November 2022 - Plants-all - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Reminder: Advanced Plant Science Seminar- Dr. Xiaopeng Gao
by Emily Wolverton 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

Hello All, Hope you all are doing well. Another week of the Advanced Plant Science Seminar series is on and this week our guest speaker is Dr. Xiaopeng Gao, Assistant Professor, Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba. His seminar will be on "Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture". We invite you all to join us for coffee at 3.00PM at the atrium and the seminar at 3.30PM at Carolyn Sifton Theatre. An MS TEAMS link is available. Please contact Emily Wolverton Emily.Wolverton(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Emily.Wolverton@umanitoba.ca> Thank you Lakmini The Department of Plant Science Advanced Plant Science Seminar Series Presents Dr. Xiaopeng Gao Assistant Professor Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture Thursday, December 1, 2022 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Carolyn Sifton Theatre (Room 130 Agriculture Building) Join us for coffee served at 3.00 pm in the Agriculture Atrium

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Volunteers needed for Holiday Party
by Emily Wolverton 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

Hello, We are looking for volunteer performers for our up and coming Holiday Party. If you have a talent to share, please contact Epifania.Austria(a)umanitoba.ca to be included in the program (ie. group or individual singing, playing instrument, dancing or reading a poem.). It would be a lot of fun for everybody. Thanks Eppie Eppie Austria Plant Breeding Technician University of Manitoba Department of Plant Science Epifania.Austria(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Epifania.Austria@ad.umanitoba.ca> lab phone 204-474-6060

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Plant Science Newsletter November 30, 2022
by Martha Blouw 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

What’s Growing On in Plant Science? November 30, 2022; Volume 22 News Dilantha Fernando was invited by the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka to broaden partnerships with universities in Sri Lanka and universities in Canada on the invitation of Prof. Ranjith Senaratne, Chairman of the NSF. During the visit discussions were held with the NSF staff with a view to enhancing academic cooperation and building partnerships with the University of Manitoba in particular, and Canadian Universities in general. Dr. Sepalika Sudasinghe, Director General, Dr. Thamara Dias, Addl. Director, Dr. Shantha Siri, Head of the International Affairs Division and Scientific Officers of the NSF took part in the discussion. Professor Fernando is also the Principal Liaison Point in Canada for the Global Digital Platform (GDP) constructed by the NSF to harness Sri Lanka expatriates for national development. Canada being the second largest country in the world, it was decided to appoint a liaison point for each relevant province to enroll more Sri Lanka expatriates with the GDP for enhanced collaboration with Canadian Universities and Professor Fernando will lead these efforts for directing partnerships. Prof. Fernando discussed ways and means of promoting academic cooperation and research collaboration between the two countries. Professor Fernando also met with the Minister of Education in Sri Lanka, Dr. Susil Premajayantha, Chairman University Grants Commission, Professor Sampath Amarathunge, Vice-Chairman University Grants Commission, Professor Chandana Udawatte, Secretary to the Ministry of Education, Mr. M.N. Ranasinghe, and Advisor to the Minister of Education, Professor Gunapala Nanayakkara to enhance the Global Digital Platform concept. The Global Digital Platform will allow academics and students in Canada from any university and from any discipline to have direct links to academics and students in Sri Lanka in mutual alliances, collaborations, training, academic teaching, research and exchange. Dilantha Fernando was invited by the Department of Botany, Open University, Colombo, Sri Lanka to discuss graduate opportunities for students, and to give a seminar. Dilantha's talk was titled, "Feeding the world with cereals: mitigating mycotoxin contamination and increasing food safety". Dr. Liang Zhao, a postdoc in the Fernando Lab recently made presentations - Artificial intelligence: a promising technique in crop disease management - at two conferences (47th annual meeting of the Western Committee on Plant Disease and the 43rd annual meeting of the Plant Pathology Society of Alberta). The presentations were on the potential application of new technologies (especially artificial intelligence (AI)) in disease management. The presentations focused on the number one cash crop Canola (Brassica napus) whose production is severely threatened by many diseases such as blackleg (caused by Leptosphaeria maculans), clubroot (by Plasmodiophora brassicae Woronin), Sclerotinia stem rot (by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum), Verticillium stripe (Verticillium longisporum). Amy Mangin successfully defended her PhD thesis in November. Amy was supervised by Anita Brûlé-Babel and Yvonne Lawley. Congratulations Amy! Amy has published: Mangin, A., Brûlé-Babel, A., Flaten, D., Wiersma, J., & Lawley, Y. (2022). Maximizing spring wheat productivity in the eastern Canadian Prairies: I. Yield, yield components, and lodging risk. Agronomy Journal, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21044 Mangin, A., Brûlé-Babel, A., Flaten, D., Wiersma, J., & Lawley, Y. (2022). Maximizing spring wheat productivity in the eastern Canadian Prairies II. Grain nitrogen, grain protein, and nitrogen use. Agronomy Journal, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21080 Mangin, A., Brûlé-Babel, A., Flaten, D., Wiersma, J., & Lawley, Y. (2022). Canopy management: the balance between lodging risk and nitrogen use for spring wheat p roduction in the Canadian prairies. Can. J. Plant Sci. 102: 984–1000 (2022) | dx.doi.org/10.1139/CJPS-2021-0287 Mangin, A., Heuschele, J., Brûlé-Babel, A., Flaten, D., Wiersma, J., & Lawley, Y. (2022). Rapid in situ non-destructive evaluation of lodging risk in dryland agronomic wheat research, Agronomy Journal, 114, 2822–2829. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21173 [IMG_0073] Amy’s Advisory Committee: Don Flaten, Amy Mangin, Jochum Wiersma, Yvonne Lawley, Anita Brûlé-Babel Robert Gulden, Rebecca Dueck, Jon Rosset, Dale Penner, Dilshan Benaragama and Douglas Cattani presented and/or participated at the Joint Canadian Weed Science Society – Canadian Society of Agronomy meetings in Halifax , NS, November 14-18. Will Bailey-Elkin, Michelle Carkner and Martin Entz won the CWSS paper of the year (2021) in the Canadian Journal of Plant Science for their paper entitled “Intercropping organic field peas with barley, oats, and mustard improves weed control but has variable effects on grain yield and net returns.” (Can. J. Plant Sci. 102: 515–528 (2022) dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2021-0182) [cid:image004.png@01D9049A.85EB8620] True Confessions Martin Entz has a confession to share with the department……. Because they were sometimes short staffed in the field in 2022, Martin trained his dog, Matoaka, to drive the tractor. Justice Zhanda, Mel Kaufman and Doug Cattani will be happy to know that Matoaka did receive full safety training and carefully read the standard operating procedures before each outing. The one fly in the ointment was that she had difficulty securing the seat belt. Otherwise she was a great 2022 tractor dog! [cid:image001.png@01D903D7.2DD3AF80]

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FW: REMINDER: CCARM Food for Thought Seminar Series: Chamali Kodikara - Friday, December 9, 2022 at 11:00 am (Central Standard Time-CST)
by Emily Wolverton 30 Nov '22

30 Nov '22

From: Julie Schoffner <JSchoffner2(a)sbrc.ca> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 8:48 AM Subject: REMINDER: CCARM Food for Thought Seminar Series: Chamali Kodikara - Friday, December 9, 2022 at 11:00 am (Central Standard Time-CST) Caution: This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. On behalf of Dr. Thomas Netticadan, CCARM Team Leader, please post the attached poster and forward to everyone in your departments, Chamali Kodikara, BSc (MSc reading), Graduate Research Student, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at CCARM and the Department of Food & Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, will be giving a virtual seminar on Friday, December 9, 2022, from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Central Standard Time-CST) Her seminar is entitled, "Metabolomics Assisted Applications in Food Science" Everyone is invited to attend. Use the link below to join the Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86407814099?pwd=R0FxZmMvVm1OYlU5STROcDFuUlBidz09 If link above does not work, go into Zoom website, click Join: Meeting ID: 864 0781 4099 Passcode: 253434 Julie Schoffner Administrative Assistant Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre & University of Manitoba Room R2019 - 351 Taché Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA Email: jschoffner2(a)sbrc.ca<mailto:jschoffner2@sbrc.ca> Tel: 204.235.3455 Fax: 204.237.4018 [cid:image001.png@01D90498.7D2F1D00]

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Reminder: Climate Action Forum, 30th November 2022
by Emily Wolverton 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

Plant Science Climate Action Committee is going to host a Climate Action Forum on 30th November 2022 from 4.30 to 6.30pm. Please reserve your presence following the google link below **Extended** by 29th November, for the program! Venue: Agriculture Auditorium (172) https://forms.gle/oohnDpJvZMDLVtJt9

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FW: Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Seminar - Wed December 7, 2022
by Emily Wolverton 28 Nov '22

28 Nov '22

[UM-FAFS-cmyk-right] The Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Seminar Series 2022-23 presents: "More than just chicken feed: Antibiotic alternatives in poultry diets" DR. CHENGBO YANG Associate Professor Department of Animal Science Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Rm 219 Animal Science Building 3:30 - 4:30 pm (Refreshments at 3pm outside Rm 219) Poster and calendar invitation attached

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PSGSA Sock Drive running until Dec 5th
by Caroline Brown 27 Nov '22

27 Nov '22

Hi Plant Science department, Just a reminder that the Socks for Siloam Mission sock drive is running for one more week until December 5th. Donations of brand new socks (all genders) can be dropped off in the PSGSA grad lounge or given to any PSGSA member listed below. We are also accepting monetary donations that will be used to buy socks. To everyone who has already donated- thank you so much for your generosity. [94bae42c-0cca-45c1-8e76-0fbc28fbc488.png] PSGSA members accepting donations: Alexa Peterson, Ginny Grenier, Samadhi Jayarathna, Lauren Gislason, Jared Bento, Caroline Brown, Lakmini Pathiranage, Ehsanul Haq and Laetitia Mukunga

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CORRECTION: Advanced Plant Science Seminar- Dr. Xiaopeng Gao
by Martha Blouw 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

The Department of Plant Science Advanced Plant Science Seminar Series Presents Dr. Xiaopeng Gao Assistant Professor Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture Thursday, December 1, 2022 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Carolyn Sifton Theatre (Room 130 Agriculture Building) Join us for coffee served at 3.00 pm in the Agriculture Atrium

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Advanced Plant Science Seminar- Dr. Xiaopeng Gao
by Martha Blouw 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

The Department of Plant Science Advanced Plant Science Seminar Series Presents Dr. Xiaopeng Gao Assistant Professor Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Agriculture Thursday, November 24th, 2022 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Carolyn Sifton Theatre (Room 130 Agriculture Building) Join us for coffee served at 3.00 pm in the Agriculture Atrium

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Reminder: Advanced Plant Science Seminar- Dilshan Benaragama
by Emily Wolverton 24 Nov '22

24 Nov '22

The Department of Plant Science Advanced Plant Science Seminar Series Presents Dr. Dilshan Benaragama Assistant Professor Department of Plant Science, University of Manitoba Agroecosystems research: a gateway to sustainable agriculture Thursday, November 24th, 2022 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Carolyn Sifton Theatre (Room 130 Agriculture Building) Join us for coffee served at 3.00 pm in the Agriculture Atrium

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