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2017 APS Annual Meeting Presentations

The following presentations were recorded (with author approval) during the APS Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, August 5—9, 2017.

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expand 17th I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Today's Students Addressing Tomorrows Challenges Concerning Plant Diseases and Phytobiomes
Optimization of fungicides for disease management and enhanced overwintering of stevia
Alyssa Koehler: North Carolina State University
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Effects of three chemical compounds on Ralstonia solanacearum physiological functions and disease development
Hsien-Tzer Tseng: North Carolina State University; Asimina Mila: North Carolina State University
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expand A Bridge over Troubled Ecosystems: How Host Cultivation Creates Novel Pathogens
Rapid Ohia Death: The fast track from houseplants to Hawaii's native forests?
Lisa Keith: USDA-ARS
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Pathways and populations in Phytophthora: A legacy of destruction
Erica Goss: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Jianan Wang: Kansas State University
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Tree domestication and host jump trigger the making of a novel tree disease
Nicolas Feau: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia; Richard Hamelin: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia; Richard Hamelin: Institut de Biologie Intégrative des Systèmes, Université Laval
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Fly without wings: Genetic structure and adaptation of fungal pathogen and associates with bark beetle outbreak in the western Canada and USA
Clement Tsui: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia; Nicolas Feau: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia; Dario Alayon: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia; Arnaud Capron: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia; Braham Dhillon: University of Arkansas; Richard Hamelin: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia; Yiyuan Zhang: Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia
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Sphaerulina through history in North America: Consequences of human-aided dissemination
Monique Sakalidis: Michigan State University
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expand Adapt, Change, and Improvise: How to Control Diseases as the Climate Is Changing
Adapting disease forecasting models to climate change scenarios
Karen Garrett: University of Florida; Robin Choudhury: University of Florida Plant Pathology Department; Kelsey Andersen: Plant Pathology Department
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Adapting to water insecurity: Balancing reduced water use with root disease risk
Johanna Del Castillo Munera: University of California, Davis; Cassandra Swett: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California - Davis; Bruk Belayneh: University of Maryland; John Lea-Cox: University of Maryland
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How changes of annual soil temperature and moisture affect rhizosphere oomycete communities
Marty Chilvers: Michigan State University; Alejandro Rojas: Duke University; John Rupe: University of Arkansas; Alison Robertson: Iowa State University, Department of Plant Pathology; Keiddy Urrea: University of Arkansas; Rashelle Matthiesen: Iowa State University
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Presence of Ralstonia solanacearum cold virulent strains in the U.S. and mechanisms of virulence at low temperature
Ana Maria Bocsanczy: University of Florida MREC; David Norman: Univ of Florida MREC; Jose Huguet-Tapia: University of Florida; Arianna Mangravita-Novo: University of Florida MREC
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How to use outreach to help farmers adapt to climate change
Alison Robertson: Iowa State University; J. Arbuckle, Jr.: Iowa State University
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expand Addressing Nematode Parasitic Tactics Through Biology
Global efforts to control potato cyst nematodes
Louise-Marie Dandurand: University of Idaho
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Nematode parasitism genes and their manipulation of host plants
Cynthia Gleason: Washington State University; Lei Zhang: Washington State University; Natthanon Leelarasamee: Georg August University; Jan Utermark: Georg August University; Samer Habash: Bonn University; Abdelnaser Elashry: Bonn University
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The soybean cyst nematode: Managing a chronic disease using sustainable approaches
Kris Lambert: University of Illinois
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expand An Ever-changing Extension Environment: Keeping a Foot in the Furrow and a Hand in Cyberspace
Blippity BLOPs: Goals, information, uncertainty, and trust in Extension adoption problems
Neil McRoberts: University of California-Davis
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expand Bacterial Virulence and Effectors
Dynamic expression of T3SS genes in single cells of Dickeya dadantii during the interaction with potato
Zhouqi Cui: Department of Plant Pathology & Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Quan Zeng: Department of Plant Pathology & Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Ching-Hong Yang: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Xiaochen Yuan: Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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A change in perspective: PAMP triggered immunity as told by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato
Amelia Lovelace: University of Georgia; Brian Kvitko: University of Georgia
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Immunity at cauliflower hydathodes controls infection by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris.
