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SPECIAL SESSION: All Yeasts Considered, Characterization of Plant Colonizing Yeasts and Their Impact on Plant Health
Yeasts: The dark material of plant ecosystems
Primrose Boynton, Wheaton College Massachusetts
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Characterization of yeast populations in the apple flowers mycobiome and their roles in disease protection
M. Amine Hassani, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
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SPECIAL SESSION: Schroth - Faces of the Future Session: Host Resistance and Host/Pathogen Interaction
Loss of effectors modulates the host range of a bacterial cereal plant pathogen
Marcus Vinicius Merfa, The Ohio State University
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Comparative genomics and literature review of Macrophomina phaseolina indicate that a re-interpretation of host range is necessary
Peter Henry, United States Department of Agriculture
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TECHNICAL SESSION: An Examination of Biological Control Strategies
Exploring the Potential of Calcite Dissolving Bacteria in Enhancing Calcium Availability for Sustainable Peanut Production.
Alan Peper, University of Georgia
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Identifying biotic characteristics of soils that suppress powdery scab of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Daniella Echeverria, Oregon State University
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Amending the soil microbiome: post-steaming impacts of Fusarium solani and Trichoderma harzianum on soil and plant health
Eric Larson, The Pennsylvania State University
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SPECIAL SESSION: New Products and Services
Regulatory Landscape for Agricultural Crop Protection Products
Jagdeep Kaur, Bayer Crop Science
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BioSafe Systems Restorative Soils Program
Vijay Choppakatla, BiosafeSystems LLC
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Companion Maxx Seed Treatment – A New Tool for the Management of Seedling Diseases on Agricultural Crops
Alex Cochran, DPH Biologicals
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An All-in-One Root Health Solution: Resilia™ Controls Destructive Soilborne Pathogens of Turfgrass
James Hempfling, Envu
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AXIOS ™ Fungicide – Novel Mode of Action for Control of Almond Diseases
Kendall Johnson, UPL NA Inc
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BotryStop WP: Utilizing Antagonistic Competition to Manage Botrytis and Other Pathogens
Erica Fealko, BioWorks
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Chemical Control
Testing New Fungicide Options for Colletotrichum Species Causing Bitter Rot of Apple in Virginia
Matheus Borba, Virginia Tech
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Evaluation of fungicide applications for management of southern blight on sweetpotatoes and pesticide residue levels
Jack Mascarenhas, North Carolina State Univ
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Variable Control of Dollar Spot with Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicides on Resistant Clarireedia Jacksonii Populations
Kabita Shah, Penn State University
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Developing a fungicide-based program to control tar spot on sweet corn in Florida
Vitor S. Moura, University of Florida
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Effect of fungicide seed treatment and other variables on cotton seedling emergence
Elias Zuchelli, University of Tennessee
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Fungicide Sensitivity
Baseline sensitivities of new Oomycota fungicides for registration on almond for managing Phytophthora root and crown rots
Chaydon O'Fallon, University of California
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Monitoring oxathiapiprolin fungicide resistance mutations in Pseudoperonospora cubensis populations in North Carolina.
Mariana Prieto Torres, North Carolina State University
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Fluopyram sensitivity monitoring in Fusarium virguliforme, the primary causal agent of soybean sudden death syndrome in North America
Ryan Hamilton, Michigan State University
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TECHNICAL SESSION: New and Improved Technologies for Disease Detection and Diagnosis
Detection and Quantification of Hop Powdery Mildew (Podosphaera macularis) Using Computer Vision and Automated Microscopic Imaging of Leaf Tissue
Michele Wiseman, Oregon State University
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A sequencing solution: metagenomics to discover diversity and investigate genome completeness in soft-rot and blackleg seed potato infection
Hannah Toth, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University; Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University
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HiPlex for targeted amplicon sequencing of fruit tree viruses and viroids
Larissa Costa, USDA-APHIS Plant Germplasm and Quarantine Program
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Quantitative detection of Paratrichodorus allius in soil by droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR)
Bisho Lawaju, North Dakota State University, Department of Plant Pathology
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SPECIAL SESSION: Interacting Biotic and Environmental Stressors Threatening Culturally and Ecologically Important Tree Species in an Uncertain Climatic Future
Community engagement, oomycetes and western redcedar dieback
Joseph Hulbert, Washington State University
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Whitebark pine conservation planning: Managing multiple impacts in an imperiled species
Diana Tomback, Univ of Colorado Denver
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Protecting ʽŌhiʽa, Hawaiʻi’s Most Ecologically and Culturally Important Native Tree, From Rapid ʽŌhiʽa Death
Lisa Keith, USDA-ARS
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Climate Influences Non-Overlapping Distributions of Insect and Pathogen Pests on Coast Live Oak in Southern California
Shannon Lynch, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Epidemiology
Network analysis to inform decision-making in managing virus diseases on blackberry farms in South Carolina
Wanita Dantes, Clemson University
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Adapting Survey Strategies to Combat Evolving Threats of ACP and HLB in Commercial Citrus in Southern California
Weiqi Luo, ARS
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Systems analysis for pathogen management, with examples for Ethiopian potato seed networks
Berea Etherton, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida; Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida; Global Food Systems Institute, University of Florida
