SPECIAL SESSION: I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Harnessing Host Resistance to Strengthen Management Strategies Amidst Global Threats

Moderator(s)

• CF

  Carrie Fearer

  Assistant Professor
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

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Presentations:

• 2:40 PM - 3:20 PM HST

  Arachis Assemble: Recruiting New Heroes for Peanut Leaf Spot Resistance
  

  Speaker: Alexi K. Dong – University of Georgia

  Author: Mark Hopkins – University of Georgia

  Author: David Bertioli – University of Georgia

  Author: Soraya Leal-Bertioli – University of Georgia
• 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM HST

  Transcriptomic response of potato to Spongospora subterranea f.sp. subterranea and Potato Mop Top Virus infection
  

  Speaker: Samodya Kushani Jayasinghe (she/her/hers) – Washington State University

  Author: Stephen Ficklin – Washington State University

  Author: Kiwamu Tanaka, Professor – Washington State University
• 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM HST

  Identifying Candidate Genes associated with Gray Leaf Spot and Crown Rust Resistance in Tall Fescue using GWAS
  

  Speaker: HARSHITA SAXENA, PhD – University of Georgia

  Author: Bikash Ghimire, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  Author: Phillip Vines – University of Georgia

  Author: Darrian Talamantes – University of Georgia

  Author: Matthew Robbins – USDA-ARS

  Author: Jason Wallace – University of Georgia

  Author: Shaun Bushman – USDA-ARS

  Author: Alfredo Martinez-Espinoza, PhD – University of Georgia

  Author: Paul Raymer – University of Georgia

  Author: Bochra Amina Bahri, PhD – University of Georgia