4th National Meeting   •   March 8-12, 2016   •   Washington, DC

Poster Presentations

First Name Last Name Organization Abstract Title PDF
Gloria  Abad  USDA APHIS PPQ S&T CPHST  ONLINE MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR PHYTOPHTHORA: MEETING THE NEEDS FOR AN INNOVATIVE RESOURCE TO AID IN THE ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES IN THE GENUS  
Bright  Agindotan  Montana State University  SEEDBORNE FUNGI ISOLATED FROM PULSE CROP SEEDS IN MONTANA 
Tricia Allen  Cornell University  BEYOND PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM: IDENTIFYING OTHER PHYTOPHTHORA SPECIES, SEARCHING FOR P. KERNOVIAE AND EVALUATING SPECIES LEVEL TESTING METHODS  
Joan  Allen  University of Connecticut  UCONN DIAGNOSTIC LAB: THE NEW, UNUSUAL OR PREVIOUSLY UNENCOUNTERED 
Joan  Allen  University of Connecticut  NPDN FIRST DETECTORS: NEW AND UPDATED RESOURCES FOR ENHANCED PEST AND PATHOGEN DETECTION   
Mohammad Arif  Kansas State University  INTERNAL CONTROL: ESSENTIAL OR OPTIONAL FOR ACCURATE AND RELIABLE DIAGNOSTICS   
Clarissa  Balbalian  Mississippi State University  THE NATIONAL PLANT DIAGNOSTIC NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS PROGRAM AREA COMMITTEE 
Ashlee  Barth  USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T-CPHST  SAMPLE SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND PROCESSES FOR TIMELY AND ACCURATE CONFIRMATORY DIAGNOSTICS FROM THE CPHST BELTSVILLE LAB   
Neil Boonham Fera EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PESTS AND HARMFUL ALIEN SPECIES - INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS (EMPHASIS)  
Elizabeth  Bush  Virginia Tech  A PLANNED DEVIATION OF A CPHST-VALIDATED PROTOCOL ALLOWS FOR USE OF A HIGH-THROUGHPUT REAL-TIME MULTICYCLER FOR DETECTION OF PHYTOPHTHORA RAMORUM
Grethel  Busot  Kansas State University  NUCLEIC ACID-BASED DIAGNOSTICS: DOES THE TARGET SEQUENCE MATTER?   
Emmanuel  Byamukama  South Dakota State University  PARTNERING WITH THE STATE SOYBEAN COMMODITY BOARD TO PROMOTE DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SCN IN SOUTH DAKOTA   
Lisa  Castlebury  USDA ARS SMML  ONE NAME FOR FUNGI: EFFORTS TOWARD THE STANDARDIZATION OF THE NAMES OF PLANT PATHOGENS 
David  Clement  University of Maryland  MARYLAND INVASIVE TRAINING AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS   
Tom  Creswell  Purdue University  BEYOND ‘NATIONAL’: THE NPDN AT WORK ABROAD   
Sharon  Dobesh  Kansas State University  ETKNET: UPDATING THE PDIS EXERCISE MODULE   
Shefali  Dobhal  Kansas State University  ESSENTIALS OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC PROTOCOL VALIDATION TO DEVELOP RELIABLE AND ACCURATE DIAGNOSTICS   
Consuelo  Estevez de Jensen  University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez  THE UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO PLANT DISEASE AND INSECT CLINIC   
Jenny  Glass  Washington State University  PNW VEG: AN EXTENSION TEAM APPROACH TO DISEASE AND PEST DIAGNOSTICS, RESEARCH COLLABORATION, AND GROWER EDUCATION FOR THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION INDUSTRY 
Natalie Goldberg New Mexico State University NEW PATHOGEN AND INSECT DISCOVERIES FROM THE NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY PLANT DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC
Hilda  Gomez  USDA APHIS PPQ-Citrus Health Response System THE ROLE OF THE CHRP PATHOLOGY GROUP IN FLORIDA 
Eva Grimme Montana State University  DEVELOPMENT OF A FIELD DIAGNOSTIC KIT FOR DETECTION OF WHEAT STREAK MOSAIC VIRUS   
Mary Ann  Hansen  Virginia Tech  VIRGINIA AGENCIES AND STAKEHOLDERS COLLABORATE TO ADDRESS AN EMERGING DISEASE 
Snezana  Haymes  USDA-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST  MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS FOR MONILINIA SPECIES OF REGULATORY CONCERN   
Ann  Hazelrigg  University of Vermont  PROMOTING IPM THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE UVM PLANT DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC AND THE VERMONT EXTENSION MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM   
Michael  Hill  CERIS - Purdue University  NPDN IT COMMITTEE: THE NPDN WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT IT 
Richard  Hoenisch  National Plant Diagnostic Network  WPDN MALACOLOGY WORKSHOPS & TRAINING AND EDUCATION TRAINING AND CONNECTING IN THE WEST  
Fanny  Iriarte  University of Florida NFREC Quincy, FL  BACTERIAL BLIGHT/ANGULAR LEAF SPOT OF COTTON CAUSED BY XANTHOMONAS CITRI PV. MALVACEARUM IN NORTH FLORIDA  
Laurie  Kerzicnik  Montana State University  SPIDER DIAGNOSTICS: REDUCING FEARS AND MYTHS   
Mann  Ko  Hawaii Department of Agriculture  RECENTLY IDENTIFIED PLANT DISEASES IN HAWAII, THEIR IMPACTS, PATHS OF ENTRY OR ESTABLISHMENT AND CURRENT STATUSES 
