2015 Plant Pathology Join Meeting

2015 Plant Pathology Join Meeting American Phytopathological Society-Caribbean Division (APS-CD) Latin American Phytopathological Association (ALF) XVII International Congress and XLII National Congress of the Mexican Society of Plant Pathology (SMF) 1

Congress Venue Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel (Campos Eliseos: Polanco-Chapultepec) 19-23 July, Mexico City, Mexico PROGRAM Pre Congress Courses Symposia Workshop International Conferences Graduate Student Paper Competition 2

09:00-18:00 p.m. Seed Health Simposium (Simposio sobre Sanidad de Semillas) Coordinators: Ing. Mario Puente-Raya (AMSAC), Dr. Rafael Mora-Aguilar (SNITT) and Dr. Hilda Victoria Silva-Rojas (COLPOS). Granada room See program. 09:00-18:00 p.m. Workshop: Oomycetes Taxonomy (Taxonomía de Oomycetos) Coordinators: Ronald David French-Monar, PhD. Assistant Professor and Diagnostician, Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Amarillo, TX, U.S.A.; and Gloria Abad, PhD. Senior Plant Pathologist, Oomycetes Program Leader, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-Center of Plant Health Science & Technology (CPHST), Beltsville, MD, U.S.A. Regency Room F See program. Sunday, July 19 Pre Congress Courses Morning Sessions Eight pre-congress courses (4 h each one): Instructors 09:00-13:00 p.m. Epidemiology Epidemiología 09:00-13:00 p.m. Nematodes Nematodos 09:00-13:00 p.m. Handling equipment for applying fungicides Manejo de equipo para aplicación de fungicidas 09:00-13:00 p.m. Molecular phylogeny (Diversity, ecology and evolution of microbial populations) Filogenia molecular (Diversidad, ecología y evolución en poblaciones microbianas) Gustavo Mora-Aguilera, PhD 1. Regency Room G Dr. Alejandro Tovar-Soto 2. Ángel Ramírez-Suárez, PhD 3. Regency Ball Room A Dr. Fernando Urzua-Soria 4. Regency Room D1 Gerardo Nava-Morales, PhD 5. Regency Room D2 3

13:00 14:00 p.m Lunch Break (ticket holders only Regency Ball Room B Afternoon Sessions 14:00-18:00 p.m. Molecular techniques in Plant Pathology Técnicas moleculares en Fitopatología 14:00-18:00 p.m. Successful preparation of manuscripts for high impact journals included in international publishers Preparación exitosa de manuscritos para revistas de alto impacto incluidas en editoriales internacionales 14:00-18:00 p.m. Plant Pathogenic Fungi (Theoretical and practical) Hongos fitopatógenos (teórico- práctico) 14:00-18:00 p.m. Contemporary methods applied to data analysis in Plant Pathology Métodos contemporáneos aplicados al análisis de datos en fitopatología Dra. Reyna I. Rojas-Martínez 1. Dr. Daniel Ochoa-Martínez 1. Regency Room G Ángel Bravo-Vinaja, PhD 6. Regency Ball Room A Dr. Gerardo Leyva-Mir 7. Regency Room D1 Paul David Esker, PhD 8. Ángel Rebollar-Alviter, PhD 9. Regency Room D2 1 Profesor Investigador, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS), 2 Investigador, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 3 Nematólogo, Dirección General de Sanidad Vegetal, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASICA), 4, 7 Profesor, Departamento de Parasitología Agrícola, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACH), 5 Profesor-Investigador, Facultad de Química, Departamento de Investigación y Posgrado de Alimentos, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ), 6 Profesor Responsable de los Recursos y Servicios Digitales de Información Científica y Tecnológica, Campus San Luis, Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS), 8 Profesor de Fitopatología y Estadística, Escuela de Agronomía, Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) y 9 Profesor, Centro Regional Universitario Centro Occidente, Campus Morelia, Michoacán, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACH). 4

Monday, July 20 07:00 a.m. 14:30 p.m. Morning Sessions 07:00 a.m. 18:00 p.m. Registration at the foyer of Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel 07:00 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Poster Set-Up 07:30 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Breakfast, by invitation Auditorium Regency Ball Room C 08:30-08:40 a.m. Conference attendees must take their places in Auditorium. 08:45-09:15 a.m. Welcome address Dr. Miguel Angel Mancera, Head of Government of the Mexican Federal District (Jefe de Gobierno del Distrito Federal). 09:15 09:30 a.m. Opening of the 2015 Plant Pathology Join Meeting 09:30-10:00 a.m. Opening Lecture Lic. Enrique Martinez y Martinez, Agriculture s Secretary, SAGARPA, Mexico (Secretario de Agricultura, SAGARPA, México). Regulated pests in the phytosanitary context of Mexico and Latin America. Plagas reglamentadas en el contexto fitosanitario de México y América Latina. Dr. Javier Trujillo Arriaga, Director of the National Service of Agro Alimentary Health, Safety and Quality. (Director General de Sanidad Vegetal, SENASICA, México). 10:00-10:15 a.m. SPECIAL SESSION (Sesión Especial) Fungal Barcode Coordinator: María de Jesús Yáñez Morales, PhD (COLPOS). 10:15 11:00 a.m. Barcodes and a single nomenclature: why naming fungal pathogens is more important than ever? 5

