Session 1: Cereal Rust Surveys
Moderator Jim Kolmer

 

Races of wheat and oat stem rust in the United States in 2006.  Yue Jin, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Canadian wheat, barley, and oat stem rust in 2006.  Tom Fetch, AAFC, Winnipeg

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Wheat leaf rust virulence in the United States in 2006.  Dave Long, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Wheat leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) in Canada in 2006.  Brent McCallum, AAFC, Winnipeg

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

U.S. Oat crown rust race survey.  Marty Carson, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Oat crown rust in Canada in 2006.  James Chong, AAFC, Winnipeg

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

U.S. stripe rust in 2006.  Xianming Chen, USDA, Pullman, WA

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

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Session 2:  Host Resistance

Moderator Yue Jin

 

Regional breeding for wheat stripe rust resistance in the Eastern United States.  Dave Marshall, USDA, Raleigh, NC

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Stripe rust resistance in Chinese common wheat cultivars and advanced lines.  Xiachun Xia, National Wheat Improvement Center, Beijing

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Identification of new genes in wheat and barley for stripe rust resistance.  Xianming Chen, USDA, Pullman, WA

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Cryptic wheat-alien translocations: Bonanza for agriculture.  V. Kuraparthy and B.S. Gill, Kansas State University

 

Genetics of resistance to wheat leaf rust and stem rust in Sharon goatgrass (Aegilops sharonensis).  P. D. Olivera, E. Millet, Y. Anikster, and B. Steffenson, University of Minnesota

 

Identification of new slow rusting resistance genes in spring wheat ‘Brambling’.  X. Zhang, R.P. Singh, J.A. Kolmer, J. Huerta-Espino, Y. Jin, and J.A. Anderson, University of Minnesota, CIMMYT, USDA, and INIFAP

 

Characterization and mapping of Ae. tauschii derived leaf rust resistance genes in wheat.  S. Singh, Kansas State University

 

Durable leaf rust resistance in wheat.  J. A. Kolmer, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Stem rust resistance genes effective against race TTKS of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in wheat.  Yue Jin, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Resistance to stem rust race TTKS maps to the rpg4/Rpg5 complex of chromosome 7(5H) in barley.  B. J. Steffenson, Y. Jin, R. Brueggeman, and A. Kleinhofs, University of Minnesota, USDA-CDL, and Washington State University

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Identification of new sources of partial resistance to oat crown rust.  Marty Carson, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Introgression of TTKS resistance into hard winter wheat.  Michael Pumphrey and Robert Bowden, USDA-ARS Manhattan, KS

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Session 3:  Rust Biology and Taxonomy

Moderator Charlie Barnes

 

Developing rapid diagnostic assays for the rusts: collections, sequence analyses and PCR-based DNA hybridization techniques.  Sarah Hambleton, AAFC, Ottawa

            Abstract

 

Variant with Sr24 virulence in race TTKS of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici.  Yue Jin, USDA-CDL

            Abstract

 

Molecular characterization of Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici isolates from East Africa.  Les Szabo, USDA-CDL

            Abstract

 

Population genetics of Puccinia triticina in North America.  M. Ordonez and J. A. Kolmer, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Population genetics of Puccinia triticina in Central Asia and the Caucasus.  J.A. Kolmer and M. Ordonez USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Population genetics of Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae in the U.S.  H. Dambroski and M. L. Carson, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Development of microsatellite markers for Puccinia psidii, a rust fungus attacking ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) and other Myrtaceae in Hawaii.  Shaobin Zong, University of Hawaii

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Aggressiveness: a biologically significant characteristic of Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici.  Gene Milus, Univeristy of Arkansas and Mogens Hovmøller and Kristian Kristensen, Aarhus University, Denmark

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Session 4:  Detection, Surveillance, and Quarantines of Cereal Rusts

Moderator Dave Long

 

Rust epidemiology.  Alan Roelfs, USDA-CDL (retired)

            Abstract

 

Stem rust of wheat: an Oklahoma perspective.  Bob Hunger, Brad Tipton, Jeff Edwards, Art Klatt, and Brett Carver, Oklahoma State University

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Genetic control of stem rust.  the Australian experience.  Harbans Bariana, Australian Cereal Rust Control Program

 

Leaf rust detection in ND wheat surveys, 1999-2006.  Marcia McMullen, North Dakota State University

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Wheat rust surveillance.  Amor Yahyaoui, ICARDA

 

Early detection and rapid response: Pest/pathogen modeling and early warning through the IPM PIPE.  Marty Draper, USDA-CSREES, National Program Leader

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Rainwater monitoring of rust spores.  Charlie Barnes and Les Szabo, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

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Session 5:  Molecular Biology and Host-Parasite Interactions

Moderator Les Szabo

 

The Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici genome project.  Les Szabo, USDA-CDL

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Wheat leaf rust EST sampling from all life cycle stages.  Guus Bakkeren, AAFC, Summerland, BC

            Abstract

 

Haustorial cDNAs from Puccinia striiformis.  Chuntao Yin, Xianming Chen and Scot Hulbert, Washington State University

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Barley stem rust resistance genes: cloning, structure and mechanism of action.  Andy Kleinhofs and Brian Steffenson, Washington State University

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

Leaf rust resistance gene Lr1, isolated from bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is gene dosage dependant.  Sylvie Cloutier, B. McCallum, C. Loutre, C. Feuillet, B. Keller and M.C. Jordan, AAFC, Winnipeg

            Abstract

 

Induction kinetics of defense related genes in rust infected Dyer's Woad.  Elizabeth Thomas, Utah State University

 

Genetical genomic dissection of Puccinia graminis TTKS infection in barley: a systems biology approach to rapid development of durable resistance for barley and wheat.  Roger Wise, USDA, Ames

            Abstract, PowerPoint file

 

PR protein gene expression during infection of Thatcher Lr34/Yr18 with leaf rust.  D. A. Gaudet, H. Soltanloo, M. Frick, B. Puchalski, A. Laroche, AAFC, Lethbridge

 

Comparative transcription profiling of R gene and race non-specific leaf rust resistance in wheat.  Melvin Bolton, J. A. Kolmer, and D. Garvin, USDA, St. Paul