NCCC207: Biochemistry and Genetics of Plant-Fungal Interactions
Annual/Termination Reports (SAES-422): [11/25/2008] [09/20/2010] [03/20/2011] [07/03/2012]
Date of Annual Report: 11/25/2008
Report Information:
Participants:
- Regina Redman University of Washington, Seattle
- Rusty Rodriguez US Geological Survey & University of Washington, Seattle
- Jenny Lorang Oregon State University
- Jeff Rollins University of Florida
- Marilyn J. Roossinck, Noble Foundation, Oklahoma
- Nancy Keller University of Wisconsin
- JinWoo Bok University of Wisconsin
- Saori Amaike University of Wisconsin
- Graeme Garvey University of Wisconsin
- Clarissa Booth University of Wisconsin
- Mona Shabaan University of Wisconsin
- Tika Adhikari North Dakota State University
- Tim Friesen USDA-ARS Red River Agricultural Research Center
- Frances Trail Michigan State University
- Jim Kerns University of Wisconsin
- Moyi Li University of Florida
- Brett Williams Texas A&M University
- Mehdi Kabbage Texas A&M University
- Tom Mitchell Ohio State University
Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting:
Please see attached file for NCCC207's complete report.
URL: Copy of minutes
Accomplishments:
Impact Statements:
Last Modified:
25-Nov-2008
Date of Annual Report: 09/20/2010
Report Information:
Participants:
Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting:
Please see attached file for meeting minutes.
URL: Copy of minutes
Accomplishments:
Impact Statements:
Last Modified:
20-Sep-2010
Date of Annual Report: 03/20/2011
Report Information:
Participants:
Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting:
URL: Copy of minutes
Accomplishments:
Impact Statements:
Last Modified:
16-Dec-2011
Date of Annual Report: 07/03/2012
Report Information:
Participants:
- Regina Redman
- University of Washington
- redmanr@uw.edu Rusty Rodriguez University of Washington
- rustyrod@u.washington.edu Dan Ebbole
- Texas A&M University
- d-ebbole@tamu.edu Heather Wilkinson
- Texas A&M University
- h-wilkinson@tamu.edu Martin Dickman
- Texas A&M University
- mbdickman@tamu.edu Tim Friesen
- USDA-ARS North Dakota State University
- timothy.friesen@ars.usda.gov Zhaohui Liu
- North Dakota State University
- zhh.lin@ndsu.edu Jeffrey Rollins
- University of Florida
- rollinsj@ufl.edu Michael Kolomiets
- Texas A&M University
- kolomiets@tamu.edu Mehdi Kabbage
- Texas A&M University
- pcd@tamu.edu Marilyn J. Roossinck
- Pennsylvania State University
- mjr25@psu.edu Ben Doughan
- University of Florida
- bdoughan@ufl.edu Xiaofei Liang
- University of Florida
- xiaofeiliang@ufl.edu Jessie Fernandez
- University of Nebraska
- jfernandez99@huskers.unl.edu Richard A Wilson
- University of Nebraska
- rwilson10@unl.edu
Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting:
URL: Copy of minutes
Accomplishments:
1.Research projects were coordinated among NCCC-207 participants during the annual meeting resulting in new collaborations and standardization of protocols.2.Postdoctoral and PhD graduate students were mentored and professional development enhanced through the scientific exchange provided by this meeting.
3.Research results were published in peer-reviewed journals by members of the committee including several joint, collaborative publications.
Impact Statements:
- Members have been instrumental in sequencing and analyzing genomes of more than ten important fungal plant pathogens. Most recently, a high impact publication concerning genome annotation and comparative genomic was published for Sclerotinina sclerotiorum. The comparative analysis of this genome has revealed novel determinants of fungal virulence. Targeted approaches to interfere with fungal infection and colonization of hosts have been suggested and have the potential for deducing multi-millions of dollars in crop loss if successfully implemented.
- NCCC207 members have generated understandings of plant-fungal interactions in terms of host susceptibility, pathogen virulence mechanisms and fungal-plant interactions on multiple parasitic (mutualism to pathogenic) levels. The scale of these investigations range from the single organism to the ecosystem and from single genes to genomes. These activities have altered strategies of disease management to increase productivity and lower environmental impact.
- Significant advancements in the genetic mapping of quantitative disease resistance traits have been made for two major diseases of wheat, Fusarium Head Blight and Stagonospora nodorum Blotch. In addition transgenic crop engineering has demonstrated the effectiveness of anti-fungal protein expression in resistance to corn smut disease. These findings are being applied for crop improvement to improve food security and mitigate production losses.
Last Modified:
12-Jul-2012
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