David Wees

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Faculty Lecturer; Associate Director, Farm Management and Technology Program

Plant Science and Farm Management and Technology Program
T: 514-398-7868 (Plant Science); 514-398-7756 (FMT) | david.wees [at] mcgill.ca (Email) |  Raymond Building (R2-20a); Harrison House (HH-2-04)  |  LinkedIn

Degrees

BSc (Agr)
MSc (McG)

Short Bio

David Wees teaches courses in all aspects of horticulture: vegetable production, fruit production, greenhouses, urban horticulture and landscaping. He is also involved in several projects funded by McGill’s Sustainability Projects Fund (SPF): Macdonald Campus Orchard, Macdonald Campus Tree Planting Initiative and Season Extension Technology to Meet the Need for Local Food.

Active Affiliations

L'Ordre des agronomes du Québec
The Canadian Society for Horticultural Science
Comité Cultures en serres (CRAAQ)
L'Association pour l'enseignement de la science et de la technologie au Québec
The International Society for Horticultural Science
Société québécoise de phytotechnologie

Research Interests

David Wees' research interests include horticulture, greenhouses, sweet potatoes, culinary herbs and urban agriculture.

Courses

David Wees teaches courses in the Department of Plant Science and the Farm Management and Technology Program: Greenhouse Management, Urban Horticulture, Vegetable and Fruit Crops, Introduction to Plant Science, Landscape Design and others.  He is responsible for a science outreach program called “You are what you eat” (see outreach activities below).

PLNT 312 Urban Horticulture 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer


PLNT 322 Greenhouse Management 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer


PLNT 430 Pesticides in Agriculture 3 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer


FMT4 005 Introduction to Plant Science 2.33 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer


FMT4 033 Vegetable and Fruit Crops 2.67 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer


FMT4 034 Greenhouse Crop Production 2.67 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer


FMTP 097 Landscape Design 2 Credits
    Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

Outreach activities

You are what you eat (PromoScience)

McGill feeding McGill: http://ocpm.qc.ca/sites/ocpm.qc.ca/files/pdf/P58/4d.pdf

Select Publications

Wees, D. 2020. Guide de production en serre - Fines herbes, 2eme édition. Centre de référence en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Québec (CRAAQ), 122 pages.

Wees, D. 2018. Guide de production - Patate douce. Centre de référence en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Québec (CRAAQ), 56 pages.

Wees, D. 2018. Agriculture urbaine : terreau fertile pour la collaboration interdisciplinaire. Congrès de l'Ordre des agronomes du Québec. (https://oaq.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/agriculture-urbaine-dwees-2018.pdf)

Wees, D. 2018. The greenhouse handbook, 8th edition. Macdonald Campus of McGill University, 344 pages.

Wees, D. 2017. L’agriculture urbaine: un chantier pour professionnels. Agri-réseau.

Wees, D. 2017. Urban horticulture handbook, 2nd edition. Macdonald Campus of McGill University.

Wees, D. 2017. Hardy fruit handbook, 9th edition. Macdonald Campus of McGill University.

Wees, D. 2016. Small, modular green roofs as hands-on educational tools. Canadian Society for Horticultural Science annual conference, Montreal, July 24-26, 2016.

Wees, D., Seguin, P., and Boisclair, J. 2016. Sweet potato production in a short-season area utilizing black plastic mulch: effects of cultivar, in-row plant spacing, and harvest date on yield parameters. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 96(1): 139-147.

Wees, D., Seguin, P., Boisclair, J., and Gendre, C. 2015. Performance and quality of sweetpotato cultivars grown in Quebec, Canada with biodegradable plastic mulch. HortTechnology 25(6): 815-823.

Wees, D., 2015. Carences minérales des fines herbes - Identification, prévention et solutions. Centre de référence en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Québec (CRAAQ), 43 pages.

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