Post Date: October 18, 2009

Annual Meeting Information

2010 Annual Meeting

2009 Annual Meeting

• 2009 Annual Meeting Final Report Including Research Abstracts
• 2009 Annual Meeting Registration and Abstract Instructions
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• 2009 Call for Pre-Plans of Work and Instructions
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• 2009 CSREES-663 Form
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• 2009 REE-454 Budget
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2008 Annual Meeting

2007 Annual Meeting

Proceedings from the 2007 Sclerotinia Intiative annual meeting are now online at:

• 2007 Sclerotinia Initiative Annual Meeting Proceedings
• 2007 Abstracts & Posters

2006 Annual Meeting

Thanks to all who participated in the Sclerotinia Initiative's 2006 Annual Meeting.  Below are links to several presentations and posters that were presented at the meeting, as well as the research abstracts that were presented.

RESEARCH ABSTRACTS

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ANNUAL MEETING PRESENTATIONS

• Farmers Have More Choices Than Ever -- What Will Affect Their Future Planting Decisions? -- Mike Krueger, The Money Farm, Fargo, ND
  
• Carrington, ND Research & Extension Center: A Resource for Sclerotinia Research -- Blaine Schatz/Bob Henson, North Dakota State University, Carrington, ND
  
• Introgressing White Mold Resistance From the Secondary Gene Pool of Common Bean -- Shree Singh, University of Idaho, Kimberly, ID
  
• Development of Soybean Varieties or Germplasm Resistant to Sclerotinia Stem Rot -- Dechun Wang, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
  
• Resistance Improvement of Bean Through Multi-State Screening and Pathogen Characterization -- Jim Steadman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  
• Strategic Plan Update: Germplasm Enhancement - Soybean -- George Graef, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

RESEARCH POSTERS

• A Modified Petzoldt and Dickson Scale for White Mold Rating of Commong Bean -- H. Terán, M. Lema, H. F. Schwartz, R. Duncan, R. Gilbertson, S. P. Singh
  
• Fungicide Efficacy for Sclerotinia Head Rot Control on Sunflower -- S. Halley
  
• Progress in Mapping QTLs Responsible for Resistance to Sclerotinia Head Rot and Stalk Rot in Two Segregating Sunflower Populations -- J. Hu, S. A. Radi, T. J. Gulya, J. F. Miller
  
• Quantitative Trait Loci Linked to White Mold Resistance in Common Bean -- J. J. Maxwell, M. A. Brick, P. F. Byrne, H. F. Schwartz, X. Shan, J. B. Ogg, R. Henson
  
• Inheritance of White Mold Resistance in the Interspecific Crosses of Pinto Cultivars Othello and UI 320 and Phaseolus coccineus L. Accessions PI 433246 and PI 439534 -- H. F. Schwartz, K. Otto, H. Terán, M. Lema, S. P. Singh
  
• Introgressing White Mold Resistance from the Secondary Gene Pool of Common Bean -- S. P. Singh, H. F. Schwartz, H. Terán, K. Otto, M. Lema, P. N. Miklas, R. Henson
  
• QTL for White Mold Resistance in I9365-31 Dry Bean Derived from P. vulgaris x P. coccineus -- P. Miklas
  
• Potential Marker-Assisted Selection for Resistance to Sclerotinia White Mold in Pinto and Great Northern Bean -- P. Miklas
  
• Development of PCR-Based Markers for Resistance to Sclerotinia Stem Rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) in Soybean -- T. D. Vuong, B. Calla, B. W. Diers, S. J. Clough, G. L. Hartman
  
• Use of oxalic acid to characterize soybean accessions for partial resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum -- Angelique J. Peltier and Craig R. Grau, Dept. fo Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  
• Evaluation of Canola Cultivars for Resistance to Sclerotinia -- Bob Henson, North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center, Paul Porter, University of Minnesota – St. Paul, Dave LeGare, University of Minnesota – Crookson, and Matt Swanson, North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center
  
• Sunflower Head Rot Screening Nursery and Fungicide Evaluation -- Bob Henson¹,  Khalid Rashid², Scott Halley³, Marty Draper⁴  and Tom Gulya^{5,  1}North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center, ²Agriculture and Agrifoods Canada - Morden, ³North Dakota State University Langdon Research Extension Center, ⁴South Dakota State University Brookings, ⁵USDA-ARS Sunflower Research Unit - Fargo
  
• Interspecific amphiploids of perennial Helianthus species x cultivated sunflower possess valuable genes for resistance to Sclerotinia stem and head -- C. C. Jan¹, J. Feng², G. J. Seiler¹, and T. J. Gulya^{1, 1}USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo, ND 58105, ²North Dakota State University, Plant Sciences Department, Fargo, ND 58105
  
• Dispersal of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum ascospores in canola fields from area source of inoculum -- Qandah, I.S., and L.E. del Río. Department of Plant Pathology North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105 ND
  
• Sclerotinia Stalk Rot & Head Rot of Sunflower: Development of Resistant Germplasm and Evaluation of Commercial Hybrids -- Tom Gulya and Jerry Miller, USDA Sunflower Research Unit, Fargo, ND
  
• Development of Sclerotinia stem rot resistant germplasm utilizing hexaploid Helianthus species -- Jiuhuan Feng¹, G. J. Seiler², T. J. Gulya2, C. C. Jan², ¹North Dakota State University, Department of Plant Sciences, Fargo, ND 58105, ²USDA-ARS, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo, ND 58105
  
• QTL for white mold resistance in I9365-31 dry bean derived from P. vulgaris x P. coccineus -- Phil Miklas, USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA
  
• Crop Rotation Influences Canola and Wheat Diseases and Production -- 2005 Update -- Paul Porter and Dave LeGare, University of Minnesota
  
• Updates on Epidemiology and Resistance to Sclerotinia Head Rot in Wild Sunflower Species -- Khalid Rashid, AAFC, Morden Research Station, Morden, Manitoba and Gerald Seiler, USDA, ARS, Northern Crops Research Laboratory, Fargo, ND.
  
• Fungicides to Control Sclerotinia Head Rot in Sunflower -- Khalid Rashid, AAFC, Morden Research Station, Morden, Manitoba