A Formidable Foe to Agriculture: Sweetpotato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

Organizer(s)

• 

  Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his)

  Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Georgia
  Griffin, Georgia
• 

  Alvin Simmons

  Research Entomologist
  ARS, Vegetable Research
  USDA-ARS
  Charleston, South Carolina
• JB

  Judith Brown (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  School of Plant Sciences
  University of Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona
• AM

  Allen Moore

  University of Georgia
  Athens, Georgia

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM MST

  Molecular evidence shows that intraspecific hybridization has shaped the evolution of cassava Bemisia tabaci Sub-Saharan Africa cryptic species
  

  Presenting Author: Jorge Paredes – Saginaw Valley State University

  Co-Author: Judith K. Brown (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM MST

  The global whitefly parasitoids handbook: An identification manual to their most effective natural enemies
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew Polaszek (he/him/his) – Natural History Museum, London UK

  Co-Author: Zachary Lahey – USDA-ARS
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM MST

  Molecular phylogenetics of Eretmocerus Haldeman (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) imported and released in the United States for control of an invasive species of Bemisia Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Zachary Lahey – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: John Goolsby – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Don Vacek – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Andrew Polaszek (he/him/his) – Natural History Museum, London UK

  Co-Author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Sharon Andreason – USDA-ARS
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM MST

  An overview of whitefly transmitted viruses in GA landscape
  

  Presenting Author: Sudeep Bag – University of Georgia
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM MST

  Parallel analysis of gut and salivary glands proteomes-transcriptomes of the Bemisia tabaci NAFME cryptic species to identify effectors involved in whitefly-squash leaf curl virus transmission
  

  Presenting Author: Judith K. Brown (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Meenal Vyas – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Chandra Sarapalli – University of Arizona
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM MST

  Specificity in virus transmission by two important Bemisia tabaci cryptic species
  

  Presenting Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Scott Adkins – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Judith K. Brown (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS
• 3:30 PM – 3:35 PM MST

  Break
• 3:35 PM – 3:50 PM MST

  Identification of begomovirus coat protein interacting partner(s) from Bemisia tabaci
  

  Presenting Author: Banani Mondal – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Saptarshi Ghosh – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sudeep Pandey – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Michael Anthony Catto (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
• 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM MST

  Host plant species is a predominant determinant of begomovirus and whitefly interactions: A case study
  

  Presenting Author: Sudeep Pandey – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Michael Anthony Catto (he/him/his) – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Saurabh Gautam – Alliance of Pest Control Districts

  Co-Author: Habibu Mugerwa – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
• 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM MST

  Avoiding whitefly-transmitted sweet potato leaf curl virus: Strategies for sweetpotato breeding and production
  

  Presenting Author: Sharon Andreason – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Phillip Wadl – USDA-ARS
• 4:35 PM – 4:40 PM MST

  Break
• 4:40 PM – 4:45 PM MST

  Poster session
• 4:40 PM – 4:45 PM MST

  Biological and chemical control of whiteflies
  

  Presenting Author: Jawwad Qureshi – University of Florida
• 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM MST

  Plant chemicals biosynthetic strategies and plant defense mechanisms against selected natural enemies of whiteflies
  

  Presenting Author: Isiaka Owolabi – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Petrina McKenzie-Reynolds – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Gaelen R. Burke – University of Georgia
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM MST

  Effects of intercropping marigold, cowpea and insecticidal soap on whitefly population in organic squash
  

  Presenting Author: Oscar E. Liburd – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Marice Lopez – USDA-ARS
• 5:15 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  The entomopathogenic approach to whitefly management and its compatibility with insecticides
  

  Presenting Author: Jermaine D. Perier (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: David I. Shapiro-Ilan – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Alvin M. Simmons – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael D. Toews – University of Georgia