Vectors Under Pressure: Climate Change, Host Shifts, and Emerging Pathogens

Organizer(s)

• KM

  Kerry Mauck

  University of California
  Riverside, California
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  Pol Sarkar (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Specialist
  Department of Entomology
  University of California
  Riverside, California

This symposium explores the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases, focusing on host shifts, pathogen adaptation, and transmission dynamics. Attendees will gain insights into innovative research on emerging threats, vector microbiomes, and disease mitigation strategies, while engaging with early-career researchers at the front line of these challenges.

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Pol Sarkar (she/her/hers) – University of California
• 2:05 PM - 2:25 PM Pacific

  Potential insect vectors of citrus yellow vein clearing virus in Southern California
  

  Presenting Author: Pol Sarkar (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Sean Halloran – University of California, Riverside

  Co-Author: Bodil Cass – University of California

  Co-Author: Kerry Mauck – University of California
• 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM Pacific

  Aphid bacterial endosymbionts : Exploring their role in plant virus transmission
  

  Presenting Author: Trisna Tungadi – Keele University

  Co-Author: Tom Foster – School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK

  Co-Author: Dan Tonge – School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK

  Co-Author: Tom Pope – Harper Adams University, Newport, UK

  Co-Author: Joe Roberts – Harper Adams University, Newport, UK
• 2:45 PM - 3:05 PM Pacific

  Advances in understanding the transmission and epidemiology of the first whitefly-transmitted Polerovirus in pepper
  

  Presenting Author: Murad Ghanim – Agricultural Research Organization

  Co-Author: Carmit Ziv – Volcani Center

  Co-Author: Benaya Zini – Volcani Center
• 3:05 PM - 3:15 PM Pacific

  Break
• 3:15 PM - 3:35 PM Pacific

  Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus exerts pressure on Diaphorina citri, leading to alterations in its behavior and physiology
  

  Presenting Author: Nabil Killiny – University of Florida
• 3:35 PM - 3:55 PM Pacific

  Whitefly- and thrips-transmitted viruses as a rising challenge for soybean production in Brazil
  

  Presenting Author: Felipe Barreto Da Silva – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Renate Krause Sakate – São Paulo State University
• 3:55 PM - 4:15 PM Pacific

  Sourcing the strains: Aster yellows and leafhopper migration
  

  Presenting Author: Tyler Wist – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific

  Panel discussion