Thursday, 28th September
Science Protecting Plant Health 2017
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Speakers
Registrations Open
8:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium Registration
Plenary 5
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium
Chair: Brendan Rodoni
When, where and how to prepare for and manage emerging epidemics.
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Chris Gilligan
Morning Tea
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium Foyer / Exhibition
Molecular Plant-Pathogen Interactions
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium
Chairs: Louise Thatcher & Barbara Howlett
Activation and signaling by plant NLR immune receptors
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Simon Wiliams
Host-induced gene silencing: application to control nematode and aphid pests
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Michael GK Jones
Comparative secretome analysis of
Rhizoctonia solani
isolates reveals unique secretomes and cell death inducing effectors.
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Jonathan P Anderson
A comparison of metabolites produced by the fungus
Leptosphaeria maculans
during competition with
Leptosphaeria biglobosa
and during canker formation in the stems of
Brassica napus
cv. Westar
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Candace E Elliott
Root transcriptome analysis of resistance against
Phytophthora cinnamomi
using RNA-seq and the association of β-cinnamomin elicitin with virulence
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Md Tohidul Islam
Biological Control
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P6 & P7
Chairs: Gavin Hunter & Louise Morin
Use of genomics to improve biological control
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Gavin J Ash
Identification of culturable endophytes isolated from apple tissues with antagonism towards
Neonectria ditissima
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Jing Liu
Antagonistic effects of
Trichoderma
spp. against the brown root rot pathogen,
Phellinus
noxius
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Duy P LE
Pitfalls of molecular identification of biocontrol fungi used in sustainable agriculture: An alarming case study
-
Levente Kiss
Suppression of Fusarium Crown Rot in wheat by endophytic
Trichoderma
.
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Belinda E Stummer
Tree Pathology and Entemology
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P8
Chairs: Olufemi Akinsanmi & Angus Carnegie
Fusarium dieback in California and other ambrosia beetle associated diseases of avocado and urban forest
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Akif Eskalen
Dynamics of dieback in a naturally occurring parkinsonia population
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Victor J Galea
The impact of
Austropuccinia psidii
(myrtle rust) on the endangered
Gossia gonoclada
in south east Queensland
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Tamara Taylor
Mapping the threat of myrtle rustto Myrtaceae in Australia
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Katherine A Berthon
Transcriptome Profiling of Broadleaf Paperbark (
Melaleuca quinquenervia
) challenged by Myrtle Rust
(Austropuccinia psidii
) Revealed Variation in Defence Responses among Resistant Individuals
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Sarah Hsieh
On-farm Biosecurity
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P9
Chairs: Suzy Perry & Stewart Lindsay
Farm Biosecurity – a partnership approach
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Sharyn Taylor
On-farm Biosecurity Delivers Market Access
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John McDonald
CropSafe – A biosecurity surveillance network for broadacre plant diseases – Does it work?
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Luise Sigel
Australia’s Grains Farm Biosecurity Program – a national initiative in plant biosecurity awareness, education and training.
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Rachel Taylor-Hukins
Quaternary ammonium based disinfectants for effective on-farm biosecurity management of Panama disease in bananas
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Shanara Veivers
Post-harvest Protection from Pests
10:30AM - 12:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P10
Chairs: Manoj Nayak & Christos Athanassiou
Novel technologies in stored product protection: The European perspective
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Christos Athanassiou
Challenge of Insect Control in Australian Grain Industry
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Robin Reid
Integrated approach to manage strong resistance to phosphine (PH
3
) in rusty grain beetle,
Cryptolestes ferrugineus
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Rajeswaran Jagadeesan
Australia’s On-Farm Grain Storage Extension Project – a national initiative improving stored grain pest management and maintaining phosphine fumigation efficacy on-farm for the Australian grains industry.
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Peter Botta
Enhancing surveillance for exotic pests of stored grain using a partnership approach with industry and government.
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Judy Bellati
APP Editor's Lunch
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P11
Lunch
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium Foyer / Exhibition
Plenary 6
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium
Chair: Kathy Ophel-Keller
Diffuse symbioses: Competition, coevolution, and pathogen suppression in the rhizosphere
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Linda Kinkel
Poster Viewing Session - Thursday 28th September
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
P6-11 Foyer
A novel isothermal DNA test for detection of Xylella fastidiosa
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Keith Schuetz
Digital tools to facilitate assessing powdery mildew on grape bunches
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Eileen S Scott
MOLECULAR CHARACTERISATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF BADNAVIRUSES INFECTING YAMS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
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Amit Sukal
Etiology of Parsley Summer Root Rot in Australia
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Len Tesoriero
TWO LITTLE KNOWN FUNGAL PLANT PATHOGENS ISOLATED FROM GRAPEVINE EXHIBITING TRUNK DISEASE SYMPTOMS IN HUNGARY
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Kalman Z Vaczy
Defining threats of exotic bacteria to biosecurity using comparative genomics
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Sandra B Visnovsky
Neocosmospora root rot and Tobacco Streak Virus as a disease complex of peanut in central Queensland, Australia
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Kylie M Wenham
Development of new collection and diagnostic methods for Sugarcane streak mosaic virus
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Elizabeth Wilson
Characterisation of
Diaporthe
species causing husk rot in macadamia
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Christopher Wrona
Bacterial crown rot, a major threat to Australia’s papaya industry
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Lynton L Vawdrey
Risk Management of Angular leaf spot in trade
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Gemma A Bach
Modelling for quarantine decisions
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Peter WJ Baxter
The ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of exotic plant pest prioritisation
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Mandy Christopher
Identification and Prioritisation of High Impact Plant Pests
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Kylie Crampton
Norfolk Island Biosecurity: Protecting Norfolk Island in a changing biosecurity world
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Matthew J Gordon
A decision tool to determine the technical feasibility of eradicating plant pests
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Rebecca J Laws
Threatening plant diseases and biosecurity risk management
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Ezaz Mamun
Determination of pathway association for fungal pathogens in biosecurity risk assessments
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Niranjani Saverimuttu
Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis and Stakeholder Response Process of Queensland Government
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Abu-Baker Siddique
Simulation of the progression of yellow spot on wheat using a functional-structural plant model
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Katarina Streit
The role of Crop Health Services in Victoria’s General Surveillance Program: New detections 2014 -2017
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Jacqueline Edwards
Assessing dieback in woody weeds using UAV mounted multi-spectral cameras
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Victor J Galea
The CROPSAFE program: the network of private eye agronomists looking for exotics in Victoria.
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Dale Grey
An area wide surveillance network to monitor airborne inoculum of plant pathogens affecting the grains industry
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Rohan Kimber
Estimation of genetic variation in
Macrophomina phaseolina
isolated from sugar beet using SSR markers
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Nevena Nagl
Honeybees as an early surveillance tool for plant biosecurity
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John Roberts
Nematode interceptions in imported live plants at the border in the Sydney region
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Ronald J Southwell
Combining insect pheromones and fungal volatiles for improved field monitoring of the rusty grain beetle
Cryptolestes ferrugineus
(Stephens) (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae)
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Mark M Stevens
Plant growth-promoting bacteria isolated from Western Australian soils improve wheat and legume yields
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Rebecca Swift
Mining
Fusarium oxysporum
genome for putative effectors
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Saidi Achari
The survival of
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
in plants co-habiting Australian banana farms
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Shanara Veivers
Join the ant hunt: how to successfully engage the public to find fire ants
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Christine M Horlock
Knowledge brokering in biosecurity: How international linkages and learnings can help us build a better system
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Jessica Lye
GrowCare®, a web-tool for Australian fruit-growers to better use weather data in managing foliage diseases, especially downy mildew of grapevines.
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Peter A Magarey
Building and maintaining awareness of electric ant in a long-term eradication program
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Gary Morton
Delivering a point of truth to an industry faced with Panama disease TR4
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Simone Newman-Webster
“Unlocking a Nation of Curious Minds”: a science participatory platform for the next generation of
Phytophthora
scientists.
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Chantal M Probst
Measuring biosecurity practice change of grain growers in Western Australia.
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Jeff Russell
Survey of Turnip yellows virus in field canola and biological studies in the glasshouse
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Mohammad AFTAB
Interactions of waterlogging and fungal infection in lentil (
Lens culinaris
) cultivars
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Karen Barry
Effect of polymer film on plant-pathogen interactions: A case study on damping-off caused by
Pythium irregulare
in field peas (
Pisum sativum
)
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Karen Barry
Comparison of the growth patterns of two crown rot causing pathogens in wheat
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Joseph Barry
Utilising host and pathogen diversity to manage allium rust in gardens
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Matthew G Cromey
Understanding the biology and epidemiology of blueberry rust (
Thekopsora minima
) to improve control measures
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Rosalie Daniel
Effects of raceme age on the virulence and fecundity of
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
on canola (
Brassica napus
L.).
