Program:

International workshop on

“Marker Assisted Breeding for Disease Resistance in Wheat”

10-12 May 2009, Karaj, Iran

Sunday, May 10

 8:00-8:30         Registration

 8:40-8:45         Welcome address & Course introduction (Mahnaz Shabani)

 8:45-8:50         Opening Remark (S. Mojtaba Khayam Nekoei, DG of ABRII)

 8:50-9:00         Participants introduce themselves

 9:00-9:30         Breeding for wheat diseases resistance at SPII: history, achievements and prospects (Mostafa Aghaei)

 9:30-10            The Status of important wheat diseases in Iran and some recent achievements at IRIPP (Mohammad Razavi)

 10-10:30          Molecular breeding to improve wheat diseases resistance at ABRII (Mohsen Mardi)

 10:30-11          Break

 11 -11:45         Wheat rusts: Pathogen / Host resistance studies (Robert McIntosh)

 11:45-12:30     Wheat rusts: UG99 and the re-emergence of stem rust research (Robert McIntosh)

 12:30-14          Lunch

 14-14:45          Wheat rust diseases in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) and breeding for the multiple resistances to wheat disease in CWANA (Kumarse Nazari)

 14:45-15:30     Wheat rusts: breeding for resistance (Robert McIntosh)

 15:30-16          Break

 16:30-19:30     Greenhouse and field visit at SPII in Karaj (Farzad Afshari, Mohsen Esmailzadeh, Robert McIntosh, Kumarse Nazari)

 20:00-22:00     Welcome Dinner

Monday, May 11

 9-9:45              Genomics of Mycosphaerella graminicola (Gerrit Kema)

 9:45-10:30       Genetics of the Mycosphaerella graminicola-wheat pathosystem (Gerrit Kema)

 10:30-11          Break

 11 -11:45         Identification of major genes for Septoria resistance (James Brown)

 11:45-12:30     Association genetics for analysis of numerous traits in wheat (James Brown)

 12:30-14          Lunch

 14-14:45          Functional analyses of Mycosphaerella graminicola genes involved in signal transduction (Gerrit Kema)

 14:45-15:30     Sexuality in Mycosphaerella graminicola (Gerrit Kema)

 15:30-16          Break

 16-16:45          QTL analysis of Septoria resistance (James Brown)

 16:45-17:30     Interaction of Septoria resistance with other traits (James Brown)

 17:30-18 General Discussion (Mohammad Razavi, Gerrit Kema, James Brown, Ramin Roohparvar)

Tuesday, May 12

 9-9:45              Evaluation of wheat for resistance to FHB (Hermann Buerstmayr)

9:45-10:30       Approaches in QTL mapping of FHB resistance in wheat (Hermann Buerstmayr)

 10:30-11          Break

 11 -11:45         Pedigree based association mapping of Fusarium head blight resistance derived from Tunisian cultivated durum wheat (Shahryar Kianian)

 11:45-12:30     Quantitative trait analysis of FHB resistance derived from Triticum dicoccoides  (Shahryar Kianian)

 12:30-14          Lunch

 14-14:45          Review on QTL identified for FHB resistance in wheat (Hermann Buerstmayr)

 14:45-15:30     Mapping FHB resistance QTL derived from hexaploid wheat in tetraploid wheat background (Shahryar Kianian)

 15:30-16          Break

 16-16:30          Options for resistance breeding to improve FHB resistance in wheat (Hermann Buerstmayr)

 16:30-17          Marker Assisted Selection for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Durum Wheat (Shahryar Kianian)

 17-17:30          General Discussion (Mohammad Reza Jalal Kamali, Hermann Buerstmayr, Shahryar Kianian, Majid Hashemi, Mohsen Mardi)

 17:30-18          Closing Ceremony