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Joint Session: Linking Soil Macrofaunal and Microbial Communities with Crop Dynamics Including Diseases

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 11:00 AM-2:30 PM
101 J (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Christopher Penton
Christopher Penton
Moderators:
Christopher Penton
Christopher Penton


11:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
11:05 AM
Biological suppression of crop diseases: Role of microbial communities and microflora-faunal interactions
Gupta Vadakattu, CSIRO ; Stephen Neate, University of Southern Queensland ; Christopher Penton, Arizona State University ; James Tiedje, Michigan State University
11:20 AM
Micorrhizal Fugi: A biocontrol agent of plant parasitic nematodes
Krishnaswamy Jayachandran, Florida International University ; Eduardo Peres, Florida International University ; Pushpa Soti, Florida International University
11:50 AM
Lunch Break
1:00 PM
Soil microbial ecology associated with disease control of Fusarium oxysporum f. Sp. Cucumerinum in Cucumis sativus cultivation following soil fumigation with anhydrous ammonia in China
Joshua Kendall, The Ohio State University ; Warren Dick, The Ohio State University ; Richard Dick, The Ohio State University
1:15 PM
Measuring cover crop benefits from a fungal perspective
Maria Benitez, USDA - ARS ; Wendy Taheri, USDA - ARS ; Michael Lehman, USDA - ARS
1:30 PM
Natural disease suppression of Rhizoctonia by a network of fungal players: Evidence of direct competition and competitive exclusion
Christopher Penton, Arizona State University ; Gupta Vadakattu, CSIRO ; James Tiedje, Michigan State University ; Stephen Neate, University of Southern Queensland ; Kathy Ophel-Keller, South Australian Research and Development Institute ; Michael Gillings, Macquarie University ; Paul Harvey, CSIRO ; David Roget, CSIRO
1:45 PM
Specificity of root-bacterial interactions for drought stress tolerance in winter wheat
Mary Stromberger, Colorado State University ; Patrick Byrne, Colorado State University ; Daniel Manter, USDA - ARS ; Tiffany Weir, Colorado State University ; Galel Saleh, Colorado State University
2:00 PM
Tripartite plant-soil-microbial relationships may impact changing tree species distributions
Daniel Keymer, University of Wisconsin ; Richard Lankau, University of Wisconsin
2:15 PM
Diffusible signals in associations of rice with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Audrey Kalil, University of Wisconsin ; Marcus Babcock, University of Wisconsin ; Jeremy Volkening, University of Wisconsin ; Michael Sussman, University of Wisconsin ; Jean-Michel Ané, University of Wisconsin
2:30 PM
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