2012 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum

PRESENTATIONS

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SESSION 1: FHB MANAGEMENT
CO-CHAIRPERSONS: Gary Bergstrom, Cornell University and Gene Milus, University of Arkansas

Can we Effectively Control Scab and DON Levels in Large Scale Commercial Farming?
Chris Bowley, Wheat Tech, Russellville, KY, USA

Known knowns and known unknowns: assessing adoption of scab management tools
Christina Cowger, USDA-ARS, Raleigh, NC, USA

FHB Management: Progress and Potential Knowledge Gaps
Erick De Wolf, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA

FHB Management in Spring Grains Lessons Learned, Successes, Future Needs
Marcia McMullen, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

SESSION 2: FOOD SAFETY AND TOXICOLOGY
CHAIRPERSON: Jim Pestka, Michigan State University

Deoxynivalenol- past, present, future
David Miller, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Quality Assurance Issues for DON Testing
Paul Schwarz, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

SESSION 3: VARIETY DEVELOPEMENT AND HOST PLANT RESISTANCE
CO-CHAIRPERSONS: Fred Kolb, University of Illinois and Jochum Wiersma, Univeristy of Minnesota

Overview of Breeding for FHB Resistance in Wheat - Where We?ve Come From and Where We Are
Jim Anderson, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA

Impact of Private Wheat Breeding on Fusarium Head Blight Resistance - North America
Bill Lasker, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Windfall, IN, USA

Genotype-by-Sequencing; breaking the bottleneck
Robert Brueggeman, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

Genetic analysis of Fusarium head blight resistance in Tunisian-derived durum wheat populations
Shahryar Kianian, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA

SESSION 4: PATHOGEN BIOLOGY AND GENETICS
CHAIRPERSON: Jin-Rong Xu, Purdue University

Regulation of mycotoxin production and kinome analysis in Fusarium graminearum
Jin-Rong Xu on Behalf of Chenfang Wang, Northwest A&F University, Yang Ling, Shanxi, China

SESSION 5: GENE DISCOVERY AND ENGINEERING RESISTANCE
CHAIRPERSON: Nilgun Tumer, Rutgers University

Developing Fusarium head blight resistant wheat
Gary Muehlbauer, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA

Genetic and genomic approaches for managing Fusarium pathogens
Kemal Kazan, CSIRO Plant Industry, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Lipid transfer proteins confer resistance to trichothecenes
John McLaughlin and Amer Bin-Umer, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA