The third Canadian workshop on fusarium head blight, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2003 / Troisième colloque canadien sur la fusariose, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2003

Abstract

Crop rotation as a tool for fusarium head blight disease management. H.U. Ahmed, J. Gilbert, W.G.D. Fernando, A.L. Brûlé-Babel, and M.H. Entz. Department of Plant Science, 222 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; and (J.G.) Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Genetic and pathogenic diversity of Fusarium pseudograminearum and Fusarium graminearum causing head blight of wheat in Australia. O.A. Akinsanmi, V. Mitter, S. Simpfendorfer, D. Backhouse, D. Yates, and S. Chakraborty. Department of Botany, Co-operative Research Center for Tropical Plant Protection, Level 4 John Hines Building, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (V.M., S.C.) Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Queensland Biosciences Precinct, 306 Carmody Road, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia; (S.S.) New South Wales Agriculture, Tamworth Agricultural Institute, RMB 944 Calala Lane, Tamworth,NSW 2340, Australia; and (D.B.) Botany, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. Studies for enrichment of wheat germ plasm with fusarium head blight resistance in Japan. T. Ban, D.H. Xu, Z. Nishio, A. Yanagisawa, and N. Kawada. Biological Resources Division, Japan International Research Center for Agriculture Sciences, 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8686, Japan; (Z.N.) National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido, Memuro 082-0071, Japan; (A.Y.) Kitami Agricultural Experiment Station, Kunneppu 099- 1496, Japan; and (N.K.) National Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa, Chikugo 833-0041, Japan. Improvement of fusarium head blight resistance in barley through in vitro selection. M. Banik, W.G. Legge, B. Bizimungu, J.R. Tucker, M.C. Therrien, A. Tekauz, F. Eudes, M.E. Savard, and B.G. Rossnagel. Brandon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1000A, R.R. 3, Brandon, MB R7A 5Y3, Canada; (B.B., A.T.) Cereal Research Centre, AAFC, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; (F.E.) Lethbridge Research Centre, AAFC, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (M.E.S.) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, AAFC, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; and (B.G.R.) Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada. Identification of Fusarium spp. responsible for fusarium head blight of barley in Quebec. J.V. Bourdages, S. Marchand, S. Rioux, and F.J. Belzile. Department of Plant Science, Laval University, Marchand Building 1234, Québec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada; and (S.R.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, Complexe scientifique, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, QC G1P 3W8, Canada. Effect of fungicides on fusarium head blight and leaf pathogens in winter wheat. A.L. Brûlé-Babel and W.G.D. Fernando. Department of Plant Science, 222 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. Critical control points for large-scale fusarium head blight field screening trials. A.L. Brûlé, W.G.D. Fernando, P. Hucl, G. Hughes, S. Fox, R. DePauw, M.R. Fernandez, J. Clarke, R. Knox, J. Gilbert, G. Humphreys, and D. Brown. Department of Plant Science, 222 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; (P.H., G.H.) Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada; (R.D., M.R.F., J.C., R.K.) Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada; and (J.G., G.H., D.B.) Cereal Research Centre, AAFC, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Collaborative study of barley fusarium head blight nurseries. G. Butler, K.M. Ho, M.J. Morrison, A.G. Xue, W.G. Legge, S. Rioux, R.A. Martin, Q. Shen, J. Yang, J.R. Tucker, M.E. Savard, J.L. Gale, M. Kuc, and C. Danjou. Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; (W.G.L., J.R.T.) Brandon Research Centre, AAFC, P.O. Box 1000A, R.R. 3, Brandon, MB R7A 5Y3, Canada; (S.R.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, Complexe scientifique, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte- Foy, QC G1P 3W8, Canada; (R.A.M.) Crops and Livestock Research Centre, AAFC, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada; (Q.S., J.Y.) Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, China; and (C.D.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, 3300, rue Sicotte, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 7B8, Canada. Two-seeding date system in fusarium head blight nurseries. G. Butler, H.D. Voldeng, S. Rioux, A.G. Xue, M.E. Savard, J.L. Gale, P.H. Matthew, C. Danjou, F.E. Sabo, Y. Chen, and R. Stanley. Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; (S.R.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, Complexe scientifique, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, QC G1P 3W8, Canada; and (C.D.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, 3300, rue Sicotte, Saint- Hyacinthe, QC J2S 7B8, Canada. Enhancement of spring wheat fusarium head blight resistance through pyramiding of genes from different sources. W. Cao, G. Fedak, and J. Gilbert. Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; and (J.G.) Cereal Research Centre, AAFC, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Progress in improvement of Fusarium resistance of durum wheat. J. Clarke, J. Thomas, G. Fedak, D. Somers, J. Gilbert, C. Pozniak, M.R. Fernandez, and A. Comeau. Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada; (J.T., D.S., J.G.) Cereal Research Centre, AAFC, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; (A.C.) Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard, Sainte- Foy, QC G1V 2J3, Canada; and (C.P.) Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada. Progress in developing cultivars and germ plasm with fusarium head blight resistance in eastern Canada. A. Comeau, Y. Dion, S. Rioux, G. Butler, F. Langevin, R.A. Martin, H. Nass, G. Fedak, A.G. Xue, H.D. Voldeng, J. Gilbert, and J.-P. Dubuc. Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard, Sainte-Foy, QC G1V 2J3, Canada; (Y.D.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, 325, chemin des Vingt-cinq Est, Saint-Bruno-de- Montarville, QC J3V 4P6, Canada; (S.R.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, Complexe scientifique, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, QC G1P 3W8, Canada; (G.B., H.D.V., G.F., A.G.X.) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, AAFC, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; (F.L.) AAFC, 21 Bon-Air, Sainte-Catherine-de-la- Jacques-Cartier, QC G0A 3M0, Canada; (R.A.M., H.N.) Crops and Livestock Research Centre, AAFC, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada; (J.G.) Cereal Research Centre, AAFC, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; and (J.-P.D.) 1499 J.C. Cantin, Cap Rouge, QC G1Y 2X7, Canada. Toxin content in wheat seeds in Quebec in 2002. Y. Dion, S. Rioux, and M. Lauzon. Centre de recherche sur les grains, 325, chemin des Vingt-cinq Est, Saint-Bruno-de- Montarville, QC J3V 4P6, Canada; and (S.R.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, Complexe scientifique, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, QC G1P 3W8, Canada. Impact of trichothecene on fusarium head blight type II resistance in six cereal species. F. Eudes, F. Langevin, and A. Comeau. Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (F.L.) AAFC, 21 Bon-Air, Sainte- Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, QC G0A 3M0, Canada; and (A.C.) Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, AAFC, 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard, Sainte-Foy, QC G1V 2J3, Canada. A progress report on the incorporation of fusarium head blight resistance into Canadian wheat cultivars using an in vitro selection technique. F. Eudes, S. Sadasivaiah, R. Graf, S. Rioux, A. Comeau, F. Langevin, and N. Lanoie. Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (S.R.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, Complexe scientifique, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte-Foy, QC G1P 3W8, Canada; (A.C.) Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, AAFC, 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard, Sainte-Foy, QC G1V 2J3, Canada; (F.L.) AAFC, 21 Bon- Air, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, QC G0A 3M0, Canada; and (N.L.) Semico Inc. 4905, Laurier Boulevard, Sainte-Rosalie, QC J0H 1X0, Canada. Germ plasm enhancement for fusarium head blight resistance in spring wheat through alien introgression. G. Fedak, W. Cao, and F. Han. Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada. Fusarium populations in underground tissue of pulse, oilseed, and cereal crops grown in the Black soil zone of southeastern Saskatchewan. M.R. Fernandez. Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada, P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada. Identification of crop production factors associated with the development of fusarium head blight in spring wheat in southeast Saskatchewan. M.R. Fernandez, F. Selles, D. Gehl, R.M. DePauw, and R.P. Zentner. Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada; and (D.G.) Indian Head Experimental Farm, AAFC, P.O. Box 760, Indian Head, SK S0G 2K0, Canada. Biological control methods to manage fusarium head blight disease of wheat: is it a short or long-term solution to the problem? W.G.D. Fernando. Department of Plant Science, 222 Agriculture Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada. nteractions of weather factors and fusarium head blight, and its effect on wheat grain quality. W.G.D. Fernando, X.W. Guo, P. Bullock, H. Sapirstein, J. Dexter, and T. Nowicki. Department of Plant Science; (P.B.) Department of Soil Science; and (H.S.) Department of Food Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; and (J.D., T.N.) Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G8, Canada. Androgenic ability of fusarium head blight resistant barley accessions. G. Fonquerne, I. Clermont, L. Laroche, S. Marchand, and F.J. Belzile. Department of Plant Science, Laval University, Marchand Building #1234, Québec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada. Inhibition of Fusarium spp. by hen egg white lysozyme. Y. Gao, S. Krentz, and S. Smith. INOVATECH BIOPRODUCTS, 31212 Peardonville Road, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6K8, Canada. Dry heat treatments to control Fusarium graminearum in infested wheat seed. J. Gilbert, A. Tekauz, S.M. Woods, and T.K. Turkington. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. (AAFC), 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; and (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, AAFC, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada. Tissue-specific biochip microarray analysis of genes differentially expressed in Fusarium graminearum-challenged wheat heads. S. Golkari, S. Prashar, J. Gilbert, and J.D. Procunier. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Effect of incubation period and plant growth stage on fusarium head blight in barley under greenhouse conditions and screening with single Fusarium graminearum isolates. T.S. Grewal, B.G. Rossnagel, and G.J. Scoles. Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada. Coselection for resistance to both wheat streak mosaic virus and Fusarium graminearum: a novel approach for the rapid development of elite wheat lines with multiple disease resistances. S. Haber and J. Gilbert. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Metabolic profiling for phenotyping resistance in wheat to fusarium head blight. H. Hamzehzarghani, A.C. Kushalappa, Y. Dion, A. Comeau, and D.E. Mather. Department of Plant Science, McGill University, 21-111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte- Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada; (Y.D.) Centre de recherche sur les grains, 325, chemin des Vingt-cinq, Est Saint- Bruno-de-Montarville, QC J3V 4P6, Canada; and (A.C.) Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard Sainte-Foy, QC G1V 2J3, Canada. Physical mapping of a fusarium head blight quantitative trait locus on chromosome 3BS of wheat using a bacterial artificial chromosome library. A.B. Hoeppner, D.J. Somers, S. Cloutier, A. Walichnowski, S. Liu, and J. Anderson. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, 214 Can. J. Plant Pathol. Vol. 26, 2004 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; and (S.L., J.A.) Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA. Predicting deoxynivalenol in wheat for Ontario. D.C. Hooker and A.W. Schaafsma. Ridgetown College, University of Guelph, Main Street East, Ridgetown, ON N0P 2C0, Canada. The effect of Trichoderma harzianum on the production of perithecia of Gibberella zeae on wheat residue. S. Inch and J. Gilbert. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Progress in forecasting: fusarium head blight risk forecasts in Manitoba. D. Kaminski. Manitoba Agriculture, Food, and Rural Initiatives, 65-3rd Avenue NE, Carman, MB R0G 0J0, Canada. Fusarium resistance in western wheat lines tested across three environments. F. Langevin, J. Gilbert, H.D. Voldeng, and A. Comeau. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 21 Bon-Air, Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques- Cartier, QC G0A 3M0, Canada; (J.G.) Cereal Research Centre, AAFC, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; (H.D.V.) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, AAFC, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; and (A.C.) Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, AAFC, 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard Sainte-Foy, G1V 2J3, Canada. Quantitative trait loci for fusarium head blight resistance in Chevron × AC Stephen barley. L. Langille, K. Armstrong, K.M. Ho, G. Fedak, M. Kuc, R. Martin, M.E. Savard, G. Butler, and M. Burvill. Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; (R.M.) Crops and Livestock Research Centre, AAFC, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada; and (M.B.) Plant Production Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 59 Camelot Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y9, Canada. Fusarium head blight in the Atlantic region in 2003. R.A. Martin and M.E. Savard. Crops and Livestock Research Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada; and (M.E.S.) