KC Macdonald, a Grade 11 student at Gilbert Plains Collegiate, adds discs treated with fungicide to a petri dish infected with sclerotinia to see what concentration of fungicide was needed to effectively kill the sclerotinia. The exercise was part of Chris Manchur’s presentation about agriculture through a microscope. | Keara Sanko photo

Grad student talks crop at former high school

Presentation about how research scientists help farmers fight crop diseases includes hands-on experiments for students

Chris Manchur, a past graduate of Gilbert Plains Collegiate Institute in Gilbert Plains, Man., recently returned to the school to give a presentation about agriculture through a microscope. Manchur is a master’s student at the University of Manitoba, studying plant sciences. He had received funding to provide a science experience to rural students who otherwise […] Read more