International Sclerotinia Working Group
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Sclerotial Pathogens and Biological Control @ Horticulture Research International, UK ... Biology, development and use of biocontrol fungi in horticultural and other crops. Aetiology of Sclerotinia diseases. Microecology and monitoring GMMs in the environment. Topics include: biocontrol of allium white rot, biocontrol of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (environmental factors affecting apothecial production and ascospore infection, resistant breeding lines of lettuce, efficacy of formulations of the mycoparasite Coniothyrium minitans, molecular characterisation of C. minitans) host range, taxonomic status and factors controlling infection by Oidium lycopersicum.

Sclerotinia Risk Forecast Program for Canola (CANADA) ... The Sclerotinia Risk in Canola Forecast Program is created for canola producers and is meant to be a management tool farmers can use to help them decide if their field needs to be sprayed for sclerotinia. The risk maps are created using surface soil moisture and canola growth stage data from Environment Canada's canola water-use and phenology model. The forecast maps show regions where the environmental conditions are favourable for the development of sclerotinia. The Sclerotinia Risk in Canola Forecast Program is an ongoing program providing a service to canola producers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

National Sclerotinia Initiative ... The ARS-led National Sclerotinia Initiative supports 20 different projects aimed at neutralizing white mold’s economic threat to seven different crops: sunflower, soybean, canola, edible dry beans, chickpeas, lentils and dry peas. This consortium of federal and state university scientists includes 10 land grant universities and five crop commodity groups, and is led by the Agricultural Research Service, the USDA’s chief scientific research agency.


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