2010 BGRI Technical Workshop Tentative Program (draft Mar. 5, 2010) May 30 & 31, St. Petersburg, Russia
Day 1. Sunday May 30
Welcome and Opening Ceremony
9:00-9:05 Jeanie Borlaug Laube, Chair, Borlaug Global Rust Initiative 9:05 - 9:10 Ronnie Coffman, Vice-Chair, BGRI
9:10 - 9:30 Keynote Address
9:30 - 9:50 Genetic Protection of Wheat from Rusts and Development of Resistant Varieties in Russia and Ukraine. Presented by Alex Morgounov
9:50 - 10:10 The Structure, Virulence and Molecular Characterization of Puccinia triticina and Puccinia graminis Populations in Various Regions of Russia in 2001-2008 Presented by Nataliya Kurkova
10:10 - 10:25 TEA
Session 1. World of Rust: Global Perspectives
10:25 - 10:45 Update on Rust Surveillance Efforts of the BGRI Presented by Robert F. Park
10:45 - 11:05 Improving Wheat Stripe Rust Resistance in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Present Status and Future Outlook Presented by Zafar Ziyaev
11:05 - 11:25 Global Status of Stripe Rust Presented by Colin Wellings
11:25 - 11:45 Global Status of Leaf Rust of Wheat Presented by Julio Huerta-Espina
11:45 - 12:05 Status of Rust Research in China Presented by ZS Kang
12:05 - 12:25 Mitigating the vulnerability window: roles and challenges of chemical control of rusts in developing countries. Presented by Rick Ward
Session 2. Global Climate Change: Projected Impacts on Rust Epidemiology
13:30 - 14:00 Implications of Climate Change for Pests, Diseases, Crop Yield and Food Security. Presented by Adrian Newton
14:00 - 14:30 Rust-proofing Wheat for a Changing Climate Presented by Sukumar Chakraborty
14:30 - 15:00 Shifting Boundaries: Challenges for Rust Monitoring Presented by David Hodson
15:00 - 15:20 TEA
15:20 - 17:20 Session 3.Management of Major Genes and Minor Genes: The Way Forward Moderator: Katherine Kahn
With panel: Robert F. Park, Richard Michelmore and Ravi Singh
Audience members are invited to participate actively in this discussion. If there are questions you want to ensure are raised (via the facilitator or by asking them directly yourself), please send a short email to: katherine.kahn@gatesfoundation.org
17:20 - 17:30 Logistics Update
19:00 - 21:00 Cocktail and Poster Session Mixer
19:00 - 20:00 odd number posters 20:00 - 21:00 even number posters
Day 2: Monday May 31
8:50 - 9:00 Welcome and Logistics Update
Session 4. Molecular Studies of Rust Pathogens
9:00 - 9:30 Exploiting Pathogen Effectors in Breeding and Deployment of Disease Resistance Presented by Sophien Kamoun
9:30 - 10:00 How Sweet is Parasitic Life? Nutrient Uptake in Rust Fungi Presented by Ralf Voegele
10:00 - 10:30 Comparative Genomics of Rust Fungi Presented by Christina Cuomo
10:30 - 10:40 TEA
Session 5. Pathogen Evolution
10:40 - 11:10 What can Pathogenomics Taught us about the Evolution of Rust Pathogens? Presented by Les Szabo
11:10 - 11:40 Role of Barberry and Alternate Hosts on Race Evolution Presented by Yue Jin
11:40 - 12:10 Characterization of Two New Wheat Stem Rust Races within the Ug99 Lineage in South Africa Presented by Zak Pretorius
12:10 - 1:30 Special Luncheon Presentation (lunch will be served in the Conference Hall)
Rust Research: Impact on Inequity (actual title TBA) Presented by Eija Pehu, The World Bank
Session 6. Advancing Rust Resistance Breeding: Germplasm and Tools
13:30 - 13:55 The Molecular Basis of Rice Non-host Immunity to Cereal Rusts Presented by Mick Ayliffe
13:55 - 14:25 Non-race Specific Resistance to Rusts in CIMMYT Spring Wheats: Breeding Advances Presented by Ravi Singh
14:25 - 14:55 Non-race Specific Resistance: Molecular Genetics & Pre-breeding Issues Presented by Evans Lagudah
14:55 - 15:25 The Status of Genetic Resources and Introgressions for Rust Resistance Presented by Matthew Rouse
15:25 - 15:55 Suppression and Expression of Rust Genes in Wheat Plants Presented by Scot Hulbert
15:55 - 16:25 Genomic Selection for Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat Presented by Mark Sorrells
16:25 - 16:40 TEA
16:40 - 18:00 Session 7: Delivering Rust Resistant Wheat to Farmers: perspectives from four national programs.