Harrow Research and Development Centre
The Harrow Research and Development Centre (Harrow RDC) located in Harrow, Ontario was established in 1909. It is the largest greenhouse research complex facility in North America, and is one of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) network of 20 research and development centres.
The Centre is associated with three satellite locations:
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Greenhouse, laboratory & field based research complex on sandy soils at Harrow;
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Clay-loam soils at the Honourable Eugene F. Whelan Experimental Farm, Woodslee, Ontario; and
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The Ontario Development and Technology Transfer unit located in Guelph, Ontario.
Areas of Research
Harrow RDC develops and transfers new technologies for the production and protection of greenhouse vegetables and field crops, including soybeans, dry beans, corn, winter wheat and tomatoes. It is a lead contributor in research on the quality and sustainable use of Ontario soils as methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient losses from agricultural soils. This activity enhances the environmental health of farmlands in the Great Lakes basin.
The Harrow RDC is one of seven sites where field and greenhouse trials on potential pest management tools and technologies are conducted for AAFC’s Minor Use Pesticide Program.
Harrow RDC is the location for the Canadian Clonal Genebank greenhouse and orchard.
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Sector Needs
The Harrow RDC supports innovative research, development, technology and knowledge transfer activities related to the following AAFC Science Sector Strategies:
Meet our Scientists
Find out more about the scientists at Harrow Research and Development Centre through their profiles below.
You can also visit the Fields of Science campaign featuring 11 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists from coast to coast. Discover why they chose to pursue a career in agriculture and learn more about their research.
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Scientists and researchers



Publications
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Labbe, R., Longpre, F., Des Marteaux, L., Leo, S., Desloges-Baril, P., Basso, J., Laflair, A. Van Laerhoven, S., and Scott-Dupree, C. 2022. Greenhouse Entomology Research Update. Harrow RDC Virtual Open House Presentation. February 23, 2022.
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Leo, S. Scott-Dupree, C., and Labbe, R. 2022. Putting Pressure on a Pepper Pest: How Jaliscoa hunteri can suppress the pepper weevil. Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention (Niagara Falls) Poster presentation February 23 2022
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Basso, J., Labbe, R. and Scott-Dupree, C. 2022. The sterile insect technique: A novel tool for control of pepper weevil in greenhouse pepper crops. Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention (Niagara Falls) Poster presentation February 23 2022
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Desloges Baril, P., Des Marteaux, L., Labbé, R., and VanLaerhoven, S. 2021. Tomato defenders: evaluating two native predatory Dicyphus species as novel biocontrol agents on tomato crops. (Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Convention, Niagara Falls, Canada)
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Page, E.R.*, R.E. Nurse, S. Meloche, K. Bosveld, C. Grainger, K. Obeid, M. Filotas, M.J. Simard and M. Laforest. 2021. Import of Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri S. Wats.) seed with sweet potato (Ipomea batatas
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(L.) Lam) slips. Joint virtual meeting of the Canadian Weed Science Society and Weed Science Society of America, February 22nd – 24th 2022 (Poster Presentation).
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Fernandez, D. C., VanLaerhoven, S., Sinclair, B. and Labbé, R. 2021. Cold tolerance of the pepper weevil (Anthonomus eugenii). Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention. (Virtual Poster Presentation)
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Greenhouse uses innovative controller to enable artificial intelligence of things.
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Gallant B, Blatt S, Douglas HB, Labbe R, Makela K. 2021. How you can help protect Canada’s plant resources: report a plant pest. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada, 53: #-#.
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Digweed Q., Bitaxi P., Miller J., Al-Daoud F. Northern growth project continues to thrive. Greenhouse Canada, December 2021. https://www.greenhousecanada.com/northern-growth-project-continues-to-thrive/
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Brackenridge, H., Bae, J., Simard, M-J., Tardif, F., Bosveld, K., and Nurse, R.E. 2021. Investigation of management practices to optimize cereal rye cover crop-based weed mitigation in Canadian sweet corn production. Canadian Weed Science Society, Annual General Meeting, November 23, 2021.
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