2025 Bacterial Leaf Streak Meeting Schedule
The University of Minnesota
Cargill Building - Microbial and Plant Genomics
1500 Gortner Ave, St. Paul, MN 55018
April 9-11, 2025
View Presenter Abstracts Here (Google Docs)
Day 1 - Wednesday, April 9th
12:30-1:00 pm- Registration
1:00-1:10 - Welcoming Remarks – Jonathan Jacobs, Rebecca Curland, Andy Read
Session 1: Pathogen Biology (Moderator - Jonathan Jacobs)
1:10-1:30 - Gene loss as a mechanism for understanding local and global Xanthomonas transmission strategies - Jonathan Jacobs, The Ohio State University
1:30-1:45 - Rapid whole-genome sequencing and TALE identification of Xanthomonas strains isolated in two growing seasons across Minnesota - Adelaide Hazen, University of Minnesota
1:45-2:00 - Unraveling Xanthomonas translucens host range evolution - Marcus Merfa, The Ohio State University
2:00-2:15 - Three can play that game: Exploring the dynamics between the three clades of Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens - Diel Donne Velasco, North Dakota State University
2:15-2:30 - Gaining molecular insights into wheat and Xanthomonas translucens interactions, plant immunity, and pathogen virulence - Diego Gutierrez-Castillo, Colorado State University
2:30-2:45 - *Break* (15 min)
2:45-3:45 - Special Topic Discussion: Pathogen Biology (Moderator -Marcus V. Merfa, Notes - Gazala Ameen)
3:45-4:00 - *Break* (15 min)
4:00-5:00 Panel Discussion: Careers across the professional spectrum - Marshall Clinesmith and Peder Schmitz, Andy Read, Robyn Roberts, Claude Bragard, Liz Brauer (moderator)
*Dinner on own*
Day 2 - Thursday, April 10th
8:30- 9:00 - Morning social (Coffee, pastries and fruit)
Session 2: Genetics and Breeding - (Moderators - Diel Velasco and Muhammad Ahmad)
9:00-9:20 - Phenotypic evaluation and genome-wide association mapping for bacterial leaf streak resistance in a worldwide cultivated emmer wheat collection - Xuehui Li, North Dakota State University
9:20-9:35 - Efforts towards understanding and integrating key QTLs for bacterial leaf streak resistance in wheat - Krishna Acharya, North Dakota State University
9:35-9:50 - Mapping for Resistance to Bacterial Leaf Streak Disease in Global Durum Wheat panel - Tapish Pawar, South Dakota State University
9:50-10:00 *Break* (10 min)
10:00-10:20 - Genome-wide association and biparental mapping revealed a major quantitative trait locus associated with resistance to bacterial leaf streak in durum - Zhaohui Liu, North Dakota State University
10:20-10:35 - A decade of cooperative nursery data reveals QTLs for bacterial leaf streak resistance and breeding - Emily Conley, University of Minnesota
10:35-10:50 - Unraveling Complexity of Bacterial Leaf Streak Resistance in Wheat - Muhammad Ahmad, South Dakota State University
10:50-11:00 - *Break* (10 min)
11:00-11:20 - Wild and cultivated barley species as sources of resistance to bacterial leaf streak (virtual) - Belayneh Yimer, USDA-ARS
11:20-11:35 - Identification of quantitative trait loci for bacterial leaf streak resistance in two biparental barley populations - Yoonjung (Yoony) Lee, University of Minnesota
11:35-12:30 Special Topic Discussion: Genetics and Breeding (Moderator - Gazala Ameen, Notes - Andy Read)
12:30 -1:30 - Lunch (provided on-site)
Session 3: Management and Epidemiology (Moderator - Felipe Clavijo and Haidyn Larsen)
1:30-2:00 - Understanding and managing wheat bacterial diseases in Uruguay - Silvia Pereyra (virtual), INIA Uruguay
2:00-2:20 - Comparison of bacterial leaf streak ratings from natural infection and artificial inoculation under field conditions - Jim Anderson, University of Minnesota
2:20-2:40 - Studying management strategies and host-pathogen interactions of bacterial leaf streak in Canada - Dilantha Fernando, University of Manitoba
2:40-2:55 - Innovative approach to elucidate seed-to-seed transmission mechanism of Xanthomonas translucens in barley and wheat - Glenrose Belen, North Dakota State University
2:55- 3:30 - Special Topic Discussion: Management and Epidemiology (Moderator - Robyn Roberts, Notes - Liz Brauer)
3:30-3:40 - *Break* (10 min)
3:40-5:00 - Special Topic Discussion: Community Action Items (Moderator - Tom Baldwin and Rebecca Curland)
Developing an updated BLS protocol manual
Surveying for BLS - updating maps
Documenting yield loss in wheat and barley
6:30 – 8:30 PM Evening Social (dinner included) - Saint Paul Brewing
688 Minnehaha Ave E, St Paul, MN 55106
Day 3 - Friday, April 11th
8:30-9:00 - Morning social (Coffee, pastries and fruit)
Session 4: Other Leaf streak pathogens (Moderators - Diego Gutierrez-Castillo and Adelaide Hazen)
9:00-9:30 - Elucidating the genetic control of bacterial wilt resistance in Italian ryegrass (virtual) - Roland Kölliker, ETH Zurich
9:30-9:45 - It's not what you think: Pantoea as a model for diagnosing and discovering emerging bacterial pathogens - Robyn Roberts, Colorado State University
9:45-10:00 - Decoding the bacterial leaf streak disease causing bacterial interactions in wheat - Gazala Ameen, South Dakota State University
10:00-10:10 - *Break* (10 min)
10:10-10:25 - Xanthomonas prunicola: pathogenicity and genomic features of a novel wheat pathogen - Felipe Clavijo, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República
10:25-10:35 - Emerging dynamics of Xanthomonas prunicola in wheat: epidemiology, ecological niches, and competitive exclusion with Xanthomonas translucens - Felipe Clavijo and Lucía Coimbra Baglivo, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República
10:35-10:50 - Why is bacterial leaf streak absent from cereal crops in the EU while it is widespread on grass? Is cereal phytobiome playing a role? - François Nikis, UC Louvain
10:50-11:30 - Special Topic Discussion: Other Leaf streak pathogens (Moderator - Zhaohui Liu, Notes - Tom Baldwin)
11:30-12:00 - Closing Remarks, Trainee Awards and Group Photo
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