4269
Plant Interactions with Pests and Pathogens

The theme of this workshop is to bring together researchers interested in interactions of plants with microbial and insect pathogens. This includes compatible and incompatible interactions form the plant side and from the pathogen side.
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2017
Time: 1:30 PM-3:40 PM
Room: Sunrise - Meeting House
Organizer:
Christie Williams
1:30 PM
Introduction - Plant Interactions with Pests and Pathogens
Christie Williams, USDA-ARS at Purdue University

2:50 PM
Unraveling the Mechanisms of Stem Rust Resistance Conferred by the Sr35 Gene against Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt)
Andres Salcedo, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University; William Rutter, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University; Shichen Wang, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University; Stephen Bolus, UC Davis; Alina Akhunova, Kansas State University; Robert L. Bowden, USDA-ARS; Matthew N. Rouse, USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Lab; Les J Szabo, USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Lab; Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California, Davis; Eduard Akhunov, Kansas State University, Department of Plant Pathology, Manhattan, KS

3:10 PM
From Head to Foot: Genetics of Wheat Seedling Resistance Against Root Rot Caused by Fusarium graminearum
Kai Voss-Fels, Justus Liebig University; Lunwen Qian, Justus Liebig University; Iulian Gabur, Justus Liebig University; Matthias Frisch, Justus Liebig University; Wolfgang Friedt, Justus Liebig University; Rod Snowdon, Justus Liebig University

3:30 PM
Biosynthesis of Flavonoids Protects Wheat from Powdery Mildew Infection
Jin-Ying Gou, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University

See more of: Workshops