Fetch, Tom, Ph.D.

• Research Publications
• Other Science Related Publications

Contact Information:

195 Dafoe Rd
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2M9
Telephone: 204-983-1462
Fax: 204-983-4604
Email: tom.fetch@agr.gc.ca

Areas of Expertise:

• barley
• host resistance
• oat
• wheat
• host-parasite genetics
• fungal diseases
• epidemiology
• stem rust

Current Projects:

• Characterization of yield and quality (including food safety) losses caused by biotic stresses - cereal pathology
• Determine the incidence and severity of biotic stresses on cereals to monitor existing and emerging issues.
• Develop strategies to manage biotic risks in crop production systems, in particular low input and organic production systems.
• Evaluation of oat breeding lines for resistance to oat stem rust.
• Identification and characterization of oat stem rust resistance genes from wild Avena species and their incorporation into adapted oat germplasm.
• Identify and quantify environmental and cultural factors that influence pest status

Research Publications:

2013:

• Fox, S.L., Humphreys, D.G., Brown, P.D., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Gilbert, J., Fernandez, M.R., Despins, T., and Niziol, D. (2013). "Cardale hard red spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(2), pp. 307-313. doi : 10.4141/cjps2012-236
• Fox, S.L., Wise, I.L., Smith, M.A.H., Humphreys, D.G., Brown, P.D., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Gilbert, J., Fernandez, M.R., Despins, T., Lukow, O.M., and Niziol, D. (2013). "Shaw hard red spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(2), pp. 299-305. doi : 10.4141/cjps2012-137
• Ghazvini, H., Hiebert, C.W., Thomas, J.B., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2013). "Development of a multiple bulked segregant analysis (MBSA) method used to locate a new stem rust resistance gene (Sr54) in the winter wheat cultivar Norin 40.", Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), 126(2), pp. 443-449. doi : 10.1007/s00122-012-1992-6
• Humphreys, D.G., Townley-Smith, T.F., Czarnecki, E.M., Lukow, O.M., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Gilbert, J., Menzies, J.G., Brown, P.D., and Fox, S.L. (2013). "Snowstar hard white spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(1), pp. 143-148. doi : 10.4141/cjps2012-146
• Legge, W.G., Tucker, J.R., Bizimungu, B., Fetch Jr., T.G., Haber, S.M., Menzies, J.G., Noll, J.S., Tekauz, A., Turkington, T.K., Savard, M.E., and Choo, T.-M. (2013). "Cerveza barley.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(3), pp. 557-564. doi : 10.4141/cjps2012-299
• Legge, W.G., Tucker, J.R., Fetch Jr., T.G., Haber, S.M., Menzies, J.G., Noll, J.S., Tekauz, A., Turkington, T.K., and Savard, M.E. (2013). "Major barley.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(2), pp. 291-297. doi : 10.4141/cjps2012-248
• Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Tekauz, A., Brown, P.D., Ames, N.P., Chong, J., Fetch Jr., T.G., Haber, S.M., Menzies, J.G., Townley-Smith, L., Stadnyk, K.D., and Green, D.A. (2013). "Stride oat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science. doi : 10.4141/cjps2012-325
• Singh, A., Pandey, M.P., Singh, A.K., Knox, R.E., Ammar, K., Clarke, J.M., Clarke, F.R., Singh, R.P., Pozniak, C.J., DePauw, R.M., McCallum, B.D., Cuthbert, R.D., Randhawa, H.S., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2013). "Identification and mapping of leaf, stem and stripe rust resistance quantitative trait loci and their interactions in durum wheat.", Molecular Breeding, 31(2), pp. 405-418. doi : 10.1007/s11032-012-9798-4
• Thomas, J.B., Fox, S.L., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Gilbert, J., Menzies, J.G., Wise, I.L., Smith, M.A.H., Despins, T., Niziol, D., Humphreys, D.G., and Brown, P.D. (2013). "Vesper hard red spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(2), pp. 315-321. doi : 10.4141/cjps2012-233
• Wang, X., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Bakkeren, G., Marais, G.F., and Saville, B. (2013). "Comparative microscopic and molecular analysis of Thatcher near-isogenic lines with wheat leaf rust resistance genes Lr2a, Lr3, LrB or Lr9 upon challenge with different Puccinia triticina races.", Plant Pathology, 62(3), pp. 698-707. doi : 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2012.02660.x
• Zeng, J., Cao, W., Fedak, G., Sun, S., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., and Xue, A.G. (2013). "Molecular cytological characterization of two novel durum –Thinopyrum intermedium partial amphiploids with resistance to leaf rust, stem rust and Fusarium head blight.", Hereditas, 150(1), pp. 10-16. doi : 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2012.02262.x

