Gaudet, Denis, Ph.D.

• Research Publications
• Other Science Related Publications

Contact Information:

5403 - 1 Avenue South
PO Box 3000
Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4B1
Telephone: 403-317-2278
Fax: 403-382-3156
Email: denis.gaudet@agr.gc.ca

Areas of Expertise:

• gene expression analysis
• other fungal diseases --snow molds
• winter wheat
• spring wheat
• testing and recommendations (including
• pest control
• smut and bunt
• cold
• disease organisms
• carbohydrates
• crossing
• selection assisted by dna markers
• haploidy
• rust
• biological

Current Projects:

• Bunt resistance evaluation nursery
• Improving wheat disease resistance by understanding global defense responses.
• Isolation of genes and their associated promoters related to biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in winter and spring wheat

Research Publications:

2013:

• Gaudet, D.A., Puchalski, B., Despins, T., McCartney, C., Menzies, J.G., and Graf, R.J. (2013). "Seeding date and location affect winter wheat infection by common bunt (Tilletia tritici and T. laevis) in western Canada.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(3), pp. 483-489. doi : 10.4141/cjps2012-176
• Graf, R.J., Beres, B.L., Randhawa, H.S., Gaudet, D.A., Badea, A., Laroche, A., Eudes, F., and Pandeya, R.S. (2013). "AAC Gateway hard red winter wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(3), pp. 541-548. doi : 10.4141/CJPS2012-266
• Knox, R.E., Campbell, H., DePauw, R.M., Gaudet, D.A., and Puchalski, B. (2013). "DNA markers for resistance to common bunt in 'McKenzie' wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology / Revue canadienne de phytopathologie. doi : 10.1080/07060661.2013.763292

2012:

• Diedhiou, C., Gaudet, D.A., Liang, Y., Sun, J.-Y., Lu, Z.-X., Eudes, F., and Laroche, A. (2012). "Carbohydrate profiling in seeds and seedlings of transgenic triticale modified in the expression of sucrose:sucrose-1-fructosyltransferase (1-SST) and sucrose:fructan-6-fructosyltransferase (6-SFT).", Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 114(4), pp. 371-378. doi : 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2012.05.008
• Graf, R.J., Thomas, J.B., Beres, B.L., Gaudet, D.A., Laroche, A., and Eudes, F. (2012). "Flourish hard red winter wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 92(1), pp. 183-189. doi : 10.4141/CJPS2011-084
• Graf, R.J., Thomas, J.B., Gaudet, D.A., Laroche, A., and Beres, B.L. (2012). "Broadview hard red winter wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 92(1), pp. 177-181. doi : 10.4141/CJPS2011-083
• Randhawa, H.S., Puchalski, B., Frick, M., Goyal, A., Despins, T., Graf, R.J., Laroche, A., and Gaudet, D.A. (2012). "Stripe rust resistance among western Canadian spring wheat and triticale varieties.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 92(4), pp. 713-722. doi : 10.4141/CJPS2011-252
• Thomas, J.B., Gaudet, D.A., and Graf, R.J. (2012). "AC Bellatrix hard red winter wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 92(1), pp. 163-168. doi : 10.4141/CJPS2011-091

2011:

• Feng, J., Hwang, R., Hwang, S.F., Gaudet, D.A., and Strelkov, S.E. (2011). "Molecular characterization of a Stagonospora nodorum lipase gene LIP1.", Plant Pathology, 60(4), pp. 698-708. doi : 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02434.x
• Gao, Y., Liu, X., Stebbing, J.A., He, D., Laroche, A., Gaudet, D.A., and Xing, T. (2011). "TaFLRS, a novel mitogen-activated protein kinase in wheat defence responses.", European Journal of Plant Pathology, 131(4), pp. 643-651. doi : 10.1007/s10658-011-9837-8
• Gaudet, D.A., Wang, Y., Frick, M., Puchalski, B., Penniket, C., Ouellet, T., Robert, L.S., Singh, J., and Laroche, A. (2011). "Low temperature induced defence gene expression in winter wheat in relation to resistance to snow moulds and other wheat diseases.", Plant Science, 180(1), pp. 99-110. doi : 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.07.023
• Xu, Y., Badea, C., Tran, F., Frick, M., Schneiderman, D., Robert, L.S., Harris, L.J., Thomas, D.K., Tinker, N.A., Gaudet, D.A., and Laroche, A. (2011). "Next-Gen sequencing of the transcriptome of triticale.", Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 9(2), pp. 181-184. doi : 10.1017/s1479262111000281

2010:

