2015 American Phytopathological Society meeting

[ChrisK]

It's almost that time of year again! This year's meeting is in beautiful Pasadena, CA. 1500 scientists from across the country and world come together to share the latest work on plant diseases. There will be everything from basic science on the mechanisms of plant - microbe interactions to applied research in the field of disease management and control.

The abstracts are online to peruse at your leisure, you have about a month. As in years past, if there are posters and/or sessions you'd like more info on post your request here! I'll do my best to accommodate you, take notes and try my best to relay the info.

I might also tweet from the meeting if that's more your style. I'll post the meeting hash tag here.


http://www.apsnet.org/SearchCenter/P...eetingadv.aspx

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by ChrisK

It's almost that time of year again! This year's meeting is in beautiful Pasadena, CA. 1500 scientists from across the country and world come together to share the latest work on plant diseases. There will be everything from basic science on the mechanisms of plant - microbe interactions to applied research in the field of disease management and control.

The abstracts are online to peruse at your leisure, you have about a month. As in years past, if there are posters and/or sessions you'd like more info on post your request here! I'll do my best to accommodate you, take notes and try my best to relay the info.

I might also tweet from the meeting if that's more your style. I'll post the meeting hash tag here.


http://www.apsnet.org/SearchCenter/P...eetingadv.aspx

Thanks so much for your offer. I'll take a look when I have time, which is not now, and get back to you.

And yes, I know Pasadena and it is a lovely area.

Carolyn

[ChrisK]

A number of sessions will be streamed live.

See: http://www.apsnet.org/meetings/annua...Streaming.aspx



Sunday, August 2

· Opening General Session and Awards & Honors Ceremony · Sunday, August 2, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.


Monday, August 3

· Plenary Session I · Monday, August 3, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
· Scientific Session: Phytobiome-Plant Interactions: Bridging Phytobiome Structure and Function · Monday, August 3, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday, August 4

· Plenary Session II · Tuesday, August 4, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
· Scientific Session: Nematology: From Microbiomes to Management · Tuesday, August 4, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.


Wednesday, August 5

· Scientific Session: Climate Cycles, Climate Forecasting, and Disease Cycles Spanning Multiple Years · Wednesday, August 5, 8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
· Scientific Session: Banana Production at the Crossroads: Impact of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense TR4 · Wednesday, August 5, 10:15 – 11:45 a.m.

[nctomatoman]

Very cool. Not having done the search, of most interest to me will be any advances/updates on tomato Late Blight, Early Blight and Fusarium Wilt.

[Starlight]

How awesome! Thanks for the post.

I didn't realize the banana situation had gotten so bad, but must be if they are having a whole session on it.

[ChrisK]

Had dinner with a USDA friend yesterday and the subject of tomatoes came up (of course!) as he had done quite a bit of work many years ago on Fusarium wilt of tomatoes in Florida when he was there. Did a lot of genomics and such to trace the spread of the different races. He mentioned a biocontrol non-pathogenic oxysporum called Fo47 which I had not heard of. Of course, with any biocontrol agent/inoculant, the results will be quite variable and dependent on formulation. Anyway, thought I might try to get a plate of it and play around. Fusarium is really easy to grow. There appear to be some new papers in the literature on this bug.

I will definitely be hitting some posters on Fol and also bacterial spot which has about wiped me out this year.

Not too late to ask for specific ones though, opening mixer and first poster session is tonight.

Originally Posted by nctomatoman

Very cool. Not having done the search, of most interest to me will be any advances/updates on tomato Late Blight, Early Blight and Fusarium Wilt.

[ChrisK]

Yes, Cavendish may go the way of the Gros Michel in the foreseeable future.

Originally Posted by Starlight

How awesome! Thanks for the post.

I didn't realize the banana situation had gotten so bad, but must be if they are having a whole session on it.

[bower]

hi Chris

I did a read through of the abstracts when you first posted this, but didn't see anything in particular to ask you about - just lots of generally interesting stuff.

I would love to learn anything more about bacterial spot, if that's something you're going to attend for your own interest, please tell us more about what you learned.

And of course, if there's anything new about the fungal pathogens, I'm all ears. (indeed, up to my ears! )

Have a great time! So much brain candy..

[carolyn137]

Originally Posted by nctomatoman

Very cool. Not having done the search, of most interest to me will be any advances/updates on tomato Late Blight, Early Blight and Fusarium Wilt.

And let me add Septoria Leaf Spot to the ones Craig mentioned.

Yes, I know there are some varieties out there with all three ph genes for Late Blight and I know that it's not making them resistant, no such thing IMO for total Resistance, rather increased tolerance.

And yes, I know there are a few varieties out there with low level tolerance to EarlyBlight, but Randy Gardner told me that only means that instead of spraying every few days that the interval was increased a few days which was a great savings for large scale commercial growers, not so much backyard growers.

At one time I thought Mark McCaslin ( Frog Leaps Farm), with a Ph.D in plant breeding, had put together a group of volunteers to work with Septoria Leaf Spot, but haven't heard anything lately. And it turned out that Randy and Mark knew each other at Cornell when they were there together or something like that. Of course I bonded being a Cornell alumna myself, but not in plant breeding.

Chris, I'm going to leave it to you to grab what info you think might be helpful, primarily, but not exclusively, for home growers.

For many years I attended the ASM ( American Society of Microbiology) yearly meetings to present papers and go to sessions and I found that some of the most interesting new information was not to be had in the formal settings, rather, some in attendance would approach a speaker or presenter and whisper that they were working on the same problem and would it be possible to go out for dinner and have a few drinks and talk about it. And if it were me being approached, I did.

Q.E.D.

Carolyn

[ChrisK]

Totally agree! The best ideas and collaborations come up over drinks! That is my one criticism of this conference. There are no organized meals which tend to make networking easier and breaks lab cliques up.

The nice thing about the tomato talks is I can always find a way to make it applicable to what we're doing at work! ;-)

Not sure how much will be applicable to home growers but at least I hope to give a taste of whats going on in the world of plant science as it relates to diseases. Unfortunately, much of the research takes years to get to any useful application, as you know. Further, much will never be targeted to home growers (some may trickle down though), just not enough of a market given the costs.

Originally Posted by carolyn137

And let me add Septoria Leaf Spot to the ones Craig mentioned.

Yes, I know there are some varieties out there with all three ph genes for Late Blight and I know that it's not making them resistant, no such thing IMO for total Resistance, rather increased tolerance.

And yes, I know there are a few varieties out there with low level tolerance to EarlyBlight, but Randy Gardner told me that only means that instead of spraying every few days that the interval was increased a few days which was a great savings for large scale commercial growers, not so much backyard growers.

At one time I thought Mark McCaslin ( Frog Leaps Farm), with a Ph.D in plant breeding, had put together a group of volunteers to work with Septoria Leaf Spot, but haven't heard anything lately. And it turned out that Randy and Mark knew each other at Cornell when they were there together or something like that. Of course I bonded being a Cornell alumna myself, but not in plant breeding.

Chris, I'm going to leave it to you to grab what info you think might be helpful, primarily, but not exclusively, for home growers.

For many years I attended the ASM ( American Society of Microbiology) yearly meetings to present papers and go to sessions and I found that some of the most interesting new information was not to be had in the formal settings, rather, some in attendance would approach a speaker or presenter and whisper that they were working on the same problem and would it be possible to go out for dinner and have a few drinks and talk about it. And if it were me being approached, I did.

Q.E.D.

Carolyn

[ChrisK]

The session on TR4 and the threat to Banana has now been posted. Several well known experts in the field discuss current control strategies and the outlook. It's not a science dense presentation so quite accessible for laypeople.





Other recorded sessions found here:

http://www.apsnet.org/meetings/meeti...Streaming.aspx

[nctomatoman]

Thanks, Chris.

[imp]

Thank you, Chris- wonderful for you to share!