This Workshop will be taught by seven international Fusarium experts.

Participants will be introduced to standard morphological, genetic and molecular biological techniques used to identify and characterize strains of Fusarium.

Participants will learn to use morphological characters to identify the most common Fusarium species, how to make tests for vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs), how to extract, PCR amplify DNA, and to analyze DNA and sequences. More than half of the time will be spent in the laboratory working with standard strains.