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SeSSiOnS – Monday Afternoon, technical & Flash-and-Dash
Fungi: Molecular, Cellular Biology II
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. * 200 DE
Section: Molecular / Cellular Plant–Microbe Interactions
Moderator: Xiquan Gao, Texas A&M Univ, Plant Pathology
and Microbiology, College Station, TX
1:00 p.m. O-99. Oxylipins act as quorum sensing signals
and cell density regulators in Aspergillus spp.. S.
HOROWITZ BROWN (2), R. Zarnowski (1),
J. B. Scott (2), W. C. Sharpee (2), N. P. Keller
(2). (1) Department of Medical Microbiology
and Immunology, UW Madison, U.S.A., (2)
Department of Plant Pathology, UW Madison,
U.S.A.
1:15 p.m. O-100. Ammonia secretion and ambient
pH as virulence regulators of Colletotrichum
gloeosporioides pathogenic on avocado fruits. I.
MIYARA (2), H. Shafran (1), A. Sherman (1),
D. Prusky (2). (1) Department of Genomics,
Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani
Center, Bet Dagan, Israel, (2) Department
of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research
Organization, the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan,
Israel
1:30 p.m. O-101. The role of anastomosis in the sexual
development of Epichloë endophytes. N. D.
CHARLTON (1), K. D. Craven (1). (1) The
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore,
OK, U.S.A.
1:45 p.m. O-102. Introduction of the mycorrhizal fungus
Sebacina vermifera into elite switchgrass (Panicum
virgatum L.) cultivars for potential enhancement
of biomass and productivity. S. R. GHIMIRE (1),
K. D. Craven (1). (1) The Samuel Roberts Noble
Foundation, Ardmore, OK, U.S.A.
2:00 p.m. O-103. Maize lipoxygenase ZmLOX3-mediated
pathway suppresses seed colonization, production
of spores and mycotoxins by Aspergilli spp.. X.
GAO (1), T. Isakeit (1), M. Brodhagen (3), N.
P. Keller (2), M. V. Kolomiets (1). (1) Texas
A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A.,
(2) University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison,
WI, U.S.A., (3) Western Washington University,
Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.
2:15 p.m. O-104. Identification of plant defense signaling
components induced in response to fungal
elicitor EIX. S. MUTHAPPA (2), C. Ryu (2),
M. Sharfman (1), A. Avni (1), K. S. Mysore
(2). (1) Department of Plant Sciences, Tel Aviv
University, Tel Aviv, Israel, (2) Noble Foundation,
Ardmore, OK, U.S.A.
2:30 p.m. O-105. Ethylene pathway and disease resistance
in rice are negatively regulated by a stressresponsive
MAP kinase. Y. Yang (1), T. A. Bailey
(2), J. Chen (1), E. E. HELLIWELL (1), X.
Zhou (2). (1) Department of Plant Pathology,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park,
PA, U.S.A., (2) Department of Plant Pathology,
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, U.S.A.
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2:45 p.m. O-106. Defense genes and pathways in Fusarium
crown rot susceptible and partially-resistant
Australian wheat seedlings responding to
Fusarium culmorum infection. J. E. PETRISKO
(1), J. M. Windes (1). (1) University of Idaho,
U.S.A.
Monday Afternoon Flash-and-dash
Fungal Molecular
1:00 – 1:50 p.m. * 208 CD
Moderator: Amy Charkowski, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
1:00 p.m. P-453 Functional and structural characterization
of cerato-platanin proteins in Moniliophthora
perniciosa, the cause of Witches’ Broom disease in
cacao. O. G. CABRERA (1), G. Zaparoli (1), F.
J. Medrano (1), R. A. Tiburcio (1), G. G. Lacerda
(1), G. G. Pereira (1). (1) UNICAMP, Campinas,
São Paulo, Brazil
1:05 p.m. P-493 Towards the elimination of ergot alkaloid
biosynthesis genes in Neotyphodium coenophialum.
S. FLOREA (1), C. Machado (1), D. Panaccione
(2), C. Schardl (1). (1) University of Kentucky,
Department of Plant Pathology, Lexington, KY,
U.S.A., (2) West Virginia University, Division
of Plant and Soil Sciences, Morgantown, WV,
U.S.A.
1:10 p.m. P-505 Biosynthesis of loline alkaloids in fungal
endophytes. J. R. FAULKNER (1), M. J. Spiering
(1), R. B. Grossman (1), C. L. Schardl (1). (1)
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
1:15 p.m. P-508 The blast resistance gene Pi37 encodes an
NBS-LRR protein and is a member of a resistance
gene cluster on rice chromosome 1. F. LIN (1),
S. Chen (1), Z. Que (1), L. Wang (1), X. Liu
(1), Q. Pan (1). (1) College of Natural Resources
& Environment, South China Agricultural
University, Guangzhou, China
1:20 p.m. P-509 The role of Glycerol metabolism in the
Arabidopsis-Colletotrichum higginsianum
interaction. B. CHANDA (2), S. Venugopal (2),
S. Kulshrestha (2), Q. Gao (2), D. Navarre (1),
B. Downie (2), A. Kachroo (2), L. Vaillancourt
(2), P. Kachroo (2). (1) U.S. Department of
Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service,
Washington State University, Prosser, WA,
U.S.A., (2) University of Kentucky, Lexington,
KY, U.S.A.
1:25 p.m. P-501 Global gene expression analysis of
Magnaporthe oryzae under stress conditions. S. M.
MATHIONI (2), C. Rizzo (1), N. M. Donofrio
(2). (1) Agilent Technologies, (2) University of
Delaware
1:30 p.m. P-502 Allele mining for genes associated with
partial resistance to Phytophthora sojae in soybean.
H. WANG (3), S. Berry (3), S. K. St. Martin