Aude Cerutti: LIPM Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro organismes, UMR CNRS / INRA 2594/441; Alain Jauneau: Institut Fédératif de Recherche 3450, Plateforme Imagerie; Marie-Christine Auriac: Institut Fédératif de Recherche 3450, Plateforme Imagerie; Emmanuelle Lauber: LIPM Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro organismes, UMR CNRS / INRA 2594/441; Yves Martinez: Institut Fédératif de Recherche 3450, Plateforme Imagerie; Serge Chiarenza: UMR7265, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement des Plantes; Nathalie Leonhardt: UMR7265, Laboratoire de Biologie du Développement des Plantes; Richard Bethomé: LIPM Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro organismes, UMR CNRS / INRA 2594/441; Laurent Noel: LIPM Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes Micro organismes, UMR CNRS / INRA 2594/441
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A truncated Xanthomonas oryzae TAL effector required for effector triggered immunity suppression in an American heirloom rice cultivar
Andrew Read: Cornell University; Lindsay Triplett: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Adam Bogdanove: Cornell University; Mathilde Hutin: Cornell University; Fabio Rinaldi: Cornell University; Yong-Qiang He: Guangxi Univ
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expand Beautiful Efficiency: The Multifunctional Nature of Virus Proteins
The P6 Effector Protein of Cauliflower mosaic virus: A Masterswitch in the Virus Infection Cycle
James Schoelz: University if Missouri; Mustafa Adhab: University of Missouri - Columbia; Carlos Angel: Cenicafe - Colombia; Richard Nelson: Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
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The p33 protein of Citrus tristeza virus: A conundrum of multiple functions
Svetlana Folimonova: University of Florida
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Functional variation in cognate proteins of nucleotrophic negative-strand RNA viruses of plants
Michael Goodin: University of Kentucky
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expand Best Practices in Diagnostic Test Development and Deployment
The need for accurate repeatable diagnostic assays and the pitfalls of testing anomalies: Case study examples from the seed industry
Scott Heuchelin: DuPont Pioneer
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Obtaining DNA template of adequate purity for amplification and avoiding compounds present that inhibit amplification: A Verticillium dahliae example
Guillaume J. Bilodeau: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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Transferring PCR assays into isothermal platforms: How to make sure it works in real world settings.
Timothy Miles: California State University-Monterey Bay
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USDA APHIS NPPLAP Proficiency Testing and planned methods deviation as a part of the methods’ validation process for a network of laboratories
Vessela Mavrodieva: USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T-CPHST; Geoffrey Dennis: USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T-CPHST; Patrick Shiel: USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST
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expand Biological Control
Bioplastic seed coating formulations combining pesticides with biocontrol isolates to control agricultural pests
Hamed Abbas: USDA ARS BCPRU; Cesare Accinelli: University of Bologna; W. Thomas Shier: University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy
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Integration of biological control and transgenic insect protection for mitigation of mycotoxins in corn
Mark Weaver: USDA ARS; Hamed Abbas: USDA ARS BCPRU; Michael Brewer: Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center-Corpus Christi; Luke Pruter: Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Department of Entomology; Nathan Little: Southern Insect Management Research Unit USDA-ARS
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Effect of a contact sterilant on apple flower microbial populations and impacts on biological control of fire blight by Aureobasidium pullulans
Suzanne Slack: Michigan State University; Samantha Gebben: Michigan State University; Samantha Gebben: University of Florida; Cory Outwater: Michigan State University; Bailey Begley: Michigan State University; George Sundin: Michigan State University
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A Bacillus-based biocontrol system for the mitigation of Aspergillus ear rot and aflatoxin contamination
Subbaiah Chalivendra: Louisiana State UniversityAgCenter; Jorge Reyes-Pineda: Louisiana State UniversityAgCenter; Catherine DeRobertis: Louisiana State UniversityAgCenter; Kenneth Damann: Louisiana State University AgCenter
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expand Chemical Control
Chemical options for managing Cytospora canker, a major limiting factor for colorado peach production
Stephan Miller: Colorado State University; Kristen Otto: Colorado State University; David Sterle: Colorado State University; Ioannis Minas: Colorado State University; Jane E. Stewart: Colorado State University
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The grape powdery mildew conundrum: fungicide selection and timing
Brent Warneke: Oregon State University; Lindsey Thiessen: North Carolina State University; Tara Neill: USDA; Walter Mahaffee: USDA
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Reduction in the number of fungicide applications for lettuce downy mildew by timing application based on aerial spore load
Nikhilesh Dhar: UC Davis; Amy Anchieta: USDA ARS; Frank Martin: USDA ARS; Steven Koike: Univ of California; Krishna Subbarao: University of California at Davis, c/o U.S. Agricultural Research Station; Steve Klosterman: USDA ARS
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expand Epidemiology and Quantification of Disease
Cold induced disease resistance may explain unexpected stalling of foliar epidemics of hop powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis)
Bill Weldon: Cornell University; David Gadoury: Cornell University; Lance Cadle-Davidson: USDA Grape Genetics Research Unit
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Temporal distribution pattern of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum apothecia is modulated by row spacing and weather variables in soybean
Mamadou L. Fall: Michigan State University; Jaime Willbur: University of Wisconsin - Madison; Damon Smith: University of Wisconsin; Adam Byrne: Michigan State University; Martin Chilvers: Michigan State University
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Spatial pattern of Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense) in banana fields
Eduardo Mizubuti: Universidade Federal de Vicosa; Emerson Del Ponte: Universidade Federal de Vicosa; Miguel A Dita Rodriguez: Embrapa; Daniel W. Heck: Universidade Federal de Vicosa
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Spore production of Phyllosticta spp. in citrus leaf litter associated with citrus black spot in Florida
Ke Zhang: University of Florida; Jeffrey Rollins: University of Florida; Megan Dewdney: University of Florida
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expand Floral and Fruit Diseases
Deciphering blueberry and cranberry floral involvement in the disease cycle of Colletotrichum fioriniae
Timothy Waller: Rutgers University; Joshua Gager: Rutgers University; Peter Oudemans: Rutgers University; Thomas Gianfagna: Rutgers University
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How does Botrytis cinerea infect red raspberry?
