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Monday, August 4, 2025
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
SPECIAL SESSION: Cacao: Global challenges for a nearly forgotten food crop
Organizer: Sharon Andreason

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

SPECIAL SESSION: Cacao: Global challenges for a nearly forgotten food crop

Organizer: Sharon Andreason

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 16

Speaker: Judith K. Brown, PhD – University of Arizona

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 17

Speaker: Alina S. Puig, PhD – USDA ARS, Fort Detrick, MD

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 18

Speaker: Jean-Philippe Marelli – Mars Inc.

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 19

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 20

Speaker: Osman Gutierrez – USDA ARS, Miami, FL

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
SPECIAL SESSION: Pathogens and Protectors: Gram-positive bacteria on spotlight
Speaker: Devanshi Khokhani, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

SPECIAL SESSION: Pathogens and Protectors: Gram-positive bacteria on spotlight

Speaker: Devanshi Khokhani, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Two plasmid-borne genomic islands of Clavibacter michiganensis carry virulence genes that determine the development of wilt symptoms in host plants

Speaker: Chang-Sik Oh (he/him/his) – Seoul National University, Korea

Presenting Author: Chang-Sik Oh (he/him/his) – Seoul National University, Korea

8:20 AM – 8:35 AM East Coast USA Time

Genomic and Phenotypic Evolution of Clavibacter nebraskensis Virulence in Goss’s Wilt of Maize

Speaker: Devanshi Khokhani, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

8:40 AM – 8:55 AM East Coast USA Time

Bacillus endophytes from wild poplar inhibit a diverse range of fungal pathogens

Speaker: Sharon L. Doty, PhD – School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Streptomyces sp. Found in Infected European Pears Provides Protection Against Penicillium expan-sum and Colletotrichum fioriniae in Pome Fruits

Speaker: John S. Bennett, PhD – USDA-ARS

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
SPECIAL SESSION: What's Next in Biocontrol?: Genetically-modified Biocontrol Agents
Organizer: David Hubert – Indigo Ag

8:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

SPECIAL SESSION: What's Next in Biocontrol?: Genetically-modified Biocontrol Agents

Organizer: David Hubert – Indigo Ag

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 21

Author: David Hubert – Indigo Ag

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time

USDA APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services Microorganism Permitting Overview

Speaker: Gregg Goodman, MS, CPL – USDA APHIS-BRS

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 24

Speaker: Daren Brown – USDA ARS NCAUR

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Small RNAs mediated fungal interactions relevant for biocontrol

Speaker: Mukesh Dubey – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Author: Edoardo Piombo

Author: Ramesh Raju Vetukuri

Author: Dan Funck Jensen

Author: Magnus Karlsson

Presenting Author: Mukesh Dubey – Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Title 23

Speaker: Fiona Goggin – University of Arkansas

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
SPECIAL SESSION: Plant Pathologists of the Future

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

SPECIAL SESSION: Plant Pathologists of the Future

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Enhancing Brown Rot Management in Peach: Compatibility and Synergism of Biorational Fungicides with low-dose DMI Fungicides

Speaker: Johanna Wesche, MS (she/her/hers) – Clemson University

Author: Guido Schnabel, PhD – Southern

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Evaluation of the fungicidal and fungistatic characteristics of new Oomycota fungicides for management of Phytophthora spp.

Speaker: Chaydon O'Fallon – University of California Riverside

Author: Helga Förster

Author: James E. Adaskaveg

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Managing Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary in Sugar beet: One Pathogen, Three Diseases!

