Sclerotinia Initiative Funded Projects - 2002, 2003

1) Sources of resistance to white mold in the pea and lentil core collections.

Weidong Chen - PI
USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
$59,000 in 2002

2) Genetic analysis of white mold resistance using microarrays.

Steven Clough - PI
USDA-ARS, Urbana, IL
$68,000 in 2002

3) Characterization of soybean genotypes with partial resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot.

Brian Diers - PI
Univ. of Illinois, Champaign, IL
$65,000 in 2002
$65,000 in 2003

4) Enhancing Sclerotinia resistance using modern and traditional methods.

George Graef - PI
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
$42,000 in 2002

5) Identify and introgress molecular markers for white mold resistance in dry bean.

Ken Grafton - PI
North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND
$12,000 in 2002
$47,000 in 2003

6) Development of Sclerotinia head rot resistant sunflower germplasm.

Tom Gulya - PI
USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND
$50,500 in 2002
$71,571 in 2003

7) Towards marker-assisted breeding for white mold resistance in common bean.

Phil Miklas - PI
USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA
$19,800 in 2002
$31,000 in 2003

8) Genetics of Sclerotinia resistance in canola.

Tom Osborn - PI
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
$61,000 in 2002
$141,680 in 2003 (for 2 years)

9) Introgressing white mold resistance from the secondary gene pool of common bean.

Shree Singh - PI
Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID
$30,000 in 2002
$49,000 in 2003

10) Transfer of total Sclerotinia resistance from Phaseolus coccinues to P. vulgaris.

James Myers - PI
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
$55,000 in 2002

11) Combining conventional and contemporary approaches to develop white mold resistance in dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

James Kelly - PI
Michigan St. Univ., E. Lansing, MI
$10,000 in 2002 (for 2 years)

12) Use of Intercept for control of Sclerotinia on dry beans, canola, and sunflower in North Dakota.

Luis del Rio - PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
$29,500 in 2002 (for 2 years)

13) Sclerotinia resistance and management strategies among susceptible South Dakota crops.

Marty Draper - PI
South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD
$24,500 in 2002
$23,813 in 2003

14) Population structure of the white mold pathogen on pea and lentil in the U.S.

Nik Grunwald - PI
USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA
$55,000 in 2002
$72,024 in 2003

15) Planting system, fungicide, and application timing for control of white mold in field peas.

Scott Halley - PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
$29,500 in 2002 (for 2 years)

16) Evaluation of canola cultivars for resistance to Sclerotinia.

Robert Henson - PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
$9,500 in 2002 (partial to Paul Porter at the Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN)
$16,000 in 2003 (partial to Paul Porter at the Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN)

17) Management practices and Sclerotinia on canola, pea, sunflower, and lentils.

Joe Krupinsky - PI
USDA-ARS, Mandan, ND
$53,000 in 2002
$65,000 in 2003

18) Scleortinia control and management in canola.

Art Lamey - PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
$75,000 in 2002

19) Epidemiology and control of Sclerotinia head rot in sunflower and wild sunflower species.

Khalid Rashid - PI
National Sunflower Assoc. of Canada, Morden, Manitoba, Canada
$10,000 in 2002
$15,000 in 2003

20) Eco-tillage, biopesticide and resistance management of white mold in dry bean.

Howard Schwartz - PI
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO
$58,000 in 2002

21) Validation and introgression of a white mold resistance gene from Andean into Middle American germplasm.

Mark Brick - PI
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO
$31,768  in 2003

22) Development and use of DNA markers for the control of Sclerotinia in sunflower. 

Jinguo Hu - PI
USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND
$110,800 in 2003 (for 2 years)

23) Biological control of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

Helene Dillard - PI
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
$10,000 in 2003

24) Improving white mold resistance by transforming dry bean with the germin oxalate oxidase gene.

James Kelly - PI
Michigan State Univ., E. Lansing, MI
$27,587 in 2003

25) Mechanisms and transfer of Sclerotinia resistance from Scarlet Runner to common bean.

James Myers - PI
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
$53,115 in 2003

26) Sclerotinia resistance enhanced by accumulation of QTL and transgenic approaches.

George Graef - PI
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
$150,991 in 2003 (for 2 years)

27) Validation of a white mold forecasting system for dry beans and canola in North Dakota and Minnesota.

Luis del Rio - PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
$61,610 in 2003

28) Sources of resistance to white mold in the grain legume core collections.

Weidong Chen - PI
USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
$126,364 in 2003 (for 2 years)

29) Impact of preceding crops on incidence and severity of disease of canola.

Brian Jenks - PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
$11,000 in 2003

30) Innovative methods to identify resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.

Berlin Nelson - PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
$21,540 in 2003

31) Influence of crop rotation and a cover crop on Sclerotinia in canola.

Paul Porter - PI
Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
$5,500 in 2003

32) Resistance improvement of bean through multi-site screening and pathogen characterization.

Jim Steadman - PI
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
$49,475 in 2003

33) Tech transfer

Ken Grafton - PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
$30,000 in 2002
$35,000 in 2003