Saskatchewan Regional Meeting, 2006 The Canadian Phytopathological Society

Abstract

Identification of Avirulence genes in Leptosphaeria maculans corresponding to resistance genes LepR1, LepR2, andLepR3 to blackleg in Brassica napus. M.L. Arla, F. Yu, J. Christianson, S. Kuzmicz, and S.R. Rimmer.Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada. The genetics of resistance to cercospora leaf spot [Pseudocercospora cruenta] of cowpea.H.M. Booker and P. Umaharan.Plant Gene Resources Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada; and (P.U.) Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Phylogenetic and PCR - denaturing- Gradient gel electophoresis approaches revealed an important intraspecific heterogeneity in a Canadian population of Fusarium avenaceum. P. Daida, M.R. Fernandez, and V. Vujanovic. Department of applied Microbiology and Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, SK S7N 5A8, Canada; (M.R.F.) Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food,Canada, P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada; And (V.V.) Department of Aplied Microbiology and Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada. Effect of medium glucose concentration and aeration on liquid-culture sporulation and efficacy of Colletotrichum truncatum as a biocontrol agent of scentless chamomile.F.L. Dokken and G. Peng.Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada; and (G.P.) Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada. Occurence of Ascochyta pisi on field pea in Saskatchewan.F.L. Dokken, S. Banniza, T. Warkentin, and R.A.A. Morrall.Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada; and (R.A.A.M.) Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon SK S7N 5E2, Canada. Impacts of agronomic practices on common root rot of barley in eastern Saskatchewan. M.R. Fernandez, R.P. Zentner, R.M. DePauw, D. Gehl, and F.C. Stevenson.Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food,Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9N 3X2, Canada; (D.G.) Indian Head Research Farm, AAFC, P.O. 760, Indian Head, SK S0G 2K0, Canada; and (F.C.S.) 142 Rogers Road, Saskatoon, Sk S7N 3T6, Canada. Impacts of agronomic practices on fusarium head blight[Fusarium spp.] in barley in eastern Saskatchewan.M.R. Fernandez, R.P. Zentner, R.M. DePauw, D. Gehl, and F.C. Stevenson.Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food,Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9N 3X2, Canada; (D.G.) Indian Head Research Farm, AAFC, P.O. 760, Indian Head, SK S0G 2K0, Canada; and (F.C.S.) 142 Rogers Road, Saskatoon, Sk S7N 3T6, Canada. Siderophore-mediated iron uptake is the major mode of iron assimilation in Fusarium Graminearum D.L. Greenshields, G. Selvaraj, and Y. Wei. Department of Biology,University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon SK S7N 5E2, Canada; and (G.S.) Plant Biotechnology Insititute, National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada. Mapping of quantitative trait loci assoiciated with resistance to net blotch[Pyrenophora teres] in barley. T.S. Grewal, B.G. Rossnagel, and G.J. Scoles.Crop Development Centre, Department of Plant Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada. A role for Autophagy in the Arabidopsis - Colletotrichum higginsianum pathosystem. R.M. Kennedy, G. Liu, L. Forseille, and Y. Wei. Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon SK S7N 5E2, Canada; snd (L.F.) Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council of Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada. Development of disease symptoma during hemibiotrophic Colletotrichum infection is correlated with senescence in detached Arabidopsis leaves. G. Liu, R. Kennedy, D.L. Greenshields, G. Peng, L. Forseille, and Y. wei.Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon SK S7N 5E2, Canada.(G.P., L.F.) Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada. Biodiversity of Fusarium spp. Associated with a durum wheat - pulse rotation system in semiarid Saskatchewan fields. D.C. Mavragani, C. Hamel, and V. Vujanovic.Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, SK S7N 5A8, Canada; (C.H.) Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food,Canada, P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada; And (V.V.) Department of Aplied Microbiology and Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada. The infection process of two races (Ct0 and Ct1) of Colletotrichum truncatum on lentil. J. Wang and S. Banniza. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada.