International PAG: Genomics for Plant Disease Resistance: Harnessing Pathogen Genomics to Protect World Grain Supplies Workshop

Saturday Afternoon, 10 January, 2009 3:50 pm to 6:00 pm

Genomics for Plant Disease Resistance: Harnessing Pathogen Genomics to Protect World Grain Supplies Workshop - Pacific Salon 3

Cornell Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat Project

Co-Organizers:
Jan Leach, Colorado State University

(jan.leach@colostate.edu)
and
Rick Ward Cornell University

(rww78@cornell.edu)

Speakers:

3:50-4:30 PM
Jeff Ellis, CSIRO, Australia (Jeff.Ellis@csiro.au)
"“Identifying stem rust effectors based on knowledge of flax rust"

4:30-5:00 PM
Les Szabo, UDSA-ARS Cereal Rust Lab Univ. Minnesota (les.szabo@ars.usda.gov)
"Puccinia graminis genome: insights and challenges of genome analysis of rust fungi"

5:00-5:30 PM
Robert Park, University of Sydney (r.park@usyd.edu.au)
"Using the rust genome to better understand pathogen variability and to complement studies of the host: pathogen interaction"

5:30-6:00 PM
Guus Bakkeren , U of British Columbia (BakkerenG@agr.gc.ca)
"The dawn of P. triticina genomics; searching for crop-protection clues among molecular cereal rust fungal treasure troves"

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