2012:

• Fox, S.L., Lamb, R.J., McKenzie, R.I.H., Wise, I.L., Smith, M.A.H., Humphreys, D.G., Brown, P.D., Townley-Smith, T.F., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Gilbert, J., Fernandez, M.R., Despins, T., Lukow, O.M., and Niziol, D. (2012). "Registration of ‘Fieldstar’ Hard Red Spring Wheat.", Journal of Plant Registrations, 6(2), pp. 161-168. doi : 10.3198/jpr2011.06.0329crc
• Ghazvini, H., Hiebert, C.W., Zegeye, T., Liu, S., Dilawari, M., Tsilo, T., Anderson, J.A., Rouse, M.N., Jin, Y., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2012). "Inheritance of resistance to Ug99 stem rust in wheat cultivar Norin 40 and genetic mapping of Sr42.", Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), 125(4), pp. 817-824. doi : 10.1007/s00122-012-1874-y
• Olivera, P.D., Jin, Y., Rouse, M.N., Badebo, A., Fetch Jr., T.G., Singh, R.P., and Yahyaoui, A. (2012). "Races of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici with Combined Virulence to Sr13 and Sr9e in a Field Stem Rust Screening Nursery in Ethiopia.", Plant Disease, 96(5), pp. 623-628. doi : 10.1094/PDIS-09-11-0793

2011:

• Fetch Jr., T.G., McCallum, B.D., Menzies, J.G., Rashid, K.Y., and Tenuta, A.U. (2011). "Rust diseases in Canada.", Prairie Soils and Crops, 4, pp. 87-96.
• Fetch Jr., T.G., Mitchell Fetch, J.W., and Xue, A.G. (2011). "Races of Puccinia graminis on barley, oat and wheat in Canada in 2006.", Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology / Revue canadienne de phytopathologie, 33(1), pp. 54-60. doi : 10.1080/07060661.2011.536650
• Hiebert, C.W., Fetch Jr., T.G., Zegeye, T., Thomas, J.B., Somers, D.J., Humphreys, D.G., McCallum, B.D., Cloutier, S., Singh, D., and Knott, D.R. (2011). "Genetics and mapping of seedling resistance to Ug99 stem rust in Canadian wheat cultivars ‘Peace’ and ‘AC Cadillac’.", Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), 122(1), pp. 143-149. doi : 10.1007/s00122-010-1430-6
• Legge, W.G., Tucker, J.R., Bizimungu, B., Tekauz, A., Noll, J.S., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Haber, S.M., Savard, M.E., Vigier, B.J., Choo, T.-M., Martin, R.A., Turkington, T.K., Rossnagel, B.G., and Harvey, B.L. (2011). "Norman barley.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 91(6), pp. 1105-1113. doi : 10.4141/cjps2010-020
• Mitchell Fetch, J.W. and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Inheritance of resistance to oat stem rust in the cultivars Ronald and AC Gwen.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 91(2), pp. 419-423. doi : 10.4141/CJPS10146
• Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Brown, P.D., Ames, N.P., Chong, J., Fetch Jr., T.G., Haber, S.M., Menzies, J.G., Townley-Smith, L., and Stadnyk, K.D. (2011). "Stainless oat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 91(2), pp. 357-361. doi : 10.4141/CJPS10159
• Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Brown, P.D., Ames, N.P., Chong, J., Fetch Jr., T.G., Haber, S.M., Menzies, J.G., and Stadnyk, K.D. (2011). "Summit oat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 91(4), pp. 787-791. doi : 10.4141/CJPS10158
• Park, R.F., Fetch Jr., T.G., Hodson, D.P., Jin, Y., Nazari, K., Prashar, M., and Pretorius, Z.A. (2011). "International surveillance of wheat rust pathogens: progress and challenges.", Euphytica, 179(1), pp. 109-117. doi : 10.1007/s10681-011-0375-4

