Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Vectors

Moderator(s)

• SP

  Sudeep Pandey

  Post Doctoral Associate
  University of Georgia
  Griffin, Georgia
• 

  Jinlong Han

  Research Scientist
  Agricultural Biology
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  Evaluation of trunk-injected antibiotics for huanglongbing management in citrus
  

  Presenting Author: Esmeralda I. Martinez (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Erik Roldan (he/him/his) – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lauren Diepenbrock – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Lukasz Stelinski – University of Florida
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific

  Identification and characterization of animal-infecting Bunyavirales members within an herbivorous thrips species
  

  Presenting Author: Vamsidhar Reddy Netla – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Mark Abney – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Sudeep Bag – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  Interference of potato virus Y transmission by aphids using small peptide inhibitors
  

  Presenting Author: Josie Nicole Weese – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Vamsi Nalam – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Jinlong Han – Colorado State University
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific

  Malvastrum bright yellow mosaic virus is transmitted by Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 and infects cotton in addition to Malvastrum
  

  Presenting Author: Ghislaine Bourjolly – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Mamoudou Setamou – Texas A&M University-Kingsville Citrus Center

  Co-Author: Jodi Scheffler – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Olufemi Alabi – Texas A&M University System
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  Microbial endosymbionts in wheat curl mites: Are they critical for mite survival and virus transmission?
  

  Presenting Author: Nikhitha Gangavarapu – University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  Co-Author: Shaonpius Mondal – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  Molli-CUTES vs. microbiota: Rewilding maize to resist corn stunt disease
  

  Presenting Author: Rashmi Singla – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Claire Sasaki – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Dmitry Kurouski – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Julio Bernal – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Sanjay Antony-Babu – Texas A&M University
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Pour some sugar on me: Mosquito sugar-feeding on endemic plants of Puerto Rico
  

  Presenting Author: Ella Branham – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Mary Beard – UGA Savannah River Ecology Laboratory

  Co-Author: Mac H. Alford – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Dan Peach – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Danica M. Shannon – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Donald A. Yee (he/him/his) – University of Southern Mississippi
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific

  The effect of iris yellow spot virus on onion thrips abundance and fecundity
  

  Presenting Author: Eileen Froshiesar (she/her/hers) – Oregon State University