Sclerotinia Initiative Funded Projects - 2007

1) Genetics & Mapping of Resistance to Sclerotinia White Mold in Lentil

Weidong Chen
USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
2007 - $61,384

2) Genetic Characterization of Scarlet-Runner Bean Derived Resistance to White Mold in Common Bean

Phil Miklas
USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA
2007 - $70,000

3) Improved Resistance to S. sclerotiorum in Pea and Lentil through Breeding and Biotechnology

Kevin McPhee
USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
2007 - $65,000

4) Development of Sunflower Germplasm with Sclerotinia Head Rot and Stalk Resistance

Tom Gulya
USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND
2007 - $109,473

5) Evaluation of Wild Helianthus Species for Resistance to Sclerotinia Stalk Rot

Charlie Block
USDA-ARS, Ames, IA
2007 - $31,901

6) Development of Sclerotinia Resistant Germplasm Utilizing Wild Helianthus Species

C. C. Jan
USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND
2007 $130,000

7) Map the Quantitative Trait Loci Responsible for Sclerotinia Tolerance in Two Sunflower F2 Populations

Jinguo Hu
USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND
2007 - $75,000

8) Identify Virulence Factors of Scleortinia sclerotiorum through Insertional Mutagenesis

Weidong Chen
USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA
2007 - $57,000

9) Screening of the Pisum Core Collection and Woody-Stem Selections for Resistance to White Mold

Lyndon Porter
USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA
2007 - $19,200

10) Identification & Functional Analysis of Candidate Defense-Related Genes to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Soybean & Arabidopsis

Steve Clough
USDA-ARS, Urbana, IL
2007 - $69,999

11) Contribution of Partial Genetic Resistance to White Mold Disease Management in Pinto Bean

Phil Miklas
USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA
2007 - $12,000

12) Introgressing White Mold Resistance from the Secondary Gene Pool of Common Bean

Shree Singh
Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID
2007 - $50,000

13) Development of Technological Advancement of Scleortinia Management

Ken Grafton
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
2007 - $17,000

14) Sclerotinia Resistance Enhanced by Accumulation of QTL and Transgenic Approaches

George Graef - PI
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2007 - $71,727

15) Mechanisms and Transfer of Sclerotinia Resistance from Scarlet Runner to Common Bean

James Myers - PI
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
2007 - $45,770

16) Resistance Improvement of Bean through Multi-site Screening and Pathogen Characterization

Jim Steadman - PI
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2007 - $50,000

17) Sunflower Head Rot Screening Nursery

Blaine Schatz – PI
North Dakota State Univ., Carrington, ND
2007 - $98,000

18) Epidemiological Studies on Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Canola

Luis del Rio – PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
2007 - $26,532

19)  Characterization of New Brassica napus – and Identification of New B. rapa – Plant Introductions as Sources of Resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Luis del Rio – PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
2007 - $98,342

20)  Optimizing Chemical Control of Sclerotinia Stem Rot on Canola

Luis del Rio – PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
2007 - $19,724

21)  Cultivar Selection and Fungicide by Isolate Origin Effects Upon White Mold                    Management in Dry Bean

Howard Schwartz – PI
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO
2007 - $35,000

22)  Unraveling the Genetics of Resistance in Soybean to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Using Multiple Evaluation Criteria

Craig Grau – PI
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2007 - $33,000

23) Sequencing of Expressed Sequence Tags of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Pisum sativum

Tobin Peever – PI
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA
2007 - $53,000

24)  Developing a Disease-Warning System for Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Canola

Luis del Rio – PI
North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, ND
2007 - $67,811

25)  Mapping QTL for White Mold Resistance in an Interspecific Dry Bean Backcross Population

Mark Brick – PI
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO
2007 - $30,878

26)  2007 Sunflower Germplasm Evaluation for Resistance to Sclerotinia Head Rot in MN

Charla Hollingsworth – PI
University of MN, Crookston, MN
2007 - $15,000

27)  Identification QTL for White Mold Resistance in Two Pinto Bean Mapping Populations

James Kelly – PI
2007 - $30,000

28)  Genetic Mechanisms of Resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Henrik Stotz
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2007 - $30,000

29)  Enhancing Soybean for Resistance to Sclerotinia Stem Rot

Dechun Wang – PI
Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI
2007 - $30,000