To draw our community together in a non-congress year, IS-MPMI gathered virtually on February 10 for the second of two workshops titled Taking MPMI Discoveries to the Field. These workshops highlighted the outstanding efforts of our members to translate molecular discoveries to the field and address MPMI Top 10 Question #3: How can we translate basic research into emerging crop plants? In the second workshop, Dr. Bing Yang, from the Danforth Plant Science Center and University of Missouri, spoke about his work using genome editing to increase resistance to bacterial blight in rice. Dr. Nik Grünwald, from the USDA-ARS and Oregon State University, discussed bioinformatic tools that his lab has developed to study the genomes of Phytophthora species. These useful tools will be made available to our community soon. Dr. Hailing Jin, from the University of California-Riverside, presented exciting new data on the role of small RNAs in both pathogen infection and host defense strategies. Dr. Linda Johnson, from AgResearch in New Zealand, talked about fungal endophytes and their role in plant health. The workshop was sponsored by Microbes Biosciences, and CEO Brian Pusch concluded the workshop by introducing attendees to the company and discussed the processes they use to identify beneficial microbes and incorporate them into products used in agriculture. The event was moderated by Mary Beth Mudgett (IS-MPMI president), Jeanne Harris (EIC, MPMI journal), and Dennis Halterman (EIC, IS-MPMI Interactions).

If you attended the event, or if you registered and were not able to attend, you can log into the IS-MPMI website and watch a recording of the workshop. If you haven’t already, you can still register for the event and view the recording of the talks and discussions.

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