KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
@karchuntan.bsky.social
A/Prof of @theccdm on agriculture & effector biology. 🥰👉cooking-gamer-guitar-cars & proud dad. Own views.
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Very glad to share our first venture/paper on the pathotyping of Australian Blumeria graminis f. sp tritici isolates. The study was led by our @theccdm.bsky.social and @InterGrain PhD student Ancy Tony 👩🔬 in collaboration with Ben Saunders of the Curtin Fish Ecology Lab.
CCDM, InterGrain and Curtin University researchers have identified wheat powdery mildew resistance sources that remain effective against diverse Australian pathogen populations, supporting future wheat breeding. 🌾🔬
🔗 Read more: connectsci.au/cp/article/d...
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
🔗 Read more: connectsci.au/cp/article/d...
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
July 17, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Very glad to share our first venture/paper on the pathotyping of Australian Blumeria graminis f. sp tritici isolates. The study was led by our @theccdm.bsky.social and @InterGrain PhD student Ancy Tony 👩🔬 in collaboration with Ben Saunders of the Curtin Fish Ecology Lab.
💥 Out now! 💥 Our @MPMIjournal publication, led by @theccdm.bsky.social Shota Morikawa & @callumverdonk.bsky.social , looks at domain functions of a transcription factor involved in necrotrophic effector regulation and co-factor interactions in Parastagonospora nodorum, a fungal pathogen of wheat. 👇
🧬 New CCDM research reveals how the wheat pathogen Parastagonospora nodorum switches on genes needed to infect crops, uncovering potential targets for future disease control. 🌾
Read more: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
Read more: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
#GRDC, @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
July 1, 2026 at 4:15 AM
💥 Out now! 💥 Our @MPMIjournal publication, led by @theccdm.bsky.social Shota Morikawa & @callumverdonk.bsky.social , looks at domain functions of a transcription factor involved in necrotrophic effector regulation and co-factor interactions in Parastagonospora nodorum, a fungal pathogen of wheat. 👇
Happy to have presented a talk at #IWC2026Bologna on @theccdm.bsky.social research, highlighting that wheat diseases may not follow a bipartite single pathogen-plant interaction. Glad that it stimulated some nice after-session discussions and potential collaborations.
May 29, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Happy to have presented a talk at #IWC2026Bologna on @theccdm.bsky.social research, highlighting that wheat diseases may not follow a bipartite single pathogen-plant interaction. Glad that it stimulated some nice after-session discussions and potential collaborations.
The #IWC2026Bologna panel and audience discussion certainly provided plenty of discussion points on responsible pesticide usages and consequences from misuse. Big tks to @nicholahawkins.bsky.social @danielleybourne.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
@tobybruce.bsky.social
francesco vidotto
@tobybruce.bsky.social
francesco vidotto
#IWC2026Bologna LIMITING PESTICIDE USE FOR A SUSTAINABLE WHEAT WITH A LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT session was a great! Thanks to Louise McNamara and @karchuntan.bsky.social for chairing!
May 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The #IWC2026Bologna panel and audience discussion certainly provided plenty of discussion points on responsible pesticide usages and consequences from misuse. Big tks to @nicholahawkins.bsky.social @danielleybourne.bsky.social @teagasc.bsky.social
@tobybruce.bsky.social
francesco vidotto
@tobybruce.bsky.social
francesco vidotto
Chairing a discussion session with Dr Louise McNamara on the impact of pesticide usage on Wednesday #IWCBologna2026. Our panellists are ready to go! @wheatinitiative.bsky.social
Plotting our crop protection panel discussion for tomorrow
@danielleybourne.bsky.social @nicholahawkins.bsky.social
@karchuntan.bsky.social
#IWC2026Bologna 🌾
@danielleybourne.bsky.social @nicholahawkins.bsky.social
@karchuntan.bsky.social
#IWC2026Bologna 🌾
May 26, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Chairing a discussion session with Dr Louise McNamara on the impact of pesticide usage on Wednesday #IWCBologna2026. Our panellists are ready to go! @wheatinitiative.bsky.social
Come and check out my @theccdm.bsky.social poster on fungal co-infection of wheat at the @WheatInitiative-supported #IWC2026Bologna. I'll give a talk on this in the afternoon of 28th May.
May 26, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Come and check out my @theccdm.bsky.social poster on fungal co-infection of wheat at the @WheatInitiative-supported #IWC2026Bologna. I'll give a talk on this in the afternoon of 28th May.
Reposted by KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
Congrats to the winners of the presentation prizes of the Wheat Pathogens Symposium!
#IWC2024Bologna
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@reemwheat.bsky.social
#IWC2024Bologna
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@reemwheat.bsky.social
May 24, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Congrats to the winners of the presentation prizes of the Wheat Pathogens Symposium!
#IWC2024Bologna
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@reemwheat.bsky.social
#IWC2024Bologna
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@reemwheat.bsky.social
"Just" landed in Rome 🇮🇹 awaiting a transit flight! Excited to catch up with colleagues in Bologna at the 4th International Wheat Congress soon!
🌾 CCDM on the global stage
A/Prof Kar‑Chan Tan is contributing at the Wheat Initiative & International Wheat Congress (Bologna), spanning research, leadership and collaboration—supporting more sustainable disease management 🌍
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
A/Prof Kar‑Chan Tan is contributing at the Wheat Initiative & International Wheat Congress (Bologna), spanning research, leadership and collaboration—supporting more sustainable disease management 🌍
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
May 22, 2026 at 4:16 AM
"Just" landed in Rome 🇮🇹 awaiting a transit flight! Excited to catch up with colleagues in Bologna at the 4th International Wheat Congress soon!
Tackling a nasty coral disease off the Australian coast! 🪸 🌊
Check out our new co-author paper on microbial profiling of corals with growth anomalies. Led by Zoe Richards and her team at Curtin Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS) Trend and Western Australian Museum 🥳
Check out our new co-author paper on microbial profiling of corals with growth anomalies. Led by Zoe Richards and her team at Curtin Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS) Trend and Western Australian Museum 🥳
🔬 Beyond plant pathology
CCDM’s A/Prof Kar‑Chun Tan co‑authored new research on microbial communities in healthy vs diseased corals at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in collaboration with @ZoeR_Coral & team.
📖 Read more: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social
CCDM’s A/Prof Kar‑Chun Tan co‑authored new research on microbial communities in healthy vs diseased corals at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in collaboration with @ZoeR_Coral & team.
📖 Read more: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social
May 20, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Tackling a nasty coral disease off the Australian coast! 🪸 🌊
Check out our new co-author paper on microbial profiling of corals with growth anomalies. Led by Zoe Richards and her team at Curtin Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS) Trend and Western Australian Museum 🥳
Check out our new co-author paper on microbial profiling of corals with growth anomalies. Led by Zoe Richards and her team at Curtin Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS) Trend and Western Australian Museum 🥳
Check out the @theccdm.bsky.social spotlight article on our recent @plantdisease publication on the impact of fungal co-infection in breaking down disease resistance in wheat!
🦠 When wheat diseases collide
CCDM scientists reveal how yellow leaf spot × SNB coinfection can shape disease severity and impact yields 🌾
Read more: buff.ly/HiVHnvA
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
CCDM scientists reveal how yellow leaf spot × SNB coinfection can shape disease severity and impact yields 🌾
Read more: buff.ly/HiVHnvA
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
May 18, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Check out the @theccdm.bsky.social spotlight article on our recent @plantdisease publication on the impact of fungal co-infection in breaking down disease resistance in wheat!
Reposted by KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
🔬 CCDM scientists found that the order of infection between yellow leaf spot and septoria nodorum blotch can dramatically change disease severity in wheat. 🌾
🔗 Read here groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announc...
🎥 Hear what it means for growers & breeders.
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
🔗 Read here groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announc...
🎥 Hear what it means for growers & breeders.
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
April 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
🔬 CCDM scientists found that the order of infection between yellow leaf spot and septoria nodorum blotch can dramatically change disease severity in wheat. 🌾
🔗 Read here groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announc...
🎥 Hear what it means for growers & breeders.
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
🔗 Read here groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announc...
🎥 Hear what it means for growers & breeders.
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
In case you missed this video from our recent
@theGRDC Groundcover article, summarising our recent publication (link in comment) on how fungal co-infection breaks down disease resistance in wheat...here it is!
Produced by our @theccdm.bsky.social comms team😎
youtu.be/2vDf23B3hzE?...
@theGRDC Groundcover article, summarising our recent publication (link in comment) on how fungal co-infection breaks down disease resistance in wheat...here it is!
Produced by our @theccdm.bsky.social comms team😎
youtu.be/2vDf23B3hzE?...
Co-infection Dynamics in Wheat | CCDM Discovery Spotlight
YouTube video by Centre for Crop and Disease Management CCDM
youtu.be
April 15, 2026 at 1:43 AM
In case you missed this video from our recent
@theGRDC Groundcover article, summarising our recent publication (link in comment) on how fungal co-infection breaks down disease resistance in wheat...here it is!
Produced by our @theccdm.bsky.social comms team😎
youtu.be/2vDf23B3hzE?...
@theGRDC Groundcover article, summarising our recent publication (link in comment) on how fungal co-infection breaks down disease resistance in wheat...here it is!
Produced by our @theccdm.bsky.social comms team😎
youtu.be/2vDf23B3hzE?...
"The order of fungal infection can influence disease severity and plant resistance"
Our @theccdm.bsky.social paper on fungal co-infection of wheat is out @PlantDiseaseJ. Collab @agtbreeding @DPIRDbroadacre @evan-john.bsky.social. Link below @theGRDC Groundcover.
Our @theccdm.bsky.social paper on fungal co-infection of wheat is out @PlantDiseaseJ. Collab @agtbreeding @DPIRDbroadacre @evan-john.bsky.social. Link below @theGRDC Groundcover.
🔬 New insights from CCDM reveal infection order matters.
When yellow leaf spot (YLS) infects first, it primes wheat for septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) — but when SNB strikes first, it suppresses YLS.
🔗 Read here: groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announc...
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
When yellow leaf spot (YLS) infects first, it primes wheat for septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) — but when SNB strikes first, it suppresses YLS.
🔗 Read here: groundcover.grdc.com.au/grdc/announc...
@curtinuniversity.bsky.social, #GRDC
April 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
"The order of fungal infection can influence disease severity and plant resistance"
Our @theccdm.bsky.social paper on fungal co-infection of wheat is out @PlantDiseaseJ. Collab @agtbreeding @DPIRDbroadacre @evan-john.bsky.social. Link below @theGRDC Groundcover.
Our @theccdm.bsky.social paper on fungal co-infection of wheat is out @PlantDiseaseJ. Collab @agtbreeding @DPIRDbroadacre @evan-john.bsky.social. Link below @theGRDC Groundcover.
Had the pleasure of hosting Dr Giovana Cruppe & @theGRDC visiting fellow Prof Romulo Lollato from KSU at the @theccdm.bsky.social today. Excellent presos on wheat blast and agronomy! 🔥🔥🔥
February 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Had the pleasure of hosting Dr Giovana Cruppe & @theGRDC visiting fellow Prof Romulo Lollato from KSU at the @theccdm.bsky.social today. Excellent presos on wheat blast and agronomy! 🔥🔥🔥
Getting some B-roll filming done by the @theccdm.bsky.social comms crew for our next sciency press release 😎🤘
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Getting some B-roll filming done by the @theccdm.bsky.social comms crew for our next sciency press release 😎🤘
More glam shots from @ShotaMorikawa69's PhD graduation evening 🧑🎓. Got a special visit from Silke Jacques, our
@theccdm.bsky.social alumni post doc! 😍 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
@theccdm.bsky.social alumni post doc! 😍 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
More glam shots from @ShotaMorikawa69's PhD graduation evening 🧑🎓. Got a special visit from Silke Jacques, our
@theccdm.bsky.social alumni post doc! 😍 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
@theccdm.bsky.social alumni post doc! 😍 @callumverdonk.bsky.social
Proud @theccdm.bsky.social moment! Our PHD student Shota Morikawa earned his stripes! @callumverdonk.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Proud @theccdm.bsky.social moment! Our PHD student Shota Morikawa earned his stripes! @callumverdonk.bsky.social
Reposted by KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
February webinar:
Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya @cesaree-mg.bsky.social on Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
Tuesday, 3 Feb 2026, 16CET/9AM (Calgary) online.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya @cesaree-mg.bsky.social on Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
Tuesday, 3 Feb 2026, 16CET/9AM (Calgary) online.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 8:01 AM
February webinar:
Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya @cesaree-mg.bsky.social on Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
Tuesday, 3 Feb 2026, 16CET/9AM (Calgary) online.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya @cesaree-mg.bsky.social on Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
Tuesday, 3 Feb 2026, 16CET/9AM (Calgary) online.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Reposted by KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
🌾 Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens will be part of the International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blight in Banff, Canada.
📅 Early Bird and Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31
✍️ Register now: isclb.com/registration
#WheatConnect
@ReemWheat.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social
📅 Early Bird and Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31
✍️ Register now: isclb.com/registration
#WheatConnect
@ReemWheat.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social
Registration — International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights 2026 — International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights 2026
isclb.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM
🌾 Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens will be part of the International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blight in Banff, Canada.
📅 Early Bird and Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31
✍️ Register now: isclb.com/registration
#WheatConnect
@ReemWheat.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social
📅 Early Bird and Abstract Submission Deadline: March 31
✍️ Register now: isclb.com/registration
#WheatConnect
@ReemWheat.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social
Reposted by KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
First webinar of our Pathogens EWG in 2026!
Join Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya to give an online talk titled: Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Join Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya to give an online talk titled: Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 7:01 AM
First webinar of our Pathogens EWG in 2026!
Join Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya to give an online talk titled: Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Join Cesaree Morier-Gxyiya to give an online talk titled: Improving wheat stem rust models under climate change with updated environmental parameters.
www.wheatinitiative.org/new-events/f...
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Reposted by KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
“The exploitation of Epichloë endophytes for agricultural advantage – application to cereals” John CARADUS and Wayne SIMPSON
Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens made this webinar available!
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens made this webinar available!
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
EWG PATHOGENES — Wheat initiative
The Control of Wheat Pathogens EWG aims to bring together experts from the field of wheat research with an interest in minimising yield loss caused by microbial pathogens through open collaboration.…
www.wheatinitiative.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“The exploitation of Epichloë endophytes for agricultural advantage – application to cereals” John CARADUS and Wayne SIMPSON
Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens made this webinar available!
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens made this webinar available!
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Reposted by KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
Did you miss the lates Webinar of our Pathogens EWG? Watch the recording: “The exploitation of Epichloë endophytes for agricultural advantage – application to cereals” John CARADUS and Wayne SIMPSON 🌾
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Did you miss the lates Webinar of our Pathogens EWG? Watch the recording: “The exploitation of Epichloë endophytes for agricultural advantage – application to cereals” John CARADUS and Wayne SIMPSON 🌾
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-pathogens
#WheatConnect
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
Reposted by KC👨🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺
We highly recommend this excellent webinar series created by our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens. A fantastic resource covering key wheat pathogen topics.
👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It's free, please share!
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
#WheatConnect #WheatPathogens
👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It's free, please share!
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
#WheatConnect #WheatPathogens
Pathogens Webinars
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
We highly recommend this excellent webinar series created by our Expert Working Group on Wheat Pathogens. A fantastic resource covering key wheat pathogen topics.
👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It's free, please share!
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
#WheatConnect #WheatPathogens
👉 youtube.com/playlist?lis...
It's free, please share!
@karchuntan.bsky.social
@ReemWheat.bsky.social
#WheatConnect #WheatPathogens
And that's a wrap for us in 2025! Our group at the @theccdm.bsky.social wishes you all a merry Xmas and happy New Year! 🎄🎅🎆🥳
December 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
And that's a wrap for us in 2025! Our group at the @theccdm.bsky.social wishes you all a merry Xmas and happy New Year! 🎄🎅🎆🥳