Masters of Manipulation: Plant–Pathogen–Vector–Symbiont Interactions and Novel Management Techniques

Organizer(s)

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  Gina Angelella

  Research Entomologist
  Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Unit, USDA
  USDA-ARS
  Wapato, Washington
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  Rodney Cooper

  Research Leader/Research Entomologist
  ARS Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit
  USDA-ARS
  Wapato, Washington

This session will cover recent research on the interactions among vector insect, plant, pathogen, and symbiont, and, ultimately, the way we can harness these processes to generate novel management practices or tools. Topics will bring together the desciplines of entomology, plant pathology, microbiology, and agriculture.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:33 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Gina M. Angelella – USDA-ARS
• 1:33 PM – 1:48 PM PT

  Aster yellows phytoplasma subclades differentially affect resistance, infection prevalence and disease symptoms in commercial carrot
  

  Presenting Author: Russell Groves – University of Wisconsin

  Co-author: Shannon Piper – University of Wisconsin

  Co-author: Marjorie Garcia – University of Wisconsin

  Co-author: Justin Clements – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Saskia A. Hogenhout – John Innes Centre
• 1:48 PM – 2:03 PM PT

  Lessons learned from studies on phytoplasma-herbivore interactions in cranberries
  

  Presenting Author: Cesar R. Rodriguez-Saona – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 2:03 PM – 2:18 PM PT

  Psyllopsis discrepans a possible new vector of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum
  

  Presenting Author: Sean Michael Prager – University of Saskatchewan
• 2:18 PM – 2:33 PM PT

  Thinking outside the crop: Elucidating the role of native, perennial nightshades in shaping transmission of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum by Bactericera cockerelli in California
  

  Presenting Author: Jaimie R. Kenney – University of California

  Co-author: Kerry Elizabeth Mauck – University of California
• 2:33 PM – 2:48 PM PT

  Break
• 2:48 PM – 3:03 PM PT

  Landscape of plant hosts, pathogen and vector at zebra chip´s first historical detection site: Implications for sustainable management
  

  Presenting Author: Sergio René Sánchez – Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro

  Co-author: Carolina Delgado-Luna – Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro

  Co-author: Rodney Cooper – USDA-ARS
• 3:03 PM – 3:18 PM PT

  Specificity in interactions between whitefly cryptic species and begomoviruses
  

  Presenting Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Saurabh Gautam – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Habibu Mugerwa – University of Georgia

  Co-author: Saptarshi Ghosh – University of Georgia
• 3:18 PM – 3:33 PM PT

  Development of Agrobacterium tumefaciens infiltration of infectious viral vectors of grapevine geminivirus A and defective viral genomes directly into greenhouse-grown grapevine and Nicotiana benthamiana plants
  

  Presenting Author: Yen-Wen Kuo (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-author: Alicja Bednarska – University of California

  Co-author: Maher Al Rwahnih – University of California

  Co-author: Bryce Falk – University of California
• 3:33 PM – 3:48 PM PT

  Break
• 3:48 PM – 4:03 PM PT

  Addressing big picture questions about vector-pathogen biology by studying single insects using genomics-empowered methods
  

  Presenting Author: Michelle Heck – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Marina Mann – Cornell University

  Co-author: Steven Higgins – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Douglas Stuehler – Cornell University

  Co-author: Surya Saha – Boyce Thompson Institute

  Co-author: Edward Buckler – USDA-ARS
• 4:03 PM – 4:18 PM PT

  Tracking landscape-level movements of insect vectors using molecular gut content analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Rodney Cooper – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Gina M. Angelella – USDA-ARS
• 4:18 PM – 4:33 PM PT

  Modeling host-microbiome interactions to improve management of aphid vectored plant pathogens
  

  Presenting Author: Laramy Enders – Purdue University
• 4:33 PM – 4:48 PM PT

  Virus-symbiont conflicts in plant-insect interactions
  

  Presenting Author: Clare L. Casteel – Cornell University

  Co-author: MacKenzie Patton – University of California

  Co-author: Michael West-Ortiz – Cornell University

  Co-author: Allison Hansen – University of California
• 4:48 PM – 5:03 PM PT

  Development and validation of improved molecular techniques for the detection and taxonomic characterization of insect-vectored phytoplasmas
  

  Presenting Author: Karolina Pusz-Bochenska – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Edel Perez Lopez – Laval University

  Co-Author: Tim Dumonceaux – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Chrystel Olivier – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Tyler Wist – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Jack Gray – University of Saskatchewan
• 5:03 PM – 5:05 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Gina M. Angelella – USDA-ARS