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Improving Cranberry Fruit Quality by Understanding the Microclimate of the Bog
Leela Uppala, UMass-Amherst-Cranberry Station
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Pathogen-Vector Interactions
A complex Wheat dwarf virus / Barley yellow dwarf virus-PAV interaction pattern impacts the epidemic process of these viruses
Thomas Armand, Plant Health Institute Montpellier, INRAE
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Ecology and seasonal phenology of the cranberry false blossom phytoplasma and its vector
Casey Trickle, UW-Madison
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Cucurbit leaf crumple virus (Geminiviridae: Begomovirus) transmission by its vector, Bemisia tabaci, harboring different facultative endosymbionts
Sharon Andreason, USDA-ARS U.S. Vegetable Laboratory
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Integrated Pest Management
Isolate aggressiveness and control strategies for Alternaria brassicicola
Hirut Betaw, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, Cornell AgriTech
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Evaluation of the interaction of hybrid susceptibility and fungicide timing on tar spot of corn
K. Morgan Goodnight, Purdue University
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Intercropping chickpea and flax affects disease severity and spore dispersal of Didymella rabiei
Marie Dorval, Montana State University
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Integrated management of Sclerotinia stem rot in organic soybean (Glycine max) systems
Kelly Debbink, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Comparison of Selected Commercial Peanut Cultivars Under Varying Fungicide Inputs for the Control of Leaf Spot
Livleen Kaur, AUBURN UNIVERSITY
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Soilborne Disease Management
Effect of wheat cover crop on charcoal rot in strawberry
Shashika Hewavitharana, California Polytechnic State University
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Effects of anaerobic soil disinfestation combined with grafting on Verticillium wilt and nematode communities in North Carolina tomato fields
Andres Sanabria, North Carolina State University
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Challenges with using organic amendments for managing apple replant disease
Adele McLeod, Stellenbosch University
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Effect of Biofumigation on Soil Health in Woody Ornamental Nursery Production
Prabha Liyanapathiranage, Tennessee State University
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Microbe-Microbe Dynamics
Impacts of the evolution of cell-to-cell signaling in Xanthomonas interspecies communication.
Marcus Vinicius Merfa, The Ohio State University
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Persistence of protist-associated bacteria in rhizosphere communities
Lindsay Triplett, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
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Partners in Crime: Core bacteria associated with hyphosphere of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum over spatial and temporal differences.
Vanessa Thomas, Texas A&M Univ
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance
Constitutively expressing the sorghum phenylpropanoid pathway gene SbCCoAOMT can improve resistance to Fusarium head blight of wheat
Shiv Singla, University of Delaware
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Candidate effector proteins from the maize tar spot pathogen Phyllachora maydis suppress cell surface-triggered immune responses
Matthew Helm, USDA-ARS, Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Nematology
A novel rhabdovirus associated with the Idaho population of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida
Joanna Kud, University of Arkansas
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Nematodes: a model organism for indicating soil health and studying ecological community structure in soybean fields
Mariah Kidd, The Pennsylvania State University
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LEVERAGE MACHINE LEARNING FOR ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT QUANTIFICATION OF PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES
Shova Mishra, University of Florida
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Response of sweetpotato breeding lines to Meloidogyne enterolobii and M. incognita parasitism
David Galo, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
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SPECIAL SESSION: Lightning Updates on Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases
Importance of reporting a new or emerging pathogens to regulatory agencies
Lindsey Thiessen, USDA APHIS PPQ S&T
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Pantoea ananatis in rice
Federico Martin, COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
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Xanthomonas hortorum pv. pelargonii in geranium
Veronica Roman-Reyna, The Pennsylvania State University
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Tar spot of corn
Christian Cruz, Purdue University
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Ug99 stem rust in wheat
Matthew Moscou, USDA, ARS, Cereal Disease Laboratory
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Emerging tobamoviruses or geminiviruses
Jing Zhou, USDA ARS U.S. Vegetable Laboratory
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WSMV and HPWMoV and global trade
Jennifer R. Wilson, USDA-ARS Corn, Soybean & Wheat Quality Research Unit
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SPECIAL SESSION: The Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits Working Group: Working Together to Create a Sustainable Future for Cucurbit Production in the United States
Introduction to the Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits Working Group and identified priorities for addressing emerging cucurbit viruses in the United States
Rebecca Melanson, Mississippi State University
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A historical perspective of cucurbit virus emergence and impact in the United States
William Wintermantel, USDA-ARS
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Existing and potential virus threats to the U.S. cucurbit industry: an overview
Chandrasekar Kousik, USDA ARS
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Existing and potential virus threats to the U.S. cucurbit industry: cucumber green mottle mosaic virus and related tobamoviruses
Jing Zhou, USDA ARS U.S. Vegetable Laboratory
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Existing and potential threats to the U.S. cucurbit industry: tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus and related begomoviruses
John O. Oladokun, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center
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Moving forward: addressing challenges to sustainable cucurbit production in the U.S.
