P-IE: Vectors of Plant Pathogens

Moderator(s)

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  Daniel Hasegawa

  Research Entomologist
  ARS, Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit
  USDA-ARS
  Salinas, California
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  Adrian Marshall

  USDA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Department of Entomology
  Washington State University
  Wenatchee, Washington

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT

  Impacts of lignin modification in sorghum resistance to aphids
  

  Presenting Author: De-Fen Mou – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Sajjan Grover – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Juan D. Betancurt Cardona – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Joe Louis – University of Nebraska
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT

  Effects of group size and density on disease transmission in bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) colonies
  

  Presenting Author: Leah Valdes – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Scott McArt – Cornell University
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM PT

  Epidemiology of a re-emerging thrips-transmitted virus affecting lettuce production in the Salinas Valley of California
  

  Presenting Author: Daniel K. Hasegawa – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Alejandro Del-Pozo – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM PT

  Insights into the landscape movement of Spissistilus festinus [Say, 1830] (Hemiptera: Membracidae) in distinct vineyard ecosystems from molecular gut content analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Hoyle (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Rodney Cooper – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Heather Headrick – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Monica L. Cooper – University of California Cooperative Extension

  Co-Author: Marc Fuchs – Cornell University
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM PT

  Break
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM PT

  Management of leafhoppers in Washington cherries
  

  Presenting Author: Katlyn A. Catron (she/her/hers) – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Louis B. Nottingham – Washington State University
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM PT

  Monitoring seasonal dynamics of cotton infesting aphids and cotton leafroll dwarf virus spread in Alabama
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica B. Mahas – Auburn University

  Co-Author: John W. Mahas – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Charles Ray – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Adam Kesheimer – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Kassie Conner – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Alana Lynn Jacobson – Auburn University
• 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM PT

  Northern oak wilt? Examining vectors and spread risk across upper Michigan and Canada
  

  Presenting Author: Tara L. Bal – Michigan Technological University

  Co-Author: Sharon Reed – Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

  Co-Author: Michael Arkwright – Michigan Technological University

  Co-Author: Jon D. Sweeney – Natural Resources Canada

  Co-Author: Cory Hughes – Natural Resources Canada

  Co-Author: Fiona Ross – Government of Manitoba
• 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM PT

  Potential insect vectors of grapevine red blotch virus in southern Oregon vineyards: In vitro transmission testing and the effect of groundcover
  

  Presenting Author: Richard J. Hilton – Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center

  Co-Author: Mariana Stowasser – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Ricky Clark – Oregon State University
• 3:18 PM – 3:30 PM PT

  Break
• 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM PT

  Stylet probing activities of transgenic and wild type Peregrinus maidis planthoppers
  

  Presenting Author: Astri C. Wayadande – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Will Klobasa – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Cesar Xavier – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Marcé Lorenzen – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Dorith Rotenberg – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Anna E. Whitfield – North Carolina State University
• 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM PT

  Wolbachia impacts vector ecology and transmission dynamics in the banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa
  

  Presenting Author: Clesson Higashi – Drexel University

  Co-Author: Kerry M. Oliver – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Jacob Russell – Drexel University
• 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM PT

  X-Disease epidemic and vector management update
  

  Presenting Author: Adrian Marshall – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Tawnee Melton – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Abigail Clarke – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Cesar Reyes Corral – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Tobin Northfield – Washington State University
• 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM PT

  A novel strain of Bacillus velezensis as a potential biological control agent for Nezara viridula (L.)
  

  Presenting Author: Jesus Esquivel – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kathleen Yeater – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Enrique Medrano – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Louis Prom – USDA-ARS
• 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM PT

  Evaluation of visual based trapping methods for ambrosia beetles associated with laurel wilt
  

  Presenting Author: Derrick R. Conover – University of Florida; IFAS Extension

  Co-Author: Xavier Martini – University of Florida