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Canola Pathology Workshop 2009
Session I: Blackleg field survey and durability of resistance
Phil Salisbury: Five year blackleg survey
Ravjit Khangura/Phil Salisbury: WA blackleg survey and research update
Vicki Thomas: Erosion of resistance
Trent Potter: Historical cultivar and 08 survey
Steve Marcroft: Pilot scale durability project
Angela Van de Wouw: Monitoring of virulence in fungal populations
Session II: Tools for exploiting Brassica genome for blackleg resistance
Steve Marcroft / Angela Van de Wouw: Identification of resistance genes in Australian canola cultivars through development of a differential set of blackleg isolates
Wayne Burton: Effectiveness of novel sylvestris-derived resistance genes
Dave Edwards: Sequencing of Brassica A genome
Harsh Raman: Update on molecular marker project
Session III: New projects
Jacqui Batley: Co-evolution of the host pathogen interaction between Leptosphaeria maculans and Brassica species
Bonny Vogelzang: Epidemiology and modelling
Dini Ganesalingam / Wallace Cowling: Exploring the blackleg rating data
Robert Battaglia: New seed treatments for blackleg control (No copy available)
Session IV: Other diseases of canola / juncea:
Kurt Lindbeck: Virus and sclerotinia update
Susie Sprague: Impact of grazing canola on disease
Session V: Getting the message out to advisors and growers
Steve Marcroft: Industry response to reduced blackleg resistance
Felicity Pritchard: Sclerotinia fact sheet
Rob Wilson: Cultural blackleg management practices for high risk regions (Eyre Peninsula)