Speaker: Mayowa Aderoju, PhD (he/him/his) – Iowa State University

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Molecular approaches to identify Ascochyta rabiei effectors

Speaker: Amlan Arman – North Dakota State University

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Monitoring Zasmidium citri-griseum Inoculum Production in Citrus Grown Under Protective Screens

Speaker: Zahra Torkaman, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

Presenting Author: Zahra Torkaman, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

Author: Lauren Diepenbrock

Author: Megan Dewdney, Associate Professor – University of Florida

8:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Survey of Colletotrichum species diversity in Mid-Atlantic cucurbits

Speaker: Adelaide Mullin (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Citrus HLB Disease

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Citrus HLB Disease

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time

The “Grove-First” Framework: Finding Therapies for Citrus Trees Infected with Huanglongbing

Presenting Author: Michelle L. Heck – USDA-ARS, Emerging Pest and Pathogen Research Unit

Author: Nicholas Larson – United States Department of Agriculture

Author: Guilherme Locatelli – University of Florida

Author: Ellen Cochrane – University of Florida

Author: Cody estes – Estes Citrus, Inc.

Author: Lynn Johnson – Cornell University

Author: Ariana Makar – United States Department of Agriculture

Author: Frank Giles – Citrus Industry Magazine

Author: Marco Pitino – United States Department of Agriculture

Author: Nursena Demirden – DOE ORISE, USDA Agricultural Research Service

Author: Robert Shatters – USDA Agricultural Research Service

Author: Robert Adair – Florida Research Center

Author: Lorenzo Rossi – University of Florida

Author: Riley McKenna – McKenna and Associates Citrus, Inc.

Author: Brian Scully – USDA Agricultural Research Service

Author: Mark A. Ritenour, PhD – University of Florida/IRREC

Author: Randall Niedz – United States Department of Agriculture

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Novel therapies targeting Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in citrus phloem using glucose-conjugated antibiotics and single-chain antibodies

Presenting Author: Jorge Ernesto Santiago Vazquez – University of Florida

Author: Robert Turgeon – Cornell University

Author: Zhongwu Guo – University of Florida

Author: Nabil Killiny – University of Florida

Author: Amit Levy, PhD – University of Florida

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Enhancing citrus resistance against Huanglongbing (HLB) through foliar application of MAMPs

Presenting Author: Jinyun Li – University of Florida

Author: Zhiqian Pang – University of Florida Citrus Research and Education Center

Author: Gitta Coaker, PhD (she/her/hers) – UC Davis

Author: Nian Wang – University of Florida

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

High Throughput Prediction of Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) Resistance/Susceptibility Protein Interactions Using AlphaFold3

Presenting Author: Mukesh Jain, PhD – Department of Plant Pathology

Author: Zhenghong Bao – Department of Plant Pathology

Author: Wardatou Boukari – Department of Plant Pathology

Author: Trishna Tiwari – Department of Horticultural Sciences

Author: Jose C. Huguet-Tapia, PhD – University of Florida

Author: Carlos D. Messina – Department of Horticultural Sciences

Author: Rosemary Loria – Department of Plant Pathology

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

A Multi-Faceted Approach to Managing Huanglongbing (HLB) in Florida Citrus Orchards

Presenting Author: Sanju Kunwar, PhD – Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida

Author: Ozgur Batuman, PhD – Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida

Author: Lauren Fessler Mathews, n/a – University of Florida

Author: Ana Redondo, n/a – Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida

Author: Fernando Alferez – University of Florida

Author: Ute Albrecht – University of Florida

Author: Ioannis Ampatzidis – University of Florida

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Data-Driven Insights and Imaging

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Data-Driven Insights and Imaging

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Machine learning and High-Resolution Satellite Imagery for Red Crown Rot Detection in Illinois Soybean

Presenting Author: Bruno D. Pugliese – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Author: Juan A. Paredes – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Author: Nicolas Martin – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Author: Dennis Bowman – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Author: Boris X. Camiletti – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Numerical Study of Light Scattering in Plant Leaves via Finite-Difference Time-Domain Simulations

Presenting Author: Da-Young Lee

Author: Dong-Yeop Na

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time

What’s Healthy Now and What’s Next? Integrating Drone-Based Canopy Health Mapping and Machine Learning for Risk Prediction in Strawberries

Presenting Author: Jon R. Detka – California State University Monterey Bay

Author: Forrest S. Melton – California State University, Monterey Bay, CA; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Author: AJ Purdy – California State University, Monterey Bay, CA ; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Author: Oleg Daugovish – University of California Cooperative Extension

