Understanding and Minimising Fungicide Resistance

Dr Francisco Lopez-Ruiz leads the Fungicide Resistance Group at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM). Based in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences at Curtin University, Australia, the Fungicide Resistance Group has made major contributions towards the management of fungicide resistance in several key cereal pathogens. Dr Lopez-Ruiz has published widely on the mechanisms of fungicide resistance and its detection. Professor Richard Oliver has recently retired from his position as John Curtin Distinguished Professor in the Centre for Crop Disease Management at Curtin University, Australia. Amongst other honours, Professor Oliver is an Honorary Fellow of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), Honorary Professor at Nottingham Universities and was previously a Fellow at Rothamsted Research in the UK and a Visiting Professor at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. He is also a past President of the British Society for Plant Pathology. Dr Francisco Lopez-Ruiz leads the Fungicide Resistance Group at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM). Based in the School of Molecular and Life Sciences at Curtin University, Australia, the Fungicide Resistance Group has made major contributions towards the management of fungicide resistance in several key cereal pathogens. Dr Lopez-Ruiz has published widely on the mechanisms of fungicide resistance and its detection.

Part 1 Understanding and managing resistance
1. How pathogens develop resistance to fungicides: an overview: Richard Oliver, formerly Curtin University, Australia;
2. Understanding fungicide resistance mutation in pathogens: Laetitia Chartrain, John Innes Centre, UK;
3. Tracking the development of fungicide resistance/resistance evolution: Francisco J. Lopez Ruiz, Curtin University, Australia;
4. Modelling fungicide resistance: Frank van den Bosch, University of Salford, UK;
5. Fungicide resistance risk assessment: Mike Grimmer, ADAS, UK;
6. Good practice in minimising the development of fungicide resistance in crop cultivation: Neil Paveley, ADAS, UK;
7. Evolutionary biology of fungicide resistance: fundamental questions and practical implications Nichola Hawkins, NIAB, UK;
8. The role of extension in the management of fungicide resistance: Guido Schnabel, Clemson University, USA;
9.Key challenges in developing new fungicides: Greg Kemmitt, Corteva, UK;


Part 2 Case studies: resistance in key groups of fungicides
10.Understanding resistance to SBI fungicides: Andreas Mehl, Bayer, Germany;
11.Understanding resistance to Qol fungicides: Helge Sierotzki, Syngenta, Switzerland;
12.Understanding resistance to SDHI fungicides: George Karaoglanidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece;
13.Understanding resistance to AP fungicides: Chang-Lin Xiao, USDA-ARS, USA;
14.Understanding resistance to OSBPI fungicides: Jean-Luc Genet, Corteva, France;
15.The role of multisite inhibitor fungicides in the management of resistance: Jürgen Derpmann, Bayer, Germany;