BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260628T082438EDT-9645Gft7ao@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260628T122438Z DESCRIPTION:PhD Oral Defense of Divya Gupta\, Department of Bioresource Eng ineering\n\nReady-to-eat vegetables when irrigated with untreated surface water cause risk of gastrointestinal infection to humans. Greenhouse and f ield studies were conducted to quantify Escherichia coli in the irrigation water and vegetables irrigated with untreated water. The Quantitative Mic robial Risk Assessment (QMRA) model used data from the greenhouse and fiel d studies to estimate the health risk to humans on the consumption of irri gated fresh fruits and vegetables. The field study analyzed pathogenic E. coli in the irrigation water during the May-October growing seasons in 201 3 and 2014 from two field sites\, St-Remi and Rougemont in Quebec. In Roug emont\, the maximum concentration of E. coli was found during the May-June period for both years. Whereas in St-Remi\, the maximum E. coli concentra tion was found during the May-June and the September-October. The greenhou se study was conducted in controlled environmental conditions at the Macdo nald campus to confirm the level of contamination that was transferred to fruits and soil over a 30 days’ time period.\n\nEveryone in the 91ºÚÁÏÍø com munity is welcome to attend a PhD oral defense. Please join us in celebrat ing the accomplishments of our PhD candidates.\n DTSTART:20170405T170000Z DTEND:20170405T170000Z LOCATION:MS2-084\, Macdonald-Stewart Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellev ue\, H9X 3V9\, 21111 Lakeshore Road SUMMARY:PhD Oral Defense: Assessment of irrigation water quality for the Qu ebec horticulture industry URL:/macdonald/channels/event/phd-oral-defense-assessm ent-irrigation-water-quality-quebec-horticulture-industry-266715 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR