Abstracts, Plant Pathology Society of Alberta, Annual Meeting, 1998

Abstract

Improving verticillium wilt resistance in a reducedbloat alfalfa line. B.D. Gossen and B.E. Coulman. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X2. The effect of alternaria black spot on yield and seed quality of Brassica rapa in Saskatchewan. L.J. Duczek, E. Seidle, and S.L. Reed. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X2; and (E.S.) Box 146, Medstead, Saskatchewan SOM 1W0. Assessing the potential of cultivar resistance as a control for alfalfa blossom blight. J.D. Holley. Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development, Crop Diversification Centre - South, S.S. #4, Brooks, Alberta T1R 1E6. Diseases diagnosed on plant samples from Alberta in 1997. Khalil I. Al-Mughrabi, Alan R. Reid, Edith A. James, and Barbara J. Penner.Brooks Diagnostics Ltd., P.O. Box 1701, Brooks, Alberta T1R 1C5. Detection of a biocontrol agent (Bacillus sp.) of Leptosphaeria maculans by digoxigenin-labeled probes. J. Yang, P.D. Kharbanda, and J.P. Tewari. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta T6G 2P5; (P.D.K.) Alberta Research Council, Bag 4000, Vegreville, Alberta T9C 1T4. Identification of upregulated mRNAs in wheat plants exhibiting freezing tolerance and snow mold resistance. J.M. Davoren, P. Audy, M.M. Frick, R.L.M. Huel, A. Lariche, and D.A. Gaudet. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Research Centre Lethbridge, AB. (P.A.) Potato Research Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick.