Garlic plants.

Sask. researcher expands northern vigour work

Other research in the province includes catalytic seed treatments and intercropping hazelnuts and berries with annual crops

A plant physiologist from the University of Saskatchewan continues to focus on the phenomenon identified as “northern vigour.”

A close-up of some ripe blueberries on a bush.

Fruit research targets apples, blueberries, cherries

The projects in Saskatchewan are funded through the Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technologies program

Forest Scharf, Saskatchewan’s provincial fruit crops specialist, shared what he’s been working on with growers at a conference hosted by the Saskatchewan Fruit Growers Association and the Saskatchewan Vegetable Growers Association.