Full Schedule

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Opening Keynote

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Keynote Title 81

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time

SPECIAL SESSION: Biology and Management of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death in Hawaiʻi

Organizer: – USDA Forest Service

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 3

Speaker: – University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Ambrosia Beetles and Rapid ‘Ōhiʻa Death

Speaker: – USDA Forest Service Region 5 - State and Private Forestry

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 5

Speaker: – University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Title 4

Speaker: – Iowa State University

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Evolution of the ʻŌhiʻa Disease Resistance Program in Hawaiʻi -Where Are We Now?

Speaker: – USDA Forest Service

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time

SPECIAL SESSION: From Local to Global Solutions: Connecting Diagnostic Communities for Plant Health Security

Organizer: – North Dakota State University

11:00 AM – 11:05 AM East Coast USA Time

Introduction

11:05 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 6

Speaker: – University of Maine

11:15 AM – 11:25 AM East Coast USA Time

Panel From Local to Global Solutions: Connecting Diagnostic Communities for Plant Health Security - National Plant Board Perspective

Speaker: – National Plant Board

11:25 AM – 11:35 AM East Coast USA Time

Deep roots, wide branches: Agdia’s history as hardy collaborator in global biosecurity initiatives

Speaker: – Agdia, Inc.

11:35 AM – 11:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Agricultural Biosecurity in the Pacific Region

Speaker: – University of Hawaii

11:45 AM – 11:55 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 9

Speaker: – Fera Science Ltd - York

11:55 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Panel Discussion

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM East Coast USA Time

SPECIAL SESSION: Genome Editing: Will Basic Phytobacterial Research Inform Improvements in Disease Resistance of Global Crops?

Organizer: – University of Florida

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Genetic Determinants of Virulence in Clavibacter nebraskensis, the Causal Agent of Goss’s Wilt

Speaker: – University of Florida

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Genome editing in cassava and tomato

Speaker: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Presenting Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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11:30 AM – 11:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Engineering Citrus Tolerance/Resistance against HLB, a Chronic Immune Disease, Via CRISPR Genome Editing

Speaker: – University of Florida

Author: – University of Florida

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Title 14 Gene Editing of Bs6 and Bs8 Susceptibility Loci in Tomato for Resistance to Xanthomonas spp.

Speaker: – University of Florida

12:00 PM – 12:05 PM East Coast USA Time

Title 13

Speaker: – Central University of Kerala

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Disease Diagnostics

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time

RPA-mediated CRISPR/Cas12a-based assay for rapid and highly specific detection of soft rot-causing bacterial pathogen Dickeya fangzhongdai

Presenting Author: – university of hawaii at manoa

Author: – University of Hawaii at Manoa

Author: – G. B. Pant University, Pantnagar, India

Author: – University of Hawaii at Manoa

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Enhanced detection of Avocado Sunblotch Viroid in California orchards using Digital Loop-Mediated Amplification and Droplet Digital PCR

Presenting Author: – Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside

Author: – Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside

Author: – University of California, Riverside

Author: – Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Riverside

Author: – Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Novel COX1-2 sequencing approach proves species level identification of oomycetes directly from environmental samples with phytopathology applications

Presenting Author: – USDA-ARS-NEA

Author: – USDA ARS Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit

Author: – USDA-ARS

Author: – USDA ARS Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

The role of European Reference Laboratories in plant health challenges: A focus on diagnostic and regulatory methods for plant-parasitic nematodes.

Presenting Author: – EURL for Plant Parasitic Nematodes - ANSES

Author: – EURL for Plant Parasitic Nematodes - ILVO

Author: – French National Reference Laboratory - ANSES

Author: – EURL for Plant Parasitic Nematodes - ILVO

Author: – EURL for Plant Parasitic Nematodes - ANSES

Author: – EURL for Plant Parasitic Nematodes - ILVO

Author: – European Commission, DG-SANTE

Author: – EURL for Plant Parasitic Nematodes - ANSES

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Dual-site mobile spore trapping for detection of Pseudoperonospora cubensis, causal agent of cucurbit downy mildew, in North Carolina

Presenting Author: – North Carolina State University

Author: – North Carolina State University

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Genomics

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time

PeanutMAGIC population-specific pangenome for precise genetic mapping of disease resistance in peanut

Presenting Author: – University of Georgia

Author: – University of Georgia

Author: – HudsonAlpha

Author: – University of Georgia

Author: – USDA-ARS

Author: – UGA Dept of Plant Pathology

Author: – University of Georgia

Author: – HudsonAlpha

Author: – USDA-ARS

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Characterizing Phytophthora palmivora and P. megakarya Virulence Gene Variation in Cacao Using Targeted Capture Sequencing and RNA-seq

Presenting Author: – University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology

Author: – University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology

Author: – Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza

Author: – University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology

Author: – USDA ARS, Fort Detrick, MD

Author: – Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Agrosavia)

Author: – USDA ARS, Beltsville, MD

Author: – University of the West Indies, Cocoa Research Center

Author: – Malaysian Palm Oil Board

Author: – University of Sydney, Plant Pathology

Author: – University of Kentucky, Department of Plant Pathology

Author: – Mars Inc. MW Science & Technology

Author: – Mars Inc, MW Science & Technology

Author: – Mars Inc. MW Science & Technology

Author: – University of Florida, Department of Plant Pathology

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Characterizing the antimicrobial activity of the beneficial bacterium Pseudomonas protegens PBL3 through comparative genomics

Presenting Author: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)

Author: – Center for Biotechnology , UNL

Author: – Department of Plant Pathology, Center for Plant Science Innovation, UNL

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Unraveling the Genetic Architecture of Sclerotinia Basal Stalk Rot Resistance in Sunflower through Genome-Wide Association Mapping

Presenting Author: – Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University

Author: – North Dakota State University

Author: – USDA - ARS

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Cracking the Code of Vascular Streak Dieback: Molecular Detection using TaqMan Probes

Presenting Author: – University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

Author: – Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Ellington Agricultural Center

Author: – University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology Department

Author: – Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Regenerative Medicine

Author: – University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology Department

Author: – UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE

Author: – University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology Department

Author: – Purdue University, Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory

Author: – North Carolina State University, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Author: – Tennessee State University, Otis L. Floyd Nursery Research Center, Department of Agriculture Sciences and Engineering

Author: – University of Georgia, Department of Plant Pathology

Author: – University of Georgia, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Author: – University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology Department

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Integrated Pest Management

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time

The seed, the spermosphere, and the seedling: microbiome assembly in seedling establishment

Author: – Auburn University

Presenting Author: – Auburn University

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Giant knotweed extract increases cluster numbers in grapevines with red blotch disease with no effect on fruit quality

Presenting Author: – Oregon State University

Author: – Oregon State University

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Impact of drainage and at-plant fungicides on Rhizoctonia Root Rot in navy bean

Presenting Author: – University of Minnesota & Northwest Research and Outreach Center

Author: – University of Minnesota Dept. of Plant Pathology & Northwest Research and Outreach Center

Author: – University of Minnesota Dept. of Soil, Water, and Climate & Northwest Research and Outreach Center

Author: – University of Minnesota Dept. of Soil, Water, and Climate & Southwest Research and Outreach Center

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Evaluating different carbon amendments for the anaerobic disinfestation of cut flower soil infested by soilborne pathogens

Presenting Author: – The Ohio State University

Author: – The Ohio State University

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Effects of cover cropping on soil microbial diversity and Macrophomina root rot suppression in strawberry cropping system

Presenting Author: – Cal Poly Strawberry Center/Plant Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, CA

Author: – Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA

Author: – Cal Poly Strawberry Center

Author: – Cal Poly Strawberry Center/Plant Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, CA

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Mutations in CYP51A and not -B confer propiconazole resistance in Geotrichum citri-aurantii and are validated by transformation of a sensitive isolate

Presenting Author: – Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California Riverside

Author: – Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside

Author: – University of California, Riverside

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Spinach defensin peptides confer tolerance to citrus greening and potato zebra chip diseases

Author: – Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Author: – Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center

Author: – University of Florida

Author: – Southern Gardens Citrus, U.S. Sugar

Presenting Author: – Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

The FeuPQ two-component system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is required for efficient biofilm formation, swimming motility, and tumor induction

Author: – Rowan University

Presenting Author: – Rowan University

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

NADPH oxidase-derived reactive oxygen species: key signaling molecules that promote blast fungus pathogenicity.

Presenting Author: – University of Arkansas

Author: – University of Arkansas