Session: Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, P-IE: Vectors of Plant Diseases (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Monday, December 13, 2010: 9:20 AM-12:00 PM

Pacific, Salon 6-7 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Moderator:

Elaine Backus

9:20 AM

Welcoming Remarks

9:25 AM

0512

Virus transmission in winter wheat: Potential suppression by natural enemies

Katelyn A. Kowles, University of Kentucky; Douglas W. Johnson, University of Kentucky; James D. Harwood, University of Kentucky

9:37 AM

0513

Detection and distribution of bean pod mottle virus in soybean and bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) vectors in eastern Virginia

Meredith Cassell, Virginia Tech; Thomas P. Kuhar, Virginia Tech; Sue Tolin, Virginia Tech; Peter Schultz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

9:49 AM

0514

Host plant-virus interactions on green peach aphid population dynamics

Everlyne Nafula Wosula, Louisiana State University; Jeffrey A. Davis, Louisiana State University; Christopher Clark, Louisiana State University

10:01 AM

0515

Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) feeding behavior is altered by Tomato spotted wilt virus (Bunyaviridae, Tospovirus) infection

Candice A. Stafford, University of California -Davis; Diane E. Ullman, University of California; Greg Walker, University of California - Riverside

10:13 AM

0516

Predator diversity impacts herbivore abundance and distribution: consequences for a vector-borne plant pathogen

Elizabeth Y. Long, University of Missouri; Deborah Finke, University of Missouri

10:25 AM

0517

Transstadial transmission of Pythium in Bradysia impatiens (Diptera: Sciaridae) and investigation of fungus gnat vectoring capacity

Sarah Braun, Cornell University; Louela A. Castrillo, Cornell University; John Sanderson, Cornell University; Margery Daughtrey, Cornell University; Stephen P. Wraight, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

10:37 AM

Break

10:50 AM

0518

Impact of the potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae), on potato yield and seed quality

Jeremy L. Buchman, Washington State University; Joseph E. Munyaneza, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Venkatesan Sengoda, USDA-ARS; David R. Horton, USDA-ARS

11:02 AM

0519

Variation in aster yellows phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris) titer in its insect vector, Macrosteles quadrilineatus

Kenneth E. Frost, Univeristy of Wisconsin; David K. Willis, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison; Russell L. Groves, University of Wisconsin

11:14 AM

0520

Seasonal flight dynamic of aphid species in occurrence with Potato virus Y infection in commercial potato fields

Natalie Hernandez, University of Wisconsin; Emily Mueller, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Ruth Genger, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amy Charkowski, University of Wisconsin; Brian Atkinson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Russell L. Groves, University of Wisconsin

11:26 AM

0521

Evaluation of thrips-mediated Tomato spotted wilt virus transmission to screen TSWV-resistant peanut genotypes

Anita Shrestha, University of Georgia; Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan, University of Georgia; David G. Riley, University of Georgia; Albert K. Culbreath, University of Georgia

11:38 AM

0522

Investigation of potential plant reservoir hosts of Xylella fastidiosa in Oklahoma

Lisa M. Overall, Oklahoma State University; Eric Rebek, Oklahoma State University

11:50 AM

Concluding Remarks

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