Joint Meeting of the 65th Annual Conference on Soilborne Plant Pathogens & the 50th Annual Statewide California Nematology Workshop
March 26-28, 2019
Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA
PROGRAM
Tuesday March 26, 2019
12:00-4:00 pm Field trip includes box lunch and botanical garden tour
5:00-5:30 pm Registration for Conference on Soilborne Plant Pathogens opens
5:30-7:30 pm Social and dinner– Banta Hall
Wednesday March 27, 2019
8:00-8:30 am Registration– Ahmanson Classroom
8:30-10:00 am Opening Session: Soil Health and Microbial Interactions
Welcome: Jim Folsom, Huntington Gardens and Timothy Paulitz, organizer
Jeffrey Mitchell, UC Davis, Kearney. A vision for soil health for California.
Daniel Schlatter, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA. The microbial bases of soil health: inside the black box.
Howard Ferris, UC Davis. Fifty years nematology workshop: hindsight is 20/20.
10:00-10:30 am Coffee break
10:30-noon Session I. Soilborne microbial dynamics
Session Chair: Shashika Hewavitharana, Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo. shewavit@calpoly.edu (15-minute talks below)
Soil microbiomes associated with substrate-mediated suppression of plant disease. Dan Chellemi, Agricultural Solutions. dan@rootguard.com
Attacking apple replant problem with microbiome tools. Shashika Hewavitharana, Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo. shewavit@calpoly.edu
Exploring the relationships between resistance to soil-borne diseases and the rhizosphere microbiome in Strawberries. Eric Boyd, Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo. Emboyd@calpoly.edu
Rapid detection of strawberry soilborne pathogens using recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA). Seyedmojtaba Mansouripour, Cal Poly- San Luis Obispo. smansour@calpoly.edu
Synergy between Trichoderma and anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) to manage Rhizoctonia root rot in radish. Ram Khadka, Ohio State. khadka.13@buckeyemail.osu.edu
The complex of root pathogens affecting marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) production. Zamir Punja, Simon Fraser University. zamir_punja@sfu.ca
Noon-1:30 pm Lunch – Banta Hall
1:30-3:00 pm Session II. New developments in the realm of soilborne pathogens and pests.
Session Chair: Andreas Westphal, UC Riverside- Kearney. andreas.westphal@ucr.edu
(15-minute talks below)
Controlling Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Glycine max by targeting oxalic acid production using host-induced gene silencing. Megan McCaghey, UW Madison. mccaghey@wisc.edu
Avoidance, attraction and genes oh my! Using odors to identify neural circuitry and genes underlying nematode behavior. Tiffany Baiocchi, UC Riverside. tiffany.baiocchi@email.ucr.edu
Incidents of nematode return following spot or strip pre-plant treatments. Michael McKenry, Nematologist Emeritus, UC Riverside. mvmckenry83@gmail.com
Evaluation of anaerobic digestates for suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes in soil. Caroline Eberlein, UC Riverside. ceberl@ucr.edu
Is there soil suppressiveness against plant-parasitic nematodes under changing almond production practices? Jinling Huang, UC Riverside. 386584315@qq.com
Developing nematode resistant rootstocks in walnut: trials, tribulations and streamlining. Andreas Westphal, UC Riverside- Kearney. andreas.westphal@ucr.edu
3:00-3:30 pm Coffee break
3:30-5:00 pm Session III. Chemical, Biological, and cultural control of soilborne diseases.
Session Chair: Kelly Ivors, Driscoll’s Global Plant Health. kelly.ivors@driscolls.com
(15-minute talks below)
Systems-based management of soilborne disease. Dan Chellemi, Agricultural Solutions. dan@rootguard.com
Integrated solution to reduce Botryosphaeria incidence and stinkbug feeding damage on pistachio nuts. Raksha Kuenen and G. Musson, Bayer. raksha.kuenen@bayer.com
Nematicides 3.0. Ole Becker, UC Riverside. obecker@ucr.edu
Chemical nematode suppression in perennial cropping systems. Zin Thu Zar Maung, UC Riverside- Kearney. zin.maung@ucr.edu
Seed variety trial for cyst nematode resistant sugarbeet. Becky Westerdahl, UC Davis. bbwesterdahl@ucdavis.edu
Brassica cover crop as potential plant-parasitic nematode suppression in nut crops. Yu-Chen Wang, UC Riverside- Kearney. yuchenw@ucr.edu
5:30-7:30 pm Meeting of the California Nematology Workgroup
Thursday March 28, 2019
7:30-8:00 am Steering Committee Meeting
8:30-9:45 am Session IV. Soilborne disease potpourri. Session Chair: Hung Doan, UC Davis. Hkdoan@ucdavis.edu (15-minute talks below)
Demystifying Fusarium diseases of tomato. Hung Doan, UC Davis. Hkdoan@ucdavis.edu
Exploring the effect of deficit irrigation on development of Fusarium wilt in tomato. Kelley Paugh, Johanna Del Castillo Múnera, Cassandra Swett, UC Davis. krpaugh@ucdavis.edu
Elucidating the effects of soil salinity on Fusarium wilt of tomato: implications for soil salinity and disease co-management. Beth Hellman, UC Davis. emhellman@ucdavis.edu
Determining pathogenicity of fungal symbionts vectored by Euwallacea spp. in southern California landscape trees. Heidi Holmquist, Cal Poly- Pomona. hjholmquist@cpp.edu
Impact of chemicals of emerging concern on soilborne plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae. Nathan McLain, UC Riverside. nmcla001@ucr.edu
Multiple hormonal response-pathways cooperate in host resistance against Macrophomina phaseolina. Mercedes Schroeder, UC Riverside. mschr001@ucr.edu
9:45-10:15 am Coffee break
10:15-11:00 am Session V. Soilborne disease potpourri. Session Chair: Wolfgang Schweigkofler, Dominican University and NORS-DUC. wolfgang.schweigkofler@dominican.edu
(15-minute talks below)
Assessing the incidence and diversity of Oomycete species occurring in planned restoration areas of the Angeles National Forest Sebastian Fajardo, UC Davis. snfajardo@ucdavis.edu
Soil remediation for the control of invasive pathogens in nurseries: experiences with Phytophthora ramorum et al. Wolfgang Schweigkofler, Dominican University of California. wolfgang.schweigkofler@dominican.edu
Identification of Pseudomonas spp. VOCs for use in biocontrol of nematodes and fungi. Rebecca Kimmelfield and Christopher Taylor, Ohio State University kimmelfield.1@osu.edu
The Conference on Soilborne Plant Pathogens would like to thank our corporate sponsors for their support. Their contributions went to cover student scholarships, lunches, and food for the social.