2010:

• Fox, S.L., McKenzie, R.I.H., Lamb, R.J., Wise, I.L., Smith, M.A.H., Humphreys, D.G., Brown, P.D., Townley-Smith, T.F., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Gilbert, J., Fernandez, M.R., Despins, T., Lukow, O.M., and Niziol, D. (2010). "Unity hard red spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 90(1), pp. 71-78. doi : 10.4141/CJPS09024
• Fox, S.L., Townley-Smith, T.F., Thomas, J.B., Humphreys, D.G., Brown, P.D., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Gilbert, J., Fernandez, M.R., Gaudet, D.A., and Noll, J.S. (2010). "Harvest hard red spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 90(4), pp. 503-509. doi : 10.4141/CJPS09114
• Hiebert, C.W., Fetch Jr., T.G., and Zegeye, T. (2010). "Genetics and mapping of stem rust resistance to Ug99 in the wheat cultivar Webster.", Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), 121(1), pp. 65-69. doi : 10.1007/s00122-010-1291-z
• Humphreys, D.G., Townley-Smith, T.F., Lukow, O.M., McCallum, B.D., Gaudet, D.A., Gilbert, J., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Brown, P.D., and Czarnecki, E.M. (2010). "Burnside extra strong hard red spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 90(1), pp. 79-84. doi : 10.4141/CJPS09100
• Townley-Smith, T.F., Humphreys, D.G., Czarnecki, E.M., Lukow, O.M., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Gilbert, J., Menzies, J.G., and Brown, P.D. (2010). "Superb hard red spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 90(3), pp. 347-352. doi : 10.4141/CJPS09087

2009:

• Fetch Jr., T.G. (2009). "Races of Puccinia graminis on barley, oat, and wheat in Canada in 2005.", Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology / Revue canadienne de phytopathologie, 31(1), pp. 74-79. doi : 10.1080/07060660909507574
• Fetch Jr., T.G., Johnston, P.A., and Pickering, R. (2009). "Chromosomal Location and Inheritance of Stem Rust Resistance Transferred from Hordeum bulbosum into Cultivated Barley (H. vulgare).", Phytopathology, 99(4), pp. 339-343. doi : 10.1094/PHYTO-99-4-0339
• Fox, S.L., Thomas, J.B., Wise, I.L., Smith, M.A.H., Humphreys, D.G., Brown, P.D., Townley-Smith, T.F., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Gilbert, J., Fernandez, M.R., Despins, T., and Niziol, D. (2009). "Waskada hard red spring wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 89(5), pp. 929-936. doi : 10.4141/CJPS08222
• Jin, Y., Szabo, L.J., Rouse, M.N., Fetch Jr., T.G., Pretorius, Z.A., Wanyera, R., and Njau, P. (2009). "Detection of Virulence to Resistance Gene Sr36 Within the TTKS Race Lineage of Puccinia graminis f. sp. Tritici.", Plant Disease, 93(4), pp. 367-370. doi : 10.1094/PDIS-93-4-0367
• Marais, G.F., Bekker, T.A., Eksteen, A., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., and Marais, A.S. (2009). "Attempts to remove gametocidal genes co-transferred to common wheat with rust resistance from Aegilops speltoides.", Euphytica, 171(1), pp. 71-85. doi : 10.1007/s10681-009-9996-2
• Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Brown, P.D., Duguid, S.D., Ames, N.P., Chong, J., Fetch Jr., T.G., Haber, S.M., Menzies, J.G., and Stadnyk, K.D. (2009). "Jordan oat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 89(1), pp. 67-71. doi : 10.4141/CJPS08095
• Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Kibite, S., Chong, J., Clayton, G.W., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., and Turkington, T.K. (2009). "Lee Williams hulless oat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 89(4), pp. 665-669. doi : 10.4141/CJPS08197
• Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Kibite, S., Clayton, G.W., Turkington, T.K., Chong, J., Fetch Jr., T.G., Haber, S.M., Menzies, J.G., and Ames, N.P. (2009). "Lu Oat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 89(4), pp. 671-675. doi : 10.4141/CJPS08193

Other Science Related Publications:

2012:

• Fetch Jr., T.G., Zegeye, T., and Mayert, W. (2012). "Stem rusts of cereals in Western Canada in 2011.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 92, pp. 107.
• Gardner, K.M., Wight, C.P., Mitchell Fetch, J.W., Yan, W., Ames, N.P., Rossnagel, B.G., Herrmann, M., Molnar, S.J., Frégeau-Reid, J.A., Miller, S.S., Fetch Jr., T.G., Chong, J., Martin, R.A., Tekauz, A., Haber, S.M., Savard, M.E., and Tinker, N.A. (2012). "Prospects of whole genome selection in oat using high throughput genetic markers.", 9th International Oat Conference: Harvest for Food and Health, Beijing, China, June 20-23, 2012. (Poster)

2011:

• Cao, W., Fedak, G., Fetch Jr., T.G., Xue, A.G., and Briere, S. (2011). "Gene pyramiding for resistance to Ug99 stem rust in Canadian spring wheat.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011, pp. 54.
• DePauw, R.M., McCallum, B.D., Voldeng, H.D., Knox, R.E., Edwards, N., Fetch Jr., T.G., Lukow, O.M., Fox, S.L., Pozniak, C.J., Hucl, P.J., Singh, A.K., and Comeau, A. (2011). "Canadian Triticologists: the game changers.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011.
• DePauw, R.M., Singh, A., Singh, A.K., Knox, R.E., Singh, D., Bhavani, S., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "The SrCad and Sr2 locus influences reaction to stripe rust and Fusarium head blight.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011, Poster #60. (Poster)
• DePauw, R.M., Singh, A., Singh, A.K., Knox, R.E., Singh, D., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "The presence of SrCad and Sr2 influences reaction to stripe rust and Fusarium head blight.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011. (Poster)
• Derevnina, L., Fetch Jr., T.G., and Park, R.F. (2011). "Resistance to stem rust in Australian barley cultivars.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011, Poster #33. (Poster)
• Fedak, G., Cao, W., Chi, D., Zhang, L., Xue, A.G., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "New Sources of resistance to ug99.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011. (Presentation)
• Fedak, G., Cao, W., Chi, D., Zhang, L., Xue, A.G., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Screening of cytogenetic stocks for resistance to Ug99.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011, pp. 38.
• Fedak, G., Cao, W., Chi, D., Zhang, L., Xue, A.G., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Screening of cytogenetic stocks for resistance to Ug99.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011, Poster #51. (Poster)
• Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Stem rust never sleeps: An ancient foe awakens from the grave.", Prairie Grain Development Committee plenary session, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, February 22-24, 2011. (Presentation)
• Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Ug99 – A wheat killer of global proportions.", FarmTech 2011, Edmonton, AB, Canada, January 26-28, 2011, pp. 66-68.
• Fetch Jr., T.G., Zegeye, T., Singh, D., Wanyera, R., Penner, M., and Rashid, K.Y. (2011). "Virulence of Ug99 (race TTKSK) and race TRTTF on Canadian wheat cultivars.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 92(3), pp. 602. (Abstract)
• Fetch Jr., T.G., Zegeye, T., and Mayert, W. (2011). "Stem rusts of cereals in Western Canada in 2010.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 91, pp. 73.
• Fox, S.L., DePauw, R.M., Humphreys, D.G., Hucl, P.J., Singh, A.K., Pozniak, C.J., Brown, P.D., Graf, R.J., Randhawa, H.S., Voldeng, H.D., McCartney, C.A., Hiebert, C.W., Knox, R.E., Thomas, J.B., Townley-Smith, L., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Canadian initiatives in breeding for stem rust resistance to race Ug99 and variants.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011, pp. 121-126.
• Fox, S.L., Humphreys, D.G., Brown, P.D., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Menzies, J.G., Gilbert, J., Wise, I.L., Smith, M.A.H., Thomas, J.B., Hiebert, C.W., McCartney, C.A., Lukow, O.M., and Niziol, D. (2011). "Breeding for Canada’s premier wheat marker class: Canadian Western Red Spring.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011.
• Ghazvini, H., Hiebert, C.W., Thomas, J.B., Zegeye, T., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Linkage maps of two new stem rust resistance genes on chromosomes 2B and 6A of wheat line Tr129.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011, pp. 48.
• Ghazvini, H., Hiebert, C.W., Zegeye, T., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Identification of a stem rust resistance gene in wheat line Tr129 with an introgression from Aegilops triuncialis genome.", Plant Canada 2011, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, NS, Canada, July 17-21, 2011, Poster CPS-9. (Poster)
• Ghazvini, H., Hiebert, C.W., Zegeye, T., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Mapping resistance to race Ug99 stem rust in Norin 40 (Sr42).", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011, Poster #65. (Poster)
• Ghazvini, H., Hiebert, C.W., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2011). "Mapping wheat stem rust gene Sr42 using DNA markers.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011.
• Hamelin, R.C., Bakkeren, G., Saville, B., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Wang, X., Joly, D.L., and Tanguay, P. (2011). "Emergence and evolution of forest and cereal rusts.", Quebec Society for Plant Protection Annual Meeting: Exotic and invasive species., Montmagny, QC, Canada, June 2011. (Presentation)
• Hodson, D.P., Nazari, K., Park, R.F., Fetch Jr., T.G., Lassen, P., Arista, J., Hansen, J.L., Hovmoller, M., Jin, Y., Pretorius, Z.A., and Sonder, K. (2011). "Putting Ug99 on the map: An update on current and future monitoring.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011, pp. 3-13.
• Knox, R.E., DePauw, R.M., Singh, A., Singh, A.K., Singh, D., Bhavani, S., Fetch Jr., T.G., and Campbell, H. (2011). "Investigating the role of SrCad and Sr2 on stem rust race TTKST in wheat.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011, pp. 186.
• McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Hiebert, C.W., and Thomas, J.B. (2011). "The effect of Lr34 on wheat stem rust.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011, Poster #66. (Poster)
• Wang, X., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Bakkeren, G., Marais, G.F., and Saville, B.J. (2011). "Comparative analysis of Thatcher isogenic lines with wheat leaf rust resistance genes Lr2a, Lr3, LrB and Lr9 interacting with different Puccinia triticina virulence phenotypes.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011. (Poster)
• Wang, X., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Bakkeren, G., and Saville, B. (2011). "Leaf extracts from Thatcher inoculated with the avirulent race of Puccinia triticina confer race-specific resistance in Thatcher-Lr2a through infiltration.", 7th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight (CWFHB) / Colloque canadien sur la fusariose, Delta Winnipeg Hotel, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 27-30, 2011. (Poster)
• Wang, X., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Bakkeren, G., and Saville, B. (2011). "Leaf extracts from Thatcher wheat inoculated with the avirulent race of Puccinia triticina confers race-specific resistance in Thatcher-Lr2a through infiltration.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011, pp. 65.

