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Josée
Owen, M.Sc.
Research Biologist, Sustainable Vegetable Cropping Systems
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Senator Hervé J. Michaud Research Farm
1045 St. Joseph Road, P.O. Box 2069
Bouctouche, New Brunswick
Canada E4S 2J2
Telephone: 506-743-2464
Facsimile: 506-743-8316
E-mail: owenj@agr.gc.ca
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Areas of Expertise
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Development of vegetable cropping systems adapted to Maritime growing conditions
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Evaluation effects of cropping system factors such as overwintering, use of mulches and novel varieties on produce yield and quality
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Improving knowledge of relationships between plant-available soil nutrients and organic matter in organic vegetable rotational cropping systems;
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Long-term rotations experiments
Current Projects
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Improving the economic sustainability of leek and spinach production systems in Atlantic Canada through development of over-wintering systems
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Integration of compost and legume management in organic rotation systems and the impacts on soil quality parameters, nutrient cycling, soil organic matter and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Evaluation of exotic sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) germsplasm under Maritime conditions for yield potential, cool-climate adaptation, and novel morphological traits and characterization of bioactive phtochemicals in promising lines.
Reports
- Short-term effect of soil disturbance by mechanical weeding on plant available nutrients in an organic vs. conventional rotations experiment
- Evaluation of fresh and aged clam processing wastes as agricultural liming agents for coastal vegetable production fields