Olga Kozhar: Washington State University; Tobin Peever: Washington State University
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Predicting ascospore release of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi causing mummy berry of blueberry in the Pacific Northwest using machine learning
Dalphy Harteveld: Washingtom State University; Tobin Peever: Washington State University; Jay Pscheidt: Oregon State University; Michael Grant: University of Washington
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expand Fungal Diseases
Emerging plant pathogens on ornamental crops in south Florida
Georgina Sanahuja Solsona: Tropical REC; Patricia Lopez: University of Florida; Stephanie Suarez: University of Florida; E. Vanessa Campoverde: University of Florida Extension Miami-Dade; Edward Evans: University of Florida - Tropical Research and Education Center; Aaron Palmateer: Bayer Environmental Science
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Endophytic fungi associated with Populus roots: the Ilyonectria complex
Alejandro Rojas: Duke University; Hui-Ling Liao: University of Florida; Gregory Bonito: Michigan State University; Khalid Hameed: Duke University; Posy Busby: Oregon State University; Posy Busby: Duke University; Igor Grigoriev: US DOE Joint Genome Institute; Christopher Schadt: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jessy Labbe: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Gerald Tuskan: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rytas Vilgalys: Duke University
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Disease dynamics of Verticillium wilt fungi in the biocontrol of Ailanthus altissima.
Kristen Wickert: West Virginia University; Matthew Kasson: West Virginia University, Division of Plant and Soil Sciences
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Detection of virulent races from international populations of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici
Pablo Olivera Firpo: University of Minnesota; Les Szabo: USDA ARS; Doug Luster: USDA ARS FDWSRU; Yue Jin: USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory
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expand Fungicide Resitance
Managing an oomycete community: fungicide sensitivity and evolution of resistance to ethaboxam
Zachary Noel: Michigan State University; Alejandro Rojas: Duke University; Janette Jacobs: Michigan State University; Martin Chilvers: Michigan State University
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Fungicide Resistant Phenotypes in Botrytis cinerea from Mandarin and Their Impact on Control of Gray Mold on Stored Mandarin Fruit in California
Seiya Saito: USDA ARS; Chang-Lin Xiao: USDA-ARS
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Multiple resistance in fungal plant pathogens: selection schemes and impact on disease control management strategies.
Stefano Torriani: Syngenta Crop Protection; Helge Sierotzki: Syngenta Crop Protection; Gabriel Scalliet: Syngenta Crop Protection
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The detection and characterization of QoI-resistant pathogens causing ascochyta blight of pulse crops in Montana
Ayodeji Owati: Montana State University
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Complex Patterns of Resistance to Respiration Inhibitors Revealed among Corynespora cassiicola Isolates from Tomato in Florida
Keevan MacKenzie: Gulf Coast Research & Education Center; Aimin Wen: University of Florida; Gary Vallad: Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida; Heather Adkison: Univ of Florida GCREC; Late Lawson Hellu: Gulf Coast Research & Education Center
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expand Fungicide Resitance and Fitness
Fitness, Competitive Ability and Mutation Stability of Strawberry Colletotrichum acutatum Isolates Resistant to Quinone-outside Inhibitor Fungicides
Bruna Forcelini: University of Florida; Natalia Peres: Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; University of Florida; Carolina Rebello: Universidade Estadual Paulista
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Sensitivity and resistant management for the SDHI fungicide fluxapyroxad in the apple scab pathogen Venturia inaequalis
Katrin Ayer: Cornell University; Kerik Cox: Cornell University; Sara Villani: North Carolina State University
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High levels of fludioxonil resistance in Botrytis fragariae and investigation of potential resistance mechanisms
Mengjun Hu: Clemson University; Guido Schnabel: Clemson University
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Assessing fitness of Pythium aphanidermatum isolates with dual resistance to mefenoxam and fenamidone
Emma Lookabaugh: North Carolina State University; Barbara Shew: NC State University
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expand Genetics of Resistance and Virulence
Genetics, genomics, and transcriptomics reveal candidate avirulence/virulence effectors in Pyrenophora teres f. teres
Jonathan Richards: North Dakota State University; Vaidehi Koladia: North Dakota State University; Robert Brueggeman: North Dakota State University; Timothy Friesen: USDA ARS
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Identifying functions of effectors and small RNAs involved in wheat-rust interactions
Sowmya Ramachandran: Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State University; Kiwamu Tanaka: Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University; Chuntao Yin: Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State University; Nicholas Mueth: Washington State University; Scot Hulbert: Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State University
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expand Genomics-based Approaches Facilitate Diagnostic and Population Genetic Marker Development for Plant Pathogens
Searching for the genetic basis of phenotypic traits of interest of the causal agent of late blight disease through a genome-wide association study
Giovanna Danies: Universidad de los Andes; Laura Gonzalez-Garcia: Universidad de los Andes; Kevin Myers: Cornell University; Howard Judelson: University of California; William Fry: Cornell University; Silvia Restrepo: Universidad de los Andes
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Marker development for Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici
Xiaoping Hu: Northwest A&F University, China
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Comparative genomics informed detection of Pseudomonas syringae associated with bacterial leaf spot of watermelon and squash
