Dr. Lily Tamburic-Ilincic

Research Scientist
Wheat Pathology and Wheat Genetics

Degrees:

Ph. D.- Plant breeding and Genetics - University of Guelph, Canada
M.Sc. -Plant Pathology – University of Belgrade, Serbia
B.Sc.- Crop Science – University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Research Interests:

• Breeding soft (pasty) and hard (bread) winter wheat for Ontario
• Evaluation of winter wheat and winter durum for Southwestern Ontario (Performance and Registration trials)
• Development and characterization of winter wheat populations for molecular marker studies
• Pre-harvest sprouting in soft white winter wheat
• Identification and development of winter wheat germplasm with resistance to fusarium head blight (FHB) and tolerance to deoxynivalenol (DON)
• Variety responses to FHB resistance and tolerance to DON in winter wheat
• Pyramiding FHB genes from different sources of resistance using conventional breeding and biotechnology
• Annual survey of Fusarium spp. and DON level in cereals in Ontario
• Leaf diseases in cereals and their management
• Studying differences in aggressiveness and DON production of isolates of Fusarium graminearum

Recent or current projects include:

• Enhancing Winter Wheat Performance and Quality by Host Resistance to Multiple Diseases and Fungicide Application (2011-2013)
• Evaluation of pre-harvest sprouting in soft white winter wheat in Ontario (2012-2014)
• Evaluation and testing of high-yielding winter wheat lines (2011-2015)
• Advancing Canadian Field Crops (winter wheat) through breeding for production efficiency, pest resistance and consumer quality (2010-2013)
• A strategy to improve wheat yield and quality through integrated management of Fusarium head blight (2007-2011)
• Testing and devlopment of winter durum wheat cultivars for Ontario (2008-2010)
• Assessment of Fusarium head blight (FHB) and deoxynivalenol (DON) level in oat crop in Ontario (2006)
• Fusarium head blight (FHB) management in wheat through host genetic resistance (2005-2006)

Research Technicians and Graduate Students:

Satinder Chopra Technician Animal science Building Ridgetown Campus Phone: 519-674-1500 x63233 satinder@uoguelph.ca

Ashley Muckle M. Sc. Student Animal science Building Ridgetown Campus Phone: 519-674-1500 x63128 amuckle@uoguelph.ca

Recent Publications and Reports:

L.Tamburic-Ilincic and A. W. Schaafsma 2009 The prevalence of Fusarium spp. colonizing seed corn stalks in southwestern Ontario, Canada - Can. J. Plant Sci. 2009, 89:103-106. view

Tamburic-Ilincic, L., D. Gaba, T. Nowicki, A.W. Schaafsma, and D. Fernando. 2009 Chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum isolates and accumulation of deoxynivalenol (DON), 15-ADON AND 3-ADON in naturally infected and inoculated winter wheat in Ontario, Canada. Cereal Research Communications. - Cereal Research Communications. 2008. Vol. 36 (B) 623-624. view

L. Tamburic-Ilincic, D. Somers, G. Fedak and A. Schaafsma 2009 Different Quantitative trait loci for Fusarium resistance in wheat seedlings and adult stage in the Wuhan/Nyubai wheat population - Euphytica,2009, 165:453-458. view

TAMBURIC-ILINCIC L, HOLZWORTH, M. 2008 SUSCEPTIBILITY OF WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES TO FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (FHB), FUSARIUM DAMAGED KERNELS (FDK) AND DEOXYNIVALENOL (DON) ACCUMULATION IN INOCULATED AND MISTED PLOTS-ONTARIO PERFORMANCE TRIAL 2007 - 2007 PMRR view

Dr. L. Tamburic-Ilincic, Dr. D. Falk and Dr. A. W. Schaafsma 2008 STRATEGY TO IMPROVE WHEAT YIELD AND QUALITY THROUGH INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT - 2008 Ontario corn, soybean, wheat and coloured bean conference view

View the complete list of reports by Dr. Lily Tamburic-Ilincic on the reports page.