Current Research Projects

Responses of Cash Cropping Systems to Tillage, N, and S.

New Cash Crops for Nova Scotia. Evaluation of 40 Aromatic Crops.

Crop Performance and Nutrient Efficiency in a No-Till Grain/Forage Based Rotation.

Conserving Soil, Water and Improving Sustainability of Cropping Systems in NS.

The role of mycorrhizae in a no-till grain/forage based rotation.

Remediation of Pb polluted soils in NS.

Integrated Weed Management in Aromatic, Medicinal, and Herbaceous Perennial Crops.

New Uses of Agricultural Waste-products

Fitting New Cash Crops Into Rotations.

Response of Winter Cereals to Management.

Response of Winter Cereals to date of Seeding

Evaluation of New Triticale Varieties (Winter & Spring).

Evaluation of Winter Spelt and its Response to Seeding Rate.

Selection and Evaluation of New Winter Wheat

Varieties from Recently Bred Lines.

Response of Alternative Feed Grains to Management.

Response of Newly Recommended Varieties of Barley, Spring Wheat and Oats to Management.

Evaluation of Seed Treatment Products on Barley, Spring Wheat and Soybeans.

The Effects of Seeding Rate and Date on Spring Wheat.

Environmental and Agronomic Evaluation of Paper Mill Biosolids as a Soil Amendment.

Response of Herbaceous Perennials to Management.

Impact of Rate and Timing of Late N Applications on Strawberries.

Selection and Evaluation of New Field Pea Lines.

Effects of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) compost, gypsum, and solid manure on forage crops and on soil chemical and biological properties under a dykeland system.

Optimizing N management and liquid manure applications to permanent forages on dykelands.

Effects of ecollo-till and liquid manure application to N and P use efficiency and leaching under a long-term grain/forage rotation.

The Cropping System Research Program has developed a wide range of research areas and is unique in scope and objectives in Canada.

For more information: Dr. V. Jeliazkov, Ph: (902) 893-7859, e-mail:vjeliazkov@nsac.ns.ca