2010:

• Fetch Jr., T.G., Dunsmore, K.M., and Zegeye, T. (2010). "Stem rusts of cereals in Western Canada in 2009.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 90, pp. 76.
• Knox, R.E., DePauw, R.M., Singh, D., Fetch Jr., T.G., and Singh, A.K. (2010). "Cumulative resistance to Ug99 and variant stem rust races in wheat cultivar AC Cadillac.", 8th International Wheat Conference (8IWC) and Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2010 Technical Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 1-4, 2010, # 35, pp. 21. (Poster)
• Marais, G.F., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Bakkeren, G., Wang, X., and Saville, B. (2010). "Development of Thatcher near-isogenic lines for recently discovered leaf rust resistance genes.", 8th International Wheat Conference (8IWC) and Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2010 Technical Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 1-4, 2010. (Poster)
• Wang, X., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Bakkeren, G., Marais, G.F., and Saville, B. (2010). "Comparative analysis of Thatcher near-isogenic wheat lines with leaf rust resistance genes Lr2a, Lr3, and LrB interacting with Puccinia triticina virulence phenotypes BBBD, MBDS and FBDJ.", 8th International Wheat Conference (8IWC) and Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2010 Technical Workshop, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 1-4, 2010. (Poster)
• Wang, X., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Bakkeren, G., Marais, G.F., and Saville, B. (2010). "Semi-quantitative-PCR and fluorescence microscopy analysis of the progression Puccinia triticina (Eriks) in the compatible and incompatible interaction using Thatcher near-isogenic wheat lines with leaf rust resistance genes Lr2a, Lr3and LrB.", Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) & Pacific Division of the American Phytopathological Society Joint 2010 Meeting, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June 20-23, 2010, P-25. (Poster)

2009:

• DePauw, R.M., Fetch Jr., T.G., Hiebert, C.W., Humphreys, D.G., Knox, R.E., Pozniak, C.J., Thomas, J.B., Singh, A.K., Graf, R.J., Randhawa, H.S., Fox, S.L., Brown, P.D., Clarke, F.R., and Clarke, J.M. (2009). "Sources of resistance to stem rust race Ug99 and its variants in Canadian wheat germplasm.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2009 Technical Workshop, Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, México, March 17-20, 2009, pp. 171-178.
• Fetch Jr., T.G. (2009). "Ug99- The cereal rust of the future.", 2009 Genetic Expo, Victoria Inn, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, December 9, 2009. (Presentation)
• Fetch Jr., T.G. and Dawson, A. (2009). "Ug99 stem rust on the move.", Manitoba Cooperator, December 24, 2009, pp. 7.
• Fetch Jr., T.G. and Friesen, R. (2009). "Devastating new stem rust advances beyond Africa.", Manitoba Cooperator, April 9, 2009.
• Fetch Jr., T.G. and Rosenberg, M. (2009). "Scientists join in battle to head off Ug99.", Manitoba Cooperator, March 26, 2009, pp. 35.
• Fetch Jr., T.G. and Zegeye, T. (2009). "Inheritance of resistance to Ug99 in wheat line TR129 with an introgression of Aegilop triuncialis chromatin.", 12th International Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference, Antalya, Turkey, October 13-16, 2009. (Presentation)
• Fetch Jr., T.G., Dunsmore, K.M., and Zegeye, T. (2009). "Stem Rusts of Cereals in Western Canada in 2008.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 89, pp. 67.
• Hiebert, C.W., Fetch Jr., T.G., Zegeye, T., Humphreys, D.G., and McCallum, B.D. (2009). "Genetics and mapping of stem rust resistance genes conferring resistance to raceUg99 (TTKS) in the wheat cultivars Webster, Peace, and AC Cadillac.", 12th International Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference, Antalya, Turkey, October 13-16, 2009. (Presentation)
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