Author: Chris Greer – UC Cooperative Extension San Luis Obispo County

Author: Clarence Codod – Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis

Author: Frank M. Martin, PhD – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Hyperspectral image analysis: Utilizing sweetpotato potyviruses for image-based pathogen detection

Presenting Author: Clayton Blake – LSU AGCenter

Author: Imana L. Power – LSU AgCenter Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology

Author: Madison Flasco, PhD – Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

Author: Arthur Villordon – LSU AGCenter

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

A Data-Driven Framework for Tar Spot Monitoring, Modeling, and Management in Corn

Presenting Author: Christian D. Cruz – Purdue University

Author: Brenden Lane – Purdue University

Author: Carlos Gongora-Canul – Purdue University

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Nematology

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Nematology

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Are We Losing the Resistance Battle Against Soybean Cyst Nematodes? Distribution and Virulence Phenotypes of the Nematode Populations in South Dakota

Presenting Author: Nabina Karki – South Dakota State University

Author: Connie Tande – South Dakota State University

Author: Madalyn Shires – South Dakota State University

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Globodera pallida RHA1B protein acts as a meta-effector, adding regulatory complexity to the effectorome by modulating other effector stability

Presenting Author: Joanna Kud – University of Arkansas

Author: Fangming Xiao – University of Idaho

Author: Chandan Maurya – University of Arkansas

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Diversity in Rotylenchulus reniformis reproduction biology impacts cotton growth and development

Presenting Author: Sagar GC – Clemson University

Author: Churamani Khanal – Clemson. University

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Host rhizo-microbiome mediates suppression of soybean cyst nematode

Presenting Author: Chuntao Yin – USDA-ARS

Author: Nathan Lahr – USDA-ARS

Author: Carrie Miranda – North Dakota State University

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Elucidating the Role of MigPSY Peptides in Interaction Between Plants and Root-knot Nematodes

Presenting Author: Ching-Jung Lin – UC Davis

Author: Alison Blundell – UC Davis

Author: Aarish Ali – UC Davis

Author: Chia-Hui Lin – UC Davis

Author: Henok Yimer – UC Davis

Author: Dee Dee Luu – UC Davis Plant Pathology

Author: Maria Florencia Ercoli – UC Davis

Author: Paulo Vieira – USDA

Author: Valerie Williamson – UC Davis

Author: Gitta Coaker, PhD (she/her/hers) – UC Davis

Author: Pamela Ronald – UC Davis

Author: Shahid Siddique, PhD – UC Davis

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Oomycetes

9:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Oomycetes

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Population structure and genetic relationships among Phytophthora cinnamomi isolates collected from avocado orchards in the U.S.A. and Mexico

Presenting Author: Ben Hoyt – University of California, Riverside

Author: Aidan C. Shands – University of California, Riverside

Author: Savannah Salas – University of California, Riverside

Author: Vanessa Hua – University of California, Riverside

Author: Jonathan Crane, PhD – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Author: Romina Gazis, PhD – Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, USA

Author: Monica Navia-Urrutia, PhD – University of Florida - Belle Glade, FL

Author: Liliana Cano, PhD – University of Florida

Author: Achyut Adhikari – University of Hawaii at Mānoa

Author: Miaoying Tian – University of Hawaii at Mānoa

Author: John Jifon – Texas A&M University

Author: Luz Myriam Serrato – USDA-ARS-Tropical Agriculture Research Station, Mayaguez

Author: Alejandra Mondragón-Flores – INIFAP, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales

Author: Sylvia Fernández-Pavía – Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales

Author: Nick Cauldron – Oregon State University

Author: Niklaus Grünwald – USDA-Agricultural Research Service

Author: James E. Adaskaveg – University of California, Riverside

Author: Patricia M. Manosalva – University of California, Riverside

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time

Evaluating eggplant endurance: screening for Phytophthora capsici resistance in commercial and wild eggplant accessions

Presenting Author: Emma M. Nelson – Cornell University

Author: Charles T. C. Day – Cornell University

Author: Christine Smart – Cornell University

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time

Host Resistance Screening of Baby Leaf Salad Greens Against Downy Mildew Isolates Across the Central Coast of California

Author: Emily Locke-Paddon – California Polytechnic State University

Author: Marco Fernandez – California Polytechnic State University

Author: Kallol Das – California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

Author: Kyle Brasier – VILMORIN-MIKDAO USA, INC.

