The Impact of Mighty Microbes and Their Arthropod Hosts in Agro-Ecosystems On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

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  Jocelyn Holt

  EEB Faculty Fellow
  Department of BioSciences
  Rice University
  Houston, Texas
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  Lina Bernaola

  Entomologist
  Department of Entomology
  Texas A&M University
  Beaumont, Texas
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  Freddy Ibanez

  Assistant Professor
  Texas A&M AgriLife Research
  Weslaco, Texas

This symposium focuses on the impact that arthropods and microbes can have towards agro-ecosystems, plant health, and pest management. It further examines the application of current technology to promote more sustainable pest management that can enhance soil and plant health.

Presentations:

• On Demand

  How root beneficial fungi modulate plant responses to insect herbivory: Insights from a transcriptome study in Plantago lanceolata
  

  Presenting Author: Arjen Biere – Netherlands Institute of Ecology

  Co-author: Slavica Ivanovic – Netherlands Institute of Ecology

  Co-author: Fleur Gawehns-Bruning – Netherlands Institute of Ecology
• On Demand

  Mycorrhizal symbiosis effects on herbivore competition and natural enemy effectiveness
  

  Presenting Author: Enric Frago – French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)

  Co-author: Léo Jackson – French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)

  Co-author: Anne Xuéreb – French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)
• On Demand

  The role of Bacillus in psyllid-tomato interactions
  

  Presenting Author: Freddy Ibanez – Texas A&M AgriLife Research