New and Emerging Issues with Whiteflies and Whitefly-transmitted Viruses

Organizer(s)

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  Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan

  Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Georgia
  Griffin, Georgia
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  Alvin Simmons

  Research Entomologist
  ARS, Vegetable Research
  USDA-ARS
  Charleston, South Carolina
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  Allen Moore

  University of Georgia
  Athens, Georgia

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:14 AM PT

  Cutting the Gordian Knot of Bemisia tabaci subgroup taxonomy and nomenclature
  

  Presenting Author: Ian Stocks – USDA
• 8:14 AM – 8:28 AM PT

  Molecular and genomic evidence for five extant Bemisia tabaci cryptic species
  

  Presenting Author: Judith K. Brown – University of Arizona
• 8:28 AM – 8:42 AM PT

  Integrative taxonomy of Eretmocerus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitoids of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in the United States
  

  Presenting Author: Zachary Lahey – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Sharon Andreason – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Andrew Polaszek – University of Oxford

  Co-author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS
• 8:42 AM – 8:56 AM PT

  Fortuitous parasitism of the invasive whitefly, Singhiella simplex, by Baeoentedon balios Wang, Huang, & Polaszek and Amitus bennetti Viggiani & Evans in ornamental landscape of Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Muhammad S. Ahmed – USDA-ARS
• 8:56 AM – 9:10 AM PT

  Endosymbiont composition in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) reared at different temperatures
  

  Presenting Author: Sharon Andreason – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS
• 9:10 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Crop diversity mediates herbivore abundance by altering pest-pest and predator-pest interactions in Georgia agricultural landscapes
  

  Presenting Author: Jason M. Schmidt – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Arash Kheirodin – University of Georgia
• 9:24 AM – 9:38 AM PT

  Bottom-up and top-down effects of drought on whitefly outbreaks
  

  Presenting Author: Jordan Croy – University of Georgia

  Co-author: William E. Snyder – University of Georgia
• 9:38 AM – 9:52 AM PT

  Prevalence, distribution and expanded natural hosts of viruses on cucurbits in Georgia
  

  Presenting Author: Sudeep Bag – University of Georgia

  Co-author: Saritha Kavalappara – University of Georgia
• 9:52 AM – 10:06 AM PT

  Whitefly-transmitted viruses of cucurbits in the Central Gulf Coast Region
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca A. Melanson – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Shaonpius Mondal – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Edward Sikora – Auburn University

  Co-author: Raghuwinder Singh – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: William M. Wintermantel – USDA-ARS
• 10:06 AM – 10:20 AM PT

  Preferential transmission of two criniviruses by whitefly influences their seasonal prevalence in melon
  

  Presenting Author: William M. Wintermantel – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Shaonpius Mondal – USDA-ARS
• 10:20 AM – 10:34 AM PT

  Identification of whitefly proteins associated with transmission of new-world begomoviruses
  

  Presenting Author: Saptarshi Ghosh – University of Georgia

  Co-author: Murad Ghanim – Volcani Institute

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan – University of Georgia
• 10:34 AM – 10:48 AM PT

  Behavior of viruliferous whiteflies to visual and volatile cues
  

  Presenting Author: Thomson Paris – University of Florida

  Co-author: Nicholas Johnston – University of Florida

  Co-author: Iris Strzyzewski – University of Florida

  Co-author: Benjamin Reimer – University of Florida

  Co-author: Lucas Von Hollen – Florida State University

  Co-Author: Sandra A. Allan – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: Xavier Martini – University of Florida
• 10:48 AM – 11:02 AM PT

  Behavioral strategies of Bemisia tabaci to whitefly predators
  

  Presenting Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida
• 11:02 AM – 11:16 AM PT

  Host resistance and applied practices against whitefly-transmitted virus complex in the southeastern US
  

  Presenting Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida

  Presenting Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida

  Presenting Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida

  Presenting Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida

  Presenting Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida

  Presenting Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida
• 11:16 AM – 11:30 AM PT

  Characterization of wild tomato accessions for resistance to whitefly-transmitted viruses
  

  Presenting Author: Thiago Rutz – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Alana Lynn Jacobson – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan – University of Georgia

  Co-author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Andre da Silva – Auburn University
• 11:30 AM – 11:44 AM PT

  Whitefly resistance in selected pepper genotypes
  

  Presenting Author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Davidson-Lowe – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: William Rutter – USDA-ARS
• 11:44 AM – 11:58 AM PT

  Prediction of insecticide field efficacy and other IRM studies on whiteflies in Georgia
  

  Presenting Author: Paulo S. Gimenez Cremonez – University of Georgia

  Co-author: David G. Riley – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Jermaine Periere – University of Georgia