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, AAFC, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada. A method to observe barrage zone formation in Fusarium graminearum. B.D. McCallum, A. Tekauz, and J. Gilbert. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Survival of Fusarium graminearum through the digestive tract of cattle — fact or fiction? D.L. McLaren, S.L. Scott, T.K. Turkington, Y. Wang, and T. McAllister. andon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1000A, R.R. 3, Brandon, MB R7A 5Y3, Canada; (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, AAFC, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; and (Y.W., T.M.) Lethbridge Research Centre, AAFC, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. Molecular genetic variation, geographical differentiation, and hybridisation in populations of Fusarium graminearum in Canada. P.K. Mishra, J.P. Tewari, R.M. Clear, and T.K. Turkington. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, 410 H Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; (R.M.C.) Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G8, Canada; and (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada. Fusarium — a serious threat to the Australian wheat industry. V. Mitter, O.A. Akinsanmi, S. Simpfendorfer, D. Backhouse, D. Yates, and S. Chakraborty. Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Queensland Biosciences Precinct, 306 Carmody Road, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia; (O.A.A., D.Y.) Department of Botany, Co-operative Research Center for Tropical Plant Protection, Level 4 John Hines Building, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; (S.S.) New South Wales Agriculture, Tamworth Agricultural Institute, RMB 944 Calala Lane, Tamworth, NSW 2340, Australia; and (D.B.) Botany, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. Fusarium spp. from commercial seed samples in Saskatchewan in 2001 and 2002. R.A.A. Morrall, P.G. Pearse, B. Carriere, D. Schmeling, and C. Pearse. Department of Biology, 112 Science Place, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada; (P.G.P.) Food and Rural Revitalization, Saskatchewan Agriculture, 125-3085 Albert Street, Regina, SK S4S 0B1, Canada; (B.C.) Discovery Seed Labs Ltd., 450 Melville Street, Saskatoon, SK S7J 4M2, Canada; (D.S.) Lendon Seeds Ltd., 108 Elgin Mall, 309-1st Avenue N.W., Weyburn, SK S4H 1T1, Canada; and (C.P.) Priority Lab Services, 700 Railway Avenue, P.O. Box 1180, Nipawin, SK S0E 1E0, Canada. Fusarium head blight in northern Quebec. D. Pageau, J. Lajeunesse, M.E. Savard, C. Coulombe, and Y. Lefebvre. Research Farm, Normandin, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 1468 Sainte Cyrille, Normandin, QC G8M 4K3, Canada; and (M.E.S.) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, AAFC, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; and (C.C., Y.L.) La Financiére Agricole du Québec, Alma, QC G8B 7A6, Canada. A medium and procedure for identifying Fusarium graminearum in cereal seed. S. Pouleur, L. Couture, R. Clear, and A. Comeau. Soils and Crops Research and Development Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2560 Hochelaga Boulevard, Sainte-Foy, QC G1V 2J3, Canada; and (R.C.) Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1403-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G8, Canada. Fusarium head blight assessments in barley lines after inoculation with Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium sporotrichioides. S. Rioux. Centre de recherche sur les grains, Complexe scientifique, 2700, rue Einstein, Sainte- Foy, QC G1P 3W8, Canada. Fusarium diseases of wheat and barley — an Australian perspective. S. Simpfendorfer. New South Wales Agriculture, Tamworth Agricultural Institute, RMB 944 Calala Lane, Tamworth, NSW 2340, Australia. Deoxynivalenol production by Fusarium graminearum isolates in four winter wheat cultivars. L. Tamburic- Ilincic and A.W. Schaafsma. Ridgetown College, University of Guelph, Main Street East, Ridgetown, ON N0P 2C0, Canada. Fungicide efficacy for control of fusarium head blight in large-scale wheat plots. A. Tekauz, B. Hellegards, and M.E. Savard. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; (B.H.) James Richardson International, Kelburn Farm, Saint Adolphe, MB R5A 1A1, Canada; and (M.E.S.) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, AAFC, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada. Eradication of Fusarium graminearum from infested barley seed by heat treatment. A. Tekauz, T.K. Turkington, and J. Gilbert. