Annual Meeting Program Book - American Phytopathological Society

P-594 Evaluating the role of the Ralstonia solanacearum
GspC protein in type II secretion substrate specificity.
H. TSENG (1), T. P. Denny (1). (1) University
of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A.
P-595 Ralstonia solanacearum Phc confinement-sensing
system is required for slow-killing of the nematode
Caenorhabditis elegans. N. Lynch (1), T. P. DENNY
(1). (1) University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A.
P-596 A simple, reliable method for creating unmarked
mutations in gram-negative bacteria. T. P. DENNY
(1), B. P. Durham (1), C. D. Gates (1), M. S. Popov
(1). (1) University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A.
P-597 Multiple fluorescent markers for Xylella fastidiosa
subspecies. J. FASKE (1), J. M. Castaneda-Gill (1),
J. L. King (1), R. Laney (1), H. B. Rathburn (2), F.
L. Mitchell (3), J. A. Brady (3). (1) Tarleton State
University, Texas AgriLife Research, Stephenville,
TX, U.S.A.; (2) Tarleton State University, Stephenville,
TX, U.S.A.; (3) Texas AgriLife Research,
Stephenville, TX, U.S.A.
P-598 HR-like resistance of kumquat (Fortunella spp.) to
citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas citri sbsp. citri.
M. I. FRANCIS (1), A. Pena (1), I. Kostenyuk (1),
J. Burns (1), J. H. Graham (1). (1) University of
Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, U.S.A.
P-599 Biofilm formation and motility by strains of
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri causing differential
symptoms on citrus leaves. T. HUANG (1), K.
Tzeng (1). (1) Dept. Plant Pathology, National
Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
P-600
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dash Comparative gene expression profile analy-
P-601
sis of temperate and tropical strains of Ralstonia
solanacearum. J. M. JACOBS (1), F. Meng (1), L.
Babujee (1), C. Allen (1). (1) University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Evidence for the role of Type VI secretion during
Lysobacter enzymogenes pathogenesis of fungal hosts.
N. Patel (1), M. Blackmoore (1), B. Hillman (1),
D. KOBAYASHI (1). (1) Dept. Plant Biology &
Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,
U.S.A.
P-602 Involvement of type IV secretion in Lysobacter
enzymogenes pathogenesis of fungal and algal hosts.
M. BLACKMOORE (1), N. Patel (1), B. Hillman
(1), D. Kobayashi (1). (1) Dept. Plant Biology &
Pathology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ,
U.S.A.
P-603 Phylogenetic analysis and delineation of phytoplasmas
based on secY gene sequence. I. LEE (1), K.
D. Bottner (1), Y. Zhao (1), N. A. Harrison (2). (1)
USDA, ARS, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory,
Beltsville, MD, U.S.A.; (2) University of Florida,
FLREC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
P-604 A pectate lyase homolog, pel1, from Xanthomonas
axonopodis pv. citri is associated with the watersoaked
margin formation of canker lesions.H. LIN
(1), S. Hsu (2), K. Tzeng (2). (1) Chungchou Institute
of Technology, Changhua County, Taiwan; (2)
Department of Plant Pathology, National Chung-
Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
P-605 Identification of grapevine xylem sap protein profiles
in response to Xylella fastidiosa infection. H. LIN
(1), D. Cheng (2), F. Fritschi (3), A. Walker (4).
(1) USDA ARS PWA, Parlier, CA, U.S.A.; (2)
USDA, ARS, U.S.A.; (3) University of Missouri; (4)
University of California, Davis, CA, U.S.A.
P-606 Characterization of the occT gene located in
the occ gene cluster associated with production
of occidiofungin in Burkholderia contaminans
MS14. S. LU (1), G. Gu (1). (1) Department of
Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State
University, Mississippi State, MS, U.S.A.
P-607 Genetic analysis of the genes involved in the production
of occidiofungin in Burkholderia contaminans
strain MS14. G. GU (1), L. J. Smith (1), S. Lu (1).
(1) Mississippi State University, Mississippi State,
MS, U.S.A.
P-608 Erwinia amylovora strains transformed with the
near-ubiquitous pEA29 plasmid exhibit enhanced
colonization and virulence on pear and apple. M.
MOHAMMADI (1). (1) Department of Plant
Pathology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
P-609 Role of exopolysaccharide in the biology Enterobacter
cloacae. S. M. Dossey (1), J. L. Anderson (2),
J. L. Humann (3), B. K. SCHROEDER (2). (1)
Washington State University, Pullman, WA, U.S.A.;
(2) Dept. of Plant Pathology, Washington State
University, Pullman, WA, U.S.A.; (3) Institute of
Biological Chemistry, Washington State University,
Pullman, WA, U.S.A.
P-610 Characterization of an ATP/ADP translocase in
the citrus huanglongbing bacterium, Candidatus
Liberibacter. C. M. VAHLING (1), Y. Duan (1), D.
Hall (1). (1) USDA-ARS, Ft. Pierce, FL, U.S.A.
P-611 A tandem affinity purification strategy to isolate
proteins interacting with type III secretion chaperones.
T. Tsai (1), K. VAN DIJK (1). (1) Creighton
University, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
P-612 Inhibition of Xylella fastidiosa polygalacturonase to
produce Pierce’s disease resistant grapevines. J. G.
WARREN (1), B. C. Kirkpatrick (1). (1) University
of California Davis, Davis, CA, U.S.A.
P-613 Supramolecular structure and genomic island of
type III secretion system in plant growth-promoting
Pseudomonas fluorescens 2P24. H. WEI (1), P. Liu
(1), L. Zhang (2), X. Liu (1). (1) Institute of Microbiology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing,
Peoples Repuplic of China; (2) Department of Plant
P-614
P-615
Pathology, China Agricutural University
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dash Investigating the roles of siderophores in the
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a lifecycle. J.
L. WILLIAMS (1), D. C. Gross (1). (1) Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
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dash Mutation in tctD reduces virulence of Xanthomonas
oryzae pv. oryzae KACC10859. S. YANG
(1), J. Cho (1), K. Jeong (1), W. Kim (2), J. Cha (1).
(1) Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National
University, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Republic of
Korea; (2) Honam Agricultural Research Institute,
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