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MOnDAy
SeSSiOnS – Monday Morning, technical
8:00 a.m. S-27. Functional conservation of the U-box/
ARM E3 ligase SPL11- mediatede cell death
and defense pathway in rice and Arabidopsis.
G.-L. WANG (1). (1) Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
8:30 a.m. S-28. Molecular and cellular characterization
of the Arabidopsis SON1 F-box factor. B.
ST-PIERRE (1). (1) University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT, U.S.A.
9:00 a.m. S-29. ADP-ribosylation and host-pathogen
interactions. L. ADAMS-PHILLIPS (1). (1)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Monday Morning technical Sessions
Listed in alphabetical order by title.
Detection
8:00 – 9:15 a.m. * 208 CD
Section: Diseases of Plants
8:00 a.m. O-48. Detection and discrimination of
Pratylenchus neglectus and P. thornei in DNA
extracts from soil. G. YAN (1), R. W. Smiley (1),
P. A. Okubara (2). (1) Oregon State University,
Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center,
P.O. Box 370, Pendleton, OR 97801, U.S.A.,
(2) USDA, Root Disease and Biological Control
Research Unit, Pullman, WA, U.S.A.
8:15 a.m. O-49. Multiplex PCR method for the detection
of African cassava mosaic virus and East African
cassava mosaic Cameroon virus in cassava. O. J.
ALABI (1), L. P. Kumar (2), R. A. Naidu (1). (1)
Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State
University, Irrigated Agric. Research and Extn.
Center, Prosser, WA, U.S.A., (2) International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria
8:30 a.m. O-50. A quantitative PCR assay for
Macrophomina phaseolina. J. MA (2), J. S.
Haudenshield (2), C. B. Hill (2), G. L. Hartman
(1). (1) USDA-ARS, Urbana, IL, U.S.A., (2)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL,
U.S.A.
8:45 a.m. O-51. Bacteriophage-mediated detection of
Ralstonia solanacearum. K. KUTIN (1), D.
Borthakur (1), A. M. Alvarez (1), D. M. Jenkins
(1). (1) University of Hawaii, U.S.A.
9:00 a.m. O-52. Detection of trichothecene mycotoxins
and ergosterol within wheat florets using gas
chromatography with electron capture detection.
K. T. WILLYERD (2), D. D. Archibald (2), K.
Boroczky (2), E. D. De Wolf (1), G. A. Kuldau
(2). (1) Kansas State, Manhattan, KS, U.S.A., (2)
Penn State, University Park, PA, U.S.A.
9:15 a.m. O-52.2. Microscopic characterization of the
pathogenic phase of Phialophora gregata in soybean
stems. A. E. IMPULLITTI (1), D. K. Malvick (1).
(1) University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
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Fungal Biology & Genomics
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. * 200 HIJ
Section: Biology of Plant Pathogens
8:00 a.m. O-53. Influence of quinic acid catabolism on
the production of the plant growth regulator
phenylacetic acid by Rhizoctonia solani AG-3.
F. E. BARTZ (3), D. A. Danehower (2), S.
Tavantzis (1), M. A. Cubeta (3). (1) Department
of Biological Sciences, The University of Maine,
Orono, ME, U.S.A., (2) Department of Crop
Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh,
NC, U.S.A., (3) Department of Plant Pathology,
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC,
U.S.A.
8:15 a.m. O-54. Novel cool-season grass endophytes with
unique defensive properties by protoplast fusion.
H. LI (1), K. D. Craven (1). (1) The Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK,
U.S.A.
8:30 a.m. O-55. Phakopsora pachyrhizi (Florida isolate)
urediniospore adhesion to soybean leaves. M.
VELEZ-CLIMENT (1), S. Isard (1), D. Luster
(2). (1) Pennsylvania State University, Plant
Pathology Department, University Park, PA,
U.S.A., (2) USDA, ARS, FDWSRU, Ft. Detrick,
MD, U.S.A.
8:45 a.m. O-56. Quorum sensing operates in Phytophthora
nicotianae. P. KONG (1), C. Hong (1). (1)
Virginia Tech, U.S.A.
9:00 a.m. O-57. Soil microbial communities among
different cropping sequences and their effect on
the occurrence of peanut soilborne pathogens.
H. SUDINI (1), R. N. Huettel (1), C. Arias (2),
K. L. Bowen (1). (1) Dept. of Entomology and
Plant Pathology, Auburn University, AL, U.S.A.,
(2) Dept. of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture,
Auburn University, AL, U.S.A.
9:15 a.m. O-58. Evidence for geographic isolation and
distinct patterns of recombination in the aflatoxin
gene cluster of Aspergillus flavus. G. G. MOORE
(3), B. W. Horn (6), J. L. Elliott (3), K. Hell
(5), S. N. Chulze (1), G. Wright (4), M. K.
Naik (2), I. Carbone (3). (1) Departamento
de Microbiologia e Inmunologia, Universidad
Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Cordoba, Argentina,
(2) Department of Plant Pathology, College of
Agriculture, Karnataka, India, (3) Department of
Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC U.S.A., (4) Department of Primary
Industries, Queensland, Kingaroy, Australia, (5)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture,
Cotonou, Republic of Benin, (6) National Peanut
Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Dawson, GA U.S.A.