• 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
• Gaudet, D.A., Wang, Y., Penniket, C., Lu, Z.-X., Bakkeren, G., and Laroche, A. (2010). "Morphological and Molecular Analyses of Host and Nonhost Interactions Involving Barley and Wheat and the Covered Smut Pathogen Ustilago hordei.", Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 23(12), pp. 1619-1634. doi : 10.1094/MPMI-11-09-0271
• Humphreys, D.G., Townley-Smith, T.F., Leisle, D., McCallum, B.D., Gaudet, D.A., Gilbert, J., and Menzies, J.G. (2010). "Napoleon Amber durum wheat.", Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 90(6), pp. 863-867. doi : 10.4141/CJPS10024
• 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
• Li, C.-Y., Li, W.-H., Li, C., Gaudet, D.A., Laroche, A., Cao, L.-P., and Lu, Z.-X. (2010). "Starch Synthesis and Programmed Cell Death during Endosperm Development in Triticale (×Triticosecale Wittmack).", Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (JIPB), 52(7), pp. 602-615. doi : 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00961.x

Other Science Related Publications:

2012:

• Gaudet, D.A. and Menzies, J.G. (2012). "Common Bunt of Wheat: an Old Foe Remains a Current Threat.", in Sharma, I. (ed.) - Disease Resistance in Wheat. CABI Plant Protection Series, CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK, Chapter 11, pp. 220-235.

2011:

• Gaudet, D.A., Randhawa, H.S., Puchalski, B., Frick, M., Goyal, A., Despins, T., Graf, R.J., and Laroche, A. (2011). "Stripe rust resistance among western Canadian wheat and triticale cultivars.", 32nd Annual Meeting of the Plant Pathology Society of Alberta (PPSA), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, November 7-9, 2011, pp. 7.
• Gaudet, D.A., Randhawa, H.S., Puchalski, B., Graf, R.J., Despins, T., and Laroche, A. (2011). "Stripe rust resistance among western Canadian wheat and triticale cultivars.", Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) 82nd Annual Meeting (with Plant Canada 2011), Halifax, NS, Canada, July 17-21, 2011.
• Goyal, A., Puchalski, B., Gaudet, D.A., Graf, R.J., McCallum, B.D., and Randhawa, H.S. (2011). "Genetics of resistance to common bunt, leaf and stripe rust in N9195 spring wheat.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011. (Abstract)
• Laroche, A., Frick, M., Puchalski, B., Graf, R.J., Randhawa, H.S., and Gaudet, D.A. (2011). "Towards the genome sequencing of Alberta races of Puccinia striiformis, the causal agent of stripe rust.", 32nd Annual Meeting of the Plant Pathology Society of Alberta (PPSA), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, November 7-9, 2011, pp. 9.
• Puchalski, B. and Gaudet, D.A. (2011). "2010 Southern Alberta Stripe rust survey.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 91, pp. 68-69.
• Puchalski, B. and Gaudet, D.A. (2011). Survey of Southern Alberta for Stripe Rust and other Foliar Diseases 2010., AAFC Lethbridge Research Centre, AB. (Report)
• Puchalski, B., Gaudet, D.A., Harpinder, R., Graf, R.J., and Wogsberg, S. (2011). "The 2011 stripe rust epidemic in western Canada.", 32nd Annual Meeting of the Plant Pathology Society of Alberta (PPSA), University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, November 7-9, 2011, pp. 12.
• Puchalski, B., Gaudet, D.A., and Graf, R.J. (2011). Spring and winter wheat stripe rust coop report., AAFC Lethbridge Research Centre, AB. (Report)
• Randhawa, H.S., Gaudet, D.A., Puchalski, B., and Graf, R.J. (2011). "New virulence races of stripe rust in Western Canada.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011. (Abstract)
• Randhawa, H.S., Puchalski, B., Graf, R.J., Goyal, A., Despins, T., and Gaudet, D.A. (2011). "Reactions of western Canadian wheat and triticale varieties to stripe rust.", Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2011 Technical Workshop, St. Paul, MN, USA, June 13-16, 2011. (Poster)
• Randhawa, H.S., Puchalski, B., Wogsberg, S., Graf, R.J., Kutcher, H.R., and Gaudet, D.A. (2011). "The occurrence of stripe rust epidemic in western Canada.", 1st Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, November 30-December 2, 2011. (Abstract)

2010:

• Knox, R.E., DePauw, R.M., Campbell, H., Clarke, F.R., Gaudet, D.A., and Singh, A.K. (2010). "DNA markers associated with common bunt resistance in McKenzie wheat.", 2010 Joint Conference of the Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS) and the Canadian Society of Agronomy (CSA): Transfers & Transformations: Our Evolving Biosphere, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, June 20-24, 2010. (Poster)

2009:

• Beres, B.L., Eudes, F., Graf, R.J., Salmon, D.F., McLeod, G.J., Dion, Y., Lu, J., Randhawa, H.S., Laroche, A., and Gaudet, D.A. (2009). "A Pan-Canadian ethanol feedstock study to benchmark the relative performance of triticale.", Canadian Triticale Biorefinery Initiative (CTBI) Annual Network Meeting, Summerland, BC, Canada, June 17-19, 2009. (Poster)
• Turkington, T.K., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Xi, K., Kumar, K., Gaudet, D.A., Olfert, O.O., Weiss, R.M., and Soroka, J.J. (2009). "Wind trajectories and cereal rust risk, western Canada, 2007.", Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology / Revue canadienne de phytopathologie, 31(1), pp. 147. (Abstract)