Joseph  LaForest  Southern IPM Center, University of Georgia A NEW BUGWOOD IMAGES 
Joseph  LaForest  Southern IPM Center, University of Georgia FACILITATION OF INNOVATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY 
Yonghao  Li  The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station  THE ROLE OF INQUIRY DATA IN MONITORING ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT DISEASES – RESULTS FROM THE PDIO PLANT DISEASE INQUIRY DATABASE 
Zhonghua  Liu  PathSensors, Inc.  DEVELOPING CANARY ASSAYS FOR PLANT PATHOGEN DETECTION 
Emma  Lookabaugh  NC State University  MODEL FOR EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLANT DIAGNOSTICIANS   
Frank  Martin  USDA-ARS  A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS FOR PLANT PATHOGENIC OOMYCETES   
Frank  Martin  USDA-ARS  DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMBINASE POLYMERASE AMPLIFICATION ASSAYS TO RAPIDLY DETECT PHYTOPHTHORA SPECIES ON PLANT SAMPLES 
Frank  Martin  USDA-ARS  SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF MARKERS FOR PHYTOPHTHORA SPECIES USING MITOCHONDRIAL LOCI 
Vessela  Mavrodieva  USDA APHIS PPQ  THE NPPLAP PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAM: TEN YEARS OF EXPANDING LABORATORY CAPACITY AND PROMOTING QUALITY FOR REGULATED PLANT PATHOGENS TESTING   
Rachel  McCarthy  Cornell University  SENTINEL PLANT NETWORK: INCREASING EARLY DETECTIONS THROUGH TRAINING AND OUTREACH   
Timothy Miles California State University DEVELOPMENT OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS FOR THE INVASIVE OOMYCETE PATHOGEN PHYTOPHTHORA TENTACULATA 
Judit  Monis  Eurofins STA Labs  POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) MACROARRAY FOR MULTIPLEX POTATO VIRUS AND VIROID DETECTION 
Nick Morant OptiGene IN-FIELD DIAGNOSTICS AND PATHOGEN MANAGEMENT IN CROPS: RAPID SNP DETECTION AND ANALYSIS USING THE GENIE®III  
Cynthia  Music  CERIS/Purdue University  NPDN DATABASE COMMITTEE; ASSURING QUALITY AND STANDARDS IN NPDN DIAGNOSTICS DATA 
Jennifer  Olson  Oklahoma State University / Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service  PICTORIAL GUIDE TO ROSE ROSETTE DISEASE SYMPTOMS   
Jennifer  Olson  Oklahoma State University  DETECTION AND DISCRIMINATION METHODS YOU CAN USE: VIRUS CHASERS 2008-2015   
Nancy  Osterbauer  Oregon Dept. of Agriculture  EMERGING DISEASES IN OREGON  
Jesse  Ostrander  North Dakota State University EMERGING INSECT PEST - SPOTTED WING DROSOPHILA IN NORTH DAKOTA   
Melodie  Putnam  Oregon State University  GALL-ID: WEB-BASED TOOLS FOR THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GALL-CAUSING PHYTOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA 
Melodie  Putnam  Oregon State University  CYANOBACTERIA –AN UNDERAPPRECIATED THREAT TO AGRICULTURE? 
Yazmin  Rivera  USDA ARS SMML & Rutgers University  TRACKING FUNGI THROUGH TIME AND SPACE: A CASE FOR VOUCHER SPECIMENS   
Lina  Rodriguez Salamanca  Iowa State University  EXPANDING THE IMPACT OF NPDN: DIAGNOSTIC TRAINING IN COLOMBIA 
Emma Rosenthal Cornell University  SEARCHING FOR THE OAK WILT PATHOGEN, CERATOCYSTIS FAGACEARUM, IN NEW YORK STATE 
Gail  Ruhl  Purdue University  A FIRST DETECTION SUCCESS STORY: CORN TAR SPOT IDENTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE UNITED STATES BY COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF NPDN AND USDA-APHIS FUNGAL IDENTIFICATION LABS 
Paul  Russell  Agdia, Inc  QUANTITATIVE UTILITY OF THE AMPLIFYRP® ISOTHERMAL PLATFORM 
Maryna Serdani Oregon State University  CURTOBACTERIUM FLACCUMFACIENS AND POINSETTIA: A CASE STUDY IN THE NEED FOR INFORMATIVE TAXONOMIC FRAMEWORKS.  
Barbara  Shew  North Carolina State University  PLANTS, PESTS AND PATHOGENS WEBINARS AT NC STATE UNIVERSITY   
Karen  Snover-Clift  Cornell University  BELTSVILLE WORKSHOPS; AN NPDN AND USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC READINESS 
Karen  Snover-Clift  Cornell University  STAR-D; THE CREATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NPDN’S LABORATORY ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR PLANT DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES 
Karen  Snover-Clift  Cornell University  THE NORTHEAST PLANT DIAGNOSTIC NETWORK (NEPDN); REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 
James  Stack  Kansas State University  DEVELOPING DURABLE DNA-BASED DIAGNOSTICS: HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR SOP?   
Connie  Tande  South Dakota State University  PLANT DISEASE AND PEST DIAGNOSTICS: IT IS MORE THAN YOU THINK  
Shouhua  Wang  Nevada Department of Agriculture  BUILDING AND EVOLVING PLANT DIAGNOSTICS TO SERVE NEVADA’S AGRICULTURE AND URBAN PLANT HEALTH 
Meg  Williamson  Clemson University  TWO SPECIES OF PHYTOPHTHORA AND OTHER ROOT PATHOGENS ISOLATED FROM LAVENDER PLANTS FROM ELEVEN STATES IN 2015 

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