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; and (T.K.T.) Lacombe Research Centre, AAFC, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada. Dodging the exponential challenge of breeding cultivars resistant to fusarium head blight. J.B. Thomas and R.M. DePauw. Cereal Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada (AAFC), 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada; and (R.M.D.) Semiarid Prairie Agricultural Research Centre, AAFC, P.O. Box 1030, Swift Current, SK S9H 3X2, Canada. Evaluation of agronomic performance, disease resistance, and malting quality of advanced barley breeding lines selected for fusarium head blight resistance. J.R. Tucker, W.G. Legge, M.E. Savard, and A. Tekauz. Brandon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), P.O. Box 1000A, R.R. 3, Brandon, MB R7A 5Y3, Canada; (M.E.S.) Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, AAFC, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada; and (A.T.) Cereal Research Centre, AAFC, 195 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9, Canada. Fusarium spp. associated with cereal and corn residue in Alberta. T.K. Turkington, A. Kuzyk, R. Dunn, D.D. Orr, K. Xi., R. Lange, D. Benard, K. Kumar, J. Calpas, S. Ali, and B. Chapman. Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (A.K.) Lethbridge Research Centre, AAFC, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada; (R.D.) Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 100-5401-1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4V6, Canada; (K.X., K.K.) Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (AAFRD), Field Crop Development Centre, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (R.L., D.B.) Alberta Research Council, P.O. Box 4000, Vegreville, AB T9C 1T4, Canada; (J.C., S.A.) AAFRD 204, 7000-113 Street, Edmonton, AB T6H 5T6, Canada; and (B.C.) AAFRD 6203-49 Street, Barrhead, AB T7N 1A4, Canada. Assessment of the environmental suitability of the western Prairie region of Canada for fusarium head blight caused by Fusarium graminearum. T.K. Turkington, O.O. Olfert, R. Weiss, R.M. Clear, K. Xi, and J.P. Tewari. Lacombe Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (O.O.O., R.W.) Saskatoon Research Centre, AAFC, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada; (R.M.C.) Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G8, Canada; (K.X.) Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Field Crop Development Centre, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1, Canada; (J.P.T.) Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, 410 H Agriculture/Forestry Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada. Fusarium spp. infection of wheat grains in the Czech Republic and its relation to bread-making quality parameters. L. Tvaruzek. Department of Integrated Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Institute Kromeriz, Limited, Havlickova 2787, Kromeriz 767 01, Czech Republic. International approach to breeding for fusarium head blight resistance. M. van Ginkel, L. Gilchrist, F. Capettini, M. Kazi, W. Pfeiffer, M. William, T. Ban, and M. Lillemo. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas/International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Apdo. Postal 6-641, Mexico, D.F. 6600, Mexico; and (T.B.) Biological Resources Division, Japan International Research Center for Agriculture Sciences, 1-1 Ohwashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8686, Japan. Histological study of stem infection in barley and wheat by Fusarium graminearum. K. Xi and T.K. Turkington. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Field Crop Development Centre, 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. Marker-assisted backcrossing selection of near isogenic lines for 3BS fusarium head blight resistance quantitative trait loci in hexaploid wheat. W. Zhou, F.L. Kolb, and G. Bai. Department of Crop Science, University of Illinois, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; and (G.B.) United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Science and Entomology Research Unit, 4008 Throckmorton Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; (W.Z.) present address: Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. Molecular characterization of fusarium head blight resistance in Wangshuibai with simple sequence repeats and amplified fragment length polymorphism markers. W. Zhou, F.L. Kolb, J. Yu, G. Bai, L.K. Boze, and L.L. Domier. Department of Crop Science, University of Illinois, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; (J.Y., G.B.) Department of Agronomy, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 4008 Throckmorton Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA; and (L.L.D.) Department of Crop Sciences, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Midwest Area, 1102 South Goodwin Avenue, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA; (W.Z.) present address: Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada.