The Expert Working Group on Wheat Breeding Methods and Strategies invites you to join their webinar!

Dr. Jessie Alt will discuss theoretical and practical implications on wheat breeding at Corteva. She will also discuss Ideas to consider when implementing breeding theory at scale.

11th of July 2025

10:00 AM CDT (Chicago time, USA)

8:00 AM PDT (Los Angeles, USA)

6:00 PM CET (Berlin, Germany)

1:30 AM ACST (Adelaide, Australia)

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Friday, July 11, 2025

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The Expert Working Group on Wheat pathogens invites you to join in to their next webinar! The invited speaker is Dr. Liu Zhaohui from North Dakota State University. His talk titled “Further Dissecting Genetics of Virulence in Wheat Tan Spot Pathogen Pyrenophora tritici-repentis”. Please feel free to foreward and share to those who are interested.

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Thank you for your interest in our in-person meeting of our Pathogens EWG Meeting Registration for this satellite meeting is free. If participants plan to attend the International Wheat Congress 2024 (IWC2024), they will have to register and pay separately.

Find the Presentation Schedule here: Presentation Schedule

The meeting will start on September 21st at 9:00hrs (Perth/AU Time) am and will close on 18:00Hrs (Perth/AU Time).

To attend pre-registration is mandatory.

--- Deadline for registration is August 30, 2024 ----

Pre-registration has closed.

!NOTE TO EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS! The EWG will hold oral presentation prizes for early career researchers (ECRs) at the symposium. To be eligible, non-member ECRs will need to sign up for Wheat Initiative EWG ECR membership before the Symposium. It's free! You can sign up for membership by following the instructions found in this link (download application form). The winner will receive 300€ (Euro) and runner-up will receive 200€ (Euro). The winner and runner-up will be required to contribute to the Wheat Initiative newsletter thereafter by providing a snapshot of their research and a researcher profile. Great exposure of your research and looks good on the CV!

We look forward for your active participation!

Symposium location

Curtin University of Technology, Bentley Campus

Building 300 Room 217 (300.217:CT)

We will put signs up around the place on the day of the symposium

How to get here?

If you have already booked your accommodation in the city centre near the Perth Convention Centre where the IWC will be held, you can easily catch public transport (https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/). The Elizabeth Quay Busport and Train station is next to the Perth Convention Centre. You can take;

1.    Take buses 34 and 72 from the Elizabeth Quay Bus Port directly to the Curtin University Hayman Road Busport adjacent to the symposium venue.

2.    Take a train on the Mandurah Line from the Elizabeth Quay Train station. Alight at the Canning Bridge Station. Catch bus 101 to the Curtin University Hayman Road Busport adjacent to the symposium venue.

The other alternative is to take a taxi or ride shares (Ola, DiDi or Uber). There won’t be any traffic jams on a Saturday morning.

Accommodation

If you seek accommodation closer to the symposium venue at Curtin University, try the ‘Nesuto Curtin Perth Hotel’ (https://www.nesuto.com/curtin). It is a new hotel located at Curtin University.

Local restaurants

You can find a few local restaurants and fast-food joints at the Waterford Plaza. But I recommend taking a short trip (via bus) to Victoria Park for more choices.

The Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens presents:

Global Burden of Crop Loss initiative – in pursuit to support data-driven decision making

Anna is a geographer and crop protection modeller with experience working on highly collaborative projects tackling crop pest problems in the USA, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining CABI in 2021 as a Technical Lead on the Global Burden of Crop Loss initiative, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in modelling groups at the Plant Science Department in Cambridge (2018-2021) and at Rothamsted Research (2014-2018). Anna has experience in modelling spatial distribution of host plants, monitoring the spread of pathogens, advising surveillance strategies, working with qualitative farmer survey data, modelling pest climatic niche and pest population dynamics.

Please join on  Wednesday November 8th, 9am Calgary time , 5pm Berlin time, 12am (00:00) Perth time via the link:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTg4YTRlMTAtZWJjNy00ZmVjLWJjZGYtZWJhMGE1YjgxN2Q0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229da98bb1-1857-4cc3-8751-9a49e35d24cd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2229719dd4-9895-4fd3-8e9e-b8827910d03e%22%7d

Dr. Viviane Cordovez from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (Wageningen) will give a presentation on;

“Wheat Phyllosphere Yeasts: Diversity And Potential For Improving Plant Resilience To (A)biotic stresses”

Please join the webinar following the link:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2RkZjk0YjEtNTcwZC00NjU0LTk5M2YtNDAzNjIzYTVkZTA4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229da98bb1-1857-4cc3-8751-9a49e35d24cd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2229719dd4-9895-4fd3-8e9e-b8827910d03e%22%7d

When?

Tuesday, Oct 24th, 2023

Berlin, Germany 4pm

Calgary, Canada 8am

The Expert Working Group on Control of Wheat Pathogens would like to invite to their fifth webinar !

Dr. Brande Wulff from the Centre for Desert Agriculture at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia will be speaking about “Harnessing genetic diversity in wheat and its wild relatives for disease resistance”.

Abstract: Genetic diversity for disease resistance has been eroded in bread wheat through polyploidisation, domestication and breeding. We have developed sequence-configured panels of wheat and wild progenitors for high-throughput identification of disease resistance genes by association mapping or mutational genomics [1-4]. Cloned resistance genes can speed up resistance breeding through generation of GM stacks [5] or by conventional marker-assisted selection in combination with speed breeding [6,7]. We propose internationally coordinated efforts to clone and characterize wheat resistance genes to facilitate a more judicious deployment of resistance genes in GM and conventional breeding programmes [8].

Wulff is a molecular plant pathologist and geneticist. He uses high throughput DNA sequencing and bioinformatics to identify genes restricting stem rust and Septoria tritici blotch, two major diseases of wheat. His long-term aim is to use cloned genes from wild ancestors of wheat to engineer durable resistance to these diseases in cultivated wheat. Dr. Wulff recently took up a faculty position in the Centre for Desert Agriculture at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. Prior to this he worked for ten years in the John Innes Centre and The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK.

Please join on  Tuesday Oct 3, early morning 6 am Calgary time via the link https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjZiNTA2MzEtNzkxMC00ZTcxLWFlNDctZGRmYjlhNWM3ZjAw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229da98bb1-1857-4cc3-8751-9a49e35d24cd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2229719dd4-9895-4fd3-8e9e-b8827910d03e%22%7d Dr.

Dr. Janna Beckerman from Purdue University, USA, will give a presentation on

“Fifty years of Fungicides Development, Deployment and Future Use”

Please join the webinar folling the link:

 https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MDYzYmJkNjctYjhmNi00YzE2LThiMTQtNzc2YTJjOWIwYWNl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229da98bb1-1857-4cc3-8751-9a49e35d24cd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2229719dd4-9895-4fd3-8e9e-b8827910d03e%22%7d

This is the fourth Webinar of the Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens:

Dr. Zhiyong Liu will present his talk titled: “Wheat disease resistance genes: from NLR to WTK”

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmQ3MWYwYjYtM2UyZi00MmU5LWE3NWUtZjkxODY1YTFjMTc4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229da98bb1-1857-4cc3-8751-9a49e35d24cd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2229719dd4-9895-4fd3-8e9e-b8827910d03e%22%7d

This is the third Webinar of the Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens:

Trends in Fusarium and Ergot in Canadian wheat from 1995

Sean Walkowiak PhD, Research Scientist at Canadian Grain Commission since 2019.

 Please join via:

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OGY3MGZmMDMtZjgwZS00NmVkLWJkY2YtOGI1ZmU3ZWI2YTQ2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229da98bb1-1857-4cc3-8751-9a49e35d24cd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2229719dd4-9895-4fd3-8e9e-b8827910d03e%22%7d

This is the second Webinar of the newly established Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens:

'Wheat blast: a potentially catastrophic disease threatening global food security

Md. Tofazzal Islam, a biotechnologist, ecological chemist, and professor and founding Director of Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (IBGE) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur.

Thursday, 16th February 2023

8.00 am MST (4pm Berlin Time, 1.30am Adelaide Time) 

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2U1ZWU5MjAtZGEwYi00NmEwLTgzNTQtMGRkZGNkYjg4OTI0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229da98bb1-1857-4cc3-8751-9a49e35d24cd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2229719dd4-9895-4fd3-8e9e-b8827910d03e%22%7d

This is the first Webinar of the newly established Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens:

Dr. Tom Fetch, a stem rust pathologist who recently retired from AAFC Canada in 2022, will be discussing his experiences working on stem rust for over 30 years.

Thursday, 26th January 2023

11.00 am MST (7pm Berlin Time, 4.30am Adelaide Time) 

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MjhiYzJkODQtNjM3ZC00MmRiLTg4NGEtMTkxNTY3M2I5YTY0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%229da98bb1-1857-4cc3-8751-9a49e35d24cd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2229719dd4-9895-4fd3-8e9e-b8827910d03e%22%7d

Organizers

• Amanda de Oliveira Silva

  • Oklahoma State University

• Alison R Bentley

  • CIMMYT

• https://scisoc.confex.com/scisoc/2022am/meetingapp.cgi/Symposium/525

Presentations

• 9:45 AM Introductory Remarks

• 9:50 AM 246-1 A Historical Look at Hard Winter Wheat Yield and End-Use Quality Indicates No End in Sight

  Brett F. Carver, Plant & Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, US and Liza Van der Laan, Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

• 10:10 AM 246-2 Integrating Genotype, Environment, and Fertility Management for Hard Winter Wheat Yield and Quality on the Great Plains

  Mary J Guttieri, Hard Winter Wheat Genetics, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, US, Nathan O. Nelson, Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, US, Allan Fritz, Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS and Romulo Pisa Lollato, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

• 10:30 AM 246-3 Mitigating Genotype x Environment Interactions – Modern Breeding Strategies to Improve End-Use Quality of Wheat.

  Curtis J Pozniak, Adam Carter, Jemanesh Haile, Teketel Haile, Andrii Fatiukha and Amidoi N'Diaye, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

• 10:50 AM 246-4 Understanding Nitrogen Response in Cereals: From Genetics to Management

  Alison R Bentley1, Stéphanie Swarbreck2, Beata Orman-Ligeza2, Nick Fradgley2, Aleksander Ligeza2, Hannes Karwat3, Jose Ortiz-Monasterio4 and Julio Huerta espino3, (1)CIMMYT, Texcoco, MEXICO, (2)The John Bingham Laboratory, NIAB, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (3)Global Wheat Program, CIMMYT, Texcoco, Mexico, (4)CIMMYT, Houston, TX, US

• 11:10 AM 246-5 Heat Waves Effects on Wheat Grain Size and Quality

  Roxana Savin, Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, Lleida, Lleida, Spain and Gustavo Slafer, Department of Crop and Forest Sciences, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain

• 11:30 AM Discussion