Full Schedule

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM HST

Small Fruit Disease Workers' Discussion Group

Location: Room 323 A/B

Room 323 A/B

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM HST

Vegetable Seed Industry Breakfast with sponsorship support from Bayer and Corteva

Location: Room 313 B

Room 313 B

With Sponsorship Support From

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM HST

Registration Open

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 Prefunction

Exhibit Hall 3 Prefunction

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM HST

Poster Set-Up

Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Exhibit Hall 3

8:00 AM - 2:00 PM HST

Exhibitor Set-Up

Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Exhibit Hall 3

8:00 AM - 3:00 PM HST

Speaker Ready Room Open

Location: Room 318 A

Room 318 A

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM HST

OPENING GENERAL SESSION: Award Ceremony & Keynote Speaker - Dr. Van Schepler-Luu

Location: Ballroom B/C

Speaker: – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Ballroom B/C

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM HST

New Products and Services Session 1 of 2

Location: Room 313 C

Room 313 C

11:02 AM - 11:22 PM HST

New Products and Services: Metarylpicoxamid (Haviza Active)

Location: Room 313 C

Speaker:

11:22 AM - 11:42 PM HST

New Products and Services: AMARA™: A New Biofungicide/Bactericide from Nichino

Location: Room 313 C

Speaker: – Nichino

11:42 AM - 12:00 PM HST

New Products and Services: Nanobubble gas applications impacting plant health

Location: Room 313 C

Speaker:

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM HST

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

Location: Ballroom B/C

Organizer: – USDA Forest Service

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

Ballroom B/C

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM HST

‘Ōhi‘a forests and Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death

Location: Ballroom B/C

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

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM HST

Ambrosia Beetles and Rapid ‘Ōhiʻa Death

Location: Ballroom B/C

Speaker: – Purdue University

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM HST

Detection and monitoring of forest mortality associated with rapid ‘ōhi‘a death in Hawaiʻi

Location: Ballroom B/C

Speaker: – University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM HST

VIRTUAL SPEAKER - Genetic tracing suggests a single introduction of Ceratocystis lukuohia to Hawai’i Island, then to Kaua’i Island, and intra-island dispersions by storms and prevailing winds

Location: Ballroom B/C

Speaker: – Iowa State University

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM HST

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

Location: Ballroom B/C

Speaker: – USDA Forest Service

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM HST

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

Location: Room 312

Organizer: – North Dakota State University

Moderator: – North Dakota State University

Room 312

11:05 AM - 11:15 AM HST

Enhancing Plant Health and Security Through a National Diagnostic Network

Location: Room 312

Speaker: – University of Florida

11:15 AM - 11:25 AM HST

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

Location: Room 312

Speaker: – National Plant Board

11:25 AM - 11:35 AM HST

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

Location: Room 312

Speaker: – Agdia, Inc.

11:35 AM - 11:45 AM HST

Agricultural Biosecurity in the Pacific Region

Location: Room 312

Speaker: – University of Hawaii

11:45 AM - 11:55 AM HST

International diagnostic networks and training, the CONNECTED experience

Location: Room 312

Speaker: – Fera Science Ltd - York

11:55 AM - 12:15 PM HST

Panel Discussion

Location: Room 312

Organizer: – North Dakota State University

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM HST

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

Location: Room 311

Organizer: – University of Florida

Moderator: – University of Florida

Moderator: – Colorado State University

Room 311

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM HST

Genome editing for broad disease resistance to bacterial blight in rice

Location: Room 311

Speaker: – University of Florida

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM HST

Genome editing in cassava and tomato

Location: Room 311

Speaker: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Author:

Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Author:

Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Author:

Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Author:

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM HST

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

Location: Room 311

Speaker: – University of Florida

Author: – University of Florida

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM HST

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

Location: Room 311

Speaker: – University of Florida

12:00 PM - 12:05 PM HST

The Role of Plant Immune Responses in Leaf Microbiome Assembly

Location: Room 311

Speaker: – Colorado State University

12:15 PM - 1:15 PM HST

APS Division Officers Luncheon

Location: Room 317 B

Room 317 B

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM HST

Lunch Break

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM HST

Public Policy Board (PPB) Listening Session

Location: Room 319 B

Room 319 B

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM HST

Professional Development & Membership Engagement Listening Session

Location: Room 313 B

Room 313 B

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM HST

TECHNICAL SESSION: Disease Diagnostics

Location: Room 311

Moderator: – North Carolina State University

Moderator: – USDA-ARS-NEA

Room 311

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM HST

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

Location: Room 311

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 HST

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

Location: Room 311

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 HST

Presentation was withdrawn

Location: Room 311

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM HST

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

Location: Room 311

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 HST

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

Location: Room 311

Presenting Author: – North Carolina State University

Author: – North Carolina State University

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM HST

TECHNICAL SESSION: Genomics

Location: Room 313 A

Moderator: – University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)

Moderator: – University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

Room 313 A

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM HST

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

Location: Room 313 A

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 Agricultural Research Service, Foreign Disease – Weed Science Research Unit

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 HST

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

Location: Room 313 A

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

Author: – Center for Biotechnology , UNL

Author: – Department of Plant Pathology and Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM HST

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

Location: Room 313 A

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

Author: – North Dakota State University

Author: – USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Sunflower Improvement Research Unit, Fargo, ND 58102

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM HST

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

Location: Room 313 A

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 HST

TECHNICAL SESSION: Integrated Pest Management

Location: Room 312

Moderator: – Auburn University

Moderator: – The Ohio State University

Room 312

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM HST

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

Location: Room 312

Author: – Auburn University

Presenting Author: – Auburn University

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM HST

Giant Knotweed Extract Increases Grapevine Fruit Yields Despite Insignificant Effects on Red Blotch Symptom Severity

Location: Room 312

Presenting Author: – Oregon State University

Author: – Oregon State University

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM HST

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

Location: Room 312

Presenting Author: – Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota

Author: – University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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 HST

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

Location: Room 312

Presenting Author: – The Ohio State University

Author: – The Ohio State University

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM HST

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

Location: Room 312

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 HST

TECHNICAL SESSION: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Location: Ballroom B/C

Moderator: – University of Arkansas

Moderator: – Rowan University

Ballroom B/C

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM HST

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

Location: Ballroom B/C

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 HST

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

Location: Ballroom B/C

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 HST

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

Location: Ballroom B/C

Author: – Rowan University

Presenting Author: – Rowan University

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM HST

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

Location: Ballroom B/C

Presenting Author: – University of Arkansas

Author: – University of Arkansas

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM HST

APS PRESS Open

Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Exhibit Hall 3

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM HST

Network with Exhibitors

Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Exhibit Hall 3

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM HST

Plant Health Opening Reception

Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Exhibit Hall 3

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM HST

Poster Viewing Open

Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Exhibit Hall 3

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM HST

Pitch 120 Event

Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Exhibit Hall 3

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM HST

University Alumni Networking (multiple)

Location: Exhibit Hall 3

Exhibit Hall 3

6:15 PM - 7:15 PM HST

Early Career Professionals' Networking

Location: Room 313 B

Room 313 B

7:45 PM - 9:15 PM HST

Industry & Student Networking Event with financial support from Syngenta and Corteva

Location: Off the Wall Beer & Wine (offsite)

Off the Wall Beer & Wine (offsite)

With Financial Support From