About
The Australian National Chickpea Ascochyta Blight Workshop 2022 will be held on October 12-14 at
the Charles Sturt University Convention Centre (see map below).
The workshop is organised by a committee comprised of key members of the pulse pathology research community in Australia,
including academic researchers, state government plant pathologists, scientists and research students
(see partner organisations in the Partners section below).
Please note that this workshop is organised as a hybrid event, but we would encourage all participants to make an effort and attend in-person to maximise collaboration and networking opportunities.
Important Dates (last extension!)
Abstract submission deadline: August 31, 2022 (Abstract Submission)
Registration deadline: September 18, 2022 (Registration page)
For additional information, questions and enquiries, please send us an email or use the Contact form at the bottom of this page.
Location
The workshop will take place in Wagga Wagga, NSW, which has a lot to offer to visitors with great scenery, attractions and fantastic food and wine (made with locally-grown produce). To find out more about Wagga Wagga and the region, go to Visit Wagga, which includes information on how to get there (there are flights from Sydney and Melbourne airports, or consider enjoying the train for a chance to see the country side.)
286 Pine Gully Rd. Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Accommodation
For those booking accommodation here is a guide. There is a concentration of good hotels in Wagga Wagga along Tarcutta Street, all within walking distance to the main street and places to eat in the evening.
We recommend any of the following hotels:
• Mecure Wagga Wagga - (02) 6939 7200, see website for more details
• The Charles Boutique Hotel - 0408 542 481, see website for more details
• Carlyle Suites - (02) 6933 6100, see website for more details
• The International Hotel - (02) 6971 7007, see website for more details
• The Townhouse Hotel - (02) 6921 4337, see website for more details
Other good hotels at the other end of the main street (northern end of the CBD, both of these are close together and to restaurants):
• Mantra Pavilion Hotel - (02) 6921 6411, see website for more details
• Prince of Wales - (02) 6921 1922, see website for more details
A couple of options for the more budget conscious (both close together and within walking distance of the main street):
• Garden City Motor Inn - 0458 848 989, see website for more details
• City Park Motel and Apartments - (02) 6921 4301, see website for more details
Abstract Submission
Submission deadline: August 31, 2022
Abstract submission is now open for oral presentations in either of the following formats:
1. In-person presentation at the venue (10 or 20 minutes)
2. Pre-recorded flash presentation (5 minutes)
When preparing your abstract, make sure it includes the following:
Title, Authors, Affiliations, Keywords (up to 5), Contact email of corresponding author, Abstract body (300 words max), Acknowledgement (optional), References (up to 4 in 'tiny' format).
Please use the provided template as a reference - Download Abstract Template
Submit your abstract using the form below:
*Disclaimer: The committee reserves the right to accept or reject your abstract and allocate it a time (5, 10 or 20 minutes) in the most appropriate session as it sees fit and according to the final workshop program and schedule.
Speakers
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Thu 13 Oct: 9:10-9:25 Industry Overview
Nick Goddard, Pulse Australia
CEO
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Thu 13 Oct: 9:25-9:40 Industry Overview
Kristy Hobson, NSW Department of Primary Industries
Chickpea breeder
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Thu 13 Oct: 9:40-9:50 Industry Overview
Kurt Lindbeck, NSW Department of Primary Industries
Plant Pathologist
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Thu 13 Oct: 9:50-10:00 Industry Overview
Jean Galloway, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, WA
Senior Research Scientist, Plant Pathology
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Thu 13 Oct: 10:00-10:30 Keynote Presentation
Prof. Bunyamin Tar'an, University of Saskatchewan Research Profile
Ministry of Agriculture Strategic Research Program (SRP) Chair in Chickpea and Flax Breeding and Genetics
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Thu 13 Oct: 11:15-11:30 Understanding the Host
Janine Croser, South Australian Research and Development Institute
Program Leader, Crop Improvement
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Thu 13 Oct: 11:30-11:50 Understanding the Host
Yongjun Li, AgriBio, Agriculture Victoria
Senior Research Scientist
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Thu 13 Oct: 11:50-12:10 Understanding the Host
Aladdin Hamwieh, ICARDA
Breeder, Biotechnologist and Egypt Country Manager
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Thu 13 Oct: 12:10-12:20 Understanding the Host
Aladdin Hamwieh, ICARDA
Breeder, Biotechnologist and Egypt Country Manager
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Thu 13 Oct: 12:20-12:30 Understanding the Host
Nicole Dron, NSW Department of Primary Industries
Research Officer
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Thu 13 Oct: 12:30-12:40 Understanding the Host
Bhanu Kalia, Agriculture Victoria
Research Scientist (Plant Pathology)
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Thu 13 Oct: 13:55-14:15 Understanding the Pathogen
Robert Lee, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University
Research Fellow
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Thu 13 Oct: 14:15-14:25 Understanding the Pathogen
