Manitoba Regional Meeting, 2006 The Canadian Phytopathological Society

Abstract

Effects of mutations in a bacterial biocontrol agent,Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23, on its root-colonization ability and production of volatile compounds. S.N.P. Athukorata, W.G.D. Fernando, T.R. de kievet, and K.Y. Rashid. Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; and (K.Y.R.) Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Modern Research Station, Unit 100-101, Route 100, Modern, MB R6M 1Y5, Canada. Effects of bacterial and jasmonic acid treatments on insect pests of canola. K. Bergen, W.G.D. Fernando, and N.J. Holliday.Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. The role of the stringent response in Pseudomonas spp. DF41 biocontrol. J. Brucal, W.G.D. Fernando, and T.R. de kievit. Department of Microbiology; and (W.G.D.F.) Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. Population structure of the blackleg pathogen Leptosphaeria maculansfrom North America.Y.Chen, B. Fristensky, and W.G.D. Fernando. Department of Plant Science, 222 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. New effective sources of resistance to crown rust [Puccinia coronata f.sp avenae] in Avena sterilis. J.Chong and G. Chen. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Breeding for canola resistance against blackleg caused by PG3 and PG4 strains of Leptosphaeria amculans. M. Dusabenyagasani and W.G.D. Fernando.Department of Plant Science, 222 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. The role of pycnidiospores as primary inoculum, and assessment of disease severity on canola or rapeseed (Brassica napus) Plants infected at different growth stages. k. Ghanbarnia and W.G.D. Fernando. Department of Plant Science, 222 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. Prediction of deoxynivalenol in spring wheat based on cropping practices,Fusarium spores on a wheat head, and rainfall at the flowering stage. X.W. Guo, W.G.D. Fernando, H. Sapirstein, P. Bullock, and T. Nowicki.Department of Plant Science; (H.S.) Department of Food Science; (P.B.) Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; and (T.N.) Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G8, Canada. Breaking the linkage between the Wsm1 gene for resistance to Wheat streak mosaic virus and the alien chromatin of its origin.S. Haber, M. Pradhan, and D. Somers.Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; and (M.P.) Department of Botany, University of Manitoba MB R3T 2N2, Canada. The role of pyrolnitrin produced by Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 in the biological control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in canola. R. Habibian, T.R. de Kievet, and W.G.D. Fernando.Department of Plant Science; and (R.H., T.R.K.) Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba MB R3T 2N2, Canada. Molecular and biochemical detection of Bacillus spp. producing fengycin and bacillomycin D, Antagonistic to fungal Pathogens of canola and wheat. R. Ramarathnam, S. Bo, Y. Chen, W.G.D. Fernand, and G. Xuewen.Department of Plant Science, 222 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; and (S.B., G.X.) Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural university, No. 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing 210095, China.