Samantha Thomas, Bayer
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From idea café to working group: using APS resources, technology, and funding opportunities to establish the Emerging Viruses in Cucurbits Working Group
Rebecca Melanson, Mississippi State University
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Understanding Our Fungal Friends and Foes
Buy one, get one free: Genomics approaches to analyze both the hosts and the pathogen causing cucumber downy mildew
Marcin Nowicki, University of Tennesse, Knoxville
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Mechanisms of primed defense: plant immunity induced by endophytic colonization of a mycovirus-induced hypovirulent fungal pathogen
Shin-Yi Marzano, USDA-ARS; Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University
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Diversity of tar spot-associated microorganisms in maize fields from Florida
Larissa Carvalho Ferreira, University of Florida
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Does Lack of Lactamases Lead to Lackluster Fungal Life Living in the Litter?
Scott Gold, USDA ARS; USDA-ARS, Toxicology & Mycotoxin Research Unit
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Telial and aecial host specificity of Puccinia digitaticoronata, a recently observed fungus causing crown rust on Kentucky bluegrass in North America
Pablo Olivera Firpo, University of Minnesota
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SPECIAL SESSION: 22nd I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Systems-Based Approaches, Tools, and Tactics to Combat Mycotoxins for a Sustainable and Safe Food Supply
To Bt, or Not to Bt? Evaluating Insecticidal Protein and Mycotoxigenic Fungi Interactions
Autumn McLaughlin, University of Tennessee
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The impact of fungicide application and hybrid selection on the accumulation of deoxynivalenol in ensiled corn (Zea mays) for silage
Maxwell Chibuogwu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Can cover crop legacy impact mycotoxin accumulation and fusarium disease in maize?
Ryan Spelman, Pennsylvania State University
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Constitutive expression in wheat of the sorghum phenylpropanoid pathway gene, SbCCoAOMT, can improve resistance to Fusarium head blight and reduce deoxynivalenol accumulation
Shiv Singla, University of Delaware
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Pyrrocidine, a molecular off switch for fumonisin biosynthesis: how does it work?
Lily Lofton, USDA-ARS, Toxicology & Mycotoxin Research Unit
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SPECIAL SESSION: Leveraging the Theme of Plant Health 2023: Alternative Approaches and Biocontrol Strategies to Manage Postharvest Pathogens
Integrating effective biorational fermentation products into postharvest management programs of fruit decays.
James Adaskaveg, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California
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Improving biopesticide efficacy of postharvest diseases through co-application with natural products.
Anissa Poleatewich, University of New Hampshire
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Development of biopesticides for postharvest use and related issues.
Christian Aguilar, Pace International
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Oomycete Disease Control
Injection of potassium phosphite to prevent Phytophthora canker damages sapwood in red oak
Drew Zwart, Bartlett Tree Research Labs
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Exploring soil applied phosphites for long term suppression of Phytophthora blight
Caitlin Littlejohn, Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
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Screening Wild Arugula (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) for Downy Mildew (Hyaloperonospora parasitica) Resistance
Reilly Blair, Cal Poly State Univ
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Mandipropamid for use in nursery strawberries to manage Phytophthora cactorum
Bryn Evin, Syngenta Crop Protection; Syngneta
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Postharvest Pathology
Cyproconazole, a new DMI postharvest fungicide with incomplete cross resistance to other DMIs, for managing green mold and sour rot of citrus
Albert Nguyen, UC Riverside Dept. of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
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Early detection of major quarantine postharvest pathogens of apple and pear in the U.S. Pacific Northwest
Arild Arifin, Washington State University
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Evaluation of fungicides for post-harvest management black rot of sweetpotato for domestic and export markets.