Author: Charlie Dowling – VILMORIN-MIKDAO USA, INC.

Presenting Author: Shunping Ding – California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Sensitivity of the causal agent of Phytophthora blight of peppers, Phytophthora capsici, to mefenoxam and new oomycota fungicides

Presenting Author: Bullo Erena Mamo – University of Arizona Tucson

Author: Mandolina Fitzgibbon – University of Arizona Tucson

Author: Soumaila Sanogo, PhD – New Mexico State University

Author: Jiahuai Hu – University of Arizona

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time

Unraveling Mechanisms of Direct Bacteria-Oomycete Interactions using Co-Culture System

Presenting Author: Maria Indah Purnamasari – Montana State University

Author: Qing Yan – Montana State University

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Bacteriology

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Bacteriology

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Pathogenic and Genetic Bases of Species and Intraspecies Dynamics in Bacteria Causing Potato Blackleg and Soft Rot

Presenting Author: Jianjun Hao – University of Maine

Author: Xiuyan Zhang – UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

Author: Lijie Teng – University of Maine

Author: Bee K. Chim – University of Maine

12:45 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

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

Presenting Author: Jose C. Huguet-Tapia, PhD – University of Florida

Author: Mukesh Jain, PhD – Department of Plant Pathology

Author: Amit Mondal – University of Florida

Author: Alison E. Robertson – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

Author: Sanzhen Liu – Kansas State University

Author: Yousong Ding – University of Florida

Author: Frank F. White, PhD – University of Florida

1:00 PM – 1:15 AM East Coast USA Time

At the Helm of Infection: Investigating Genetic Regulators of Burkholderia glumae Virulence

Author: Jonas Padilla – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

Presenting Author: Jobelle Bruno – Louisiana State University

Author: Inderjit Barphagha – Louisiana State University

Author: Jong Hyun Ham – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Exploring the dynamics between the three clades of Xanthomonas translucens pv. translucens that causes bacterial leaf streak disease in barley

Presenting Author: Diel Velasco – North Dakota State University

Author: Glenrose D. Belen – North Dakota State University

Author: Joan Acaso – North Dakota State University

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

Author: Barney Geddes – North Dakota State University

Author: Thomas Baldwin – North Dakota State University

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Investigating the pathways of seed transmission in Xanthomonas campestris pv. incanae and the impact on the microbiome of Matthiola incana seeds

Presenting Author: Aleacia Laird – The Ohio State University

Author: Zen McKenzie – The Ohio State University

Author: Jelmer Poelstra – The Ohio State University

Author: Francesca Peduto Hand – The Ohio State University

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Mycology

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Mycology

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Evaluating Silage Corn Management: The Roles of Hybrid Selection, Fungicide Efficacy and Timing, and Harvest Timing (2022-2023)

Presenting Author: Peyton Phillips – Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

Author: Erin Burns – Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

Author: Barry Bradford – Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University

Author: Micalah Herendeen – Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

Author: William Widdicombe – Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

Author: Marty Chilvers – Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

12:45 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Identification of septoria nodorum blotch sensitivity genes in hard winter wheat

Presenting Author: Anju Maan Ara – Oklahoma State University

Author: Brett F. Carver – Oklahoma State University

Author: Timothy L. Friesen – USDA-ARS

Author: Danielle Holmes – USDA-ARS

Author: Guihua Bai – USDA-ARS Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit

Author: Paul St. Amand – USDA-ARS Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit

Author: Amy Bernardo – Kansas State University

Author: Meriem Aoun – Oklahoma State University

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Genetic resistance to novel resistance-breaking strain of pathogenic fusarium wilt in cultivated strawberry

