The Wheat Initiative Expert Working Group on Control of Wheat Pathogens presents:

Wheat Pathogens Symposium at 4th International Wheat Congress in Bologna, Italy

The goal of the Wheat Pathogens Symposium is to provide a platform for researchers to share the latest knowledge on pathogen-wheat interactions and to offer opportunities for networking. This will enable the EWG to facilitate a discussion on strategies to minimise the impact of microbial diseases of wheat. Presentations will focus on short research talks, with early career researchers given priority to present and chair sessions. Time permitting, an open discussion session will be held in the afternoon.

Confirmed Speakers:

Beat Keller (University of Zurich, Switzerland) - Wheat/Rye Powdery Mildew Pangenome Reveals Drivers of Genome Diversity

Marion Müller (University of Zurich, Switzerland) - Dual recognition of structurally unrelated mildew effectors underlies the broad-spectrum resistance of Pm3e in wheat.

Fei He (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) - A biGWAS strategy reveals the genetic architecture of the interaction between wheat and Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici.

Nichola Hawkins (NIAB, UK) - TBD

Kar-Chun Tan (Curtin University, Australia) - Asymmetric priority effects between co-infecting wheat pathogens undermine single-pathogen resistance.

Huyen Phan (Curtin University, Australia) - A novel necrotrophic effector-receptor interaction in Parastagonospora nodorum-wheat pathosystem.

Caixia Lan (Huazhong Agricultural University, China) - Climate change alters the landscape of wheat fungal diseases and breeding in China.

Nidhi Rawat (University of Maryland, USA) - Discovery of Host Susceptibility Factors for Enhancing Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Wheat.

Upinder Gill (North Dakota State University, USA) - Discovery and cloning of novel rust resistance genes from diverse wheat gene pools.

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