Faculty and staff
Academic staff and their research
Dr Jacqueline C. Bede (email: jacqueline [dot] bede [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7860, Fax: 514-398-7897
Plant-insect interactions focusing on defense responses of the model legume Medicago truncatula to caterpillar herbivory.
Dr Caroline Begg (email: caroline [dot] begg [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-8749, Fax: 514-398-7990
Soil-plant management in ecological agriculture and spatial variability of nutrients. Teaches management of nutrients in agricultural systems.
Dr Gregory Brown (email: gregory [dot] brown [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-6426, Fax: 514-398-5069
Organization and expression of plant mitochondrial DNA; cytoplasmic male sterility in plants.
Dr Jean-Benoit Charron (email: jean-benoit [dot] charron [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-5634, Fax: 514-398-7897
Chromatin regulatory mechanisms of stress tolerance in cereals, epigenetics, genomics, molecular biology, Brachypodium dystachyon, barley, wheat.
Dr Sylvie de Blois (email: sylvie [dot] deblois [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7581, Fax: 514-398-7897
Ecology, vegetation dynamics, and management of protected and intensively managed landscapes, with an emphasis on rural landscapes.
Dr Danielle J. Donnelly (email: danielle [dot] donnelly [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7856, Fax: 514-398-7897)
Plant tissue culture micropropagation, acclimatization, and screening for salinity tolerance. Raspberry, strawberry and potato.
Dr Pierre R. Dutilleul (email: pierre [dot] dutilleul [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7870, Fax: 514-398-7897
The development of statistical methods, with applications in time, space, genetics, and environmental sciences, and the study of spatio-temporal heterogeneity and its quantification in this context, including periodicity analysis.
Dr Valerie Gravel (email: valerie [dot] gravel [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-8132, Fax: 514-398-7897
Sustainable horticultural production systems with a specific emphasis on sheltered or greenhouse crops.
Dr Suha Jabaji (email: suha [dot] jabaji [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7561, Fax: 514-398-7897
Mycology. Mechanism of biological control of soil borne pathogens. Works with potato and beans.
Dr Timothy A. Johns (email: tim [dot] johns [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7847, Fax: 514-398-7739
Traditional use of plants for food and medicine in relationship with nutritional and health needs of indigenous people in different countries. Use of these plants in an environmentally sustainable way.
Dr Ajjamada C. Kushalappa (email: ajjamada [dot] kushalappa [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7867, Fax: 514-398-7897
Epidemiology: Pre- and post-harvest disease monitoring, modeling, forecasting and management.
Dr Philippe Seguin (email: philippe [dot] seguin [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7855, Fax: 514-398-7897
Management, physiology and ecology of field crops. New crops and new crop uses. Crop quality.
Dr Jaswinder Singh (email: jaswinder [dot] singh [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7906, Fax: 514-398-7897
Plant breeding, molecular biology, genetic engineering, and genomics.
Dr Donald L. Smith (email: donald [dot] smith [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7866, Fax: 514-398-7897
Identification of problems in the physiology and production of crops. Nitrogen fixation in legumes, nitrogen metabolism, mycorrhizal symbiosis, ecology and production of crops.
Dr Katrine A. Stewart (email: katrine [dot] stewart [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7872, Fax: 514-398-7897
Greenhouse and field vegetable crops specialist. Develop environmental modification (mulches, plasticulture) in order to prolong the growing season in Quebec.
Dr Martina V. Stromvik (email: martina [dot] stromvik [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-8627, Fax: 514-398-7897
Bioinformatics and genomics research on plant promoters, gene expression and functional anatomy.
Dr Marcia J. Waterway (email: marcia [dot] waterway [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7864, Fax: 514-398-7897
Variation and evolution in plant species, especially sedges; conservation biology of rare plants; wetland ecology.
Dr Alan K. Watson (email: alan [dot] watson [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7858, Fax: 514-398-7897
Weed biology and control with emphasis on using indigenous fungal pathogens as bioherbicides in agriculture, forestry and the urban environment.
Mr. David Wees (email: david [dot] wees [at] mcgill [dot] ca)
Tel.: 514-398-7868, Fax: 514-398-7897
Teaching all aspects of horticulture with a special interest in greenhouse crops. Development in horticultural education.
Adjunct professors
S. JENNI (email: jennis [at] em [dot] agr [dot] ca) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu). Vegetable crop physiology.
khanizadehs [at] agr [dot] gc [dot] ca (S. KHANIZADEH) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu). Plant breeding, physiology and statistics. Click here for current research.
Support staff
M. BLEHO (email: michael [dot] bleho [at] mcgill [dot] ca) - Technician, horticulture
Tel.: 514-398-7875, Fax: 514-398-7613
C. BOWES (email: carolyn [dot] bowes [at] mcgill [dot] ca) - Graduate Program Coordinator
Tel.: 514-398-7560, Fax: 514-398-7897
L. BACHAND (email: lynn [dot] bachand [at] mcgill [dot] ca) - Administrative Assistant
Tel.: 514-398-7571, Fax: 514-398-7897
G. RIMMER (email: guy [dot] rimmer [at] mcgill [dot] ca) - Technician
Tel.: 514-398-7871, Fax: 514-398-7897
S. HEBERT (email: simon [dot] hebert2 [at] mcgill [dot] ca) - Technician, greenhouse
Tel.: 514-398-7851 ext. 7568, Fax: 514-398-7897
J. STRAUGHTON (email: james [dot] straughton [at] mcgill [dot] ca) - Technician, E.A. Lods Centre
Tel.: 514-398-7851 ext. 7874, Fax: 514-398-7869
Emeritus professors
D.J. BUSZARD
R.H. ESTEY
Retired professor
M.R. BULLEN