Eric Newberry: University of Florida; Dave Mol: Syngenta Seeds; J. Jones: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Mathews Paret: North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida; Roland Willmann: Syngenta Seeds; Bert Woudt: Syngenta Seeds
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expand Integrated Pest Management
Effect of tillage and cultivar on sudden death syndrome and yield of soybean in Iowa
Yuba Kandel: Iowa State University; Daren Mueller: Iowa State University; Leonor Leandro: Iowa State University
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Design and operational considerations for use of UV and red light for suppression of plant diseases under field conditions
David Gadoury: Cornell University; Andrew Bierman: Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mark Rea: Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Arne Stensvand: Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research; Aruppillai Suthaparan: Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Rodrigo Borba Onofre: University of Florida - Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
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Assessment and utilization of risk factors in predicting the development of soybean sudden death syndrome
Mitchell Roth: Michigan State University; Zachary Noel: Michigan State University; Jie Wang: Michigan State University; Adam Byrne: Michigan State University; Martin Chilvers: Michigan State University
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expand Labs, A Mechanism to Enhance Learning in the Changing World of Plant Pathology
Design and teaching of plant pathology and biology labs
Doug Rouse: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Less Watching, More Doing: Hands-on Activities to Enhance Undergraduate Courses
Brantlee Spakes Richter: University of Florida
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Design and delivery of immersive online labs
David Shew: North Carolina State University; Alyssa Koehler: North Carolina State University; Arlene Mendoza-Moran: North Carolina State University
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Molecular biology-based lab methods using plant nematodes
Kris Lambert: University of Illinois
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expand Mycotoxins
Description of a novel aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus species from a region of the United States with perennial aflatoxin contamination
Pummi Singh: University of Arizona; Peter Cotty: USDA-ARS, University of Arizona
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Apple post-harvest infection by Paecilomyces niveus causes spoilage of thermally processed products
Megan Daniels: Cornell University; Abigail Synder: Cornell University; Randy Worobo: Cornell University; Kathie Hodge: Cornell University
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Atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus: A hidden mechanism of biocontrol
Lourena Arone: University of Arizona; Peter Cotty: USDA-ARS, University of Arizona
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expand New Insights into NLR on Plant Immunity: Pathogen Recognitions, Molecular Interactions, and Novel Disease Control Strategies
Distinct E3 ligases regulate the turnover of individual components of paired typical NLR immune receptors
Xin Li: University of British Columbia; Oliver Dong: University of British Columbia; Fang Xu: University of British Columbia; Kevin Ao: University of British Columbia
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Barley Bait-and-Switch: a receptor kinase bait switches on programmed cell death in response to Puccinia graminis
Robert Brueggeman: North Dakota State University; Shyam Solanki: North Dakota State University; Roshan Sharma Poudel: North Dakota State University; Jonathan Richards: North Dakota State University; Gazala Ameen: North Dakota State University
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Transfer of an NLR gene from pigeonpea into soybean confers resistance to Asian soybean rust
Peter van Esse: The Sainsbury Laboratory; Cintia Kawashima: The Sainsbury Laboratory; Jonathan Jones: The Sainsbury Laboratory; Sérgio Brommonschenkel: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
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Using decoys to expand the recognition specificity of a plant disease resistance protein
Matthew Helm: Indiana University; Roger Innes: Indiana University
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expand Oomycete Diversity
Evolutionary relatedness and sources of US lineages of Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary.
Amanda Saville: North Carolina State University; Jean Ristaino: North Carolina State University
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Unraveling historical shifts in Pseudoperonospora cubensis populations in the U.S. that resulted in the 2004 cucurbit downy mildew epidemic
Alamgir Rahman: NCSU; Lina Quesada-Ocampo: Department of Plant Pathology North Carolina State University; Emma Wallace: North Carolina State University; Jo Anne Crouch: Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory, USDA-ARS; Frank Martin: USDA ARS
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Population Structure of the oomycete soilborne pathogen Phytophthora capsici in North Carolina
Camilo Parada Rojas: North Carolina State University; Lina Quesada: North Carolina State University
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Temporal and host driven variation of Pythium and Globisporangium populations in chrysanthemum and geranium
Maria Proano: Oklahoma State University; Christian Ayala: Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE; Adriana Chiriboga: Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE; Patricia Garrido: AGROCALIDAD; Edinson Diaz: Oklahoma State University; Stephen Marek: Oklahoma State University; Hassan Melouk: USDA ARS; Margery Daughtrey: Cornell University; Carla Garzon: Oklahoma State University
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A new multilocus genotype of Phytophthora nicotianae found in isolates from pineapple heart rot disease
Maria Ratti: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Marina Ascunce: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Jerry Landivar: Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima, Ciencias Biológicas Oceánicas y Recursos Naturales, ESPOL; Erica Goss: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida
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expand Oomycetes
Growth medium affects physiology and virulence of Phytophthora infestans sporangia.
