Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre

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The Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre (Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu RDC) located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec opened in 1912. It 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:

  • L’Acadie Experimental Farm, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu

  • Sainte-Clotilde Experimental Farm, Sainte-Clotilde de Châteauguay

  • Frelighsburg Experimental Site, Frelighsburg.

Areas of Research

The Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu RDC helps the Canadian horticultural sector to stay competitive and sustainable by developing new knowledge and technologies in the field of horticultural crop protection, while taking a biovigilance and precision agriculture approach.

The centre is one of seven sites where field trials on potential pest management tools and technologies trials are conducted for AAFC’s Minor Use Pesticide Program.

Search Research projects from the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Research and Development Centre to learn more about what we do.

Sector Needs

The Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu RDC carries out innovative research, development, technology and knowledge transfer activities in support of the AAFC's Strategic Plan for Science, which include: 

Addressing threats to the value chain – Horticulture crop pest biovigilance

Early detection, monitoring and characterization of bio-aggressors in spatial, temporal and quantitative terms in order to assess the risk they pose. Use of detection, quantification and forecasting tools to anticipate problems and develop crop protection strategies.

Increasing agricultural productivity and enhancing environmental performance – Precision Agriculture

Using information derived from technology to make decisions. Use of high-spatial-density and temporal data, including climate and remote sensing data. Precision and input management to optimize activities in a mosaic of diverse and intensive horticultural crops.

    Meet our Scientists

    Find out more about the scientists at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 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.

    Scientists and researchers

    Image Annie-Ève Gagnon
    Research scientist
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    Image Benjamin Mimee
    Research scientist - Nematology
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    Image Charles Vincent
    Retired Research Scientist (entomology)
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    Image Etienne Lord
    Research scientist - Digital agronomy et A.I.
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    Image Gaétan Bourgeois
    Research Scientist
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    Image Jacynthe Masse
    Scientist - Functional agroecology
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    Image Jean-Philippe Parent
    Research Scientist - Entomology
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    Image Mamadou Lamine Fall
    Research Scientist
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    Image Marie Thérèse Charles
    Research scientist, Postharvest Physiology
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    Image Marie-Josée Simard
    Research Scientist
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    Image Martin Filion
    Research scientist - Plant bacteriology and microbial ecology
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    Image Martin Laforest
    Scientist molecular malherbology
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    Image Odile Carisse
    Research Scientist
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    Image Pierre-Luc Chagnon
    Research Scientist in soil science
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    Publications

    1. Tremblay, É.D., Goulet, B.B., Lord, E., Samson, S., Liu, M., Tambong, J.T., Brunet, B.M.T., Khanal, R., Parent, J.-P., and Chen, W. (2023). Surveillance of crop-associated microbes using high-throughput sequencing of environmental and seed samples. In 12th International Congress Of Plant Pathology (Lyon, France).

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    2. Bahram Samanfar, Nour Nissan, James Green, Benjamin Mimee, Elroy Cober: A method to obtaining novel sources of resistance in soybean against SCN. World Soybean Research Conference 11 (WSRC11), 2023, Vienna, Austria [Oral].

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    3. Tremblay, É.D., Goulet, B.B., Lord, É., Samson, S., Liu, M., Brunet, B.M.T., and Parent, J.-P. (2023). Fungal diversity, surveillance and incidence forecasting of crop-associated phytopathogens using metabarcoding of aerial spore and suction traps. In The Canadian Tri-Society meeting (Ottawa, ON, Canada)

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    4. Tremblay, É. D., Goulet, B. B., Brunet, B. M. T., Lord, É., & Parent, J.-P. (2023, 2023/05/31 - 2023/06/02). Diversity of crop-associated oomycetes using metabarcoding data from aerial spore and suction traps. Talk presented at the 4th Annual CanFunNet Fungal Biology Conference, Virtual Event.

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    5. Denault, J.-T., Benjamin, L.-D., Lord, É., Boivin, C., Ricard, S. & Bourgeois, G. 2023. Climatology of the synchronism of late spring frost with sensible phenological stages of five major horticultural crops in Quebec. Poster presented at the 57th Canadian meteorological and oceanographic society congress. St.John's, NL.

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    6. Masse, J., Caron, M., Chagnon, P.-L., Thivierge, M.-N., Bélec C. and Stefani, F. 2023. Optimisation des cultures intercalaires pour la préservation des communautés de champignons mycorhiziens arbusculaires dans les champs de Brassicacées. 37th Annual Meeting of the Association québécoise des spécialistes en sciences du sol (AQSSS), Québec, Canada, May 23–25, 2023. Oral presentation.

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    7. Lajeunesse, J, D. Plouffe, G. Bourgeois, P. Lafontaine, M. Normandeau Bonneau, J. Brière, A.-A. Couture, M. Bellemare et P.-O. Martel. 2023. Évaluation de nouveaux cultivars de camerisiers au Québec (PCA – Projet agroscientifique #102). Rapport Final.

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    8. Mimee B., and D. T. Ste-Croix. 2022. SCN genomics, applications and future perspectives. 2022 National Soybean Nematode Conference Savannah 2022/12/14 - 2022/12/16

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    9. Laforest, M. S. Martin, S. Meloche, B. Soufian, K. Bisaillon, F. Tardif and E.R. Page. 2021. Chromosome-Scale Draft Genomes of Common and Giant Ragweed Reveal a Potential Mechanism of Glyphosate Resistance. Annual meeting of the Canadian Weed Science Society, Halifax N.S., November 14-17.

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    10. Hickmott, H., F. Tardiff, I. Rajcan, S. Meloche, M. Laforest and E.R. Page. Heterosis and the inheritance of paraquat resistance in Canada fleabane. 2021. Annual meeting of the Canadian Weed Science Society, Halifax, N.S., November 14-17.

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