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SeSSiOnS – Wednesday Morning, Special
Down in the Dirt with Phytopathogenic Verticillium:
Genetic and Molecular Tales of a Vascular Fungus
9:00 – 11:30 a.m. * 200 DE
Section: Biology of Pathogens
Organizers: Paola Veronese, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC; Katherine Dobinson, Agriculture & Agri-Food
Canada, London, Ontario, Canada; Steve Klosterman, USDA
ARS, Salinas, CA
Moderator: Jane Robb, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON,
Canada
Sponsoring Committees: Genetics
Verticillium spp. are globally distributed, broad-host-range
fungal pathogens causing vascular diseases for which new
effective disease control measures need to be developed.
The symposium will start with a historical perspective of
the importance of this extremely diverse group of plant
pathogens and the work carried out to date. The symposium
will continue with discussions of contemporary work on
the molecular genetics of fungal growth, development and
pathogenicity as well as host defense mechanisms. Finally,
the symposium will conclude with a discussion of future
directions for Verticillium research that includes presentation
of Verticillium genome sequencing progress and how these
new findings may collectively lead to better understanding and
control of these significant plant pathogens.
9:00 a.m. S-103. Significance and Life History of
Phytopathogenic Species of Verticillium. R. C.
ROWE (1). (1) Ohio State University, Wooster,
OH, U.S.A.
9:30 a.m. S-104. The molecular road from differentiation
of Verticillium isolates to analysis of growth
and development. K. F. DOBINSON (1). (1)
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, London, ON,
Canada
10:00 a.m. S-105. Arabidopsis-Verticillium spp. interaction
as a model disease system. P. VERONESE (1). (1)
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC,
U.S.A.
10:30 a.m. S-106. Functional analysis of tomato responses
to Verticillium dahliae. B. THOMMA (1), U.
Ellendorff (1), P. van Esse (1), R. de Jonge (1), G.
van den Berg (1), K. Yadeta (1), S. Rehman (1),
and E. Fradin (1). (1) Wageningen University,
Wageningen, The Netherlands
11:00 a.m. S-107. Verticillium comparative genomics:
understanding pathogenicity and diversisty.
S. KLOSTERMAN (1), P. Veronese (2), K. F.
Dobinson (3), K. Subbarao (4), D. I. Heiman
(5), S. Young (5), C. D. Kodira (5), L. Alvarado
(5), J. Galagan (5), B. Birren (5), C. Cuomo (5),
A. Anchieta (1), S. Kang (6), S. E. Gold (7), and
L.-J. Ma (5). (1) USDA-ARS, U.S.A., (2) North
Carolina State University, U.S.A. (3) Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada, Canada (4) University of
California Davis, U.S.A. (5) Broad Institute of
MIT and Harvard, U.S.A. (6) Penn State University,
U.S.A. (7) University of Georgia, U.S.A.
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From Field to Fork: Historical Perspectives and Future
Promise of Postharvest Decay Management
9:00 – 11:30 a.m. * 208 AB
Section: Plant Disease Management
Organizers: Jim Adaskaveg, University of California,
Riverside, CA; Eric Tedford, Syngenta Crop Protection,
Greensboro, NC; Gerald J. Holmes, North Carolina State
Univ, Raleigh, NC
Moderators: Jim Adaskaveg, University of California,
Riverside, CA; Eric Tedford, Syngenta Crop Protection,
Greensboro, NC
Sponsoring Committees: Postharvest Pathology, and
Industry
A historical review and an outlook into the future of integrated
postharvest decay management, including sanitation,
biocontrol, fungicide, and modified-environment treatments.
9:00 a.m. S-108. History of postharvest decay management.
J. A. BARTZ (1). (1) University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL U.S.A.
9:30 a.m. S-109. Consumer demands and fruit quality. C.
TONG (1). (1) University of Minnesota, St. Paul,
MN , U.S.A.
10:00 a.m. S-110. Sanitation and food safety over the years.
T. V. SUSLOW (1). (1) University of California,
Davis, CA, U.S.A.
10:30 a.m. S-111. New fungicides and resistant management
strategies. J. ADASKAVEG (1). (1) University of
California, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.
11:00 a.m. S-112. Biological control. W. JANISIEWICZ (1).
(1) USDA ARS AFRS, Kearneysville, WV, U.S.A.
Plant Virology: Impact on Science and Society
9:00 – 11:30 a.m. * 208 CD
Section: Molecular/Cellular Plant Microbe Interactions
Organizer/Moderator: Alexander Karasev, University of
Idaho, Moscow, ID
Sponsoring Committees: Virology
Plant virology had a profound effect on the development of life
science disciplines in the past 100 years. From virus purification
to crystallization, to identification of the genetic material,
to development of methods of detection, to elucidation of
mechanisms of interaction with the host. It is important to
understand that virology as an integral part of plant pathology
made a seminal contribution to the development of modern
human society. Myron Brakke was a visionary scientist who
advanced plant virology, and molecular biology as a whole. He
introduced a concept of gradient fractionation and successfully
used it to discover divided genomes in plant viruses. He was
a member of the National Academy. This symposium will be
devoted to Myron Brakke and focused on impact the plant
virology had on science and society in the 20th century, and by
extension on its modern role.