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ViewAttendees 5

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Student Competition 10-Minute Paper

Grad P-IE: Vectors

Monday, November 1, 2021
8:00 AM – 10:25 AM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 108-110

In-Person Student Competition

    Moderator(s)

  • SR

    Swapna Priya Rajarapu

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    North Carolina State University
    Raleigh, North Carolina

  • Murad Ghanim

    Research Scientist
    Department of Entomology
    Volcani Institute
    Rishon LeZion, HaMerkaz, Israel

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MT
    Acquisition and transmission of lethal bronzing phytoplasma by Haplaxius crudus

    Presenting Author: De-Fen Mou – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Brandon A. Di Lella – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Ericka Helmick – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Brian William Bahder – University of Florida

  • 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MT
    Aphid-mediated transmission of cotton leafroll dwarf virus to and from alternate hosts

    Presenting Author: Sudeep Pandey – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Sudeep Bag – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Phillip Roberts – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Alana Lynn Jacobson – Auburn University

    Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan – University of Georgia

  • 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MT
    Assessing the response of the potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli) in response to various doses of electron beam irradiation

    Presenting Author: Jaclyn Martin – Texas A&M University

    Co-Author: Keyan Zhu-Salzman – Texas A&M University

  • 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MT
    Do onion thrips prefer to feed on healthy or anthracnose inoculated onion plants?

    Presenting Author: Natalie Constancio – Michigan State University

    Co-Author: Zsofia Szendrei – Michigan State University

  • 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MT
    Effects of a crop-associated virus on host performance and aphid vector behavior

    Presenting Author: Tessa Shates – University of California

    Co-Author: Kerry Elizabeth Mauck – University of California

  • 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MT
    Hurricane Michael: Impacts of wind-damage on root feeding beetles and their associated blue-stain fungi within a longleaf pine woodland

    Presenting Author: Crystal Bishop – Jones Center at Ichauway

    Co-Author: Kamal Gandhi – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Caterina Villari – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Kier D. Klepzig – Jones Center at Ichauway

  • 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MT
    Meet me in the middle: Leafhopper feeding preference alters the natural distribution of Salmonella enterica on tomato leaflets

    Presenting Author: Victoria L. Harrod – University of Wisconsin

    Co-Author: Russell Groves – University of Wisconsin

    Co-Author: Jeri Barak – University of Wisconsin

  • 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MT
    Monitoring Haplaxius crudusnNymph phenology and distribution in a palm nursery setting

    Presenting Author: Brandon A. Di Lella – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Brian William Bahder – University of Florida

    Co-Author: De-Fen Mou – University of Florida

  • 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MT
    Relationships with wild host plants and psyllid vectors influence the persistence and spread of a unique genetic variant of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum in California

    Presenting Author: Jaimie R. Kenney – University of California

    Co-Author: Kerry Elizabeth Mauck – University of California

  • 9:48 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    Assessing DNA degradation of important plant pathogens and their associated vectors on sticky traps in Florida

    Presenting Author: Melody Bloch – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Ericka Helmick – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Brian William Bahder – University of Florida

  • 10:00 AM – 10:12 AM MT
    Identification of a transcriptionally-responsive, TSWV-interacting protein in Frankliniella occidentalis first instar guts

    Presenting Author: Jinlong Han – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Karen B. Alviar – University of the Philippines

    Co-Author: Anna E. Whitfield – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Dorith Rotenberg – North Carolina State University

  • 10:12 AM – 10:24 AM MT
    Detection of viruliferous thrips transmitting tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) under field conditions in peanut

    Presenting Author: Yi-Ju Chen – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Mark R. Abney – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Soraya Bertioli – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Sudeep Bag – University of Georgia