Presenting Author: Caitlyn T. Morgan-Bailey – University of California, Davis

Author: Marta Bjornson – University of California, Davis

Author: Jade Dilla-Ermita – United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

Author: Dominique D. A. Pincot – University of California, Davis

Author: Randi A. Famula – University of California, Davis

Author: Mishi Vachev – University of California, Davis

Author: Peter M. Henry – United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Author: Mitchell J. Feldmann – University of California, Davis

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Unveiling the dual role of phenylpropanoid pathway genes in soybean defense against white mold

Presenting Author: Ashish Ranjan – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA

Author: Nick Talmo – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA

Author: Ji-Hyun Kim – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Evaluating Parental Genotypes in the Maize Nested Association Mapping (NAM) Population for Reduced Aflatoxin and Fumonisin Contamination

Presenting Author: Alison Adams – University of Georgia

Author: Emil Joson – University of Georgia

Author: Dan Jeffers – USDA-ARS Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit

Author: Ebrahiem Babiker – USDA-ARS Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit

Author: Jake Fountain – University of Georgia

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: New and Emerging Diseases

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: New and Emerging Diseases

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Identification of Fusarium species Associated with Decline of Cold-hardy Interspecific Grapevines in the Upper Midwest

Presenting Author: Brooke Dietsch – Iowa State University

Author: Kristi Gdanetz MacCready – USDA-ARS

Author: Xiaochen Yuan – Iowa State University

Author: Thaddeus Hill – Iowa State University

Author: Suzanne Slack – Iowa State University

12:45 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

High-quality genome assemblies of Colletotrichum orbiculare, a re-emerging anthracnose pathogen threatening cucurbits in the eastern U.S.

Presenting Author: Yun-Ching Tsai – University of Georgia

Author: Rashmi Pokhrel – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens

Author: Navjot Kaur, PhD – Department of Plant pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton

Author: Bhabesh Dutta, PhD – University of Georgia

Author: Marin Brewer – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM East Coast USA Time

A New Threat from an Old Foe: Impacts of Phytophthora on Oregon Nursery Production

Presenting Author: Alan Peper – Oregon State University

Author: Bryan Beck – USDA ARS

Author: Jerry Weiland – USDA-ARS

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Etiology and infection dynamics of fungal species causing stigma-end rot of kiwiberry (Actinidia arguta) in Northeastern China

Presenting Author: Shan Lin – Liaodong University

Author: heyao Xiong – Liaodong University

Author: Baizhu Qian – Liaodong University

Author: Ye Sun – Liaodong University

Author: Xiaochen Lu – Liaodong University

Author: Fengjun Zhao – Liaodong University

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Prevalence and virulence of Puccinia helianthi in the Northern Great Plains, 2023 to 2024.

Presenting Author: Zachary James Ittel – NDSU

Author: Brandt Berghuis – University of Wisconsin River Falls

Author: Jessica Scherer – North Dakota State University

Author: Kaylie Schlecht – North Dakota State University

Author: Robert Harveson – University of Nebraska

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

Author: Brent Hulke – USDA-ARS Sunflower Research Unit

Author: Bryan Hansen – North Dakota State University

Author: Samuel Markell – North Dakota State University

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Novel Research Methods

12:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Novel Research Methods

12:30 PM – 12:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Genome editing of NPR3 confers potato resistance to zebra chip disease

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

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

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

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

Author: Katherine Berg- Falloure – Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A& M University

Author: Michael V. Kolomiets – Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A& M University

Author: Kranthi K. Mandadi – Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center

12:45 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time

High-Throughput Microplate Assay to Detect QoI-Resistance in the Cercospora leaf blight Pathogen Complex of Soybean

Presenting Author: Beatriz Carvalho – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University

Author: Abdulkadir I. Dalha – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University

Author: Pedro Henrique Dias dos Santos – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University

Author: Stephanie Ramos – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University

Author: Jonathan Patrick Amie – LSU

Author: Tom W. Allen – DREC, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, USA

