Friends and Foes: New Advances on Plant-Insect-Microbe Interactions On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

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  Caitlin Rering

  Research Chemist
  Chemistry Research Unit-ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Gainesville, Florida
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  Cesar Rodriguez-Saona

  Extension Specialist in Entomology
  Department of Entomology
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
  Chatsworth, New Jersey

Insects are profoundly impacted by microorganisms they encounter in their environment. This symposium will explore interactions between insects and environmental or plant-associated microorganisms. Presentations will include antagonistic and mutualistic interactions occurring in diverse plant-insect systems.

Presentations:

• On Demand

  Bacterial phytopathogen infection disrupts belowground plant indirect defense mediated by tritrophic cascade
  

  Presenting Author: Monique J. Rivera – Cornell University

  Co-author: Lukasz L. Stelinski – University of Florida
• On Demand

  How can Drosophila suzukii interactions with fungi impact pest management?
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly A. Hamby – University of Maryland

  Co-author: Margaret Lewis – University of Maryland

  Co-author: Torsten Schöneberg – University of Maryland

  Co-author: Madison Tewey – University of Maryland

  Co-author: Mengjun Hu – University of Maryland