NC APS Poster Competition

	Student’s Name	Institution	Authors	Poster Title
1.	Matt Berry	Michigan State University	Berry, M.C., G.C. McGhee, & G.S. Sundin	The presence of a functional waaL gene in Erwinia amylovora affects virulence in pear and resistance to reactive oxygen species.
2.	Emmanuel Byamukama	Iowa State University	Byamukama, E, Robertson, A. & Nutter, F.W., Jr.	Integrating GPS, GIS and geostatistics for risk assessment of bean pod mottle virus in Iowa.
3.	Valdir Correa	Ohio State University	Correa, V.R.; Majerczak, D.R.; Ammar, E.D.; Merighi, M.; Coplin, D.L.; Pratt, R.C.; Redinbaugh, M.G.; & Hogenhout, S.A.	Characterization of a Pantoea stewartii TTSS gene required for persistence in its flea beetle vector.
4.	Christian Cruz	Ohio State University	Cruz, C.D. & Dorrence, A.E.	Prevalence of frogeye leaf spot caused by Cercospora sojina in Ohio.
5.	Javier A. Delgado	North Dakota State University	Delgado, J.A.; Schwarz, P.B.; Gilespie, J; Rivera, V.; & Secor, G.A.	Diffusion of deoxynivalenol into apparently healthy tissue of potato tubers inoculated with Fusarium graminearum.
6.	Sawsan Elateek	Ohio State University	Elateek, S.Y.; Lewis Ivey, M.L.; & Miller, S.A.	Identification of phytoplasmas affecting greenhouse tomatoes in North America.
7.	Liangliang Gao	University of Minnesota	Gao, L.; Iorrizo, M.; Mann, H.; Carputo, D. & Bradeen, J.	Comparative structural genomics of disease resistant wild potato species comprising the tertiary gene pool of cultivated potato.
8.	Charlos Gongora	Iowa State University	Gongora-Canul, C.C. & Leandro, L. F.S.	Window of opportunity for root infection leading to foliar symptoms of soybean sudden death syndrome presentation.
9.	Shaunta Hill	Michigan State University	Hill, S.H., & Hausbeck, M.K.	Pathology and treatment of American ginseng seed.
10.	Jonathan M. Jacobs	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Jacobs, J.M.; Meng, F.; & Allen, C.	Identifying gene expression differences between Race 1 and Race 3 strains of Ralstonia solanacearum during bacterial wilt disease development at warm and cool temperatures.
11.	Jennifer C. Jirak	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Jirak, J.C. & P.D. Esker	Identification of potential plant pathogens from prematurely killed corn stalks in Wisconsin – 2007.
12.	Hun Kim	Purdue University	Kim, H. & C.P. Woloshuk	Two putative hexose kinase genes, HXK1 and HXK2, are involved in FB1 biosynthesis of Fusarium verticillioides.
13.	Yueqiang Leng	North Dakota State University	Leng, Y., & Zhong, S.	Development of transformation and RNA-mediated gene silencing systems for functional genomics of Cochliobolus sativus
14.	Lu Liu	Iowa State University	Liu, L, Block, C.C., & Nutter, F.W.	Quantifying and comparing the aggressiveness of Pantoea stewartii isolates under different temperatures.
15.	Maria Mercedes Diaz Arias	Iowa State University	Diaz-Arias, M.M.; L. Leandro; & G. Munkvold	Frequency of Fusarium species associated with soybean roots in Iowa.
16.	Susilo Poromarto	North Dakota State University	Poromarto, S.	Effects of soybean cyst nematode on growth of pinto beans.
17.	Carlos Rodriguez-Brljevich	Iowa State University	Rodriguez-Brljevich, C.; Robertson, A.E.; Kanobe, C.; Nordman, D.; and Shanahan, J.F.	Fungicide seed treatments reduce infection of maize by soil-borne Fusarium species and thereby contribute to improved photosynthesis.
18.	Carlos Rodriguez-Brljevich	Iowa State University	Rodriguez-Brljevich, C.; Nordman, D.; & Robertson, A.E.	Effectiveness of fungicide seed treatments against seed-borne Fusarium verticillioides in maize (Zea mays L.).
19.	Tania Y. Toruno	University of Nebraska, Lincoln	Toruno, T.Y.; Guo, M. & Alfano, J.R.	Characterization of HopA1, a Pseudomonas syringae type III effector protein.
20.	Chapara Venkata	North Dakota State University	Chapara, V.; Taylor, R.J.; Pasche, J.S.; Secor, G.A. & Gudmestad, N.C.	Competitive studies on parasitic fitness using blended soil infestations of mefenoxam-sensitive and mefenoxam-resistant Phytophthora erythroseptica isolates under fungicide selection pressure.
21.	Xiulan Xu	Ohio State University	Xu, X.; Rajashekara, G.; & Miller, S.A.	Construction of bioluminescent Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis.
22.	Wendy Zeng	Michigan State University	Zeng, W.T., W.W. Kirk, R. Hammerschmidt, & J.J. Hao	Control of white mold in soybean with biocontrol agents.