Author: Terry Spurlock, PhD – Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology. University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

Author: David Moseley – Dean Lee Research & Extension Center, Louisiana State University

Author: Trey Price, n/a – Macon Ridge Research Station, Louisiana State University, Winnsboro, LA 71295

Author: Boyd Padgett – Dean Lee Research & Extension Center, Louisiana State University

Author: Jonathan K. Richards – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Author: Vinson P. Doyle – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Author: Sara Thomas-Sharma – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Increasing Plant protein expression through Zein nano delivery system

Presenting Author: Preeti Maiti – University of Central Florida

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Multiplex Amplicon Sequencing for Detecting Mutations Associated with SDHI Fungicide Resistance in Alternaria solani using Oxford Nanopore Technology

Presenting Author: Sunil Shrestha – North Dakota State University

Author: Jatinder Singh – North Dakota State University

Author: Upinder Gill – North Dakota State University

Author: Julie S. Pasche – North Dakota State University

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Improving RNA persistence for effective control of sclerotinia stem rot: Investigating nanoparticle-based delivery systems

Presenting Author: Abdolbaset Azizi – North Dakota State University

Author: Achintya N. Bezbaruah – North Dakota State University

Author: Shirsa Mazumdar – North Dakota State University

Author: Luis E. del Rio Mendoza – North Dakota State Univ

12:30 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
Schroth - Faces of the Future Session

12:30 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Schroth - Faces of the Future Session

12:35 PM – 1:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Towards Unraveling Virus-Vector Interactions in Corn and Soybean to Advance Plant Disease Management

Speaker: Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

Author: Carter Casey – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

Author: Hia Kalita – Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology Interdepartmental Graduate Program & Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

Author: Juliana Osse de Souza – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

Author: Adriana Larrea-Sarmiento – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

Author: Erin Hodgson – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

Author: Daren S. Mueller, n/a – Iowa State University

Author: Alison E. robertson, Dr – Iowa State University

1:20 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Selective magnetic bead-based RNA capture assisted nanopore sequencing of tobamoviruses infecting tomato

Presenting Author: Francisco Mosquera-Yuqui – Oklahoma State University

Author: Francisco M. Ochoa-Corona – Oklahoma State University

Author: Stephen Marek – Oklahoma State University

Author: Andres S. Espindola – Oklahoma State University

2:05 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

What can maize teach us about plant virology?

Presenting Author: Jennifer R. Wilson – USDA-ARS Corn, Soybean & Wheat Quality Research Unit

2:50 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Genomic, Phylogenetic, and Functional Characterization of Novel Resistance-Breaking Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Strains

Author: Senthilraja Chinnaiah – Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Author: Vamsidhar Reddy Netla – University of Georgia

Author: Arinder Arora – Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, PhD – University of Georgia

Presenting Author: Kiran R. Gadhave, PhD – Texas AandM AgriLife Research

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Chemical Control

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Chemical Control

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Reducing chlorothalonil use in Peanut disease management

Presenting Author: Amanda L. Strayer-Scherer, PhD – Auburn University

Author: Livleen Kaur – Pennsylvania State University

Author: Maxwell L. Cavassa – Auburn University

Author: Howard L. Campbell – Auburn Univ, Dept. Entology & Plant Path

Author: Katherine B. Burch – Auburn University

Author: Austin K. Hagan – Auburn Univ, Dept. Entology & Plant Path

Author: Christopher Parker – Auburn University

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Evaluation of commercial sugar beet varieties and nematode management products against Heterodera schachtii in Imperial Valley, California

Presenting Author: Becky B. Westerdahl – University of California, Davis

Author: Kelley Richardson – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Sam Farr United States Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center, Salinas, California, USA

Author: O. Bachie – UCANR

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

In vitro and field evaluation of chemical and biological products for chestnut brown rot control (caused by Gnomoniospis smithogilvyi) in Michigan

Presenting Author: Giorgia Bastianelli – Michigan State Univ

Author: Mario Mandujano – Michigan State University

Author: Kerri Neugebauer – Michigan State University

Author: Cory Outwater – Michigan State University

Author: Timothy Miles, PhD – Michigan State University

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Fungicide Application to Manage Soybean Foliar Disease in Oklahoma: Is it worth it?

