Maritime Regional Meeting, 2005

Abstract

Evaluation of at-planting in-furrow application of Phostrol™ and Ridomil Gold ® 480EC for control of pink rot in potato. K.I.AI-Mughrabi and R.D. Peters. Potato Development Centre, New Brunswick and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture, 39 Barker Lance, Wicklow, NB E7L 3S4, Canada; and (R.D.P.) Crops and Livestock Research, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada.

Biological control of apple replant disease P.G. Braun and K.K. Fuller. Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 32 Main Street Kentville, NS B4N 1J5, Canada.

Potato gene expression during infection of tubers by Streptomyces scabiei. C. Goyer and J. Zeng. Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, P.O. Box 20280, 850 Licoln Road, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7, Canada.

Suppression of potato early blight (in vivo) and germination of Alternaria spp. conidia (in vitro) with strobilurin fungicides. W. MacDonald, R.D. Peters, R.H. Coffin, and C. Lacroix. Department of Biology, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlotttetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada; (R.D.P.) Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada; and (R.H.C.) Cavendish Farms, New Annan, Kensington, PE C0B 1M0, Canada.

Plant pathology and potato breeding: interlaced disciplines. A. Murphy. Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agru-Food Canada, P.O. Box 20280, 850 Lincoln Road, Frederecton, NB E3B 4Z7, Canada.

Systemic acquired resistance against potato virus Y in tobacco is salicylate mediated and ethylene independent. X. Nie. Potato Research Centre, Agriculture amd Agri-Food Canada, 850 Lincoln Road, P.O. Box 20280, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7, Canada.

Increasing the sustainability of potato production, in Atlantic Canada, with crop rotation and conservation tillage. R.D. Peters, M.R. Carter, J.B. Sanderson, and A.V. Sturz. Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada; and (A.V.S.) Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Plant Health Research and Diagnostics, P.O. Box 1600, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N3, Canada.

Host-pthogen interactions of various combinations of verticillium spp. inoculum in potato. N. Robinson, H.W. (Bud) Platt, L. Hale, and V. MacLean. Crops and Livestock Research Center, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; and (L.H.) Department of Biology, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada.

Real-time PCR assay for the detection of potato viruses in a triplex format. M. Singh, R.P. Singh, and R. Coffin. Agricultural Certification Services, 1030 Lincoln Road, Frederiction, NB E3B 8B7, Canada; (R.P.S.) Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; and (R.C.) Cavendish Farms, P.O. 3500, Summerside, PE C1N 5J5, Canada.

Viroids from oranamental plants – a potential threat to tomato and potato crops. R.P. Singh. Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 850 Lincold Road, Fredericton, NB E3B 4T7 canada,

Reassessment of the presence of species of the genus Pospiviroid in floral parts, using reverse transcription - PCR and infectivity assays R.P. Singh. Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 850 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7, Canada.

Viroid RNAs, PCR fragments, and plasmid purification simplified by spotting an alkaline extract onto nitrocellulose membrance. R.P. Singh, A.D. Dilworth, M. Singh, and K.M. Babock. Potato Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 850 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7, Canada; and (M.S., K.M.B.) Agricultural Certification Services, 1030 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, NB E3B 8B7, Canada.

Sensitivity to mefenoxam of Canadian strains of Phytophthora erythroseptica the causal agent of potato pink rot, and their interactions with Phytophthora infestans in tubers. P.D. Young, R.D. Peters, H.W. (Bud) Platt, and L.R. Hale. Department of Biologu, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3, Canada; and (R.D.P., H.W.P.) Crops and Livestock Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 440 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6, Canada.