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2019 Canola Pathology Workshop
National Meeting on Diseases of Canola
University of Melbourne, Parkville
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
Welcome and Introduction (Alex Idnurm)
Session I: Sclerotinia research (Chair: Kurt Lindbeck)
| 01 02 03 | Ravjit Khangura (DPIRD) Mark Derbyshire (Curtin) Art Diggle (DPIRD) | Sclerotinia control strategies Sclerotinia stem rot tolerance as a quantitative genetic trait in Brassica napus SclerotiniaCM app released into the wild and improvements in BlacklegCM |
Session II: Basic research into canola diseases (Chair: Alex Idnurm)
| 01 02 03 04 05 06 | Jonathon Anderson (CSIRO) Luke Barrett (CSIRO) Hans Daetwyler (DEDJTR) Katarina Streit / Michael Renton (UWA) Harsh Raman (NSW DPI) Jacqui Batley (UWA) | Exploring Canola TILLING populations and RNAi as potential new disease control options Costs of virulence in blackleg and implications for rotation of resistance Using Optimal Haploid Value Selection to Improve Blackleg Disease Resistance in Canola Detailed canopy-scale modelling of canola to inform management of sclerotinia and upper canopy black leg Architecture of quantitative resistance to blackleg in canola Identification of a candidate Rlm4 gene in Brassica napus |
Session III: Blackleg research (Chair: Don McCaffery)
| 01 02 03 04 | Julianne Lilley (CSIRO) Susie Sprague (CSIRO) Angela Van de Wouw (Uni Melb) Steve Marcroft (MGP) | Update and outcomes from the Canola optimisation project Control strategies for Upper Canopy infection How agronomists really manage blackleg Industry recommendations for group ABDF cultivars |
Session IV: Fungicide use and related issues (Chair: Wayne Burton)
| 01 02 03 | Ken McKee (Syngenta) Angela Van de Wouw (Uni Melb) Steve Marcroft (MGP) / Susie Sprague (CSIRO) | Introducing Saltro for blackleg control Identification of fungicide resistance in Australian blackleg populations Fungicide issues: Consistent industry messages, what to use, when and why. |
