University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus has added a world-class field crop pathologist to its teaching and research repertoire. Gursahib Singh is Ridgetown’s new Grain Farmers of Ontario Professorship in Field Crop Pathology. Singh joins the University of Guelph from Irrigation Saskatchewan (formerly ICDC), where he served as research director.
The new position is supported by a $2-million gift from the Grain Farmers of Ontario, which was first announced at the Ontario Agricultural Conference on Jan. 5, 2023.
After completing his PhD at the University of Saskatchewan in 2021, Singh managed more than 100 research trails on crop protection, agronomy, precision agriculture, soil nutrient dynamics, genotype screening, and evaluation under dryland and irrigation conditions while at the ICDC.
“My research endeavours encompass a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to tackle the pressing challenges faced by Ontario farmers in managing crop diseases,” says Singh.
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