News

18 November 2014

Claude Lavoie and Sam Karathanos on Découverte

A report on the invasive common reed in the Îles-de-Boucherville, featuring Claude Lavoie and Sam Karathanos was recently broadcast during the scientific program Découverte, on ICI Radio-Canada. To see the segment, click on the hyperlink and choose the episode from November 16 (the segment on common reed is towards the end of the show).

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17 November 2014

Jacques Brisson on Découverte: Norway maple

A newscast on the invasive Norway maple featuring Jacques Brisson was recently (November 2nd 2014), was broadcast on the scientific show Découverte, on ICI Radio-Canada. To see the report, click on the hyperlink (the Norway maple feature is the third segment).  

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29 October 2014

PHRAGMITES on Radio-Canada Première

Claude Lavoie gave a radio interview on Matins sans frontières (Ici Radio-Canada Première – Windsor, Ontario) that lasted almost 10 minutes, on the invasive common reed and its impacts. To listen to the interview (broadcast at 6:21 am), click on the hyperlink.

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7 October 2014

Workshop on fighting the common reed : FULL in Québec

The PHRAGMITES group offers a workshop on fighting common reed which has been undeniably successful. After hosting 36 people during the March 2014 workshop, the training session planned for Québec on November 10th is already full (25 registrations). However, there is still room in Montreal (November 4th). To register, click here. Other workshops will likely […]

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22 September 2014

PHRAGMITES Group appears on Découverte

Claude Lavoie and Sam Karathanos were filmed for an episode of Découverte (ICI Radio-Canada) which will talk about recent changes to the reed beds in the Îles-de-Boucherville National Park. Claude Lavoie explained the basics of common reed biology and ecology to the journalist Claude D’Astous, while Sam Karathanos presented his experimental work to control the […]

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29 November 2013

A new common reed haplotype in Québec

Laura Meyerson (University of Rhode Island) and James Cronin (Louisiana State University) discovered, at La Pocatière and Rivière-du-Loup, a new non-native common reed haplotype (L1), well camouflaged among stands of common reed with the haplotype M (the invasive North american haplotype). The L1 haplotype is usually found in northern Europe, Great-Britain and Romania. We do […]

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25 November 2013

Noémie Gagnon Lupien appears on “La Semaine Verte”

Noémie Gagnon Lupien, who studied the impact of common reed on birds during her masters degree, is now in charge of organic pest control programs in apple orchards. You can learn more by watching a recent news report on the subject that is available on the website of La Semaine Verte, week of November 16, […]

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5 November 2013

Claude Lavoie and giant hogweed on La Semaine Verte

Click on the hyperlink to watch a report on the status of giant hogweed (an exotic plant that can cause second degree burns) in Quebec. The report was broadcast on the show La Semaine Verte, on Ici Radio-Canada. Claude Lavoie introduces the plant, and talks about its ecology and potential dangers.

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2 October 2013

Marie-Andrée Tougas-Tellier completes her master’s degree

Congratulations to Marie-Andrée Tougas-Tellier for the completion of her master’s thesis which examined the impact of climate change on the expansion of the invasive common reed in the St-Lawrence River. Her thesis, which was rated as “excellent” by all the evaluators, will appear on Université Laval’s honour roll. The PHRAGMITES group wishes her every success […]

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30 April 2013

8th workshop of the PHRAGMITES Group a great success

More than 85 people attended the 8th workshop of the PHRAGMITES Group, held at Laval University on April 22, 2013. This is an all-time participation record! The audience learned of the most recent research developments regarding means to prevent reed infestation, particularly along roadsides, on the use of reeds for filtration and on the consequences of climate […]

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