A recording of Dr. McCallum’s presentation “Maritimes Wild Hops: A Valuable Resource for Cultivar Development” from last November’s ONHoppening webinar is now available by clicking on the link below.
Overview: Join OMAFRA specialists Evan Elford and Melanie Filotas for bi-monthly online Zoom discussions about Ontario hops. Building on the successful 2020 season webinars, Evan and Melanie will be hosting a series of winter hop discussions with some guest speakers to provide insight into new and exciting areas of hop production, pest management and marketing.
Date: November 23, 2020 Noon-1pm
Topic: New hop cultivar development with Dr. Jason McCallum
This month we will be hosting Dr. Jason McCallum, Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Charlottetown Research and Development Centre. Dr. McCallum will be providing an overview of his work on new hop cultivar development including the establishment of and diversity in the collection, details on some important chemical traits, aromas/oils, and other cultivar characteristics.
Research in Detail: Dr. McCallum is an AAFC Research Scientist in the area of Phytochemistry, working out of the Charlottetown Research and Development Centre (CRDC) for the past 12 years. Dr. McCallum’s research focuses on plant natural products chemistry, including the discovery of new phytochemicals and the characterization of their biological activities for improved human health and plant performance. In 2015 he initiated a project focused on studying the chemical diversity of wild, native hops (Humulus lupulus ssp. lupuloides), and is currently developing named, wild-hop cultivars for commercial release. His work on wild hops has been featured prominently in Maritimes and national news media.
Register in advance for this meeting: Attendance is free and open to anyone, however you must pre-register for each meeting to obtain the log-in details. Anyone wishing to ask questions in advance can email Evan (evan.elford@ontario.ca) or Melanie (melanie.filotas@ontario.ca) prior to the scheduled webinar date or enter it in the question field when you register, and we will try to answer during the session.
Click here to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvc-msrT4sH9ZIXHV3PBSiI-A4brrgvrfD
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
We look forward to seeing you there!