Advancements in Biotechnological Approaches for Managing Hemipteran Vectors of Plant Pathogens

Organizer(s)

• 

  Nabil Killiny

  Associate Professor
  Plant Pathology
  University of Florida
  Lake Alfred, Florida
• 

  Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski (she/her/hers)

  Professor and Associate Center Director
  Department of Entomology and Nematology
  University of Florida CREC
  Lake Alfred, Florida
• JB

  Judith Brown

  Professor
  School of Plant Sciences
  University of Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona

The symposium will discuss the current innovative control strategies of the Hemipteran vector of plant pathogens including RNA interference, genetic engineering, Bt-biopesticides and targeting the insect symbionts.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Nabil Killiny – University of Florida
• 8:10 AM – 8:30 AM PT

  The power and promise of RNAi to control Asian citrus psyllid
  

  Presenting Author: Nabil Killiny – University of Florida
• 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM PT

  Targeting Asian citrus psyllid with Bacillus thuringiensis-derived pesticidal proteins
  

  Presenting Author: Bryony C. Bonning (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
• 8:50 AM – 9:10 AM PT

  Targeting symbionts for management of the Asian citrus psyllid and Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus
  

  Presenting Author: Kirsten S. Pelz-Stelinski (she/her/hers) – University of Florida CREC
• 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM PT

  Break
• 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM PT

  Plant symbionts: A new method to transiently modify host plant phenotype leveraging tools from the agrobacterium genetic engineering tool kit
  

  Presenting Author: Marco Pitino – Perpetual Peptides^TM

  Co-author: Michelle Heck – USDA-ARS
• 10:20 AM – 10:40 AM PT

  MISIPI R software package for holistic characterization of endogenous RNAi pathways of pest species
  

  Presenting Author: Taiya Jarva – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Alex Flynt – University of Southern Mississippi
• 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM PT

  Diaphorina citri toll signaling pathway: In silico analysis and RNA interference
  

  Presenting Author: Mahnaz Rashidi – Citrus Research and Education Center
• 11:00 AM – 11:20 AM PT

  Panel discussion
• 11:20 AM – 11:30 AM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Nabil Killiny – University of Florida