Grad P-IE: Vectors of Plant Disease

Moderator(s)

• JL

  Joe Louis

  Professor
  Entomology
  University of Nebraska
  Lincoln, Nebraska
• 

  Pin-Chu Lai

  Postdoctoral associate
  Cornell University
  Geneva, New York

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Advances in controlling melon viruses by optimizing plant defense elicitor combinations and timing
  

  Presenting Author: Savana M. Becerra – University of California

  Co-Author: Kristal Watrous – University of California

  Co-Author: Kerry Elizabeth Mauck – University of California
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Bees-mediated movement of pollen-borne viruses in peach orchards in South Carolina
  

  Presenting Author: Mandeep Tayal – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Cieniewicz – Clemson University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Colorado potato beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata): Simple defoliators, or much more sinister?
  

  Presenting Author: Josephine Dillon – University of Minnesota

  Co-Author: Ian MacRae – University of Minnesota
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  Deconstructing the integrative metabolism of psyllids and their nutritional endosymbionts using a comparative transcriptomics approach
  

  Presenting Author: Younghwan Kwak – University of California

  Co-Author: Allison Hansen – University of California
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT

  Differential gene expression in Aphis gossypii after virus acquisition from cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV)-infected plants
  

  Presenting Author: Sudeep Pandey – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Michael A. Catto – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Phillip Roberts – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Sudeep Bag – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Alana Lynn Jacobson – Auburn University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT

  Impact of planting date in high tunnel tomato production on thrips population and incidence of tomato spotted wilt virus
  

  Presenting Author: Brittany Ehrlich – Texas A&M AgriLife Research

  Co-Author: Li Paetzold – Texas A&M AgriLife Research

  Co-Author: Fekede Workneh – Texas A&M AgriLife Research

  Co-Author: Charles Rush – Texas A&M AgriLife Research
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Investigating the interaction of plant age and timing of cotton leafroll dwarf virus infection on yield loss
  

  Presenting Author: Kelly Schlarbaum – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Kassie Conner – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Adam Kesheimer – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Alana Lynn Jacobson – Auburn University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  Onion thrips host plant preference and performance are mediated by plant disease
  

  Presenting Author: Natalie Constancio – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Doug Higgins – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Zsofia Szendrei – Michigan State University
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT

  Spatial and temporal analysis of iris yellow spot virus (IYSV; Peribunyaviridae) in New York onion fields
  

  Presenting Author: Lidia Komondy – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Marc Fuchs – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Brian Nault – Cornell University
• 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT

  Thrips as a vector of tomato spotted wilt virus in peanuts
  

  Presenting Author: Claire A. Cooke – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Scott H. Graham – Auburn University