Presenting Author: Luana Muller – Oklahoma State University

Author: Gabriel Ferreira Paiva – Universidade Federal de Vicosa

Author: Maira R. Duffeck, n/a – Oklahoma State University

Author: Josh Lofton – Oklahoma State University

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

The evolving landscape of fungicide insensitivity: lessons from cucurbit powdery mildew

Presenting Author: Amanda McVay, M.S. – University of Florida

Author: Katherine Hendricks – University of Florida

Author: Gary Vallad, PhD – University of Florida

Author: Pamela Roberts, PhD – University of Florida

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Effector Research

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Effector Research

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Know your enemy: mining Meloidogyne chitwoodi effectors

Presenting Author: Marcella Alves Teixeira – Washington State University

Author: Itsuhiro Ko – Washington State University

Author: Sapinder Bali – J.R. Simplot

Author: Cynthia Gleason – Washington State University

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

A Work of ART: Characterizing secreted protein ART12 as a putative effector in rice blast pathogenesis

Presenting Author: Rachel Kalicharan – University of Florida

Author: Jessie Fernandez – University of Florida

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ (Lso) effectors and their function in plant immune response.

Presenting Author: Julien G. Levy – Texas A&M university- AgriLife-Horticultural Sciences

Author: Junepyo G. Oh – Texas A&M university- Entomology

Author: Blane Daugherty – Texas A&M university- AgriLife

Author: Cecilia Tamborindeguy – Texas A&M university- AgriLife-Entomology

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Molecular docking of host-derived small molecules against pathogen effectors for novel drug leads in a plant disease complex

Presenting Author: Usman Bello Rabiu – Oklahoma State University

Author: Mustafa O. Jibrin – Oklahoma State University

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Oral Presentation Withdrawn

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Epidemiology

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Epidemiology

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Comparative analysis of tar spot disease impact on corn health: disease pressure, fungicide efficacy and hybrid performance

Presenting Author: Fidel E. Jiménez-Beitia – Michigan State University

Author: Andrea Dolezal – Bayer Crop Science Corporate

Author: Mercedes Diaz-Arias – Bayer

Author: Rod Stevenson – Bayer Crop Science Corporate

Author: Micalah Herendeen – Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

Author: Marty Chilvers – Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Temporal dynamics of frogeye leaf spot caused by Cercospora sojina in soybeans

Presenting Author: Elias Zuchelli, n/a – University of Tennessee

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

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Aerial dispersal of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. fragariae: A missing link in the disease cycle?

Presenting Author: Gabriel Sacher – Penn State

Author: Nicholas LeBlanc – USDA

Author: Peter M. Henry – United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service

Author: sharifa Crandall – The Pennsylvania State University

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Investigating the timing of airborne conidia of Cercospora spp. in soybean fields across twenty states in the U.S.

Presenting Author: Abdulkadir I. Dalha – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University

Author: Tom W. Allen – DREC, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS, USA

Author: Jonathan Patrick Amie – LSU

Author: Alyssa Betts, n/a – University of Delaware

Author: Mandy Bish, n/a – University of Missouri

Author: Jason Bond – Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Author: Carl A. Bradley – University of Kentucky

Author: Martin I. Chilvers, n/a – Michigan State University

Author: Allysa Collins – Pennsylvania State University

Author: Vinson P. Doyle – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Author: Paul Esker – Penn State

Author: Ahmad Fakhoury, n/a – Southern Illinois University

Author: Travis R. Faske – University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

Author: Lucia Hyzer – University of Wisconsin

Author: Fidel E. Jiménez-Beitia – Michigan State University

Author: Heather Marie Kelly, n/a – University of Tennessee

Author: David Langston – Virginia Tech

Author: Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora, Dr. – The Ohio State University