William Fry: Cornell University; Sean Patev: Clark University
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Identification and characterization of Phytophthora isolates from citrus orchards of South Texas
Shima Chaudhary: Texas A&M University; Veronica Ancona: Texas A&M Kingsville Citrus Center; Christopher Barbola: Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Citrus Center
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Genic copy number variation reveals an unexpected mosaic of varying ratios of diploidy and triploidy among isolates of Phytophthora infestans
Brian Knaus: USDA ARS; Javier Tabima: Oregon State University; Shankar Shakya: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY; Howard Judelson: University of California; Nik Grunwald: USDA-ARS, Horticultural Crops Research Unit
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expand Pathogen Detection and Diversity
Extracting Genomic DNA from Root-Knot Nematode Infested Soil using Fe3O4 Super Paramagnetic Nanoparticles
Adrienne Gorny: Cornell University, Plant Pathology & Plant Microbe Biology Section; Xiaohong Wang: USDA-ARS, Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health; Xiaohong Wang: Cornell University, School of Integrative Plant Science; Sarah Pethybridge: Cornell University, Plant Pathology & Plant Microbe Biology Section
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Expanding the scope of a single pathogen survey to solve the mystery of the ailing red raspberries
Jerry Weiland: USDA ARS; Chris Benedict: WSU; Inga Zasada: USDA ARS; Bryan Beck: USDA ARS; Anne Davis: USDA ARS; Amy Peetz: USDA ARS HCRU; Kim Graham: USDA ARS; Robert Martin: USDA ARS; Jeremiah Dung: Oregon State University; Andres Reyes Gaige: Oregon State University; Lindsey Thiessen: North Carolina State University
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Rapid diagnostic tools for soilborne pathogens of strawberry
Alyssa Burkhardt: USDA ARS; Marina Ramon: USDA ARS; Steven Koike: Univ of California; Frank Martin: USDA ARS
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expand Pathogen Virulence and Effectors
Localization and functional study of Ustilago hordei avirulence effector UhAVR1 using barley and Nicotiana benthamiana plant systems
Ana Priscilla Montenegro Alonso: University of British Columbia; Guus Bakkeren: Agric & Agi Food Canada
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Phytophthora hijacks host BAG7 and bZIP28 resulting in sequestration in endoplasmic reticulum for compatibility via effector-mediated BiP accumulation
Maofeng Jing: Texas A&M University; Yurong Li: Texas A&M University; Yuanchao Wang: Nanjing Agric Univ; Martin Dickman: Texas A&M University
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expand Phenotyping and Population Dynamics
Differences in Fusarium species in brown midrib sorghum and in air populations in production fields
Deanna Funnell-Harris: USDA-ARS; Erin Scully: USDA-ARS; Scott Sattler: USDA-ARS; Patrick O'Neill: USDA-ARS
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Three complete genome sequences of novel Xanthomonas citri strains from Texas carry atypical PthA alleles and unusual large plasmids
Alejandra Munoz Bodnar: University of Florida; Vessela Mavrodieva: USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T-CPHST; Dean Gabriel: University of Florida; Zhaowei Liu: USDA APHIS PPQ; Mark Nakhla: USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T-CPHST; Gem Santillana: APHIS
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Population dynamics of Phytophthora rubi indicate high rates of migration between states and nurseries in the Pacific Northwestern United States
Javier Tabima: Oregon State University; Inga Zasada: USDA ARS; Niklaus Grunwald: USDA ARS
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Characterizing Optimum Conditions for the Lolium pathotype of Magnaporthe oryzae to Infect and Cause Wheat Blast
Karasi Mills: Ohio State University; Pierce Paul: Ohio State Univ, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Dept of Plant Pathology; Laurence Madden: Ohio State Univ, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Dept of Plant Pathology
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Feeling the heat: Towards predicting pitch canker outbreaks in the context of climate change
Tania Quesada: University of Florida; Jennifer Hughes: University of Florida; Katherine Smith: USDA Forest Service; Patrick James: University of Florida; Keumchul Shin: University of Florida; Caroline Staub: University of Florida; Matthew Marsik: University of Florida; Jason Smith: University of Florida
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expand Phyllosphere Microbial Assemblages: Friends, Foes, and Strangers
An unusual ménage à trois in the phyllosphere
Richard Bélanger: Université Laval; Joan Laur: Université Laval; Caroline Labbe: Université Laval; Gowsica Bojarajan Ramakrishnan: Université Laval; Pietro Spanu: Imperial College of Sci Tech & Medicine
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Get me out of here: Modeling in-canopy turbulence and pathogen dispersion
Walter Mahaffee: USDA; Brain Bailey: University of California, Davis; Nate Miller: University of Utah; Lucas Ulmer: University of Utah; Eric Pardyjak: University of Utah; Rob Stoll: University of Utah
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Strangers with benefits, remaking the phyllosphere through disease
Jeri Barak: University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Light as a driver of phyllosphere microbial behavior
Gwyn Beattie: Iowa State University
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expand Phytobiomes 2.0: Functional Approaches in Forest Ecosystems
Movement of bacteria between plant species drive assembly of epiphytic bacterial communities
Steven Lindow: University of California Berkeley
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Microbial communities of bristlecone needles and resistance in white pine blister rust
Alyssa Albertson: Colorado State University; Zaid Abdo: Colorado State University; Anna Schoettle: USDA Forest Service; Jane Stewart: Colorado State University; Ken Kassenbrock: Colorado State University
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The Populus microbiome: Progress and limitations of our understanding of phytobiome communities
Dan Jacobson: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Piet Jones: University of Tennessee; Gerald Tuskan: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Wellington Muchero: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Jay Chen: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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expand Plant Pathologists of the Future: Showcasing the Top Graduate Students from APS Division Meetings
Effects of fluopyram on soybean cyst nematode resistance management under greenhouse conditions
Kyle Broderick: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Carol Picinini: Univeristy of Sao Paulo - Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz; Loren Giesler: Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Etiology and Management of Sour Rot in Grapes
Megan Hall: Cornell University; Gregory Loeb: Cornell Univ; Wayne Wilcox: Cornell Univ
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A phylogenetic network of the soilborne fungal pathogen Sclerotium rolfsii in the Southeastern US
Patricia Soria: University of Florida; Nicholas Dufault: Univ of Florida
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Management of downy mildew of lima bean: chemical control
Terence Mhora: University of Delaware; Alden Duckett: University of Delaware; Nancy Gregory: University of Delaware; Thomas Evans: University of Delaware; Nicole Donofrio: University of Delaware
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expand Pursuit of Solutions to Mycotoxin Risks by Next-Generation Plant Pathologists
