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Bottom (L to R): Keiddy Urrea, Brett Tyler, Rashelle Mathiessen, Nilwala Abeysekara, Damon Smith, Joel Shuman
Top: Mauricio Serrano, Mike Fedkenheuer, Kevin Fedkenheuer, Alison Robertson, John Rupe, Lorien Radmer
Not Pictured: John McDowell (taking photograph)

2013 Workshop

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Workshop is September 15-16, 2013. 8 travel fellowships up to $820 US are offered to reimburse travel, meals, and incidentals incurred to travel to the workshop. Please visit the Fellowships page for more information on how to apply.

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Sunday, September 23, 2012

  

 

Travel to Kemp

(Dinner/Snacks at Kemp)

Monday, September 24, 2012

  

8:00

9:00

  

Breakfast

(Lodge Dining Room)

9:00

10:15

Welcome and Introduction (Shuman)

Brief Overview of USDA CAP (McDowell)

Oomycete ID and Diagnostics – (Overview from Chilvers, Specific details from Rojas and input from Jardine, Nelson, Malvick, Robertson)

(Boathouse Classroom)

10:15

10:30

Break

(coffee/refreshments in Lodge Kitchen)

10:30

12:00

Phytophthora Virulence Mechanisms (Azeem)

Pythium ID (Zitnick-Anderson)

Pythium Resistance (Rupe)

12:00

1:15

  

Lunch

(Lodge Dining Room)

1:15

3:00

  

Phytopthora Effectors Overview (McDowell)

Transient Effector Delivery System (Fedkenheuer)

Necrosis and Ethylene-inducing Like Proteins (Chang)

Group Photo

3:00

6:30

  

Afternoon Break

6:30

Dinner

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

  

8:00

9:00

  

Breakfast

(Lodge Dining Room)

9:00

10:15

Resistance Screening Overview (Robertson/Maroof)

Isolate and Env. Factors Affecting Screening (Matthiesen)

Phytophthora diversity in Taro and Soybean resistance (Shrestha)

(Boathouse Classroom)

10:15

10:30

Break

(coffee/refreshments in Lodge Kitchen)

10:30

11:30

NCSRP/USB Project Overview and Overlap w/ USDA CAP (Chilvers?)

Solicition/Discussion – New Resistance Strategies/Genes

Wrap-Up – suggestions for next year, joint meetings, etc.

 

Adjourn

Note: all meetings are in the Boathouse Classroom.

Workshop Announcement – 2012

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Welcome to the Soybean root rot annual workshop. It will be held September 23-25, 2012 at Kemp Natural Resources Station in Woodruff, WI. The workshop is open to anyone interested in root rots. Click here for more background information.

Food and lodging during the workshop will be covered for all attendees. Travel and subsistence to and from the workshop will not be covered except for 8 travel fellowships. Deadline to apply for travel fellowships is Aug 27, 2012.

Please register so that we can ensure adequate lodging and food and coordinate travel logistics.

Travel Fellowship Deadline

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Just a reminder that travel fellowship applications are due today (Sept 15)! Applications received after today may be reviewed if funds are available.

For those planning travel, the closest airport is Wausau/Stevens Point (CWA). Other airports include Madison, WI and the Twin Cities.

Workshop Announcement – 2011

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Welcome to the Soybean root rot annual workshop. This workshop is intended to bring together stakeholders (including industry reps), soybean pathologists, oomycete molecular biologists, and extension personnel in an informal setting. It reinstates an annual meeting held 6 times during the 1990’s. It will be held October 29-31 to facilitate attendance by field-oriented researchers at Kemp Natural Resources Station in Woodruff, WI. The workshop is open to anyone interested in root rots. Click here for more information.