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Matthew Denton-Giles
Pathogenicity studies of
Macrophomina phaseolina
causing charcoal rot of strawberry in Australia
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Apollo O Gomez
The effect of temperature, water potential and incubation time on the germination of
Sporisorium scitamineum
teliospores
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Nurul Hidayah
The influence of temperature and incubation time on the incidence of smut disease on sugarcane
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Nurul Hidayah
Finding
Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
in Western Australia
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Monica Kehoe
Host range investigations of
Phoma koolunga
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Elizabeth C Keirnan
A fresh look at the life cycle of powdery mildews infecting important crops
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Levente Kiss
Myceliogenic germination of
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
is enhanced by imbibition of sclerotia in combination with other abiotic conditions
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David W Lane
Development of a detached leaf bioassay to determine cross-pathogenicity and pathogenic variation of
Botryosphaeriaceae
isolates on blueberry and macadamia
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Renee Liddle
Investigating the longevity and host range of
Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus
(CGMMV) in the Northern Territory
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David A Lovelock
Importance of Charcoal Rot in the Australian Strawberry Industry Following the Phase-out of Methyl Bromide
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Scott W Mattner
Fusarium Yellows of Leafy
Brassica
species in Conventional and Vertical Farms in Singapore
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Muhammad Azhari Mohammad Zain
Microscopic analysis of oil palm (
Elaeis guineensis
) infections by
Ganoderma boninense
.
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Agnieszka M Mudge
Outbreak of yellow crinkle disease of Papaya in Queensland
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Nandita Pathania
Relative benefit of growing bread wheat or barley in the northern grains region in the presence of infection by
Fusarium pseudograminearum
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Toni Petronaitis
Pathogenicity of
Xanthomonas
species causing bacterial leaf spot in Australia
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Rebecca Roach
Winter cereal responses to root and crown rot pathogens
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Ahmed Saad
Detection and distribution of alfalfa dwarf disease-associated viruses infecting lucerne pastures: potential biosecurity implications for Australia
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Samira Samarfard
Identifying the mechanism of infection and colonisation by
Verticillium dahliae
in potato
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Mee-Yung Shin
Determining the impact of Botrytis bunch rot on grape quality to inform disease management decisions.
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Christopher C Steel
Roles of high temperature, desiccation, and time in poor survival of
Pratylenchus thornei
in the topsoil after wheat harvest in a subtropical environment
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John P Thompson
Soil Solarisation as a method to deliver near zero level crown rot (
Fusarium pseudograminearum
) reference sites in the northern grain region of Australia.
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Prue Bottomley
Effect of Essential oil-loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles on
Pseudomonas syringae
pv
pisi in vitro
and
in planta
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Marimar Bravo Cadena
Mitigation Effect of High Temperature and Water Stress by Bacillus velezensis YP2 on Leafy Vegetables
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Dayeon Kim
Cold plasma: A novel method to control
Botrytis cinerea
, the causal agent of grey mould on strawberry
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Sharmin S Siddique
Direct application of cold plasma to
Colletotrichum
species
in-vitro
reduces their growth and germination
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Sharmin S Siddique
Silverleaf whitefly (
Bemisia tabaci
biotype B), an exotic pest: Success and challenges in its management in vegetable crops
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Siva Subramaniam
Control of Sclerotium Rot of chillies in Australia
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Len Tesoriero
Managing damping off in baby-leaf spinach in Australia
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Len Tesoriero
Biofumigation potential of
Brassica
crops to control
Rhizoctonia solani
infection of potato
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Le P Thanh
Investigations into alternative post-harvest treatments for crown end rot of banana.
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Peter R Trevorrow
Growth promotion of Chinese cabbage in salt stress conditions by Volatile organic compounds of
Pseudomonas
sp. NBC107
-
sang mi yu
Testing the efficacy of urea as a treatment for the destruction of
Fusarium oxysporum
f. sp.
cubense
in infected soil.
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David J East
Using
Trichoderma
to suppress Fusarium Wilt (
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense
) in banana cropping systems
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David J East
Development of an effective delivery system for a woody weed bioherbicide
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Victor J Galea
Characterisation and screening of
Bacillus spp.
for lipopeptides and enzymes involved in biocontrol of
Leptosphaeria maculans
.