Computational prediction of time-course subnetwork modules associated with histidine kinase activities in maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides
Man Kim: Texas A&M University; Won-Bo Shim: Texas A&M University
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Modeling complex associations among weather, deoxynivalenol contamination, and Fusarium head blight in wheat
Wanderson Bucker Moraes: The Ohio State University; Pierce Paul: Ohio State Univ, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Dept of Plant Pathology; Felipe Dalla Lana: Ohio State University; Byung-Kee Baik: United States Department of Agriculture; Paul B. Schwarz: North Dakota State University; Laurence Madden: Ohio State Univ, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Dept of Plant Pathology
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Aspergillus flavus functional genomics: Toward enhancing host resistance to aflatoxin contamination under drought using biotechnology
Jake Fountain: University of Georgia; Gaurav Agarwal: University of Georgia; Prasad Bajaj: International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; Manish Pandey: International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; Spurthi Nayak: University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad; Robert Kemerait: University of Georgia - Department of Plant Pathology; Rajeev Varshney: International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; Baozhu Guo: USDA ARS CPMRU
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expand Recruiting Next Gen Scientists: Strategies for Inclusive Outreach
Fostering aGIRLculture: STEM camp solving the grand challenges of the 21st century
Denita Hadziabdic: University of Tennessee; Lori Duncan: University of Tennessee; Andrea Ludwig: University of Tennessee; Annette Wszelaki: University of Tennessee; Bonnie Ownley: University of Tennessee, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology; Bonnie Ownley: University of Tennessee; Christine Buschermohle: University of Tennessee; Kimberly Gwinn: University of Tennessee, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology; Natalie Bumgarner: University of Tennessee; Faith Critzer: University of Tennessee; Lannett Edwards: University of Tennessee; Lisa Muller: University of Tennessee; Carrie Stephens: University of Tennessee; Margarita Velandia: University of Tennessee; Jennifer DeBruyn: University of Tennessee; Elizabeth Gall: University of Tennessee; Joanne Logan: University of Tennessee; Rebecca Trout Fryxell: University of Tennessee; Heather Kelly: University of Tennessee; Karen Lewis: University of Tennessee; Sharon Jean-Philippe: University of Tennessee; Karen Jones: University of Tennessee; Doris D'Souza: University of Tennessee, Food Science Dep
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Teach the Teachers: The Florida Experience
Monica Elliott: University of Florida
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Integrating plant diseases into the K-12 STEM classroom
Robert Hirsch: University of Kentucky
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Nurturing agricultural migrant workforce
Luisa Santamaria: Oregon State University
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expand Resistance Identification
New sources of soybean cyst nematode resistance in ‘Forrest’ soybean identified through forward and reverse genetics
Zhou Zhou: Southern Illinois University; Naoufal Lakhssassi: Southern Illinois University; Shiming Liu: Southern Illinois University; Sadia Bekal: Southern Illinois University; Vincent Colantonio: Southern Illinois University; Kris Lambert: University of Illinois; Abdelali Barakat: University of South Dakota; Khalid Meksem: Southern Illinois University
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Characterization and marker development for three resistance loci to the spinach downy mildew pathogen
Chunda Feng: University of Arkansas; Burton Bluhm: University of Arkansas; James Correll: Univ of Arkansas
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Simultaneous fine mapping and locus characterization of the Andean Ur-4 and Mesoamerican Ur-5 rust resistance genes in Common bean
Oscar Hurtado-Gonzales: Soybean Genomics & Improvement Lab, BARC-West, ARS-USDA; Giseli Valentini: Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Thiago Gilio: Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Qijian Song: Soybean Genomics & Improvement Lab, BARC-West, ARS-USDA; Marcial Pastor-Corrales: Soybean Genomics & Improvement Lab, BARC-West, ARS-USDA
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Lose the effector or die tryin’: Novel quantitative resistance loci for bacterial blight
Alejandra I. Huerta: Colorado State University; Emily Delorean: Colorado State University; Ana Bossa-Castro: Colorado State University; Rene Corral: Colorado State University; Valerie Verdier: IRD, Cirad, Univ Montpellier, IPME; Hei Leung: Intl Rice Research Inst; Jan Leach: Colorado State University; Chitra Raghavan: International Rice Research Institute
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expand Root Phytobiome
Functional diversity of citrus microbiomes correlates with Huanglongbing disease symptom severity
Ryan Blaustein: University of Florida; Javier Silfa-Cifuentes: University of Florida; Graciela Lorca: University of Florida; Max Teplitski: University of Florida
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A model bacterial community of maize roots
Ben Niu: Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School; Joseph Paulson: Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Joseph Paulson: Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; Xiaoqi Zheng: Department of Mathematics, Shanghai Normal University; Xiaoqi Zheng: Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Roberto Kolter: Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School
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Effect of Copper Nanomaterials on the Soil Microbiome
Amanda Strayer: University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology; Jason Hong: USDA ARS, United States Horticultural Research Laboratory; Ying-Yu Liao: University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology; Mikaeel Young: 3NanoScience Technology Center and Burnett School of Biomedical Science, UCF; Swadeshmukul Santra: University of Central Florida; Erin Rosskopf: USDA ARS, United States Horticultural Research Laboratory; Sujan Timilsina: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Gary Vallad: Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida; Gary Vallad: University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology; J. Jones: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Mathews Paret: North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida; Mathews Paret: University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology
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The effects of cultivar, production system, and nursery on the composition of the rhizosphere microbiome of cultivated rhododendrons in Oregon
Zachary Foster: USDA ARS; Jerry Weiland: USDA ARS; Carolyn Scagel: USDA ARS; Niklaus Grunwald: USDA ARS
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expand Schroth - Faces of the Future Session: Host Resistance and Host Pathogens Interactions
Lose the effector or die tryin’: Novel quantitative resistance loci for bacterial blight
Alejandra Huerta: Colorado State University; Emily Delorean: Colorado State University; Ana Bossa-Castro: Colorado State University; Chitra Raghavan: International Rice Research Institute; Rene Corral: Colorado State University; Valerie Verdier: IRD, Cirad, Univ Montpellier, IPME; Hei Leung: Intl Rice Research Inst; Jan Leach: Colorado State University
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How Does Plant Immunity Restrict Bacterial virulence?
