Western Ontario Regional Meeting, 2008

Abstract

Biological control products reduce the inoculum of Sclerotium cepivorum, the causal agent of onion white rot. S. Balint, G.J. Boalnd, and M.R. McDonald. Department of Plant Agriculture, Crop Science Building, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; and (G.J.B.) Department of Environmental Biology, Bovey Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada Verticillium resistance in tomato is a concerted effort of early and late defense response genes. C.D.M. Castroverde, H.O. Shittu, R.N. Nazar, and E.J. Robb. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science Axelrod Building 201, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada The molecular identification and characterization of host proteins associated with soybean mosaic virus infection X. Cui and A. Wang. Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri0Food Canada, 1391 Sandford Street, London, ON N5V 4T3, Canada Multi-site mutations in β-tubulin gene sequences are involved in thaibendazole resistance in Penicillium spp. collected from Southern Ontario. M. Czerwinski, V. popovic, and D. Errampalli. Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vineland Station, 4902 Victoria Avenue North, ON L0R 2E0, Canada Effect of seeding date and fungicide on incidence and severity of clubroot of Asian vegetables. K.C. Kalpana, M.R. McDonald, B.D. Gossen, and S.M Westerveld. Department of Plant Agriculture, Crop Science Building, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; (B.D.G.) Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada; and (S.M.W.) Simcoe Research Station, Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, 1283 Blueline Road, P.O. Box 587, Simcoe,On N3Y 4N5, Canada A novel technology to extract nucleic acids from defferent environmental samples including plant, water, and soil W.-S. KIm and Y. Haj-Ahmad. (W.-S.K., Y.H.-A.) Norgen Biotek Corp., 3430 Schmon Parkway, Thorold, ON L2V 4Y6, Canada; and (Y.H.-A.) Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, St.Catherines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada Reactive oxygen species scavengers and light influence the formation of stroma and apothecia by virulent, asymptomatic, and hypovirulent isolates of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa A.M. Orshinsky and G.J. Boland. Department of Environmental Biology, Bovey Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada Detecting ascospores of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in carrot crops in Ontorio — prelude to regional level forecasting of sclerotinia rot of carrot M. Parker, M.R. McDonald, and G.J. Boland. Department of Plant Agriculture, Crop Science Building, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; and (G.J.B.) Departmeny of Environmental Biology, Bovey Building, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada Differential gene expression in tomatoes during dual infections with an endophytic and a pathogenic Verticillium H.O. Shittu, C.D.M. Castroverde, R.N. Nazar and J. Robb. Departmeny of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, Axelrod Building 201, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada Deoxynivalenol (DON), 15-ADON, and 3-ADON level in wheat in Ontario. L. Tamburic- Ilincic, D. Gaba, T. Nowicki, and A. Schaafsma. Ridgetown Campus, University of Guelph, 120Main Street East, Ridgetown, ON N0P 2C0, Canada; and (D.G., T.N.) Grain Research Laboratory, Canadian Grain Commission, 1404-303 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3G8, Canada