Annual Meeting Program Book - American Phytopathological Society

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Prepare for Your Future: Career Opportunities After
Graduate School: Option 1 – Industry
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.; A107-109
Section: Professionalism/Outreach
Organizers: Paul Kuhn, Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc., Vero
Beach, FL, U.S.A.; Heather Olson, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; Lorianne Fought, Bayer
CropScience LP, Fresno, CA, U.S.A.; Courtney Gallup, North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Moderators: Heather Olson, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.; James Frank, Private Consultant,
Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Sponsoring Committees: Graduate Student; Industry
This session will inform graduate students about careers for
plant pathologists in the private sector. The session will open
by exploring some popular misconceptions about working in
industry. Speakers will explore the breadth of opportunities
available and discuss the skills needed to obtain your first
position and to develop your career. Later symposia in this
series will focus on careers in academic and government
sectors.
1:00 p.m. S-21. Dispelling the myths of working in
industry. P. KUHN (1). (1) Syngenta Crop
Protection, Inc., Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
1:15 p.m. S-22. Acquiring the skills to get the job you want.
B. OLSON (1). (1) Dow AgroSciences LLC,
Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
1:30 p.m. S-23. Putting it together – Getting the job you
want with the right resume. R. KAISER (1). (1)
Valent BioSciences Corp., Libertyville, IL, U.S.A.
2:00 p.m. S-24. A year in the life of a field scientist. R.
BOUNDS (1). (1) Syngenta Crop Protection,
Visalia, CA, U.S.A.
2:15 p.m. S-25. A year in the life of an agricultural
consultant. C. BECKER (1). (1) BAAR Scientific
LLC, Romulus, NY, U.S.A.
2:30 p.m. S-26. Pathology roles in disease resistance
discovery and implementation. P. HIMMEL
(1). (1) Seminis Vegetable Seeds, a division of
Monsanto, Woodland, CA, U.S.A.
2:45 p.m. S-27. Developing your career in industry. L.
FOUGHT (1). (1) Bayer CropScience LP, Fresno,
CA, U.S.A.
3:15 p.m. Discussion
Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation in Plant-
Associated Bacteria
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.; B115-116
Section: Biology of Pathogens
Organizers: Caroline Roper, University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT, U.S.A.; Susanne von Bodman, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT, U.S.A.
Moderator: Caroline Roper, University of Connecticut, Storrs,
CT, U.S.A.
Sponsoring Committee: Bacteriology
The concept of bacterial multicellularity or social behavior is at
the forefront of modern microbiology. Bacteria communicate
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with one another via self-produced small molecules often
called autoinducers. Perception of these small molecules allows
bacteria to mount a coordinated response in a population
density-dependent manner. This phenomenon is known as
quorum sensing (QS). Recent advances have shown that
QS can occur in organized microbial communities called
biofilms. Biofilms are often associated with chronic infections.
Understanding the molecular mechanisms that mediate
biofilm formation and the bacterial signaling that goes on
inside a microbial biofilm is key in developing successful
disease management strategies for bacterial plant pathogens.
1:00 p.m. S-28. Quorum sensing in the plant pathogenic
bacteria: The Pantoea stewartii paradigm. S. VON
BODMAN (1). (1) University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT, U.S.A.
1:30 p.m. S-29. Polar attachment, a unipolar polysaccharide
adhesin and cellular asymmetry determinants of
Agrobacterium tumefaciens. C. FUQUA (1). (1)
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
2:00 p.m. S-30. The role of quorum sensing and phenazine
antibiotics in biofilm formation by Pseudomonas
chlororaphis 30-84. E. PIERSON (1). (1)
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
2:30 p.m. S-31. Plant factors and other bacterial residents
modulate iron levels on leaves thereby influencing
quorum sensing controlled epiphytic fitness and
virulence in Pseudomonas syringae. S. LINDOW (1).
(1) University of California, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
3:00 p.m. S-32. DSF signaling and biofilm formation in
Xanthomonas campestris. M. DOW (1), M. R.
Marano (2), A. A. Vojnov (3). (1) University
College Cork, Ireland; (2) University of Rosario,
Argentina; (3) Fundacion Pablo Cassara, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
oral TeChnICal sessIons –
sunday afternoon
Listed in alphabetical order by title.
Biological Control
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.; C124
Section: Plant Disease Management
Moderators: Kenneth Damann, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A.; Joe Nunez, University of California
Coop Ext, Bakersfield, CA, U.S.A.
1:00 p.m. O-1. Field assessment of non-toxigenic Aspergillus
flavus strain K49 in competitive displacement
of toxigenic isolates. H. K. ABBAS (1), R. M.
Zablotowicz (2), H. A. Bruns (3), C. A. Abel (4),
M. A. Weaver (2). (1) USDA ARS CG&PRU,
Stoneville, MS, U.S.A.; (2) Southern Weed
Science Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville,
MS, U.S.A.; (3) Crop Genetic and Production
Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS,
U.S.A.; (4) Southern Insect Management Research
Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS, U.S.A.
1:15 p.m. O-2. Biological control of aflatoxin contamination