Brian Kvitko: University of Georgia; Amelia Lovelace: University of Georgia
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Evolving Phenolic Roles in Host Defense: The Cases of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ Potato Infections and that of Grapevine Pathogens
Christopher Wallis: USDA ARS; Steven Lee: USDA ARS; Elizabeth Rogers: USDA ARS FDWSRU; Erin Galarneau: University of California Davis; Kendra Baumgartner: USDA ARS
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Managing Phomopsis stem canker of sunflower using host resistance
Febina Mathew: South Dakota State University; Taylor Olson: South Dakota State University; Laura Marek: Iowa State University
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expand Show Me the Money! Assessing the Value of Disease Control in a Changing Landscape
Impact Network Analysis: A framework for evaluating the effects of technologies through linked socioeconomic and biophysical networks
Karen Garrett: University of Florida
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Disease Control: A Seed Company Perspective
John Pitkin: Monsanto
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Losses, regrets and expectations: an overview of attaching value to disease management decisions
Neil McRoberts: University of California-Davis
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Risk analysis and economic optimization of late blight management tactics
Ian Small: University of Florida; Yangxuan Liu: Dept. of Agriculture, Eastern Kentucky University; Michael Langemeier: Dept. of Ag. Economics, Purdue University; Laura Joseph: Cornell University; William Fry: Cornell University
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expand The Rise and Management Challenges of Multi-Fungicide-Resistant Pathogens
Evolution of multi-fungicide resistance in cereal pathogens and impact on disease control
Bart Fraaije: Rothamsted Research
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Healthy vegetables at the cost of multi-fungicide-resistant pathogens
Margaret McGrath: Cornell University
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Multiple fungicide resistances in Cercospora beticola of sugar beet
Gary Secor: North Dakota State University; Viviana Rivera-Varas: North Dakota State University; Melvin Bolton: USDA ARS NCSL
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Multiple resistance in fungal plant pathogens, its selection schemes and impact on disease control management strategies
Stefano Torriani: Syngenta Crop Protection
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The advent and spread of prodigious multi-fungicide resistance in Botrytis cinerea
Guido Schnabel: Clemson University; Matthias Hahn: Department of Biology, University of Kaiserslautern; Natalia Peres: Gulf Coast Research and Education Center; University of Florida; Mengjun Hu: Clemson University
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expand The Socioeconomic Impact of New and Re-emerging Bacterial Diseases: A National Perspective
Epidemiology and distribution of bacterial leaf streak of corn caused by Xanthomonas vasicola
Terra Hartman: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jim Harbour: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Brad Tharnish: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Julie Van Meter: Nebraska Department of Agriculture; Tamra Jackson-Ziems: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Understanding the Recent Outbreak of Dickeya dianthicola Causing Potato Soft Rot and Blackleg in the United States
Jianjun Hao: University of Maine; Amy Charkowski: Colorado State University; Steve Johnson: Univ of Maine Coop Ext; Gary Secor: North Dakota State University
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Zebra chip, what we know and where are we headed
Elizabeth Pierson: Texas A and M University
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Detection and characterization of Xanthomonas vasicola pv. vasculorum pv. nov. causing bacterial leaf streak of corn in the United States
Jillian Lang: Colorado State University; Elysa DuCharme: Colorado State University; Jorge Ibarra: Colorado State University; Emily Luna: Colorado State University; Terra Hartman: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Kevin Korus: Alachua County Extension, University of Florida; John Rascoe: USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T-CPHST; Mary Carmen Ortiz: Colorado State University; Tamra Jackson-Ziems: University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Kirk Broders: Colorado State University; Jan Leach: Colorado State University
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The socioeconomic impact of emerging and re-emerging disease epidemics
Amy Charkowski: Colorado State University
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expand Translation of Basic Biological Control Research into Effective Grower Products and Practices
The phytobiome and biological control: What does the future hold?