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Sana Hanif
Is weed biological control stable over decades? Investigations into the
Puccinia chondrillina
-
Chondrilla juncea
pathosystem in Australia
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Gavin C. Hunter
Biological Control of Rice Blast Fungus: A Study Case at Louisiana State University, United State of America
-
N Jungkhun
Biological control of grapevine trunk diseases using endophytic bacteria
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Jennifer M Niem
Assessing the biocontrol efficacy of nematode trapping fungi
Arthrobotrys oligospora
and
A. dactyloides
against root-knot nematodes in ginger
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PUS Peiris
Evaluating the influence of Pb(II) on the production of volatiles by endophytic Trichoderma asperelllum LF11 against Ganoderma boninense
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Carrie Siew Fang Sim
Biocontrol of Ginseng Damping-off by
Bacillus velezensis
CC112
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Sang Yeob Lee
Biocontrol of Cucumber Powdery Mildew by
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
M27
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Sang Yeob Lee
Afternoon Tea
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium Foyer / Exhibition
Exhibitor Bump-out
3:30PM - 5:30PM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium Foyer / Exhibition
Combating Fusarium Wilt
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium
Chairs: Andre Drenth & Juliane Henderson
Molecular-based strategies for combating Fusarium wilt disease of legumes
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Louise F Thatcher
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of pathogenicity of the banana pathogen,
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
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Elizabeth Czislowski
How Queensland is fighting the battle against
Fusarium oxysporum
f. sp.
cubense.
-
Ceri A Pearce
Genetic dissection of Foc resistance using
Musa acuminata
ssp.
malaccensis
-
Andrew Chen
Varietal screening trial to identify banana varieties highly tolerant or resistant to
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp
cubense
Tropical Race 4
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Sharl Mintoff
Pest and Pathogen Evolution and Diversity
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P6 & P7
Chairs: Rebekah Frampton & Paul Campbell
Where do plant bacterial diseases come from?
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Brendan Rodoni
‘
Candidatus
Liberibacters’ in indigenous Rutaceous species from South Africa
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Gerhard Pietersen
Are multiple
Phytophthora
species associated with macadamias?
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Olumide OS Jeff-Ego
Evolution of
Phytophthora infestans
and disease prevention strategies
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Lawrence Kawchuk
Diversity of root lesion nematode populations in Australian cropping regions and implications for PreDicta B
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Katherine Linsell
Novel Methods of Pest and Pathogen Control
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P8
Chairs: Gavin Ash & Amanda Able
Agro-nano innovations: game changers for crop protection
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Neena Mitter
The potential effect of karrikinolide (KAR
1
) in inducing resistance against
Alternaria solani
on tomato
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Aloesi A Dakuidreketi
Isoprene Identified in the Volatolome of Endophytic Fungi as a Promising Phosphine Alternative
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Christian Krill
Control of
Botrytis cinerea
in industrial horticulture by pulsed UV light induced plant defences
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Matevz Papp-Rupar
Sucrase inhibitors as insecticides against sap-feeding insects
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Falk Kalamorz
Pest and Pathogen Surveillance
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P9
Chairs: Grant Smith & Kelly Hill
New technologies for detection of airborne pest and diseases affecting the grains industry
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Jenny Davidson
Evaluating different passive/ interception traps for monitoring long distance wind dispersal of insects into Australia.
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KYLA FINLAY
Continuing development of a new “attract and kill” trap for surveillance and control of female Queensland fruit fly
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Paul Cunningham
Comparison of rooftop and field-based air samplers for early detection and population monitoring of plant pathogens
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Jon S West
Development of probes and platforms for the detection and identification of captured fungal spores
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Kelly Hill
Plant-Viral-Vector Interactions
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Thursday, 28th September
Meeting Room P10
Chairs: Ralf Dietzgen & Robin MacDiarmid
Modification of plant nuclei by negative-strand RNA viruses
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Michael Goodin
Differentially Expressed Genes in Response to Capsicum chlorosis virus Infection in the Capsicum Host and Thrips Vector
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Ralf G. Dietzgen
Viral small RNAs that target plant genes and artificial miRNA that target plant viruses
-
Lara-Simone Pretorius
Next generation sequencing of resistance breaking
Tomato spotted wilt virus
from WA and QLD
-
Monica A Kehoe
Diversity of
Brevipalpus
-transmitted plant viruses
-
Elliot W. Kitajima
Closing Ceremony
5:00PM - 5:30PM
Thursday, 28th September
Plaza Auditorium
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