Hunter Collins, NC State University
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Investigating fitness costs of fungicide resistance in Penicillium expansum
Jonathan Puglisi, Washington State University
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Reduction of sensitivity in Geotrichum candidum to propiconazole linked to post-harvest sour rot outbreaks on peach in SC
Sara Price, Clemson University
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SPECIAL SESSION: Harnessing the Phytobiome for Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges and Future of Phyllosphere Research
Dysbiosis by Domestication: Evidence of Phyllosphere Microbiome Perturbations Caused by Crop Domestication in Maize
Ilksen Topcu, Texas A&M University
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Role of pollinators in microbiome development on apple flowers
Salma Mukhtar, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
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Cultural and high throughput techniques reveal microbes with potential role in grape sour rot development in Maryland vineyards
Blaise Jumbam, University of Maryland College Park
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Using Applied Ecology to Develop Disease Suppressive Phyllosphere Communities
Kevin Hockett, Pennsylvania State University
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Phytopathologists of Distinction (POD) Talks
SESSION: Integrated Solutions: The Path Forward to a Sustainable Agriculture, Sponsored by Corteva
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M Paige Oliver, Corteva
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Alex Cochran, DPH Biologicals
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Cruz Avila-Adame, Corteva Agriscience
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Introduction
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Discussion
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SPECIAL SESSION: Plant Pathologists of the Future: Showcasing Graduate Student Presentation Winners from APS Division Meetings
Development of a high throughput sequencing workflow for virus indexing in seed yam systems of West Africa
Ruth Festus, The Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich
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Characterizing environmental sensing mechanisms in Dickeya dadantii
Juliana Gonzalez-Tobon, Cornell University
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Pathogenomics of understudied Fusarium commune and F. annulatum reveals virulence mechanisms for generalist and host-specific habits
John Dobbs, Colorado State University
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Resistance to Azoxystrobin Fungicide in Diaporthe species causing Phomopsis stem canker of Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.)
Karthika Mohan, North Dakota State University
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Hypovirus Transmission Limitation by Engineered Super Donor Strains of Cryphonectria parasitica into Select European Strains of C. parasitica
Danielle Mikolajewski, West Virginia University
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Regulatory roles of long intergenic non-coding RNA modulated by Candidatus Liberibacter spp. in potato
Naga Rajitha Kavuri, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University
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Why so picky: gene profiles and evolutionary genomics provide insights into watermelon variety-specific virulence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum.
Matthew Cullen, University of Florida
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Influences of fire on the soil microbiome associated with Armillaria root disease
Ada Fitz Axen, Colorado State University
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Outreach and Learning
Fulbright Opportunities for APS Members: My Journey in Africa and Food Security Research Experiences
Denita Hadziabdic, University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology Department
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Why Studying "Diarrhea in Plants" is Important for Our Future Workforce
Kelly Mikhail, The Ohio State University
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A Course Scaffold for Integrating Science and Culture in Plant Pathology and other STEM Disciplines
Robyn Roberts, Colorado State University
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Measuring Projected Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions & Climate Adaptation Results with Indigenous Communities as Agents of Biodiversity Conservation
Jennifer Himmelstein, ACDI/VOCA
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ACIR and eFile, a user-friendly new database and web tools obtaining permits and access US import requirements for animal, plant, and plant products.
Ramesh Pokharel, USDA, APHIS
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SPECIAL SESSION: New Paradigms for Ensuring Safe International Seed Movement
Systems approach to phytosanitary certification; multilateral pilot projects
Rose Souza-Richards, International Seed Federation
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Seed industry perspective on systems approach and pilot project participation
Scott Heuchelin, Corteva Agriscience
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Regulatory Framework for Seed Health; bilateral pilot projects; Seed Health Dashboard project
Nathan Miller, USDA-APHIS
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Systems approach in South America (COSAVE); maize breeding seed pilot project
Melisa Nedilskyj, Comite de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur (COSAVE)
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Regulatory Plant Pathology
Assessing diversity and frequency of rust fungi intercepted across eight Arizona ports of entry from 2015-2022
Dustin Sandberg, USDA-APHIS-PPQ
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Molecular Detection of Laurel Wilt Pathogen by Pairing TaqMan Probes with an Inexpensive Blue-flashlight
Meher Ony, University of Tennessee
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Cut Flower Trade Risk Analysis to Protect Global Agriculture from Invasive Pests and Pathogens
Manoj Choudhary, Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida; Global Food Systems Institute, University of Florida; Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
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Stinking smut, so what? Phenotypic Diversity of Common Bunt of Wheat in the United States and Implications for Global Trade
Jennifer Abshire, Kansas State University Plant Pathology Department
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SPECIAL SESSION: Plant Virus Evolution, Ecology, and Divergence in the Genomics Era
Evolution of RNA viroids
Valerian Dolja, Oregon State University
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TECHNICAL SESSION: Interesting Topics in Virology
Mathematical modeling of non-persistently transmitted plant viruses: the importance of incorporating aphid vector feeding behaviours
Elin Falla, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
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In need of a positive control? ViMAPC to the rescue! A new technique for the development of virus-mimicking artificial positive controls
Ioannis Tzanetakis, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
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The invisible connection: exploring the effect of viral infections on peach (Prunus persica) pollen health
Mandeep Tayal, Clemson University
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Developing genetic resistance to emerging resistance-breaking (RB) variants of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) in cultivated tomato
Kirsten Lahre, North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
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