Jan Leach: Colorado State University
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What happens to good results? From the academic research lab to labeled product for growers
Barry Jacobsen: Montana State University; Michael Dimock: Certis USA, LLC
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Nonbiological biological control
Gary Harman: Advanced biological marketing; Andrea Moreno: Advanced Biological Marketing; Walid Nosir: Advanced Biological Marketing; Molly Cadle-Davidson: Advanced Biological Marketing, Inc
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The new biofungicide natamycin as a preplant dip treatment against QoI-resistant populations of Colletotrichum acutatum in strawberry
Stacey Haack: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California; Kelly Ivors: Strawberry Center, California Polytechnic State University; Gerald Holmes: Strawberry Center, California Polytechnic State University; Helga Förster: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California; James Adaskaveg: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California
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Characterization of antimicrobial-producing beneficial bacteria from citrus rhizosphere
Nadia Riera: University of Florida; Yunzeng Zhang: CREC, University of Florida; Utpal Handique: University of Florida; Nian Wang: University of Florida
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Accelerating microbial products for sustainable agriculture
Susan Huse: Indigo Ag; Virginia Urisn: Indigo Ag
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expand Unfriendly and Beneficial Plant-Parasite Interactions
Influence of root exudates and soil on attachment of Pasteuria penetrans to root-knot nematode Meloidogyne arenaria.
Chang Liu: University of Georgia; Patricia Timper: USDA ARS; P. Ji: University of Georgia
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expand Viral-Host Interactions
Characterization of a symptom determinant of grapevine fanleaf virus suggests a novel function for its RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
Larissa Osterbaan: Cornell University; Marc Fuchs: Cornell University
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Mapping Loci that Control Tuber and Foliar Symptoms Caused by PVY in Autotetraploid Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
Washington Da Silva: Cornell University; Gary Stewart: USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Gary Stewart: Cornell University/USDA-ARS; Walter De Jong: Cornell Univ
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Genetic and functional analysis of va resistance durability to Potato virus Y in tobacco
Vincent Michel: INRA Bordeaux, UMR 1332 BFP; Emilie Julio: Imperial Tobacco; Julien Cotucheau: Imperial Tobacco; François Dorlhac de Borne: Imperial Tobacco; Laurent Glais: FN3PT/RD3PT; Emmanuel Jacquot: INRA; Veronique Decroocq: INRA Bordeaux, UMR 1332 BFP; Thierry Candresse: INRA Bordeaux, UMR 1332 BFP; Sylvie German-Retana: INRA Bordeaux, UMR 1332 BFP
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Host protein interaction network associated with the non-incorporated form of the potato leafroll virus RTP identified using mass spectrometry
Stacy DeBlasio: USDA-ARS; Ana Rita Rebelo: Boyce Thompson Institute; Richard Johnson: Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington; Stewart Gray: USDA-ARS; Stewart Gray: Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University; Michael MacCoss: Department of Genomics Sciences, University of Washington; Michelle Cilia: Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, Cornell University; Michelle Cilia: USDA-ARS; Michelle Cilia: Boyce Thompson Institute
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expand Virology Detection and Descriptions
Investigating the longevity and host range of Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus in the Northern Territory, Australia
David Lovelock: Department of Primary Industry and Resources; Nadine Kurz: Department of Primary Industry and Resources; Sharl Mintoff: Department of Primary Industry and Resources; Merran Neilsen: Department of Primary Industry and Resources; Lucy Tran-Nguyen: Department of Primary Industry and Resources
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Field status and dynamics of cassava mosaic disease in Zambia
Rabson Mulenga: Zambia Agriculture Research Institute; Patrick C. Chikoti: Zambia Agriculture Research Institute; James Legg: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Olufemi Alabi: Dept. of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University
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Detection of cucurbit viruses in Oklahoma combining EDNA with Multiplex RT-PCR coupled with High Resolution Melting
Lizbeth Pena Zuniga: Oklahoma State University; Andres Espindola: Oklahoma State University; Hassan Melouk: USDA ARS; Akhtar Ali: Univ of Tulsa; Francisco Ochoa Corona: Oklahoma State University; Kitty Cardwell: Oklahoma State University
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Unveiling the population structure of rose rosette virus
Ioannis Tzanetakis: University of Arkansas; Asimina Katsiani: University of Arkansas; Kurt Lamour: University of Tennessee
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expand Virus Biology
Strain specificity of helper components encoded by Potato virus Y
Shaonpius Mondal: Cornell University; Gary Stewart: Cornell University
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Current status of Tomato chlorotic spot virus in Florida and the Caribbean
Scott Adkins: USDA ARS USHRL; Samuel Hutton: University of Florida; Consuelo Estevez de Jensen: University of Puerto Rico, Agro-environmental Sciences; Joe Funderburk: University of Florida; William Turechek: USDA ARS SAA SPP
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Viral delivery of a gene editing tool for transient screening of gene function
Will Cody: Texas A&M University; Herman Scholthof: Texas A&M University; T. Erik Mirkov: Texas A&M Agrilife
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Viral metagenomics uncovers virus diversity in wild and cultivated blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) .
Norsazilawati Saad: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Ricardo Alcalá-Briseño: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Phil Harmon: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; Jane Polston: Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida; James Olmstead: Department of Horticultural Science, University of Florida; James Olmstead: Driscoll's
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