Ido Bar, Griffith University
Research Fellow (Crop and Pathogen Genomics)
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Thu 13 Oct: 14:25-14:35 Understanding the Pathogen
Niloofar Vaghefi, university of Melbourne
Senior Lecturer (Plant Pathology)
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Thu 13 Oct: 14:35-14:45 Understanding the Pathogen
Ahsan Asif, NSW Department of Primary Industries
Research Officer (Chickpea Breeding)
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Thu 13 Oct: 14:45-14:50 Understanding the Pathogen
Hediyeh Tahghighi, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University
Research Assistant
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Thu 13 Oct: 14:50-14:55 Understanding the Pathogen
Matin Ghaheri, Griffith University
PhD candidate
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Thu 13 Oct: 14:55-15:00 Understanding the Pathogen
Bethany Clark, Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University
Research Assistant
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Thu 13 Oct: 15:00-15:05 Understanding the Pathogen
Upasana Rani, Punjab Agricultural University
Principal Plant Pathologist (Pulses)
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Thu 13 Oct: 15:40-16:00 Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics
Abdulqader Jighly, AgriBio, Agriculture Victoria
Research Scientist
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Thu 13 Oct: 16:00-16:10 Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics
Florian Tanner, University of Adelaide
PhD candidate
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Thu 13 Oct: 16:10-16:20 Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics
Rohan Kimber, South Australian Research and Development Institute
Research Scientist
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Thu 13 Oct: 16:20-16:30 Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics
Shamsul Hoque, CSIRO
Research Technician
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Thu 13 Oct: 16:30-16:35 Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics
Ido Bar, Griffith University
Research Fellow (Crop and Pathogen Genomics)
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Thu 13 Oct: 16:35-16:40 Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics
Michelle Hubbard, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Research Scientist (Pulse Pathology)
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Thu 13 Oct: 16:40-16:45 Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics
Chetan Raval, Griffith University
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Fri 14 Oct: 9:00-9:20 Disease Management
Asrat Zewdie Ejeta, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center
Plant Pathologist
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Fri 14 Oct: 9:20-9:40 Disease Management
Luke Barrett, CSIRO
Senior Research Scientist
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Fri 14 Oct: 9:40-10:00 Disease Management
Joshua Fanning, Agriculture Victoria
Senior Research Scientist
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Fri 14 Oct: 10:00-10:10 Disease Management
Paul Melloy, University of Queensland
Research Fellow
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Fri 14 Oct: 10:10-10:20 Disease Management
Elizabeth Berenik, University of Saskatchewan
MSC candidate
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Fri 14 Oct: 10:20-10:25 Disease Management
Sara Blake, South Australian Research and Development Institute
Senior Research Officer (Plant Pathology)
Schedule
The full program of the workshop, including details of sessions, confirmed speakers and schedule will be advertised closer to date.
| Day | Time | Slot | Description |
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| Wed 12 Oct | 9:00-15:00 | Field Day | Field day organised by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI), to be held concurrently with participants of the National Plant Pathology meeting |
| Thu 13 Oct | 9:00-9:10 | Opening Address | Opening address and house keeping |
| Thu 13 Oct | 9:10-9:25 | Industry Overview Pulse Australia | Chickpea production in Australia |
| Thu 13 Oct | 9:25-9:40 | Industry Overview NSW Department of Primary Industries | Twenty-five years of breeding for Ascochyta resistance in chickpea |
| Thu 13 Oct | 9:40-9:50 | Industry Overview NSW Department of Primary Industries | Update on Ascochyta in East Australia |
| Thu 13 Oct | 9:50-10:00 | Industry Overview Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, WA | Update on Ascochyta in West Australia |
| Thu 13 Oct | 10:00-10:30 |
Keynote Presentation
University of Saskatchewan
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An Integrated Approach for Improvement of Ascochyta Blight Resistance in Chickpea |
| Thu 13 Oct | 10:30-10:45 | Keynote Q&A | Keynote presentation questions and discussion |
| Thu 13 Oct | 10:45-11:15 | Morning Tea | Morning tea, meet and greet |
| Thu 13 Oct | 11:15-11:30 | Understanding the Host South Australian Research and Development Institute | Multi-environment screening identifies novel sources of Ascochyta blight resistance in chickpea |
| Thu 13 Oct | 11:30-11:50 | Understanding the Host AgriBio, Agriculture Victoria | Genomic selection strategy for improving ascochyta blight resistance and preserving genetic diversity in chickpea prebreeding |
| Thu 13 Oct | 11:50-12:10 | Understanding the Host ICARDA | Overview of ICARDA breeding program and multi-location testing of a global collection of elite chickpea genotypes to identify stable sources of resistance to Ascochyta blight |
