Molecular mechanisms involved in WKS1-mediated partial resistance to wheat stripe rust

Date

Friday 22 April 2016

Time

12:30-13:30

Venue

CSIRO Black Mountain B1 Lecture Theatre

Speaker

Jorge Dubcovsky (Dept. of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA).

Speaker bio

Jorge Dubcovsky is a distinguished professor of plant sciences at the University of California, Davis and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute–Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation investigator. His research is focused on the identification and characterization of genes useful for wheat breeding such as genes regulating flowering time, frost tolerance, drought tolerance, disease resistance, quality and nutritional value.

  • http://dubcovskylab.ucdavis.edu/
  • http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/jorge-dubcovsky