Dr. Allen Xue

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Research Scientist

I am a plant pathologist with the Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario. My research focuses on field crop disease surveillance and detection of new species or virulence strains of pathogens causing economically important diseases in Eastern Canada such as cereal rusts, powdery mildew and Fusarium head blight (FHB), and identification and development of disease-resistant germplasms and effective biological and integrated disease management strategies.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

Current research and/or projects

-Co-investigator. Breeding, genomics and agronomy research to improve oat yield and quality. ASP-001 CFCRA Oat, CAP-CFCRA, 2018-2023.

-Co-investigator. Biological control and management of Fusarium head blight and associated diseases in organic grain production. ASC-13 Organic Cluster, 2018-2023.

-Co-investigator. Breeding barley for high yield and resistance to Fusarium head blight for Eastern Canada. ASC-011-Barley Cluster, CAP-CFCRA, 2018-2023.

-Co-investigator. Improve Fusarium head blight resistance in oat, a new threat to the Canadian agriculture industry. AAFC A-base, 2019-2022.

-Co-investigator. Toward a Prairie Biovigilance Network. AAFC A-base, 2021-2026.

Research and/or project statements

-Develop screening techniques and identify new sources of resistance to FHB, powdery mildew and rusts in wheat, barley and oat.

-Conduct annual cereal crop disease surveys and monitor pathogen population dynamics and virulence profiles of economically important crop diseases for Eastern Canada.

-Develop effective biological and integrated disease management strategies for FHB of small grain cereals and root rots of soybean.

Professional activities / interests

-Host resistance, pathogenic variation and disease monitoring.

-Biological control and integrated disease management strategies.

-Mentoring graduate students and supervising post-doctoral fellows and visiting scientists.

Education and awards

-Ph.D., Plant Pathology, University of Guelph, 1990. -NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Lacombe Research and Development Centre, AAFC, 1992.

-Gold Harvest Award for Innovation, Collaboration and Service Excellence, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2015.

-Achievements in Plant Disease Management Award, Canadian Phytopathological Society, 2015.

International experience and/or work

-Served as Editorial Board Member, Soybean Science, 2010-2019.

Key publications

  1. Xue, A.G., Chen, Y., Marchand, G., Guo, W., Ren, C.Z., Savard, M.E., and McElroy, A.R. (2014). "Effect of timing of inoculation and Fusarium species on the development of Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol contamination in oat.", American Oat Workers Conference 2014, Ottawa Marriott Hotel, Ottawa, ON, Canada, July 13-16, 2014, pp. 21.

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  2. Menzies, J.G., Xue, A.G., Gruenke, J., Dueck, R., Saramaga, C., Popovic, Z., and Thomson, S. (2014). "Crown rust of oat in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and eastern Canada in 2013.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 94, pp. 132-134.

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  3. Cao, W., Fedak, G., Voldeng, H.D., Somers, D.J., Xue, A.G., Fregeau-Reid, J., and McCartney, C.A. (2014). "Application of marker assisted selection in spring wheat breeding.", 2nd Canadian Wheat Symposium, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, June 8-11, 2014. (Poster)

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  4. Jin, X., Chi, D., Zhang, B., Xue, A.G., Cao, W., and Fedak, G. (2014). "Wheat germplasm development by gene pyramiding for resistance to Ug99.", 2nd Canadian Wheat Symposium, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, June 8-11, 2014. (Poster)

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  5. Fedak, G., Wolfe, D., Chi, D., Ouellet, T., Cao, W., and Xue, A.G. (2014). "Process of transferring fhb resistance from thinopyrum elongatum to spring wheat.", 2nd Canadian Wheat Symposium, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, June 8-11, 2014. (Poster)

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  6. Zhang, B., Chi, D., Hiebert, C.W., Fetch Jr., T.G., Xue, A.G., Cao, W., and Fedak, G. (2014). "Pyramiding genes for resistance to stem rust, leaf rust and FHB.", 2nd Canadian Wheat Symposium, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, June 8-11, 2014. (Poster)

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  7. Xue, A.G., Chen, Y., Marchand, G., Zhang, S.Z., Cober, E.R., and Tenuta, A.U. (2014). "The occurrence and frequency of races of Phytophthora sojae in Ontario during 2010–2012.", 11th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology, Cracow, Poland, September 8-13, 2014, pp. 174.

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  8. Xue, A.G. and Chen, Y. (2014). "Diseases of oat in central and eastern Ontario in 2013.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 94, pp. 135-136.

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  9. Melnichuk, F., Marchenko, O., Fedak, G., and Xue, A.G. (2014). "Cytotoxic effects of chemical seed treatments on soybean seedlings.", APS-CPS Joint Meeting, Hilton Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, USA, August 9-13, 2014.

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  10. Xue, A.G. and Chen, Y. (2014). "Diseases of barley in central and eastern Ontario in 2014.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 94, pp. 109-111.

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  11. Xue, A.G., Chen, Y., Marchand, G., Zhang, S.Z., Meng, Y., Cober, E.R., and Tenuta, A.U. (2014). "Races of Phytophthora sojae causing root rot of soybean in Ontario.", American Phytopathological Society (APS) and Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) Joint Meeting 2014, Hilton Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, USA, August 9-13, 2014.

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  12. Xue, A.G. and Chen, Y. (2014). "Diseases of spring wheat in central and eastern Ontario in 2013.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 94, pp. 150-151.

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  13. Cao, W., Wolfe, D., Fedak, G., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Xue, A.G., and Chi, D. (2014). "Development of aneuploids by means of doubled haploid technology – corn pollination method.", Canadian Society of Agronomy & Canadian Society for Horticultural Science Joint Annual Conference, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, July 10-12, 2014.

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  14. Xue, A.G., Chen, Y.H., Santanna, S.M.R., Voldeng, H.D., Fedak, G., Savard, M.E., Längle, T., Zhang, J.X., Harman, G.E. (2014). Efficacy of CLO-1 biofungicide in suppressing perithecial production by Gibberella zeae on crop residues, 36(2), 161-169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2014.881920

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  15. Marchand, G., Chen, Y., Berhane, N.A., Wei, L., Lévesque, C.A., Xue, A.G. (2014). Identification of Pythium spp. from the rhizosphere of soybeans in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, [online] 36(2), 246-251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2014.920921

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  16. Choo, T.M., Martin, R.A., Xue, A., MacDonald, D., Scott, P., Rowsell, J., Dion, Y., Rioux, S. (2014). AAC Mirabel barley. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 94(2), 465-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/CJPS2013-3151

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  17. Xue, A.G., Chen, Y., Voldeng, H.D., Fedak, G., Savard, M.E., Längle, T., Zhang, J., Harman, G.E. (2014). Concentration and cultivar effects on efficacy of CLO-1 biofungicide in controlling Fusarium head blight of wheat, 73 2-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.02.010

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  18. Zhang, B.L., Chi, D., Cao, W., Xue, A.G., Fetch Jr., T.G., Hiebert, C.W., and Fedak, G. (2013). "Pyramiding disease resistance genes in wheat.", 7th International Triticeae Symposium, Chengdu, China, June 9-14, 2013, pp. 90.

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  19. Xue, A.G., Rowsell, J., Ho, K.M., Chen, Y., Chi, D., Manceur, M., Zhang, S.Z., and Ren, C.Z. (2013). "Effect of harvesting time on barley grain contamination with Fusarium spp. And deoxynivalenol in barley in northern and eastern Ontario.", Phytoprotection, 93(1), pp. 1-7. doi : 10.7202/1015205ar

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  20. Menzies, J.G., Xue, A.G., Gruenke, J., Dueck, R., Saramaga, C., Popovic, Z., and Thomson, S. (2013). "Crown rust of oat in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Eastern Canada in 2011.", Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 93, pp. 114-115.

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Contact

Research facility

Ottawa Research and Development Centre
960 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Diseases›Plant disease management
Plant›Cereals and pulses

Affiliations

-Adjunct Professor, University of Manitoba, 1999-2005.

-Associated graduate faculty, University of Guelph, 2009-2020.

Language

English