Saskatchewan Regional Meeting, 2004

Abstract

Biological control of apple scab using Microsphaeropsis ochracea: the impact of water volume, spore concentration, and formulation. K.L. Bailey, O. Carisse, M. Leggett, G. Holloway, F. Leggett, T.M. Wolf, A. Shivpuri, J. Derby, B. Caldwell, and H.J. Geissler. Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada; (O.C.) Horticultural Research and Development Centre, AAFC, 430 Gouin Boulevard, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada; (F.L.) Lethbridge Research Centre, AAFC, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (M.L., G.H.) Philom Bios, 318–111 Research Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3R2, Canada; and (A.S.) Rajasthan Agricultural University, Durgapura, Jaipur 302018, India. Screening of Brassica napus and Phaseolus vulgaris for physiological resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. L. Buchwaldt, D. Hegedus, R. Li, and R. Rimmer. Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada. Brassinin-detoxifying enzymes from the pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans isolates Laird-2 and Mayfair-2. R.S. Gadagi, M. Jha, and M.S.C. Pedras. Department of Chemistry, 110 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada. Effect of camalexin and spirobrassinin on the rate of detoxification of the phytoalexin brassinin by Leptosphaeria maculans (Phoma lingam). M. Jha and M.S.C. Pedras. Department of Chemistry, 110 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada. Mapping the blackleg resistance gene LepR3 using Arabidopsis–Brassica collinearity. N. Larkan, M. Nelson, F. Yu, C. Hammond, I. Parkin, W. Cowling, D. Lydiate, and R. Rimmer. School of Plant Biology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; and (F.Y., C.H., I.P., D.L., R.R.) Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada. Brassinin oxidase — a phytoalexin-detoxifying enzyme from the phytopathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. O. Okeola, M. Jha, and M.S.C. Pedras. Department of Chemistry, 110 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada. Preliminary population structure analysis of Plectosporium alismatis — a potential biocontrol agent for Alismataceae in Australian rice crops. W.M. Pitt, G.J. Ash, and E.J. Cother. Farrer Centre, School of Agriculture, Charles Sturt University, P.O. Box 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia; and (E.J.C.) New South Wales Agriculture, Agricultural Research Institute, Forest Road, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia; (W.M.P.) present address: Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada. Phoma macrostoma — ITS sequencing provides confirmation of a unique genotype. W.M. Pitt, K.L. Bailey, Y.B. Fu, and G.W. Peterson. Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada. Putative transformation of the Alismataceae pathogen Plectosporium alismatis. W.M. Pitt, J.L. Taylor, G.J. Ash, and E.J. Cother. Farrer Centre, School of Agriculture, Charles Sturt University, P.O. Box 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia; (J.L.T.) National Research Council of Canada, Plant Biotechnology Institute, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada; and (E.J.C.) New South Wales Agriculture, Agricultural Research Institute, Forest Road, Orange, NSW 2800, Australia; (W.M.P.) present address: Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada. Chemical investigation of phytoalexins from Brassica spp. M.G. Sarwar, M. Suchy, and M.S.C. Pedras. Department of Chemistry, 110 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada.