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by Emily Wolverton

Hello, On Wednesday Nov 30, there was a benchtop scale in a clear container, white lid with "Doug Cattani do not remove" written on the lid in the clipper/grinding room at the point. This morning it is no longer in this location. If you know the whereabouts of this scale please contact Ardelle Slama Ardelle.Slama(a)umanitoba.ca Thank you, Ardelle Ardelle Slama Technician, Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba 222 Agriculture Building 204.474.6068 Ardelle.Slama(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Ardelle.Slama@umanitoba.ca>

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Christmas Break

by Plant Science Orders

Good afternoon, Preparing for the upcoming Christmas break we would like to send a reminder that all orders should be requested before Thursday, December 15. This way we can avoid packages coming in while no one is on campus to receive them. We are also including comments on each order informing the supplier about the shutdown dates. Orders with ETA during these days will be placed after the break. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thanks and have a nice day Mariana Garcia Romero University of Manitoba Department of Plant Science Rm 222, Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2  phone 204.474.8221 |  fax 204.474.7528  e-mail mariana.garciaromero(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:mariana.garciaromero@umanitoba.ca>

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PSGSA Holiday Party - December 8th

by Jared Bento

Happy Holidays Plant Science! 🎄❄️⛄ Join us at the PSGSA Holiday Party next Thursday to enjoy a potluck dinner and group gingerbread cookie decorating! We encourage foods from all cultures (including appetizers, entrees, and desserts) . Let's use this holiday season as an opportunity celebrate our diversity! Cookies and decorating supplies will be provided for $4 per person. Let us know which food you would like to bring (or just that you will be attending) by sending an email to bentoj(a)myumanitoba.ca or a DM to @um_psgsa on Instagram. Check the attached poster for more details. The more the merrier! We hope to see you there, Happy holidays from your PSGSA Council!

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38th Annual Plant Science Symposium

by Alexa Peterson

Dear Plant Science Graduate Students, We are extremely excited that the 38th Annual Plant Science Symposium will be held at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota on March 17-18, 2023. The Symposium will focus on the theme “Agricultural innovations ensuring sustainable food production”. Registration will begin on January 5, 2023, and the deadline for abstracts will be March 3, 2023. We hope all of you will get the opportunity to participate and experience this great event. Anyone interested in attending should begin to make appropriate travel plans and gather all necessary travel documents in expectation for this event, as many delays have been reported in obtaining these documents. International Student Travel Documents If you need assistance obtaining travel documents as an international student, we highly recommend booking an appointment with the International Student Centre. This can be done by visiting their office on campus at 541 University Centre or by phone at 204-474-8501. We have been notified that appointments are filling up fast, with December and January being their busiest months, so please reach out to them in the next couple of weeks if you are hoping to attend the Plant Science Symposium. Travel Insurance We also recommend that all students ensure their Student Care travel insurance is appropriate for traveling to this conference in the United States. This can be done by visiting their website at https://studentcare.ca/rte/en/IHaveAPlan_UniversityofManitoba_Home or by visiting their office in: Room 102C, UMSU University Centre 65 Chancellors Circle Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 If you have any further questions about the event, please feel free to reach out to me, at peters86(a)myumanitoba.ca<mailto:peters86@myumanitoba.ca>. Warm regards, Alexa Peterson PSGSA president

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Reminder: Advanced Plant Science Seminar- Dr. Xiaopeng Gao

by Emily Wolverton

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

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

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

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

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

[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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