Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Vectors of Plant Disease 2

Moderator(s)

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  Dylan Beal

  UC IPM Entomology Advisor
  UC ANR
  Seaside, California
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  Jinlong Han

  Postdoctoral Research Associate
  Department of Agricultural Biology
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  Bottom-up effects of nutrient availability and disease infection on above- and belowground herbivores
  

  Presenting Author: Haotian Liu – Rutgers University

  Co-Author: Cesar R. Rodriguez-Saona (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Developing a new molecular assay for detection and differentiation of palm lethal decline phytoplasmas in Africa
  

  Presenting Author: Melody Bloch (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Ericka Helmick – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Fabian Pilet – CIRAD

  Co-Author: Brian W. Bahder – University of Florida
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Evaluating effects of virus infection on alfalfa yield by comparing yield, quality, and virus prevalence (SRAV, AMV, and BLRV) in insecticide-treated versus check plots​
  

  Presenting Author: Apekshya Senchuri (she/her/hers) – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Christopher W. Rogers – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Alexander Karasev – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Erik J. Wenninger (he/him/his) – University of Idaho
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Evaluating snap bean germplasm lines for resistance to sweet potato whitefly and associated viruses in Georgia
  

  Presenting Author: Gurjit Singh – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Bhabesh Dutta – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  Impact of natural vegetation on barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) epidemiology
  

  Presenting Author: Shirin Parizad – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Arash Rashed – Virginia Tech
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Investigating the effects of invasive grasses on Aedes aegypti behavior: Laboratory and field study findings
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Medelez – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Pushpa Soti – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Christopher J. Vitek – University of Texas
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Reducing sweetpotato reinfection through vector management
  

  Presenting Author: Rachel E. Morrison (she/her/hers) – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Lorin Harvey – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Natraj Krishnan – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Sead Sabanadzovic – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Fred R. Musser (he/him/his) – Mississippi State University
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MST

  Utilizing high throughput sequencing to understand the movement of pollen-borne viruses at the agroecological interface
  

  Presenting Author: Mandeep Tayal – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Elise Schnabel – Clemson University

  Co-Author: Christopher Wilson – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Elizabeth J. Cieniewicz (she/her/hers) – Clemson University