Xiben Wang

Image Xiben Wang
Research Scientist

Conducting research on the management of Fusarium head blight and leaf spot disease on barley and oat cultivars

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
101 Route 100, Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5

Current research and/or projects

  • Improve Fusarium Head Blight resistance in Canadian cereals

  • Characterize Fusarium species affecting cereals in western Canada

  • Determine the incidence and severity of major fungal disease on cereals to monitor existing and emerging issues

  • Determine major pest populations affecting Canadian cereal cropping system

  • Develop strategies to manage biotic risks in cereal production systems

Professional activities / interests

Host resistance to fungal diseases

Host pathogen interaction

Genomics

Bioinformatics

Education and awards

Ph. D. 2005. University of Manitoba

M. Sc. 2000. McGill University 

B. Sc. 1995. Nanjing Agricultural University

International experience and/or work

Research Scientist (CRC AAFC)                  2014-Present

Postdoctoral Fellow (Trent University)           2011-2014

Postdoctoral Fellow (CRC AAFC)                  2008-2011

Key publications

  1. Response of Barley and Oat Genotypes to Fusarium Pathogens and Associated
    Mycotoxins
    Meconnen Beyene, Mitali Banik, Srinivas Sura and Xiben Wang
    Agriculture & Agri-food Canada, Morden Research and Development Centre, 101 route 100, Morden,
    Manitoba, R6M 1Y5, CANADA
    Corresponding Author: Xiben Wang, Xiben.wang@agr.gc.ca

    2022 - View publication details

  2. Fungicide Sensitivity Towards the Predominant Pathogen Species of Fusarium
    Head Blight in Cereals from Manitoba, Western Canada
    M. Nazrul Islam and Xiben Wang
    Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Morden Research and Development Centre, 101 Route 100,
    Morden, Manitoba, R6M 1Y5, Canada
    Corresponding Author: M. Nazrul Islam, naz.islam@agr.gc.ca

    2021 - View publication details

  3. Islam, M. N., Tabassum, M., Sura S., Anne K., Kaminski, D., and Wang, X. (2021) Levels of mycotoxins in barley grains as infected by Fusarium head blight species in Manitoba, Canada from 2017 to 2020, Tri-Society Virtual Conference, July 5-9.

    2021 - View publication details

  4. Islam, M. N., Mourita, T., Oghenekaro, A.O., Kutcher, H. R., Harris, L.J., Overy, D. P., Turkington, T. K., Xu, W., and Wang, X. (2021) Genotyping by sequencing analysis of Fusarium poae field populations affecting small grain cereals in Canada, Tri-Society Virtual Conference, July 5-9 (oral).

    2021 - View publication details

  5. Islam, M.N., Tabassum, M., Banik, M., Daayf, F., Fernando, W.G.D., Harris, L.J., Sura, S., and Wang, X. (2021) Mycotoxin and Fusarium species genotype and chemotype from Manitoba oat farms (2016 to 2018) - The impact of geographical location and crop rotation. 15 European Fusarium Seminar, May 31 – June 1, Virtual Conference via Zoom (oral).

    2021 - View publication details

  6. Bykova NV, Rampitsch C, McCallum B, Bakkeren G, Wang X, Huang M, Fernando U, Radovanovic N, Rampitsch M, Linning R (2021) Profiling the total and nuclear proteomes of host-pathogen interactions of the wheat Thatcher near-isogenic line for Lr2a resistance gene with virulent and avirulent races of Puccinia triticina. 4th International Plant Proteomics Organization (INPPO) Conference. Virtual Conference hosted from Winnipeg, Canada, March 9-11, 2021. Poster http://www.inppo2020.org/

    2021 - View publication details

  7. Proceedings of the 2020 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum

    2021 - View publication details

  8. Oghenekaro, A. Cholango-Martinez, P., Oviedo-Ludena, M., Harding, M., Wang, X., Kutcher, R., and Fernando, W. D. (2020) Genetic structure and mycotoxin profile of Fusarium graminearum populations from Canada and the northeastern United States. National Fusarium Head Blight Forum, Dec 7-11, Virtual meeting via Zoom (poster).

    2020 - View publication details

  9. Wang, X., Che, M.Z., Khalil, H.B., McCallum, B.D., Bakkeren, G., Rampitsch, C., Saville, B.J. (2020). The role of reactive oxygen species in the virulence of wheat leaf rust fungus Puccinia triticina. Environmental Microbiology, [online] 22(7), 2956-2967. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15063

    2020 - View publication details

  10. Rampitsch, C., Huang, M., Djuric-Cignaovic, S., Wang, X., Fernando, U. (2019). Temporal Quantitative Changes in the Resistant and Susceptible Wheat Leaf Apoplastic Proteome During Infection by Wheat Leaf Rust (Puccinia triticina). Frontiers in Plant Science, [online] 10 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01291

    2019 - View publication details

  11. Banik, M., Beyene, M., and Wang, X. (2019). Fusarium head blight of oat in Manitoba – 2018. Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 99, pp. 82-83.

    2019 - View publication details

  12. Banik, M., Beyene, M., and Wang, X. (2019). Barley and oat leaf spot diseases in Manitoba – 2018. Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 99, pp. 89-91.

    2019 - View publication details

  13. Mourita Tabassum, Mitali Banik and Xiben Wang. (2018). Response of oat grains to Fusarium infection and mycotoxin contamination. National Fusarium head blight forum, St. Louis, MO, United States, Dec 2-4, 2018.

    2018 - View publication details

  14. Mitali, B., Beyene, B. and Wang, X. (2018). Fitness of Three Fusarium Pathogens on Oat Genotypes with different levels of resistance to Fusarium Head Blight. 9th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight (CWFHB) / 4th Canadian Wheat Symposium (CWS). Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Nov 19-22, 2018.

    2018 - View publication details

  15. Mourita Tabassum, Mitali Banik, Meconnen Beyene, Fouad Daayf, Xiben Wang. (2018). The Prevalence of Fusarium species in FHB Disease Complex and Genetic Diversity of Fusarium Poae in commercial oat fields of Manitoba. 9th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight (CWFHB) / 4th Canadian Wheat Symposium (CWS). Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Nov 19-22, 2018.

    2018 - View publication details

  16. Rampitsch C, Bykova NV, Wang X, Huang M, Djuric-Ciganovic S (2018) Candidate Effector Proteome of the apoplastic space of wheat leaves infected with leaf rust (Puccinia triticina). 3rd International Plant Proteomics Organization (INPPO) World Congress. Padova, Italy, September 9-12, 2018. Oral presentation

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  17. Huang M, Fernando U, Djuric-Ciganovic S, Wang X, Bakkeren G, Linning R, Bykova NV, Rampitsch C (2018) Quantitative proteomic approaches to characterize the dynamic and comprehensive defence responses of wheat to leaf rust. 66th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, San Diego, CA, USA, June 3-7, 2018. Poster

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  18. Banik, M., Beyene, M., and Wang, X. (2018). Fusarium head blight of barley in Manitoba – 2017. Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 98, pp. 95-96.

    2018 - View publication details

  19. Banik, M., Beyene, M., and Wang, X. (2018). Barley and oat leaf spot diseases in Manitoba – 2017. Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 98, pp. 115-116.

    2018 - View publication details

  20. M. Banik, M. Beyene, X. Wang. (2018). “Fusarium head blight of oat in Manitoba – 2017”, Canadian Plant Disease Survey, 98, pp. 106-107.

    2018 - View publication details

Contact

Research facility

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

Expertise

Agriculture›Pathology›Cereal

Affiliations

  • Member, Canadian Phytopathological Society
  • Member, American Phytopathological Society
  • Secretary/Member, Prairie Grain Development Committee
  • Secretary/Member, Prairie Recommending Committee for Oat and Barley DET (PRCOB-DET)
  • Member International Cooperation Committee, Canadian Phytopathological Society

Language

English