British Columbia Regional Meeting, 2005

Abstract

Composts containing fluorescent pseudomonads are suppressive to the development of fusarium root and stem rot on greenhouse cucumber. G. Bradley, S. Rose, and Z.K. Punja. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. Interactions between Gliocladium catenulatum, Fusarium oxysporum, and cucumber plants leading to biological control of fusarium root and stem rot. S. Chatterton and Z.K. Punja. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. Influences of organic amendments on nematodes in rootzone soil of apple and red raspberry. T.A. Forge, D. Neilsen, G. Neilsen, E. Hogue, and C. Kempler. Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (PARC), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1000, Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0, Canada; and (D.N., G.N., E.H.) PARC, AAFC, P.O. Box 5000, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0, Canada. Detection of Fusarium spp. in rusty-root lesions on ginseng, using DNA-array hybridization. R.S. Goswami, T. Barasubiye, C.A. Lévesque, A. Wan, K.A. Seifert, and Z.K. Punja. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada; and (T.B., K.S., C.A.L.) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada. Evaluation of the role of the coat protein of Cucumber necrosis virus on particle structure and virus transmission. E. Hui and D. Rochon. Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; and (D.R.) Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 5000, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0, Canada. Identification of greenhouse plant pathogens on glass slides, using microarray technology. C.A. Koch, P.C.H. Li, and R.S. Utkhede. Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 1000, Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0, Canada; and (P.C.H.L.) Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. Screening for resistance to Thielaviopsis basicola in Daphne spp. D. Noshad, Z.K. Punja, and A. Riseman. University of British Columbia Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, University of British Columbia, 6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; and (Z.K.P.) Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. Cellular and biochemical changes occurring in ginseng rusty-root tissue associated with infection by Fusarium spp. Z.K. Punja, M. Rahman, and N. Verma. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. Influence of iron on severity of cylindrocarpon root rot on ginseng roots. M. Rahman and Z.K. Punja. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. Rhizome blackening and root rot of wasabi (Wasabia japonica) caused by Pythium and Fusarium spp. G. Rodriguez and Z.K. Punja. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada. The screening of bacterial isolates for biological control of blue and gray molds of apples. S.C. Stokes, P.L. Sholberg, L.M. Nelson, and E. Sergeeva. Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 5000, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0, Canada; and (L.M.N., E.S.) The University of British Columbia Okanagan, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada. Molecular technique and biological control for internal fruit rot of greenhouse sweet peppers. R.S. Utkhede and S. Mathur. Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 1000, Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0, Canada. Evaluation of promoter activity in carrot (Daucus carota) tissues for the expression of pathogenesis-related proteins in transgenic plants. O. Wally, J. Jayaraman, and Z.K. Punja. Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.