Annual Meeting Program Book - American Phytopathological Society

TuesdaY
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Publish with APS PRESS – Open House for Prospective Authors Exhibit Hall A
3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Posters Authors Present – even-numbered posters Exhibit Hall A
5:30 – 6:45 p.m. Awards & Honors Ceremony Oregon Ballroom 202
5:30 – 10:00 p.m. Exhibit Take-down Exhibit Hall A
7:00 – 11:00 p.m. Final Night Celebration Portland Ballroom
TuesdaY hIghlIghTs
Department Heads Breakfast
7:00 – 9:00 a.m.; F149
Heads of plant pathology or related departments discuss issues
affecting universities around the country. Ticket purchase
required.
Pacific Division Business Meeting Lunch
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.; E146
During the Pacific Division Business Meeting the Division
Awards, the winner of the Graduate Student Competition will
be announced. Ticket purchase required for lunch.
Final Night Celebration
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.; Portland Ballroom
Wrap up the 2009 APS Annual Meeting at the Final Night
Celebration! Mingle with new contacts and old colleagues
while enjoying food, beverages, and live music from The
Groove! Don’t forget your dancing shoes to boogie to classics,
oldies and today’s top 40 hits! Don’t miss this must-attend
event. Ticket is included with full registration.
sPeCIal sessIons – Tuesday Morning
Listed in alphabetical order by title.
9th I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Integrating
Pre- and Postharvest Views of Yield and Quality Loss
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.; A107-109
Section: Epidemiology/Ecology/Environmental Biology
Organizers: John Rupe, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,
AR, U.S.A.; David Gent, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.;
Serge Savary, International Rice Research Institute, Metro
Manila, Philippines; Neil McRoberts, Scottish Agricultural
College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Ahmed Fakhoury,
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, U.S.A.
Sponsoring Committees: APS Crop Loss Assessment
and Risk Evaluation; Postharvest Plant Pathology and
Mycotoxicology
This session features six presentations on graduate thesis work
highlighting research aimed at providing a better understanding
of the links between pre- and postharvest losses in yield
and quality. Postharvest losses resulting from infections initiated
in the field can be particularly high in perishable produce
crops, which are key to healthy diets and help reduce public
health service costs. Globally, the availability of affordable,
high quality produce to consumers depends on nonrenewable
resources. Are these supply chains sustainable into the future?
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What can plant pathologists contribute to the development
of more sustainable alternatives? Mycotoxin contamination
continues to threaten human and livestock health, increase
production costs, and reduce production efficiency across the
globe. How are plant pathologists combining their skills with
other disciplines to solve these problems? The graudate student
presenters have been selected on the basis of the significance
of the contribution to new understanding in the area of plant
disease management in supply chains.
8:30 a.m. S-96. Aflatoxins in Kenyan maize: Etiology
holds clues to recurrent human aflatoxin
poisonings. C. PROBST (1), P. J. Cotty (2). (1)
Department of Plant Sciences, The University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.; (2) USDA-ARS,
Department of Plant Sciences, The University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
9:00 a.m. S-97. Distinct roles of VeA and LaeA in
Aspergillus flavus. S. AMAIKE (1), N. P. Keller
(2). (1) Department of Plant Pathology,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, U.S.A.;
(2) Department of Plant Pathology, Medical
Microbiology and Immunology, Bacteriology
University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, U.S.A.
9:30 a.m. S-98. Development of biological control
strategies for management of pre- and postharvest
diseases of apple in Pennsylvania. A. M.
POLEATEWICH (1), P. A. Backman (1), J. W.
Travis (2). (1) Department of Plant Pathology,
The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park, PA, U.S.A.; (2) The Pennsylvania State
University Fruit Research and Extension Center,
Biglerville, PA, U.S.A.
10:00 a.m. S-99. Trichothecene dynamics and Fusarium
graminearum infection patterns in wheat heads.
K. T. WILLYERD (1), G. A. Kuldau (1). (1)
Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, PA, U.S.A.
10:30 a.m. S-100. Pre-harvest moisture impacts wheat
quality through Fusarium head blight (FHB)
development and deoxynivalenol (DON)
accumulation. P. GAUTAM, (1) and R. Dill-
Macky (1). (1) Department of Plant Pathology,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul MN, U.S.A.
11:00 a.m. S-101. Resistance in winter wheat to Fusarium
head blight. P. HOREVAJ (1), E. A. Milus (1).
(1) Department of Plant Pathology, University of
Arkansas, AR, U.S.A.