Your enquiry about graduate studies has been forwarded to me for response.

Please review the following list of professors in the Department of Plant Science and their areas
of research, and let me know if we are conducting research in an area that is of interest to you:

B.T. Ayele, Ph.D. (Alberta)

Physiology, functional genomics and biotechnology of cereal crops
Plant hormones/plant growth regulators
Seed biology
Abiotic stress tolerance
Feedstock development for bioproducts

A.L. Brl-Babel, Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)

Wheat breeding and genetics
Statistical analysis of multi-environment data
Genetics of resistance to leaf diseases of wheat
Development and evaluation of breeding methodologies
Development of Fusarium Head Blight resistant germplasm
Development of wheat for food, fuel and feed
Mapping of host resistance to residue-borne diseases of wheat

D.J. Cattani, Ph.D. (Wageningen)

Perennial grain breeding including grains and oilseeds
Companion crop development
Plant growth and development and its utilization for selection in perennial crop breeding
programs
Polyculture development
Forage crop growth and development
Perennials for bioenergy use

F. Daayf, Ph.D. (Montpellier II) D.dEtat (Marrakech)

Molecular mechanisms of plant-microbe interactions, with emphasis on plant
defenses and pathogen counterdefenses
Mechanisms of biological control of plant diseases
Role of secondary metabolites in plant defense and defense signaling
Role of inducers and suppressors in induced disease resistance and susceptibility
Crops of interest include but are not limited to, potato, tomato, corn, and soybean

R.W. Duncan, Ph.D. (UC Davis)

Hybrid rapeseed/canola cultivar development
Conventional and herbicide-tolerant rapeseed/canola breeding
Improvement of rapeseed/canola end-use quality
Breeding and genetics of disease resistance
Brassica agronomic research
M.H. Entz, Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)
Organic cropping systems
Long term organic vs conventional crop production systems
Farmer participatory organic crop breeding
Crop-livestock integration
Tropical agriculture

W.G.D. Fernando, Ph.D. (Oregon State)

Characterizing Avr/avr genes in the Canadian Blackleg populations
Identifying R-genes and adult plant resistance in Canadian canola/HEAR cultivars
Genetic diversity studies on Blackleg and Fusarium Head Blight pathogens
Cloning Avr genes in the Blackleg pathogen
Developing a model phyllosphere biocontrol system against Sclerotinia in canola
Breeding for disease resistance
Applied and molecular approaches to understanding the epidemiology of plant pathogens
Biological control and mode of action by antagonists on plant pathogens
Investigating fungal effectors in host-pathogen interactions

B.W. Fristensky, Ph.D (Washington State).

Gene expression in plants during resistant or susceptible interactions with fungal or
bacterial pathogens
Genetic engineering of disease resistance
Bioinformatics

R.H. Gulden, Ph.D. (Saskatchewan)

Weed biology, ecology and function above and below ground
Integrated weed management
The impact of management on weed community assembly
Crop/weed competition
Extracellular DNA in the environment

Y.E. Lawley, Ph.D. (Maryland)

Agronomy, soybean and corn agronomy, and cropping systems research
Cover crops
Plant and soil interactions
Plant and soil management to address agricultural and environmental challenges

G. Li, Ph.D. (Huazhong)

Plant genomics and molecular biology
Genetic mapping, gene cloning, gene functional analysis and molecular marker
development
Gene manipulation in seed size and oil content in canola
Resistance gene identification for blackleg, sclerotinia and clubroot in Brassica crops

C. Stasolla, Ph.D. (Calgary)

Physiology and molecular biology of embryogenesis
 Mechanisms of flooding tolerance in crops

If you are interested in our research, I will send you further information about our graduate
program.

Further information is also available at:

Department of Plant Science WWW page: http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/plant_science

University of Manitoba WWW Course Calendar: http://umanitoba.ca/calendar

Faculty of Graduate Studies WWW page: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/graduate_studies/

Thank you for your interest in our university. I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Martha Blouw