Author: Dean Malvick, n/a – University of Minnesota

Author: Dylan Mangel, n/a – University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Author: Febina Mathew, PhD – Department of Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102

Author: Daren S. Mueller, n/a – Iowa State University

Author: Trey Price, n/a – Macon Ridge Research Station, Louisiana State University, Winnsboro, LA 71295

Author: Alexander Richardson – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Author: Alejandro Rojas – Michigan State University

Author: Edward Sikora – Auburn University

Author: Ian M. Small, n/a – University of Florida, Plant Pathology, North Florida Research and Education Center

Author: Damon L. Smith, n/a – University of Wisconsin–Madison

Author: Darcy Telenko, n/a – Purdue University

Author: Richard Wade Webster, n/a – North Dakota State University

Author: Teresa Wilkerson – Mississippi State University

Author: Shalini Yerukala – University of Wisconsin-Madison

Author: Jonathan K. Richards – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Author: Sara Thomas-Sharma – Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Knowing the phytosanitary status of potato diseases in colombia using data science and multi-approach models

Presenting Author: Laura A. Valbuena Gaona, CPSS – Laboratorio de Agrocomputación y Análisis Epidemiológico. Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Author: William A. Leon-Rueda – Federación Colombiana de Productores de Papa - Fedepapa

Author: Camilo Niño – Federación Colombiana de Productores de Papa - Fedepapa

Author: Joaquin Guillermo Guillermo Ramirez-Gil, PhD – Laboratorio de Agrocomputación y Análisis Epidemiológico. Universidad Nacional de Colombia

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
TECHNICAL SESSION: Tree Diseases

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

TECHNICAL SESSION: Tree Diseases

2:15 PM – 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Phages in Action: Their Role in Bacterial Virulence on Plants

Presenting Author: Daniel W. Maddock – Michigan State University

Author: Sophia Liberto – Michigan State University

Author: George W. Sundin – Michigan State University

Author: Michelle T. Hulin – Michigan State University

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM East Coast USA Time

Strengthening laurel wilt surveillance: A regional and global integrated strategy

Presenting Author: Aaron Plex Sula, BS – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Author: Romaric Armel Mouafo-Tchinda, PhD – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Author: Berea A. Etherton, PhD – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Author: Robin Choudhury, PhD – University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley, TX, USA

Author: Romina Gazis, PhD – Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, USA

Author: Ben Faber – Cooperative Extension, University of California, Ventura, CA, USA

Author: Daniel Carrillo – Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, USA

Author: Jonathan Crane, PhD – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Author: Karen A. Garrett, PhD – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time

Cronartium x flexili: Detection of interspecific F1 hybrids reveals frequent hybridization in tree rust pathogens

Presenting Author: Shankar Prasad Gaire – Colorado State University

Author: Olga Kozhar – Colorado State University

Author: Jane E. Stewart – Colorado State University

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Investigating the leaf microbiome as a means of disease resistance against coffee leaf rust (CLR, Hemileia vastatrix) in Hawaii

Presenting Author: Samira Fatemi – Synergistic Hawaii Agriculture Council

Author: Charles Mason – USDA

Author: Melissa Johnson – USDA-ARS-DKI-PBARC

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Citrus black spot intensity is influenced by timing of infection by Phyllosticta citricarpa and fruit developmental stage in South Africa

Presenting Author: Providence Moyo – Citrus Research International

Author: Regis Fialho – Department of Research and Development, Fund for Citrus Protection (Fundecitrus)

Author: Geraldo José Silva Júnior – Department of Research and Development, Fund for Citrus Protection (Fundecitrus)

Author: Paul H. Fourie – Citrus Research International

3:45 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
Poster Viewing with Authors Present (A) (Group 1)

3:45 PM – 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time

Poster Viewing with Authors Present (A) (Group 1)

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
POD Talks

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time

POD Talks

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time

POD TItle 70

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time

POD Title 71

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
Poster Viewing with Authors Present (B) (Group 1)

4:30 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time

Poster Viewing with Authors Present (B) (Group 1)