Symposium

14. Pest Management

[14-4] Bemisia tabaci: a pernicious pest and a super vector

Mon. Aug 26, 2024 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM Annex Hall1

Chair: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (University of Georgia), Alvin M Simmons (Agricultural Research Service)

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1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

[14-4-01] Recent phylogenomic advancements, and biogeographical and ecological nuances of the Bemisia tabaci cryptic species group

*Judith K Brown¹ (1. The University of Arizona (United States of America))

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

[14-4-02] Whiteflies in Changing Environments

*Alvin M Simmons¹, Shaaban Abd-Rabou², Sharon A. Andreason³, William E. Snyder⁴, David G. Riley⁵ (1. USDA-Agricultural Research Service (United States of America), 2. Ministry of Agriculture, ARC, PPRI (Egypt), 3. USDA-Agricultural Research Service (United States of America), 4. University of Georgia (United States of America), 5. University of Georgia (United States of America))

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

[14-4-03] Whitefly infestations may drop down under a future climate

*Elisa Garzo¹, Paula D. Paulo², Ines Prieto-Ruiz¹, Aranzazu Moreno¹, Alberto Fereres¹ (1. Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, CSIC (Spain), 2. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa (Brazil))

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

[14-4-04] The costs and benefits of two secondary symbionts in a whitefly host shape their differential prevalence in the field

*Shu-Sheng Liu¹, Hong-Wei Shan² (1. Zhejiang University (China), 2. Ningbo University (China))

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

[14-4-05] Horizontally obtained Rickettsia “symbiont” is not inherited by the parasitic wasp Eretmocerus hayati

*Yin-Quan Liu¹ (1. Zhejiang University (China))

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

[14-4-06] Four decades of Bemisa tabaci-transmitted viruses in Europa’s orchard

*Dirk Janssen¹ (1. IFAPA (Spain))

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

[14-4-07] Alterations in the expression profiles of secreted small RNAs by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci upon Tomato yellow leaf curl virus infection

*Murad Ghanim¹, Poulami Sarkar¹ (1. Volcani Institute (Israel))

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

[14-4-08] Differential interactions of Bemisia tabaci cryptic species with old- and new-world begomoviruses

*Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan¹, Saurabh Gautam¹, Habibu Mugerwa¹, Saptarshi Ghosh¹, Banani Mondal¹, Bhabesh Dutta¹, Judith Brown³, Scott Adkins², Alvin Simmons² (1. University of Georgia (United States of America), 2. USDA -ARS (United States of America), 3. University of Arizona (United States of America))

Coffee Break (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[14-4-09] Mixed infections of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)-transmitted viruses in the southwestern United States influence virus transmission and prevalence

*William M Wintermantel¹ (1. USDA-ARS (United States of America))

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

[14-4-10] Making a mixed infection: effect of acquisition sequence on propagation of TYLCV and ToMoV by Bemisia tabaci

*Alana Jacobson¹, Autumn McLaughlin¹, Linda Hanley-Bowdoin², George Kennedy² (1. Auburn University (United States of America), 2. North Carolina State University (United States of America))

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

[14-4-11] Tracking Bemisia tabaci-transmitted sweet potato leaf curl virus through field production and vegetative propagation: Implications for breeding and production

*Sharon A. Andreason¹, Phillip A. Wadl¹ (1. USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory (United States of America))

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

[14-4-12] CRISPR/Cas9, Cas12a Ribo Nucleoprotein Mediated Genome Editing: A New Avenue in Insect Pest Management

*Asokan Ramasamy¹, Ashok Karuppannasamy¹, Bhargava Chikmagaluru Nagaraja¹, Manamohan Maligeppagol¹ (1. ICAR - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (India))

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

[14-4-13] Armet from whitefly saliva acts as an effector to suppress plant defences by targeting tobacco cystatin

*Hui Du¹ (1. Zhejiang University (China))

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

[14-4-14] A Low-Cost Egg Staining Method for Improved Phenotyping of Whitefly Resistance in Crop Plants

*Benjamin van Raalte¹, Kristal Watrous², Miguel Lujan¹, Ricky Le¹, Penglin Sun¹, Benjamin Ellis³, Kerry Mauck¹ (1. University of California, Riverside, Department of Entomology (United States of America), 2. University of California, Irvine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (United States of America), 3. University of California, Riverside, Department of Statistics (United States of America))

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM

[14-4-15] Attraction of Nicotiana benthamiana to Bemisia tabaci is related to a chemical signal in plant volatile, undecane

*Xinyue Zhang¹ (1. Zhejiang University (China))

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM

[14-4-16] Insecticide susceptibility and biotype identification of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in Taiwan

*Ying-shiou Lin^1,2, Shu-Mei Dai¹, Sheng-Tsz Rau², Hui-Chi Chien², Yi-Ting Liao² (1. National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan), 2. Agricultural Chemicals Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture (Taiwan))

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