Registration of candidates, Inauguration, Welcome Remarks, Course Overview, Chief guest remarks, Introduction to the Faculty Orientation for laboratory / glasshouse / field experiments on wheat rust pathogens and practical format Global importance of wheat & barley with special emphasis on research & development in India Coordinated efforts for development of rust resistant wheat & barley varieties Survey, sampling, establishment, multiplication, uredospore collection, inoculation, maintenance and storage of rust pathogens Genera of rust fungi in India – Taxonomy and Preservation Molecular phylogeny: Principles and Practice Crop health monitoring and surveillance of wheat diseases Pathogenic and molecular variability among Indian pathotypes of Puccinia spp Multilocus sequence typing of fungal plant pathogens Genetics of rusts resistance in wheat Role of epigenetics in wheat rusts resistance Identification, mapping and fast track introgression of rust resistant genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Identification, mapping and fast track introgression of rust resistant genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Molecular characterization of rust resistance genes in wheat