Agenda for Workshop on Southern Corn Rust Puccinia polysora

February 9-10 2010

4th Floor Conference Room – room 415

Venture 4,  1730 Varsity Drive,   Suite 400

Raleigh, NC, 27606

735 AM                 Meet in HWS hotel lobby for ride to APHIS-PPQ-CPHST

800 AM                Official welcome – Tom Melton, CIPM.

                                Official welcome from APHIS-PPQ-CPHST- Charla Hollingsworth.

Welcome, introductions and objectives – Roger Magarey, NCSU

 

830 AM                 Overview of SCR threat and recent pest history (Moderator – Paul Vincelli)

Overview of P. polysora biology – Clayton Hollier

SCR a major pest of concern – industry perspective  - Bill Dolezal

Selected State reports: Impact in 2009 and plans for 2010 (State specialists present brief reports)

 

 1000 AM             Break

 

1015 AM              SCR research needs – Part 1  (Moderator - Bill Dolezal)

Puccinia polysora research at Illinois:  germpalsm evaluation and resistance-   Carl Bradley and Snook Pataky (in absentia)

Identified sources of resistance – Yoon Sup So and Jim Brewbaker (in absentia)

Sources of resistant materials – GEM materials – Matt Krawoksky  

 

1200 Noon          Lunch (Boxed lunch provided)

 

1 PM                      SCR research needs – Part 2 (Moderator – Roger Magarey)

The genetics of resistance to SCR – Peter Balint-Kurti

Rust identification – Bill Dolezal

Prospective aerobiological modeling of SCR – Scott Isard              

Detection with rain sampling systems – Les Szabo

 

2:45 PM                Break                   

300 PM                 Pest Information Platforms and information systems (Moderator – Scott Isard)

                                PIPE 2.0 architecture and data sharing – Joe Russo

Potential contribution of iPIPE to SCR   Tom Moore and Bill D.

Data management in SCR-PIPE – Julie Golod (Day 2 presentation)

                                Quality control systems and standards – Gary DeLong

                                Summary of PIPE 2.0 – Roger Magarey (Day 2 presentation)

5PM                       CLOSE

7 PM                      Group Dinner

 

Day 2 –                 Concurrent Sessions

 

755 AM                 Meet in HWS hotel lobby for ride to APHIS-PPQ-CPHST

                               

830 AM                 Concurrent Session 1- 2010 SCR PIPE Planning session  - Moderator Roger Magarey

                                Protocols for SCR survey – Bob Kemerait

                                Data management in SCR-PIPE – Julie Golod

Discussion of roles and data sharing between groups

Data collection from survey and diagnostic lab – hands on training

                                Modeling

                                Interpretation/commentary

                                Public dissemination

 

8.30 AM               Concurrent session 2- Research Symposium – Moderator – Bill Dolezal

Brief Recap on Day 1 – Bill Dolezal

Sources of resistant materials – GEM materials

Race Identification and differentials –

                Potential for molecular diagnostics

Setting of research priorities.

 

1130 AM              Final combined summary session

12 Noon               Lunch and close