The Increasingly High Profile of Bemisia Tabaci Cryptic Species Group, a Super Pest and Virus Vector

Organizer(s)

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  Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his)

  University of Georgia
  Griffin, Georgia
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  Alvin Simmons

  USDA-ARS
  Charleston, South Carolina
• JB

  Judith Brown

  University of Arizona
  Tucson, Arizona
• MT

  Mike Toews

  University of Georgia
  Tifton, Georgia
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  Christopher Cunningham

  Senior Research Associate
  University of Georgia
  Athens, Georgia

An all-inclusive symposium on whitefly and whitefly-transmitted viruses in the United States. This symposium will provide a comprehensive coverage on whitefly as a pest in its own right, and as a super vector, threatening food and nutritional security. This symposium will offer a glimpse of recent advancements.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 1:33 PM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
• 1:33 PM - 1:48 PM Pacific

  Extending phyogenomics and niche partitioning analyses to the Bemisia tabaci cryptic species complex and B. tabaci-like Bemisia species group
  

  Presenting Author: Judith Brown – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Dinusha Maheepala – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Jorge Paredes-Montero – Saginaw state Valley University

  Co-Author: Amir Raza – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: Gregory A. Evans, Ph.D. – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Raymond Gill – California Department of Food and Agriculture
• 1:48 PM - 2:03 PM Pacific

  Single cell RNA-seq profiling of ovaries after dnmt1 gene expression knockdown
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Cunningham – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Allen Moore – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Patricia Moore – University of Georgia
• 2:03 PM - 2:18 PM Pacific

  Dynamics of whitefly-transmitted viruses in Georgia vegetable systems: Epidemiology and evolution
  

  Presenting Author: Sudeep Bag – University of Georgia
• 2:18 PM - 2:33 PM Pacific

  Unstable mixed virus infection of two whitefly-transmitted begomovirus in a solanaceae host and effects on virus transmission and vector fitness
  

  Presenting Author: Kamran Rashid (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
• 2:33 PM - 2:48 PM Pacific

  Resistance to squash silverleaf (SSL) disorder caused by the sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is controlled by a QTL on chromosome 8 in Cucurbita moschata
  

  Presenting Author: Cecilia McGregor – University of Georgia
• 2:48 PM - 3:03 PM Pacific

  An overview of tomato plants resistance to sweetpotato whitefly: The importance of proper cultivar selection and future of breeding programs
  

  Presenting Author: Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Camila Rodrigues – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Jessica Pizzo – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Victor Hugo Cruz – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Paulo G. Cremonez (he/him/his) – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Alvin Simmons – USDA-ARS
• 3:03 PM - 3:18 PM Pacific

  Volatile-mediated resistance in watermelon against whiteflies
  

  Presenting Author: Isiaka Owolabi – University of Georgia
• 3:18 PM - 3:33 PM Pacific

  GWAS uncovers resistance-linked variants against whitefly-transmitted begomovirus in snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) populations in Georgia
  

  Presenting Author: Anoop A. Malik (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
• 3:33 PM - 3:43 PM Pacific

  Break
• 3:43 PM - 3:58 PM Pacific

  Recent host plant resistance studies for the management of sweetpotato whitefly in Alabama
  

  Presenting Author: Paulo G. Cremonez (he/him/his) – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Neilly Cope – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Laura Ribeiro – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Priya Shahi – Auburn University
• 3:58 PM - 4:13 PM Pacific

  Gene expression profiling of TYLCV-resistant tomato lines reveals key defense mechanisms
  

  Presenting Author: Sudeep Pandey – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Uday Suresh – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Jessica Chitwood-Brown – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Andrew Ogden – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
• 4:13 PM - 4:28 PM Pacific

  Integrated pest management of whiteflies
  

  Presenting Author: Muhammad A. Noor ul Ane – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jawwad Qureshi – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Xuedong A. Chen – University of Florida
• 4:28 PM - 4:43 PM Pacific

  Determining biocontrol options and compatibility within systems challenged with whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci)
  

  Presenting Author: Jéssica Martins – Universidade Federal De Viçosa

  Co-Author: Jason Schmidt – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: David Shapiro-Ilan (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Itohan Aigbedion-Atalor (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Albertha J. Parkins – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Alvin Simmons – USDA-ARS
• 4:43 PM - 4:58 PM Pacific

  Can the combined application of entomopathogens and insecticides result in synergy?
  

  Presenting Author: Sanower Warsi – Fort Valley State University

  Co-Author: George Mbata – Fort Valley State University

  Co-Author: David Shapiro-Ilan (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Alvin Simmons – USDA-ARS
• 4:58 PM - 5:13 PM Pacific

  Implementing diverse non-pesticidal approaches to control whitefly and whitefly-transmitted viruses in major vegetable crops of southern Georgia
  

  Presenting Author: Saumik Basu – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Sourav Pal – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Rajesh udavant – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Abdul Jalloh – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Amol Nankar – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Ted McAvoy – University of Georgia
• 5:13 PM - 5:28 PM Pacific

  Mechanisms of insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci from the Southeastern USA
  

  Presenting Author: Donald Champagne – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Md Abdullah Al-Baki – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Thomas P. Dunn – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Zachary krausman – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: David Riley – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Alvin Simmons – USDA-ARS
• 5:28 PM - 5:30 PM Pacific

  Discussion