Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Agriculture

Graduate Supervision

Student projects

All projects are focussed on wild blueberries.

  • 2002: Ms. Angela Murray, M.Sc. student. Project area: Drought stress management in wild blueberries.
  • 2001: Ms. Drucie Janes, M.Sc. student. Project area: Nitrogen and carbohydrate dynamics within the floral bud of the wild blueberry.
  • 2000: Mr. Peter Burgess, M.Sc. student. Project area: Use of growth-suppressants to control introduced and native grass species in blueberry production.
  • 1999: Ms. B. Jordan, M.Sc. student. Project area: Vegetation management strategies. (Note: successfully completed M.Sc. program in April 2001)
  • 1999: Ms. L. Hainstock, M.Sc. student. Project area: Seasonal leaf gas exchange and carbon dynamics. (Note: successfully completed M.Sc. program in April 2002)
  • 1999: Mr. Tommy Gallant, M.Sc. student. Project area: Factors regulating pollination and fertilization.
  • 1998: Ms. Vimy Glass, M.Sc. Student. Project Area: Water dynamics of lowbush blueberries. (Note: successfully completed M.Sc. program in September 2000)
  • 1997: Mr. Garth Perrin, M.Sc. Student. Project area: Assimilation and allocation of foliar-applied boron (Note: successfully completed the M.Sc. program in July 1999).