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2008 APS POSteRS
Biology of plant pathogens
Bacteria
P-1 Relationships of bacterial strains causing heart rot
of pineapple to Dickeya species based on 16S-23S
intergenic spacer and dnaA sequences. G. Marrero
(1), K. Schneider (1), A. ALVAREZ (2). (1)
University of Hawaii Manoa, Dept. of Molecular
Biosciences and Bioengineering, Honolulu, HI,
U.S.A., (2) University of Hawaii Manoa, Dept.
of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences,
Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
P-2 Emerging of new species of Pseudomonas in sensu
stricto affecting beans in Mexico. H. V. SILVA-
ROJAS (1), L. X. Zelaya-Molina (2), E. Valadez-
Moctezuma (2), L. Cordova-Tellez (1). (1) Colegio
de Postgraduados, Texcoco, Edo. de Mexico, Mexico,
(2) Universidad Autonoma Chapingo, Texcoco, Edo.
de Mexico, Mexico
P-3 Characterization of a new strain of Streptomycete
causing symptoms associated with potato common
scab from Michigan soil. S. DURAIRAJ (2), J.
Yin (2), R. Hammerschmidt (2), W. W. Kirk (2),
D. Douches (1), J. Hao (2). (1) Department of
Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University,
E. Lansing, MI, U.S.A., (2) Department of Plant
Pathology, Michigan State University, E. Lansing,
MI, U.S.A.
P-4 Characterization of population dynamics and
diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum populations
isolated from flue-cured tobacco in North Carolina.
M. L. KATAWCZIK (1), A. Mila (1). (1) North
Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
P-5 Characterization and differentiation of Erwinia
amylovora strains from Iran. M. MOHAMMADI
(2), K. Geider (1). (1) Julius Kuhn Institute (JKI),
Dossenheim, Germany, (2) University of Tehran,
Dept. of Plant Pathology, Karaj, Iran
P-6 Evaluation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens genetic
diversity in CA walnut growing regions and resistance
to the biocontrol agent, Agrobacterium rhizogenes
K84. E. T. GONZALEZ (1), M. Maccree (1), M.
Zaid (1), D. A. Kluepfel (1). (1) USDA, ARS, Crops
Pathology/Genetics Research Unit, Davis, CA,
U.S.A.
P-7 Organisms associated with internally discolored
horseradish roots. J. YU (1), M. Babadoost (1). (1)
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois,
Urbana, IL, U.S.A.
P-8 Gammabacteria associated to leaf chlorotic strikes
in maize crop during seed production in Mexico. L.
X. ZELAYA-MOLINA (2), H. V. Silva-Rojas (1),
L. Cordova-Tellez (1), E. Valadez-Moctezuma (2), P.
D. Esker (3). (1) Colegio de Postgraduados, Texoco,
Edo. de Mexico, Mexico, (2) Universidad Autonoma
Chapingo, Texoco, Edo. de Mexico, Mexico, (3)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI,
U.S.A.
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P-9 DNA markers for identification of the bacterial
phytopathogens Clavibacter, Erwinia, Ralstonia, and
Xanthomonas K. L. SCHNEIDER (1), A. M. Alvarez
(2), G. G. Presting (1). (1) Molecular Biosciences
and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii Manoa,
Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., (2) Plant and Environmental
Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii Manoa,
Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
P-10 More Texas Xylella fastidiosa isolates colonized
Helianthus annuus and Iva annua than Ambrosia
trifida var. texana and Vitis vinifera ‘Chardonnay’. M.
BLACK (1), A. Sanchez (1), J. Davis (1), J. Kamas
(1), P. Adams (1). (1) Texas AgriLife Extension
Service
P-11 Antiserum development from an outer membrane
protein (omp) of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. S.
DONNUA (1), N. Thaveechai (1), A. Paradornuwat
(1), S. Chowpongpang (1), E. Schuenzel (2), N.
Schaad (2). (1) Kasetsart University, Bangkok,
Thailand, (2) USDA, Ft. Detrick, MD, U.S.A.
P-12 Limited cultivation of Candidatus Liberibacter
asiaticus, suspected causal agent of Huanglongbing
of citrus. E. L. Schuenzel (2), A. Sechler (2), H. HU
(1), P. Cooke (3), E. Postnikova (2), A. Stone (2),
W. Schneider (2), V. Damsteegt (2), N. W. Schaad
(2). (1) Chongqing University, Chongqing, China,
(2) USDA, Ft. Detrick, MD, U.S.A., (3) USDA,
Wyndmoor, PA, U.S.A.
P-13 Preliminary report on the genome project
of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus. E. L.
SCHUENZEL (2), A. Sechler (2), T. Brettin (1), C.
Detter (1), M. Wolinsky (1), G. Gupta (1), N. W.
Schaad (2). (1) Los Alamos National Laboratories,
Los Alamos, NM, U.S.A., (2) USDA, Ft. Detrick,
MD, U.S.A.
P-14 Pathogenic characterization of strains of the B and
C group of Xanthomonas axonopodis in citrus. A. M.
Gochez (1), M. A. RYBAK (1), B. I. Canteros (1).
(1) INTA-BID 1728/ OC-AR PICTO 12956, EEA
INTA, Bella Vista, Corrientes, Argentina
P-15 Evidence for pathogenesis-related activity by Erwinia
amylovora during the epiphytic phase on pear and
apple flowers. K. B. JOHNSON (1), T. L. Sawyer
(1), V. O. Stockwell (1), T. N. Temple (1). (1)
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. U.S.A.
P-16 Effect of regulatory genes on the production of
volatiles by Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 and
identification of antifungal antibiotics of Bacillus
species using polymerase chain reaction and MALDI-
TOF mass spectrometry. S. N. Athukorala (3), D.
FERNANDO (3), K. Rashid (1), T. de Kievit (2).
(1) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Manitoba,
Canada, (2) Dept. of Microbiology, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, (3) Dept. of
Plant Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
MB, Canada
P-17 Interactions with hosts at cool temperature, not
cold tolerance, explain the unique epidemiology of