Lacombe Research and Development Centre
The Lacombe Research and Development Centre (Lacombe RDC) was established in 1907 in Lacombe, Alberta. It is one of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's (AAFC) network of 20 research and development centres.
The Centre is associated with one satellite location: Beaverlodge Research Farm.
Areas of Research
The Lacombe RDC conducts research on two major strategic activities, related to livestock and meat production, and to crop sciences.
Research on livestock and meat production aims to enhance the economic stability and reduce the environmental impact of Livestock production systems and to support the Canadian fresh meat processing sector in supplying safe, high quality fresh meat with good storage life, mostly beef and pork.
Research in crop sciences includes plant breeding (field pea and oats), integrated crop protection (weed science and pathology), and the development of best agronomic practices.
In addition, the Beaverlodge Research Farm is host of AAFC’s national honey bee research program, with an emphasis on bee health.
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Sector Needs
The Lacombe RDC supports innovative research, development, technology and knowledge transfer activities related to the following AAFC Science Sector Strategies:
- Forages and Beef / Dairy, Pork, Poultry and Other Livestock
- Agri-Food
- Cereals and Pulses / Oilseeds / Agro-Ecosystem Resilience
Meet our Scientists
Find out more about the scientists at Lacombe 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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Fang, Y., Visvalingam, J., Zhang, P., Yang, X. (2022). Biofilm formation by Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in monocultures and co-cultures with meat processing surface bacteria. Food Microbiology, [online] 102 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2021.103902
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Walsh EM, Paillard M, Giovenazzo P, Pernal SF (2022) Honey bee (Apis mellifera) social immunity behaviours: Variance between domestic stocks and effect on chalkbrood (Ascosphaera apis) infection. 2022 American Bee Research Conference Proceedings, 13-14 Jan 2022. (Virtual Meeting) Bee Culture (In Press)
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MacInnis C, Guarna MM, Luong LT, Pernal SF (2022) Three’s a crowd: How honey bees respond to infection with Lotmaria passim and Nosema ceranae. 2022 American Bee Research Conference, 13-14 Jan 2022. (Virtual Meeting) Bee Culture (in press).
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2022. Kubota, H., Liu, K., Tedla, H.A., Curtis, T., Entz, M., Khakbazan, M., Larney, F., Lemke, R., Lupwayi, N., Kapiniak, A., Peng, G., Ramirez, G.H., Semach, G., St.Luce, M., Strydhorst, S., Tidemann, B., Gan, Y. Evaluating cropping systems for productivity, sustainability, and resilience in Northern Alberta. 2022 Beaverlodge Research Farm Spring Seminars held using MS Teams on April 1, 2022, and organized by J. Otani at Beaverlodge, Alberta.
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Alexander Gill, Sandeep Tamber and Xianqin Yang. 2022. Standard Methods for the Bacteriological Analysis of Meat in Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences
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Zhang P, Yang X, Björkroth J. 2022. Genetic Characteristics of the Transmissible Locus of Stress Tolerance (tLST) and tLST Harboring Escherichia coli as Revealed by Large-Scale Genomic Analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol 0:e02185-21.
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Turkington, T.K. 2022. Western Co-operative 2-row barley test disease reaction report for the Disease Evaluation Team, Prairie Recommending Committee for Oat and Barley (PRCOB), Prairie Grain Development Committee (PGDC), March 1-3, 2022. (Virtual).
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Khanal, N., Yoder, C., Rahman, N. and Gauthier T. (2022). Peace Region Forage Cultivar Testing (PRFCT) Program: Annual Report 2021. Coordinated by Peace Region Forage Seed Association in collaboration with
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Beaverlodge Research Farm, Alberta
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Khanal, N., Rahman, N., Yoder, C. and Gauthier, T. (2022) Integrating genetic, agronomic & economic approach to improving environmental adaptability & end use quality of creeping red fescue: Progress till February 2022. Canadian Ornamental Horticulture Alliance, Annual Research Webinar, February 17, 2022
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Bixby M, Payne A, Polinsky M, Guarna MM, Rangel J. (2022) The Impacts of Covid-19 on Beekeeping Operations in Canada and the United States. American Bee Journal February 2022 Vol. 162 No. 2
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