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Potato Research GroupSOILS, IRRIGATION,AND AGROMETEOROLOGY |
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Soils, Irrigation, and Agrometeorology |
Diseases and Pests |
Storage and Processing |
Dr.
Annemieke Farenhorst,
Department of Soil Science
Telephone: (204) 474 6858
E-mail: Farenhor@ms.umanitoba.ca
Website: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/soil_science/staff_and_students/farenhorst.html
Research interests: Herbicides are an important strategy in North American agriculture, particularly with the increasing use of reduced-tillage systems. The Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba is leading a number of research projects, which examine how pesticide behavior in soils relates to agricultural productivity and environmental concerns.
Dr.
Paul Bullock,
Department of Soil Science
Telephone: (204) 474-8666
E-mail: bullockp@ms.umanitoba.ca
Website: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/soil_science/staff_and_students/bullock.html
Research Interests: Explore relationships between agrometeorological variables and fundamental soil, plant and environmental processes. Some examples are: (i) Agrometeorological controls on soil N transformations; (ii) Agrometeorological controls on weed recruitment and emergence; and (iii) Agrometeorological standards for crop variety trial information. Develop landscape models for soil water and soil temperature by combining redistribution functions, based on elevation and remote sensing, with traditional agrometeorological approaches. Develop a fundamental understanding of the role of agrometeorological variables in key agricultural processes in the soil, plant and environment, and then evaluate the impact of climate change on these processes by superimposing a climate change forecast on the models developed.
Dr.
Carl Shaykewich,
Department of Soil Science
Telephone: (204) 474-6054
E-mail: shaykew@cc.umanitoba.ca
Research Interests: (i) Suitability of Manitoba's land base to
potato production, including useful heat during the growing season, suitability
of soil for irrigation, stoniness, etc; (ii) Evaluation and fine-tuning
of a weather databased model for estimation of water use by potatoes,
with a view to using this model for irrigation scheduling; (iii) Estimation
of yield from moisture supply, i.e. precipitation plus irrigation, and
useful heat accumulation during the growing season; (iv) Evaluation of
a simulation model for potato growth and development.
Dr.
Sri Ranjan,
Department of Biosystems Engineering
Telephone: (204) 474 9344
E-mail: Ranjan@cc.umanitoba.ca
Website: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/biosystems_engineering/staff/ranjan/index.html
Research Interests: Irrigation, drainage and evaluation of techniques for assessing water stress in potato crops. Modelling nutrient and water uptake and leaching by potato crops. Irrigation scheduling for conserving water in potato production.