| Thu 13 Oct | 12:10-12:20 | Understanding the Host ICARDA | Assessment of pathogenicity assay of Ascochyta rabiei isolates using chickpea differential genotypes |
| Thu 13 Oct | 12:20-12:30 | Understanding the Host NSW Department of Primary Industries | Yield response to ascochyta blight in a historic collection of chickpea varieties |
| Thu 13 Oct | 12:30-12:40 | Understanding the Host Agriculture Victoria | Comparison of phenotyping methodology for Ascochyta blight of chickpeas in three environments |
| Thu 13 Oct | 12:40-12:55 | Discussion | Summary and discussion of ‘Understanding the Host’ session |
| Thu 13 Oct | 12:55-13:55 | Lunch | Lunch and networking |
| Thu 13 Oct | 13:55-14:15 | Understanding the Pathogen Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University | Genomic studies of Ascochyta rabiei in Australia |
| Thu 13 Oct | 14:15-14:25 | Understanding the Pathogen Griffith University | Comparative genomics reveals key genetic polymorphism associated with increased aggressiveness in Australian Ascochyta rabiei |
| Thu 13 Oct | 14:25-14:35 | Understanding the Pathogen university of Melbourne | Temporal and spatial population genomic studies of Ascochyta rabiei in Australia |
| Thu 13 Oct | 14:35-14:45 | Understanding the Pathogen NSW Department of Primary Industries | Identification of resistance to aggressive Ascochyta rabiei isolates in Australian chickpea breeding lines using a novel screening protocol |
| Thu 13 Oct | 14:45-14:50 | Understanding the Pathogen Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University | Pathogenicity assay for Ascochyta rabiei on chickpea |
| Thu 13 Oct | 14:50-14:55 | Understanding the Pathogen Griffith University | Isolation and characterisation of Ascochyta rabiei exosomes |
| Thu 13 Oct | 14:55-15:00 | Understanding the Pathogen Centre for Crop and Disease Management, Curtin University | Towards the discovery of effector genes in Ascochyta rabiei, using a bi-parental fungal mapping population approach |
| Thu 13 Oct | 15:00-15:05 | Understanding the Pathogen Punjab Agricultural University | Occurrence of Ascochyta Blight of Chickpea in North-Western Plain Zones of India |
| Thu 13 Oct | 15:05-15:20 | Discussion | Summary and discussion of ‘Understanding the Pathogen’ session |
| Thu 13 Oct | 15:20-15:40 | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon tea and networking |
| Thu 13 Oct | 15:40-16:00 | Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics AgriBio, Agriculture Victoria | MetaAB: an initiative to integrate World-wide Chickpea Ascochyta Blight reference populations without sharing raw data |
| Thu 13 Oct | 16:00-16:10 | Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics University of Adelaide | Sensor-based phenotyping methods for resistance breeding of chickpea |
| Thu 13 Oct | 16:10-16:20 | Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics South Australian Research and Development Institute | Tracing airborne inoculum of Phoma rabiei using the iMapPESTS surveillance system |
| Thu 13 Oct | 16:20-16:30 | Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics CSIRO | A unique marker for non-subjective detection and quantification of Ascochyta rabiei, the fungal pathogen of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) |
| Thu 13 Oct | 16:30-16:35 | Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics Griffith University | Asco dashboard – an online interactive tool for exploring and investigating Ascochyta rabiei in Australia |
| Thu 13 Oct | 16:35-16:40 | Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | Chickpea/flax intercropping as a disease management tool in Canada |
| Thu 13 Oct | 16:40-16:45 | Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics Griffith University | Image-based quantitative assessment of Ascochyta Blight disease symptoms in Chickpea seedlings |
| Thu 13 Oct | 16:45-17:00 | Discussion | Summary and discussion of ‘Innovation and Technology for Disease Controls and Diagnostics’ session |
| Thu 13 Oct | 18:30 | Social Dinner | Dine, mingle, socialise and network at the The Wild Vine Vineyard |
| Fri 14 Oct | 9:00-9:20 | Disease Management Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center | Management of chickpea Ascochyta Blight (Didymella rabiei) under field in Ethiopia |
| Fri 14 Oct | 9:20-9:40 | Disease Management CSIRO | Cultivar and fungicide influence levels of inoculum carryover in Ascochyta rabiei |
| Fri 14 Oct | 9:40-10:00 | Disease Management Agriculture Victoria | Effectiveness of curative fungicide strategies and cultivar resistance on the control of Chickpea Ascochyta blight |
| Fri 14 Oct | 10:00-10:10 | Disease Management University of Queensland | AscotraceR: an R package for simulating in-paddock spatiotemporal spread of Ascochyta blight |
| Fri 14 Oct | 10:10-10:20 | Disease Management University of Saskatchewan | Diversifying Sources for Resistance to Ascochyta Blight in Chickpea |
| Fri 14 Oct | 10:20-10:25 | Disease Management South Australian Research and Development Institute | Growers have multiple fungicide options available for |
| Fri 14 Oct | 10:25-10:45 | Discussion | Summary and discussion of ‘Disease Management’ session |
| Fri 14 Oct | 10:45-11:15 | Morning Tea | Morning tea and netwroking |
| Fri 14 Oct | 11:15-12:15 | Panel Discussion and Workshop Summary | Panel chair: Francis Francis Ogbonnaya (GRDC); Panel members: Rebecca Ford (Griffith), Kristy Hobson (CBA), Aladdin Hamwieh (ICARDA), Bunyamin Tar’an (UoS), Susie Sprague (CSIRO) |
| Fri 14 Oct | 12:25-13:05 | Lunch | Lunch and farewell |
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Contact
Use the form below to reach out to the organising committee with any questions, enquiries or issues.