Graduate Students

1. PhD thesis co-supervisor for Jinxiu Zhang with Dr. Allen Xue -1999 to August 03
Epidemiology and genetic variation of Mycosphaerella Blight of peas

2. MSc thesis supervisor - Sarah Savchuk -1999 to 2002
Biological Control of Sclerotinia in Canola

3. MSc thesis supervisor - Mike Gillis - May 2000- January 2001 (left program for
job - Presently working at ICMS, Portage La Prairie, MB)
Blackleg Disease Epidemiology of Canola

4. PhD thesis co-supervisor with Dr. Bill Remphrey - Quinn Holtslag 1999 to July 03
Disease Forecasting Model Development for Entomosporium of Saskatoons

5. PhD thesis supervisor - Rajesh Ramarathnam - 2000 to-date
Isolation, Characterization of Antibiotics and Mechanisms in Biological control

6. PhD thesis supervisor - Yu Chen - May 2001 to-date
Genetic studies on Blackleg pathogen of Canola

7. MSc thesis supervisor - Guo Xiaowei - May 2001 to November 2003
Effect of Cropping Practices on Blackleg Disease

8. MSc thesis co-supervisor with Dr. Jeannie Gilbert- Sharon Inch 1999- July 2001
Epidemiology of  Fusarium Head Blight Disease on wheat

  9. MSc thesis co-supervisor with Dr. Khalid Rashid - Rob Duncan - July 2001 to-
July 03. Epidemiology and Biological control of Sclerotinia in Sunflower
 

10. MSc thesis supervisor - Clinton Jurke - September 2001 to August 03
Effect of Agronomic Practices and Plant Architecture in Managing Sclerotinia in Canola

11. MSc thesis supervisor - Yilan Zhang - April 2002 to 2004. Induced resistance and
other mechanisms of biological control agents

12. PhD thesis supervisor – Guo Xiaowei – Sept. 2003 to date
Effects of environment and fusarium head blight disease on grain quality of wheat and food processing.

13. MSc thesis supervisor – Jeremy Klassen – May 2003 to date
Epidemiology of fusarium-wilt pathogen in canola.

  14. PhD thesis supervisor – Kaveh Ghanbriana – Sept. 2003 to date
Epidemiology of Leptosphaeria maculans, fungal pathogen of Brassica napus and
map-based cloning of avirulence gene
 
 

Visiting Scientists/Research Associates/Post Docs:
 

1. Dr. Hafiz Ahmed, Research Associate 2002 to 2004

2. Dr. Jihong Tang, Research associate 2002

3. Dr. Jinxiu Zhang, Research Associate 2003 to 2005

4. Dr. Dejiun Cui, Research Associate Jan – April 2003

5. Dr. Chunquan Chen, Research Associate 2001 to 2002

6. Dr. Jiangsheng Wu, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China 1999-00 (visiting scientist)

7. Dr. A. Krishnamoorthy, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, India April - July 2001 (visiting scientist)

8. Dr. Sangeetha Panicker, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, India April-July 2001(visiting scientist)

9. Dr. Mathieu Dusabenyagasani, Research Associate 2005 to date

10. Dr. S. Nakkeeran (Post Doctoral Research Associate 2004 to date

11. Ms. Yilan Zhang - Research Technician III 2004.
 

Graduate Student Committees

1. MSc thesis committee member - Kirsten Slusenko (Plant Science) chemical control of Aphanomyces 1999 to August 2004

2. PhD.  Thesis committee member - Kari Kutcher (Microbiology) Cloning of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genes gltF and gltG and characterization of the correosponding gene products- April 2001 to December 2004

 3. MSc thesis committee member – Jianjun Guo, (Plant Science) Differential effects of low concentrations of nitrate and ammonium on growth, nodulation, and gene expression in Medicago truncatula -2002 to date
 
  4. PhD thesis committee member – Jason Richardson (Microbiology) Molecular characterization of the Rhamnose catabolic genes in Rhizobium leguminosorum 2001 – to date

5. MSc thesis committee member - Gerald Martens (Plant Science/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Barley seed and seedling health determined by Bipolaris sorokiniana Sept. 2002 to date

6. PhD thesis committee member - Patty Cuthbert (Plant Science/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Mapping and characterization of Fusarium resistance genes in isolation and in combination Sept. 2002 to date

7. PhD Thesis committee member – Sharon Inch (Botany/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Biological control of Fusarium graminearum using fungal antagonists– July 2001 to date
 
8. PhD Thesis committee member - Chrystal Berry (Microbiology) Investigation of Burkholdaria cepacia pathogenicity in plants. May 2003 to date.

 9. MSc. Thesis committee member – Nicoletta Poritsanos (Microbiology) Identification of global regulatory systems in bacteria responsible for antifungal activity. Sept 2003 to date

10. PhD Thesis committee member – Amro Mahran (Plant Science) Suppression of root lesion nematode using liquid hog manure. Sept 2004 to date

11. MSc Thesis committee member – Amarbeer Uppal (Plant Science) Management of potato verticillium-wilt through the use of alternates to chemical pesticides. Jan 2003 to date.

12. PhD Thesis committee member - Ahad Baghery (Plant Science) A study of the effectiveness of resistance genes against blackleg and sclerotinia stem rot transferred from pea (Pisum sativum) to canola (Brassica napus).

13. MSc Thesis committee member - Lynn Grant (Plant Science) Pasmo of flax September 2003 to date

14.  PhD Thesis committee member – Zining Wang (Plant Science) Marker development and gene identification for blackleg disease resistance in canola/rapeseed Sept 2003 to date

15. MSc thesis committee member - Heather White (Entomology) biocontrol of Lygus bug 1999 to 2001

16. MSc thesis (in place of Dr. Derksen) -Kurt Anaka (Plant Science) weed ecology -completed April 7, 2000.

17. PhD Candidacy exam committee member (in place of Dr. Lamari) - Kurt McCartney (Plant Science) 2001

18. MSc thesis committee member - Colin Hiebert (Botany/Agriculture Canada) Mapping Rust Resistance Genes in wheat  2001-2003.

19. MSc thesis committee member - Jaret Savchuk (Plant Science) - Herbicide resistance 2001 to 2003
 

External Examiner:

1. James Calpas – PhD. University of Alberta, “Development of a Biocontrol system for Botrytis cinerea in tomato greenhouse production”

2.  Laurence Xavier – PhD, The Gandhiram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Tamil Nadu, India  - “Biopotentials of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus spp.)
 
 

Other students supervised:
 

Student Research Project - Jennifer Howcroft working on biological control 1998
Student Research Assistant - Jennifer Lisakowsky working on blackleg 1998
Supervised summer students Lisa-Marie Riemer and Bridgitte Nicholas 1998
Supervised summer students Jody Dexter and Bridgitte Nicholas 1999
Supervised summer students Kristi de Corby and Alison Nelson 2000
Supervised summer students Kristi de Corby and Dannielle Duprat, 2001
Supervised summer students Dannielle Duprat, Morgan Eroyu, and Nicole Philp 2002
Supervised summer NSERC Fellow, Denis Tremorin, 2002
Supervised summer students Katryn Souque, and Tiffany Dancho 2003
Supervised Research Assistant Upali Nilmalgoda Feb-Aug. 2003
Supervised Research Assistant - Sarah Savchuk working on Sclerotinia control 1999
PhD Candidacy exam committee member, - Kurt McCartney 2001
Research Assistant - Baoling Wang - Biological control, Climate Change projects
Jocelyn Kawloswsky (Summer Research Student)
Katryn Souque (Summer Research Student)
Florence Lam (Research Assistant)
Daniel Brick (Summer Research Student, and part-time RA)
Roshan Piyarathna (Research Assistant and summer student)
Yujia Sun (Research Assistant)