Session: Vector-Virus Interactions in Agro Ecosystems: Approaches, Advancements, and Limitations (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Room 105, First Floor (Convention Center)

Organizers:

Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan
Juan M. Alvarez

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

1:33 PM

0846

Onion thrips and Iris yellow spot virus interactions in an onion ecosystem

Brian A. Nault, Cornell University; Cynthia L. Hsu, Cornell University; Erik A. Smith, Cornell University, NYSAES; Tony Shelton, Cornell University; Marc F. Fuchs, Cornell University; Christy Hoepting, Cornell Cooperative Extension

1:56 PM

0847

A risk model for thrips-vectored tomato spotted wilt virus

David G. Riley, University of Georgia

2:19 PM

0848

Whitefly-transmitted viruses: Bemisia tabaci in vegetable crops

Alvin Simmons, USDA - ARS; Shaaban Abd-Rabou, Ministry of Agriculture, ARC; Kai-Shu Ling, USDA - ARS; Gamila A. Hekail, Ministry of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Center

2:42 PM

0849

Aphid-virus interactions in Idaho potato ecosystems

Juan Manuel Alvarez, University of Idaho; Felix Cervantes, University of Florida; Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, University of Georgia

3:05 PM

0850

Whitefly and virus interactions in cotton and cantaloupe in the southwestern US

S. J. Castle, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

3:28 PM

Break

3:43 PM

0851

Aphid transmissibility of citrus tristeza virus: impact on isolate variation and epidemiology

Diane E. Ullman, University of California

4:06 PM

0852

Soybean aphid and its impact on potato virus transmission

Jeffrey A. Davis, Louisiana State University; David Ragsdale, Texas A&M University; Edward B. Radcliffe, University of Minnesota

4:29 PM

0853

Progress in functional genomics and proteomics for the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

Judith K. Brown, University of Arizona

4:52 PM

0854

Iris yellow spot virus: vector status of thrips species and evaluation of an indicator host

Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, University of Georgia; David G. Riley, University of Georgia; Anitha Chitturi, University of Georgia; Ron Gitaitis, University of Georgia; Hanu Pappu, Washington State University

5:15 PM

Panel Discussion

5:25 PM

Concluding Remarks

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