Services

What We Do

We provide microbial surveillance for controlled environment agriculture, such as greenhouses and indoor farms.

We use DNA sequence information to read the microbial fingerprints and relate them to system operation and crop production.

We develop microbial inoculants and conditioners for keeping hydroponic systems healthy.

Microbiome Project

Our OMAFRA– and NRC– funded projects aim to explore the microbiome of greenhouse vegetable and commercial cannabis production, and how it can be harnessed for production benefits, including product yield, quality and control of disease-causing microbes. We are looking for Ontario greenhouse, indoor farm and commercial cannabis operators who would be interested in participating. This would entail our research staff coming on site up to four times to collect samples from nutrient solution and root zone for microbiome analysis. Data will be shared and reviewed with the growers. If you are interested, or still have questions, please let us know here.