2010 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum

PRESENTATIONS

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PLENARY SESSION
CHAIRPERSON: Dave Van Sanford, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Industry Needs for Early Warning and Integrated Management Systems for Harmful Mycotoxins
Deirdre Ortiz, Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI, USA

SESSION 1: GENE DISCOVERY AND ENGINEERING RESISTANCE
CO-CHAIRPERSONS: Steve Scofield, USDA-ARS, West Lafayette, IN and Jyoti Shah, University of North Texas
Paving the Way for Biotech Wheat
Jane DeMarchi, National Association of Wheat Growers, Washington, DC, USA (contact NFO)

SESSION 2: PATHOGEN BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
CHAIRPERSON: David G. Schmale, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Genetic Basis for the 3-ADON and 15-ADON Trichothecene Chemotypes in Fusarium
Nancy Alexander, USDA-ARS-NCAUR, Peoria, IL, USA

SESSION 3: FHB MANAGEMENT
CO-CHAIRPERSONS: Pierce Paul, Ohio State University and Marcia McMullen, North Dakota State University
Data Mining of Weather and Climatic Data to Improve Risk Prediction of Fusarium Head Blight
Larry Madden, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, USA

Determinants of Adoption of Scab Management Techniques
Greg McKee, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

Advances in the Development and Application of Prediction Models for FHB and Don
Erick DeWolf, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

SESSION 4: FOOD SAFETY, TOXICOLOGY, AND UTILITZATION OF MYCOTOXIN-CONTAMINATED GRAIN
CHAIRPERSON: David Kendra, PepsiCo - Quaker Oats, Barrington, IL
Vomitoxin: FDA's Regulatory Program
Kathleen D'Ovidio and Henry Kim, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD, USA. (contact NFO)

SESSION 5: VARIETY DEVELOPEMENT AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE
CO-CHAIRPERSONS: Bill Berzonsky, South Dakota State University and Jose Costa, University of Maryland
Current Knowledge on the Genetics of Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat - Implications for Resistance Breeding
Hermann Burstmayr, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Tulln, AUSTRIA

A Novel FHB-Resistance QTL with Uncertain Origin and its Introgression into Durum and Hard Red Spring Wheat
Steven Xu, USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND, USA

Genomic Selection for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat
Mark Sorrells, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

TOPIC: Ug99 Nursery Update
Dave Marshall, USDA-ARS, Raleigh, NC, USA
Jim Anderson, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA