Thomas Fetch

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Research Scientist

Conducting research on control of stem rust of cereal crops that leads to development of new wheat, barley, and oat cultivars.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Morden, MB

Current research and/or projects

  • Developing new wheat, barley, and oat cultivars
  • Biovigilance of wheat stem rust (Ug99) virulence

Key publications

  1. Fetch, T., Mitchell Fetch, J., Zegeye, T., Xue, A. (2018). Races of Puccinia graminis on barley, oat, and wheat in Canada in 2011 and 2012. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, [online] 40(1), 11-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2017.1396499

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  2. Legge, W.G., Badea, A., Tucker, J.R., Fetch, T.G., Banik, M., Haber, S., Menzies, J.G., Tekauz, A., Turkington, T.K., Martin, R.A., Choo, T.M., Blackwell, B.A., Savard, M.E. (2018). AAC goldman barley. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(5), 1203-1211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0361

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  3. Fetch T, Hambleton S, Chaves M, Martinelli J, Da Silva G, Bordignon S, Campos P, Madariaga R, Barnes C, Ordóñez M, Azzimonti G, Germán S. 2017. Collection and characterization of species of Berberis in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Uruguay. Annual Meeting, The Canadian Phytopathological Society, 2017 / Réunion annuelle, la société canadienne de phytopathologie, 2017. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 39(4):555. DOI 10.1080/07060661.2017.1386378

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  4. Cuthbert, R.D., DePauw, R.M., Knox, R.E., Singh, A.K., McCaig, T.N., McCallum, B., Fetch, T. (2017). AAC W1876 hard red spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(3), 799-808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0326

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  5. Kumar, S., Fox, S.L., Humphreys, D.G., Mitchell Fetch, J., Green, D., Fetch, T., McCallum, B., Menzies, J. (2017). AAC prevail Canada western red spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(2), 475-482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/CJPS-2017-0193

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  6. Ruan, Y., Singh, A.K., DePauw, R.M., Knox, R.E., McCaig, T.N., Cuthbert, R.D., McCallum, B., Fetch, T., Beres, B. (2017). AAC congress durum wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(2), 483-491. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/CJPS-2017-0149

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  7. Cuthbert, R.D., DePauw, R.M., Knox, R.E., Singh, A.K., McCaig, T.N., McCallum, B., Fetch, T., Beres, B.L. (2017). AAC penhold Canada prairie spring red wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(1), 207-214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0186

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  8. Cuthbert, R.D., DePauw, R.M., Knox, R.E., Singh, A.K., McCaig, T.N., McCallum, B., Fetch, T. (2017). AAC brandon hard red spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 97(2), 393-401. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2016-0150

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  9. Cuthbert, R.D., DePauw, R.M., Knox, R.E., Singh, A.K., McCaig, T.N., McCallum, B., Fetch, T. (2017). AAC NRG097 Canada western special purpose spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 97(5), 950-955. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0008

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  10. Hiebert, C.W., Rouse, M.N., Nirmala, J., Fetch, T. (2017). Genetic mapping of stem rust resistance to Puccinia graminis f. Sp. Tritici race TRTTF in the Canadian wheat cultivar harvest. Phytopathology, [online] 107(2), 192-197. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-05-16-0186-R

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  11. Hiebert CW, Rouse MN, Nirmala J, Fetch T (2017) Genetic mapping of stem rust resistance to Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici race TRTTF in the Canadian wheat cultivar ‘Harvest’. Phytopathology 107:192-197

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  12. Legge, W.G., Badea, A., Tucker, J.R., Fetch, T.G., Haber, S., Menzies, J.G., Tekauz, A., Turkington, T.K., Martin, R.A., Choo, T.M., Blackwell, B.A., Savard, M.E. (2017). AAC connect barley. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 97(3), 539-548. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2016-0312

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  13. McCartney, C.A., Kassa, M.T., Hiebert, C.W., You, F.M., Pozniak, C.J., Fobert, P., Sharpe, A.G., Menzies, J.G., Jordan, M.C., Zhu, T., Luo, M.-C., and Fetch Jr., T.G. (2016). "High resolution mapping of the stem rust resistance gene SrCad.", XXIV Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, USA, January 9-13, 2016.

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  14. Cao, W., Humphreys, D.G., Fedak, G., Wolfe, D., McCallum, B.D., Fetch Jr., T.G., Xue, A.G., Zhang, L., and Chi, D. (2016). "Development of aneuploids in wheat by means of doubled haploid technology- corn pollen method. (https://pag.confex.com/pag/xxiv/webprogram/Paper19120.html).", XXIV Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, USA, January 9-13, 2016, Poster and Abstract, P0257.

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  15. Cao W, Humphreys G, Fedak G, McCallum B, Fetch T, Sun Y, Fregeau-Reid J (2016) Development of blue wheat derived from wild species Thinopyron intermedium. Proc 3rd Canadian Wheat Symposium, Ottawa, Nov 22-25, P37.

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  16. Cao W, Humphreys G, Fedak G, Wolfe D, McCallum B, Fetch T, Xue A, Zhang L, Chi D (2016) Development and chromosome characterization of wheat aneuploids. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Nov 6-9, P332-822.

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  17. Hiebert, C.W., Kassa, M.T., McCartney, C.A., You, F.M., Rouse, M.N., Fobert, P., Fetch, T.G. (2016). Genetics and mapping of seedling resistance to Ug99 stem rust in winter wheat cultivar Triumph 64 and differentiation of SrTmp, SrCad, and Sr42. Theoretical and Applied Genetics (TAG), [online] 129(11), 2171-2177. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00122-016-2765-4

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  18. Brown, P.D., Randhawa, H.S., Fetch, J.M., Meiklejohn, M., Fox, S.L., Humphreys, D.G., Green, D., Wise, I., Fetch, T., Gilbert, J., McCallum, B., Menzies, J. (2016). Conquer red spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 97(1), 147-152. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2016-0107

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  19. Newcomb, M., Olivera, P.D., Rouse, M.N., Szabo, L.J., Johnson, J., Gale, S., Luster, D.G., Wanyera, R., Macharia, G., Bhavani, S., Hodson, D., Patpour, M., Hovmøller, M.S., Fetch, T.G., Jin, Y. (2016). Kenyan isolates of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici from 2008 to 2014: Virulence to SrTmp in the Ug99 race group and implications for breeding programs. Phytopathology, [online] 106(7), 729-736. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-12-15-0337-R

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  20. Fetch, T., Zegeye, T., Park, R.F., Hodson, D., Wanyera, R. (2016). Detection of wheat stem rust races TTHSK and PTKTK in the Ug99 race group in Kenya in 2014. Plant Disease, [online] 100(7), 1495. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-15-1356-PDN

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Contact

Research facility

Morden Research and Development Centre
Route 100, Unit 100-101
Morden, MB R6M 1Y5
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Agri-Food

Language

English