: (2024-2029) NSERC Discovery Grant

2) Plant-pathogen interactions in adapting to climate change: (2024-2029) NSERC Discovery Launch Supplement

3) Deepen our understanding on plant-pathogen interactions in adapt to climate change: (2024-2025) CFI-JELF & Ontario Research Funds

4) Expanding BnVQs (Valine-Glutamine) gene family against Sclerotinia Sclerotiorum in canola. (2024-2029) Canola Agronomic Research Program/SaskOilseed, Western Grains Research Foundation, Canola Council of Canada

5) Comparative analysis of Verticillium longisporum lineages in the Canadian Prairies: Safeguarding canola production: (2024-2027) Canola Agronomic Research Program/SaskOilseed, Western Grains Research Foundation, Canola Council of Canada

6) Canola’s new disease: managing Verticillium through genetics, omics, and understanding interactions with the host and other pathogens: (2024-2027) Mitacs/SaskOilseeds, Canola Council of Canada

7) Optimization of known and well-characterized beneficial microbes as biocontrol agents to protect soybean from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: (2024-2027) Grain Farmers of Ontario/Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative/OMAFRA 

8) Impact of biocontrol agents on rhizosphere microbial community resilience and enhanced pathogen protection of food crops: (2025-2027) Ontario Agri-Food Research Initiative/OMAFRA

9) Isolation, Identification, and Assessment of Soil Bacteria as Biocontrol Agent of White Mold disease in Soybean Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum: (2025-2026) Laurier Early Career Research Grant

10) Food Security, Safety, Sustainability,-Molecular Plant Pathology: 2022 (Laurier Start Up Research Grant)