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Member Symposium

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

The Global Pest, Sweetpotato Whitefly: Taxonomy, Ecology, Virus Transmission, and Management

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Chesapeake J-K

In-Person

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:32 PM ET
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  • 1:32 PM – 1:47 PM ET
    The Bemisia tabaci cryptic species complex: recapping phylogenetic-biological associations

    Presenting Author: Judith K. K. Brown (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  • 1:47 PM – 2:02 PM ET
    Building a better banker plant by incorporating predatory pallidus beetles, Delphastus pallidus LeConte (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), into the papaya banker plant system

    Presenting Author: Muhammad Ahmed – USDA

    Co-author: Cindy McKenzie – USDA

    Co-author: Lance Osborne – University of Florida

  • 2:02 PM – 2:17 PM ET
    Behavioral response of Delphastus catalinae to Bemisia tabaci and tomato yellow leaf curl virus disease complex

    Presenting Author: Tara-Kay L. Jones (she/her/hers) – USDA

    Co-author: Sharon A. Andreason – USDA

    Co-author: Alvin M. Simmons (he/him/his) – USDA

  • 2:17 PM – 2:32 PM ET
    Selective toxicity of insecticides on two generalist predators of Bemisia tabaci

    Presenting Author: Albertha J. Parkins – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Arash Kheirodin – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Aspen Foster – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Jason M. Schmidt – University of Georgia

  • 2:32 PM – 2:47 PM ET
    Epizootics of entomopathogenic fungi in Georgia and Florida

    Presenting Author: Mike Toews – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Shaohui Wu (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

    Co-author: Christopher Dunlap – USDA

    Co-Author: Anamika Sharma (she/her/hers) – Florida A&M University

    Co-author: Pasco Avery – University of Florida

    Co-author: David I. Shapiro-Ilan – USDA

  • 2:47 PM – 2:52 PM ET
    Break
  • 2:52 PM – 3:07 PM ET
    Is climate change triggering a death spiral for whitefly biocontrol?

    Presenting Author: William E. Snyder – University of Georgia

  • 3:07 PM – 3:22 PM ET
    Knockdown of Dnmt1 does not influence gene expression or methylation levels in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci

    Presenting Author: Christopher Cunningham – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Emily Shelby – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Elizabeth McKinney – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Alvin M. Simmons (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-Author: Allen J. Moore (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Patricia Moore – University of Georgia

  • 3:22 PM – 3:37 PM ET
    Identification of begomovirus coat protein interacting partners from Bemisia tabaci

    Presenting Author: Banani Mondal – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Alvin M. Simmons (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

  • 3:37 PM – 3:52 PM ET
    Role of volatile compounds on tomato resistance against whitefly

    Presenting Author: Thiago Rutz – Auburn University

    Co-author: Jessica Pizzo – Auburn University

    Co-author: Camila Rodrigues – Auburn University

    Co-author: Alana Lynn Jacobson – Auburn University

    Co-author: Alvin M. Simmons (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-Author: Andre da Silva – Auburn University

  • 3:52 PM – 4:07 PM ET
    Spatial spread of Sida golden mosaic virus in commercial snap fields in Georgia

    Presenting Author: Clarance Codod – University of Georgia

  • 4:07 PM – 4:12 PM ET
    Break
  • 4:12 PM – 4:27 PM ET
    Oral delivery of cognate double stranded RNAs effectively suppress key functional genes in Asia-I and Asia II-1 genetic groups of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

    Presenting Author: Asokan Ramasamy (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Horticultural Research

  • 4:27 PM – 4:42 PM ET
    Using kaolin to manage whiteflies

    Presenting Author: Thomson M. Paris – University of Florida

  • 4:42 PM – 4:57 PM ET
    Fidelity and prevalence of a begomovirus vertical transmission by the sweetpotato whitefly

    Presenting Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Wendy Marchant – USDA

    Co-author: Saurabh Gautam – Texas A&M University

    Co-author: Kiran Gadhave – Texas A&M University

    Co-author: Judith K. K. Brown (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

    Co-author: Alvin M. Simmons (he/him/his) – USDA

  • 4:57 PM – 5:12 PM ET
    Citrullus crop wild relatives with resistance to whitefly transmitted viruses

    Presenting Author: Cecilia McGregor – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Swikriti Pandey – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Alex Luckew – University of Georgia

    Co-author: Ted McAvoy – University of Georgia

  • 5:12 PM – 5:27 PM ET
    Advances in managing whiteflies, from synthetic to biological controls

    Presenting Author: Jermaine D. Perier (he/him/his) – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Alvin M. Simmons (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-Author: David G. Riley – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: Michael D. Toews – University of Georgia

    Co-Author: David I. Shapiro-Ilan – USDA

  • 5:27 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan (he/him/his) – University of Georgia