Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00391, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Corradi, Nicolas (University of Ottawa)|Corradi, Nicolas (Université d’Ottawa), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : A number of soil organisms are known to enhance plant growth. Prominent among those are the arbuscular_x000D_
mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). These organisms associate with the roots of most land plants an crops, thereby_x000D_
improving their acquisition of nutrients such as phosphate and nitrate and thus improving their growth._x000D_
Because of their many beneficial effects on plant yield, global companies now specialize in the production of_x000D_
AMF-based inoculum to be used in organic agriculture practices. RISEHoP is a rising Canadian company in_x000D_
this field that produces a new biofertilizer under the brand MYConnect, which contains an AMF strain_x000D_
(Rhizoglomus irregulare) not available to competition. This strain was isolated from the field by specialized_x000D_
scientists at RISEHoP and was shown to outperform those used by the competition in terms of plant growth._x000D_
The quality and uniqueness of this strain provides RISEHoP a significant competitive advantage in this_x000D_
high-growth green industry. The collaboration between RISEHoP and the Corradi lab will offer the company_x000D_
opportunities to quantify and trace their new AMF strain in the field and "in house" using DNA-based markers,_x000D_
and will allow the company to identify new strains that could be used to find novel optimal AMF strains that_x000D_
will further enhance their new agroproducts., program purpose french : A number of soil organisms are known to enhance plant growth. Prominent among those are the arbuscular_x000D_
mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). These organisms associate with the roots of most land plants an crops, thereby_x000D_
improving their acquisition of nutrients such as phosphate and nitrate and thus improving their growth._x000D_
Because of their many beneficial effects on plant yield, global companies now specialize in the production of_x000D_
AMF-based inoculum to be used in organic agriculture practices. RISEHoP is a rising Canadian company in_x000D_
this field that produces a new biofertilizer under the brand MYConnect, which contains an AMF strain_x000D_
(Rhizoglomus irregulare) not available to competition. This strain was isolated from the field by specialized_x000D_
scientists at RISEHoP and was shown to outperform those used by the competition in terms of plant growth._x000D_
The quality and uniqueness of this strain provides RISEHoP a significant competitive advantage in this_x000D_
high-growth green industry. The collaboration between RISEHoP and the Corradi lab will offer the company_x000D_
opportunities to quantify and trace their new AMF strain in the field and "in house" using DNA-based markers,_x000D_
and will allow the company to identify new strains that could be used to find novel optimal AMF strains that_x000D_
will further enhance their new agroproducts., agreement title english : Improving strain quality and traceability in bio-fertilizer products, agreement title french : Improving strain quality and traceability in bio-fertilizer products, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-02-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada