Fusarium Wilt of Cotton: Challenges Posed by the Emerging Virulent Isolates Threatening Cotton Production Worldwide

Wednesday, January 6, 2010: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM
Galerie 1 (New Orleans Marriott)
Organizers:
Jinggao Liu and Terry A. Wheeler
1:50 PM
Molecular Genetic Classification of Fusarium oxysporum f. Sp. Vasinfectum
R. Michael Davis, Department of Plant Pathology; Elizabeth A. Holmes, Department of Plant Pathology; Patrick D. Colyer, Louisiana State University AgCenter; Rebecca S. Bennett, USDA-ARS, Western Integrated Cropping Systems Research Unit
2:10 PM
Relationships Among Vegetative Compatibility Groupings, Toxin Production, and Virulence of Fusarium oxysporum to Cotton
A. A. Bell, USDA-ARS-SPARC; M. H. Wheeler, USDA-ARS-SPARC; Jinggao Liu, USDA-ARS-SPARC; R. D. Stipanovic, USDA-ARS-SPARC; Lorraine S. Puckhaber, USDA-ARS-SPARC
2:30 PM
Fusaric Acid Production and Pathogenicity of Fusarium oxysporum f. Sp. Vasinfectum
Jinggao Liu, USDA-ARS-SPARC; Al. A. Bell, USDA-ARS-SPARC; R. D. Stipanovic, USDA-ARS-SPARC; Lorraine S. Puckhaber, USDA-ARS-SPARC
2:50 PM
The Australian System for Ranking Variety Resistance to Fusarium Wilt
Stephen J. Allen, Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd
3:10 PM
Progress in Breeding for Tolerance to Fusarium Wilt (FOV) Races 1 and 4 in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California
Mauricio Ulloa, USDA-ARS, WICSRU; Robert B. Hutmacher, University of California - Davis; Steve D. Wright, University of California; R. Michael Davis, University of California, Department of Plant Pathology; Richard G. Percy, USDA-ARS; Philip A. Roberts, University of California Riverside
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