Abstracts, Alberta Regional Meeting, The Canadian Phytopathological Society, 1999

Abstract

Fludioxonil (Maxim®) provides effective control of fusarium dry rot of potatoes (Fusarium spp.). P.S. Bains, H. Bennypaul, L.M. Kawchuk, and J.D. Holley. Crop Diversification Centre North, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, R.R. 6, Edmonton, AB T5B 4K3, Canada; (L.M.K.) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (J.D.H.) Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, SS4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada. Virulence and molecular diversity in isolates of Botrytis cinerea recovered from greenhouse tomato in Alberta. J.T. Calpas, M.N. Konschuh, C.C. Toews, and J.P. Tewari. Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, SS4, Brooks, AB T1R 0K8, Canada; and (J.P.T.) Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada. Report of aster yellows phytoplasma in poker statice and Queen Anne’s lace in Alberta. K.F. Chang, S.F. Hwang, L.M. Kawchuk, G.D. Turnbull, and R.J. Howard. Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, SS4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada; (S.F.H., G.D.T.) Alberta Research Council, P.O. Bag 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; and (L.M.K.) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. Molecular differentiation of three Tilletia species: T. indica, T. walkeri, and T. barclayana. T. Despins, A. Laroche, D.A. Gaudet, L. Knorr, and L. Lintott. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Centre, Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. Screening of lentil cultivars for resistance to fusarium root rot. S.F. Hwang, B.D. Gossen, G.D. Turnbull, K.F. Chang, and R.J. Howard. Alberta Research Council, P.O. Bag 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; (B.D.G.) Agriculture and Agri-Food canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada; and (K.F.C., R.J.H.), Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, SS4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada. The first report of fusarium wilt of canola in Alberta, 1999. R.M. Lange, L.M. Harrison, M. Hall, K. MacDonald, and P.D. Kharbanda. Alberta Research Council, P.O. Bag 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; (L.M.H.) Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Box 29, Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0, Canada; (M.H.) Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Box 40, Fort Vermilion, AB T0H 1N0, Canada; and (K.M.) Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Box 519, Vegreville, AB T9C 1R6, Canada. Symptomless infection of barley seed by Rhynchosporium secalis. H.K. Lee, J.P. Tewari, and T.K. Turkington. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; (T.K.T.) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe Research Center, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada. Polymerase chain reaction detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.sepedonicus. L. Lintott, S. Eldridge, and D. Fujimoto. Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Research Centre, Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. Association of aster yellows and witches’-broom phytoplasmas with several plant hosts in Alberta. A.-H. Khadhair, J.P. Tewari, R.J. Howard, and B. Choban. Alberta Research Council, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; (J.P.T.) Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; (R.J.H.) Crop Diversification Centre South, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada; and (B.C.) Crop Diversification Centre North, Edmonton, AB T5B 4K3, Canada. First report of the Dutch elm disease from Alberta, Canada. J.P. Tewari, J. Feddes-Calpas, and S. Brezden. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; and (J. F.-C.) Crop Diversification Centre South, SS4, Brooks, Alberta T1R 1E6, Canada.