Caroline Halde

• Centre de recherche et d'innovation sur les végétaux
• Institut en environnement, développement et société (Institut EDS)

Financements des 2 dernières années

• Cindy Denoncourt, Doctorat en biologie végétale
• Jansen Henaff, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Marie-Kate Chênevert, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Moubarakatou Tassou, Doctorat en agroéconomie
• Nicolas Bertrand, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Rose-Marie Bell, Doctorat en biologie végétale
• Saïdou Wagne, Maîtrise en agroéconomie - avec mémoire

Encadrements des 5 dernières années

• Béatrice Delarosbil, Maîtrise en sols et environnement - avec mémoire
• Charles-Etienne Vien, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Joannie D'Amours, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Kassandra Pelletier, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Laurence Durocher, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Mélanie Gauthier, Doctorat en biologie végétale
• Mélanie Perreault Gagnon, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Michaël Brière, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Mohamed Taher Khechine, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire
• Olivier Bissonnette Lavoie, Stage postdoctoral en phytologie
• Pascal Genest-Richard, Doctorat sur mesure
• Patricia Denis, Maîtrise en biologie végétale - avec mémoire

Travaux de recherche des 5 dernières années

Corn and soybean root traits improved by preceding perennial forage crops Plant and Soil, 2026. Kassandra Pelletier, Marie-Noëlle Thivierge, Martin H. Chantigny, Gilles Bélanger, Émilie Maillard, Denis A. Angers, Chantal Lachance, Anne Vanasse, Caroline Halde. DOI 10.1007/s11104-025-07532-1

Short‐Term Response of Soil Health Indicators to Cover Crop Management in Small‐Scale Vegetable Cropping Systems Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 2026. Michaël Brière, Valérie Gravel, Émilie Maillard, Denis A. Angers, Richard Hogue, Caroline Halde. DOI 10.1002/sae2.70149

Short crop rotation influence on soil organic carbon and nitrogen dynamics CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, 2026. DOI 10.1139/CJSS-2025-0080

Effect of cover crop termination methods and fertilization rates on organic vegetable yields and soil mineral nitrogen in a cool-climate region RENEWABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS, 2026. DOI 10.1017/S174217052610043X

Greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen flows of multispecies pastured livestock farms in Quebec, Canada AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, 2026. DOI 10.1016/J.AGSY.2026.104844

Animal manure application promotes nitrogen and organic carbon accumulation in soil organic matter fractions: A global meta-analysis Science of The Total Environment, 2025. Cindy Denoncourt, Martin H. Chantigny, Denis A. Angers, Émilie Maillard, Caroline Halde. DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180097

Cropping diversity is a main driver of soil health under intensive organic cropping systems Geoderma, 2025. Stéphanie Lavergne, Caroline Halde, Derek H. Lynch. DOI 10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117441

Corn and soybean root traits improved by preceding perennial forage crops Plant and Soil, 2025. Kassandra Pelletier, Marie-Noëlle Thivierge, Martin H. Chantigny, Gilles Bélanger, Émilie Maillard, Denis A. Angers, Chantal Lachance, Anne Vanasse, Caroline Halde. DOI 10.1007/s11104-025-07532-1

A Promising Niche: Current State of Knowledge on the Agroecological Contribution of Alternative Livestock Farming Practices Agriculture, 2025. Pascal Genest-Richard, Caroline Halde, Patrick Mundler, Nicolas Devillers. DOI 10.3390/agriculture15030235

Earthworm abundance and diversity in response to intensive crop management in organic field crop farms of southern Quebec, Canada APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY, 2025. DOI 10.1016/J.APSOIL.2024.105850

Performance and legacy effect of crop rotations on eastern Canadian dairy farms AGRONOMY JOURNAL, 2025. DOI 10.1002/AGJ2.70007

The humans behind the herd: are alternative livestock farms agroecological from a socioeconomic perspective? JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES, 2025. DOI 10.1016/J.JRURSTUD.2025.103711

Effect of animal manure application on nitrogen and organic carbon concentration in soil organic matter fractions Borealis, 2025. Cindy Denoncourt, Martin H. Chantigny, Denis A. Angers, Émilie Maillard, Caroline Halde. DOI 10.5683/sp3/grd89k

Multivariate analysis of economic performance and environmental impacts of multispecies pastured livestock farms using direct marketing AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, 2025. DOI 10.1016/J.AGSY.2025.104276

Towards sustainable agricultural landscapes: Lessons from an interdisciplinary research-based framework applied to the Saint Lawrence floodplain BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY, 2024. DOI 10.1016/J.BAAE.2024.07.005

Productivity, nutritive value, and profitability of high-digestibility alfalfa cultivars harvested at two stages of development in eastern Canada CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCE, 2023. DOI 10.1139/CJPS-2023-0025

Use of six annual companion crops to establish alfalfa–timothy mixtures at different seeding dates Agronomy Journal, 2023. St-Pierre-Lepage, S., Seguin, P., Georlette, C., Halde, C., Tremblay, G.F., Martel, H., Akpakouma, A.. DOI 10.1002/agj2.21348

Combining reduced tillage and green manures minimized N2O emissions from organic cropping systems in a cool humid climate Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2023. Joannie D’Amours, David E. Pelster, Gilles Gagné, Julie Anne Wilkinson, Martin H. Chantigny, Denis A. Angers, Caroline Halde. DOI 10.1016/j.agee.2022.108205

Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils: Main Drivers and Global Change Impacts Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2023. Ochoa-Hueso, R., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Risch, A.C., Ashton, L., Augustine, D., Bélanger, N., Bridgham, S., Britton, A.J., Bruckman, V.J., Camarero, J.J., Cornelissen, G., Crawford, J.A., Dijkstra, F.A., Diochon, A., Earl, S., Edgerley, J., Epstein, H., Felton, A., Fortier, J., Gagnon, D., Greer, K., Griffiths, H.M., Halde, C., Hanslin, H.M., Harris, L.I., Hartsock, J.A., Hendrickson, P., Hovstad, K.A., Hu, J., Jani, A.D., Kent, K., Kerdraon-Byrne, D., Khalsa, S.D.S., Lai, D.Y.F., Lambert, F., LaMontagne, J.M., Lavergne, S., Lawrence, B.A., Littke, K., Leeper, A.C., Licht, M.A., Liebig, M.A., Lynn, J.S., Maclean, J.E., Martinsen, V., McDaniel, M.D., McIntosh, A.C.S., Miesel, J.R., Miller, J., Mulvaney, M.J., Moreno, G., Newstead, L., Pakeman, R.J., Pergl, J., Pinno, B.D., Piñeiro, J., Quigley, K., Radtke, T.M., Reed, P., Rolo, V., Rudgers, J., Rutherford, P.M., Sayer, E.J., Serrano-Grijalva, L., Strack, M., Sukdeo, N., Taylor, A.F.S., Truax, B., Tsuji, L.J.S., van Gestel, N., Vaness, B.M., Van Sundert, K., Vítková, M., Weigel, R., Wilton, M.J., Yano, Y., Teen, E., Bremer, E.. DOI 10.1029/2022GB007680

Developing scoring functions based on soil texture to assess agricultural soil health in Quebec, Canada CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, 2023. DOI 10.1139/CJSS-2022-0116

Evaluating the effects of intercrop management on weeds and soil aggregate stability during the establishment of semihardy grapevines in southern Quebec Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 2022. Audrey-Kim Minville, Marie-Josée Simard, Odile Carisse, Caroline Halde. DOI 10.1139/cjps-2021-0213

Milk production and efficiency of utilization of nitrogen, metabolizable protein, and amino acids are affected by protein and energy supplies in dairy cows fed alfalfa-based diets Journal of Dairy Science, 2022. Laroche, J.-P., Gervais, R., Lapierre, H., Ouellet, D.R., Tremblay, G.F., Halde, C., Boucher, M.-S., Charbonneau, É.. DOI 10.3168/jds.2021-20923

Pea-based cover crop mixtures have greater plant belowground biomass, but lower plant aboveground biomass than a pure stand of pea Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2021. Stéphanie Lavergne, Anne Vanasse, Marie-Noëlle Thivierge, Caroline Halde. DOI 10.1016/j.agee.2021.107657

Soil health and management Digging into Canadian soils: An introduction to soil science, 2021. Caroline Halde, L. Van Eerd, K. Congreves, M. Arcand, Y. Lawley.

Using fall-seeded cover crop mixtures to enhance agroecosystem services: A review Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment, 2021. Lavergne, S., Vanasse, A., Thivierge, M.-N., Halde, C.. DOI 10.1002/agg2.20161

Root recovery and elemental composition in a perennial grass as affected by soaking conditions Agronomy Journal, 2021. Thivierge, M.-N., Royer, I., Halde, C., Chantigny, M.H., Bélanger, G., Lachance, C., Lavergne, S.. DOI 10.1002/agj2.20821

Nitrogen content of pea-based cover crop mixtures and subsequent organic corn yield Agronomy Journal, 2021. Lavergne, S., Vanasse, A., Thivierge, M.-N., Halde, C.. DOI 10.1002/agj2.20727