Alberta Regional Meeting 2004

Abstract

Surveillance of ascochyta blight of chickpea in southern Alberta in 2004. H.U. Ahmed, K.F. Chang, S.F. Hwang, and R.J. Howard. Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (S.F.H.) Alberta Research Council, P.O. Box 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; and (R.J.H.) Crop Diversification Centre South, AAFRD, S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada. Electro-chemically activated water — a new disease management tool for greenhouse vegetable crops. V.K. Bansal, R.J. Howard, and N.A. Savidov. Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada. Manipulation of row spacing and seeding rate for the management of ascochyta blight of chickpea. K.F. Chang, H.U. Ahmed, S.F. Hwang, and R.J. Howard. Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (S.F.H.) Alberta Research Council, P.O. Box 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; and (R.J.H.) Crop Diversification Centre South, AAFRD, S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada. Problems with two-color microarray experiments. M. Frick, D. Nilsson, C. Penniket, D.A. Gaudet, and A. Laroche. Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. The nature of cold-induced resistance to snow mold in winter wheat. D. Gaudet, T. Despins, B. Puchalski, M. Frick, and A. Laroche. Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. A survey for clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae on cruciferous vegetables in Alberta in 2004. M.W. Harding, R.J. Howard, C. Neeser, S.E. Strelkov, J.P. Tewari, S.L.I. Lisowski, D.L. Slomp, S. Xue, and R.C.J. Spencer. Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada; (S.E.S., J.P.T., S.X.) Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 410 H Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, A survey for clubroot disease caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae on cruciferous vegetables in Alberta in 2004. M.W. Harding, R.J. Howard, C. Neeser, S.E. Strelkov, J.P. Tewari, S.L.I. Lisowski, D.L. Slomp, S. Xue, and R.C.J. Spencer. Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada; (S.E.S., J.P.T., S.X.) Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 410 H Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; and (R.C.J.S.) Alberta Agri-Info Centre, AAFRD, P.O. Box 600, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0, Canada. Seeding conditions: potential for management of mycosphaerella blight of field pea. S.F. Hwang, R.L. Conner, K.F. Chang, B.D. Gossen, H. Su, R.J. Howard, and G.D. Turnbull. Alberta Research Council, P.O. Box 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; (R.L.C.) Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Morden Research Station, Unit 100;ndash;101, Route 100, Morden, MB R6M 1Y5, Canada; (K.F.C.) Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (B.D.G.) Saskatoon Research Centre, AAFC, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada; and (R.J.H.) Crop Diversification Centre South, AAFRD, S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada. In vitro selection of barley resistant or tolerant to fusarium head blight. K. Kumar, K. Xi, J.H. Helm, and T.K. Turkington. Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (J.H.H.) Field Crop Development Centre, AAFRD, 5030-50 Street, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W8, Canada; and (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture, and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada. Microarray analysis of low-temperature gene expression in wheat (Triticum) resistant to snow mold. D. Nilsson, M. Frick, C. Penniket, B. Puchalski, D.A. Gaudet, and A. Laroche. Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. Cloning efficiency of genes and construction of expression vectors for wheat. C. Penniket, M. Frick, D. Nilsson, A. Laroche, D.A. Gaudet, F. Eudes, and R. Graf. Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. Genetical components of resistance in slow-scalding genotypes of barley: implications for breeders and pathologists. B. Sorkhilalehloo, J.P. Tewari, F. Capettini, T.K. Turkington, K.G. Briggs, and R.P. Singh. Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 410 H Agriculture/ Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; (F.C.) International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), c/o International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apartado Postal 6-641, 0660 Mexico, D.F., Mexico; (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; and (R.P.S.) CIMMYT, Apartado Postal 6-641, 0660 Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Pathogenicity of Canadian and Mexican isolates of Rhynchosporium secalis on a wide range of spring barley cultivars and lines. B. Sorkhilalehloo, J.P. Tewari, F. Capettini, T.K. Turkington, and H.W. Klein-Gebbinck. Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 410 H Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; (F.C.) International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), c/o International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Apartado Postal 6-641, 0660 Mexico, D.F., Mexico; (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; and (H.W.K.) Lacombe Research Centre, AAFC, Beaverlodge Research Farm, P.O. Box 29, Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0, Canada. Histopathological and physiological studies on barley leaves infected with Rhynchosporium secalis. B. Sorkhilalehloo, J.P. Tewari, G.A. Sadeghi, and T.K. Turkington. Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 410 H Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; (G.A.S.) Department of Animal Science, University of Kurdistan, Kurdistan, Iran; and (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada. Techniques for optimal development and assessment of barley scald caused by Rhynchosporium secalis under controlled and field environments. B. Sorkhilalehloo, J.P. Tewari, and T.K. Turkington. Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, 410 H Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; and (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada. Pathogenic and genetic variation in Mycosphaerella pinodes from field peas in Alberta. H. Su, S.F. Hwang, K.F. Chang, R.L. Conner, T. Warkentin, R.J. Howard, and G.D. Turnbull. Alberta Research Council, P.O. Box 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; (K.F.C.) Field Crop Develop Centre, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (R.L.C.) Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden Research Station, Unit 100– 101, Route 100, Morden, MB R6M 1Y5, Canada; (T.W.) Crop Development Centre, 51 Campus Drive, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada; and (R.J.H.) Crop Diversification Centre South, AAFRD, S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada. Impact of leaf spot diseases and their management, using fungicides and cultivar selections in a barley silage production system. T.K. Turkington, K. Xi, V. Baron, A. Aasen, and D.D. Orr. Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; and (K.X., A.A.) Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada. Influence of trichothecenes on strain aggressiveness of Fusarium graminearum causing seedling blight and root rot in wheat, barley, and triticale. H. Wang, S.F. Hwang, F. Eudes, R.J. Howard, and G.D. Turnbull. Alberta Research Council, P.O. Box 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; (F.E.) Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; and (R.J.H.) Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada. Can seed infection by Fusarium graminearum lead to head blight in barley and wheat? K. Xi and T.K. Turkington. Field Crop Development Centre, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; and (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1 Canada. Internal fruit rot of greenhouse sweet pepper: a new disease in Alberta. J. Yang, A. DiCarlo, R.J. Howard, P.D. Kharbanda, and M. Mirza. Alberta Research Council, P.O. Box 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; (R.J.H.) Crop Diversification Centre South, Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), S.S. 4, Brooks, AB T1R 1E6, Canada; and (M.M.) Crop Diversification Centre North, AAFRD, R.R. 6, Fort Road 17507, Edmonton, AB T5B 4K3, Canada.