11:00 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break El código de barras, y una sola nomenclatura: por qué el nombre de los hongos patógenos es hoy más importante que nunca? Dr. Pedro W. Crous. Professor of Utrecht, Wageningen (NL), Melbourne (AUS), Stellenbosch, Pretoria & Free State (SA) Universities; and Director of Evolutionary Phytopathology group and the Centre of Fungal Biodiversity in CBS-KNAW, Holland; General Secretary of International Mycological Association (IMA). 11:30 12:15 p.m. Generic concepts in Nectriaceae. Evolutionary Phytopathology. Conceptos genéricos en Nectriaceae. Fitopatología Evolutiva. Dr. Lorenzo Lombard. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Holland. 12:15-13:00 p.m. 13:00-14:30 p.m. Lunch Break (ticket holders only) Regency Ball Room B Afternoon Sessions 14:30-16:30 Oral Technical Sessions Room 1 14:30-16:30 Fungal Taxonomy (Taxonomía de Hongos) Coordinators: María de Jesús Yañez-Morales, PhD (COLPOS) and Francisco Javier Plasencia-de-laParra, PhD (UNAM). Current outline of Colletotrichum systematics. Esquema actual de la sistemática de Colletotrichum. Dr. Ulrike Damm. Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz. Director Section of Micology, Germany. Other oral presentations. 6

Room 2 14:30-16:30 Sugarcane Diseases (Enfermedades de la caña de azúcar) Coordinators: Dr. Hilda Victoria Silva-Rojas (COLPOS) and Dr. Carlos Flores-Revilla (CIDCA). Impact of pathogen genetics on breeding for resistance to sugarcane diseases. Impacto de la genética de los fitopatógenos en el mejoramiento para resistencia a enfermedades de la caña de azúcar. Dr. Philippe Charles Rott. University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Plant Pathology Department. U.S.A. Detection methods of Plant-Pathogen regulated in sugarcane around the world. Métodos de detección de patógenos reglamentados en caña de azúcar en el mundo. Clarissa Maroon-Lango, PhD. Plant Quarantine USDA-APHIS, Beltsville MD, U.S.A. (to be confirmed) Coffee Break Other oral presentations. Room 3 14:30-16:30 Nematodes Biodiversity (Biodiversidad de nematodos) Coordinators: Dr. Alejandro Tovar-Soto (IPN) and Ángel Ramírez-Suárez, PhD (SENASICA). Metagenomics for analysis of nematode diversity. Empleo de la metagenómica en la determinación de la biodiversidad de nematodos. Dra. Dorota Porazinska. Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida. U.S.A. Coffee Break Other oral presentations. 7

Room 4 14:30-16:30 Virus and Gene Silencing by Plant-Pathogens (Virus y Silenciamiento de Genes por Fitopatógenos) Coordinators: Dr. Daniel Ochoa-Martínez (COLPOS) and Héctor Lozoya-Saldaña, PhD (UACH). Detection of viruses and viroids in potato: from the classical to the molecular. Detección de virus y viroides en papa: de lo clásico a lo molecular. Jorge Abad, PhD. Lead Plant Pathologist, Potato, Sweetpotato and Cassava Quarantine Programs, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, M.D., U.S.A. Virus replication mechanisms. Mecanismos de replicación de virus. Xiaofeng Wang, PhD. Assistant Professor. Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science. Virginia Tech University, U.S.A. Coffee Break Gene silencing as a defense system against viruses. Silenciamiento génico como sistema de defensa contra virus. Hernán García-Ruiz, PhD. Assistant Professor. Department of Plant Pathology. Nebraska Center for Virology. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. U.S.A. Systems of defense against bacteria and fungi by gene silencing. Sistemas de defensa contra bacterias y hongos por silenciamiento génico. Hailing Jin, PhD. University of California-Riverside. U.S.A. 16:30 18:00 Poster Viewing 18:30 20:00 Welcome Reception 8

Tuesday, July 21 07:00 a.m. - 18:00 p.m. Registration at the foyer of Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel 09:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. Morning Sessions Auditorium Regency Ball Room C 09:00-13:00 Plant-Pathogen Interaction (Interacción Planta-Patógeno) Coordinators: Emma Zavaleta-Mejía, PhD (COLPOS) and Sylvia Fernández-Pavia, PhD (Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás de Hidalgo). Subversion of host transcription by microbial effectors. Alteración transcripcional del hospedante por efectores microbianos. Dra. Susana Rivas. INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), Castanet-Tolosan, France. How Plant Pathogenic bacteria induce disease? Cómo las bacterias fitopatógenas inducen enfermedades en plantas? Dra. Selena Gimenez-Ibanez. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid, España. Coffee Break How plant pathogenic nematodes induce disease? Cómo los nematodos inducen enfermedades en plantas? Dr. Janice De Almeida-Engler. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique; UMR 7254 ISA/ Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis; UMR ISA; Sophia-Antipolis, France. 9

Room 1 09:00-13:00 p.m. New Molecules of Agrochemicals Used for Control of the Plant Disease (Nuevas Moléculas de Agroquímicos Utilizadas para el Control de Enfermedades de las Plantas) Coordinators: Dr. Gerardo Leyva-Mir (UACH) and Dra. Bertha Tlapal-Bolaños (UACH). ------ Speakers ----- 13:00-14:30p.m. Lunch Break (ticket holders only) Regency Ball Room B Afternoon Sessions 14:30 16:30 p.m. Oral Technical Sessions Room 1 14:30-16:30 Epidemiology (Epidemiología) Coordinator: Gustavo Mora-Aguilera, PhD. Integration of meteorological, GPS and computer tools applied in disease and pest management in Brazil Integración de herramientas agrometeorológicas, geotecnológicas y computacionales para el manejo de enfermedades y plagas en Brasil. Dr. Rodrigo Yoiti Tsukahara. ABC Fundaçao-Brasil, Brasil. Other oral presentations. 10

Room 2 14:30 16:30 Detection and Molecular Diagnosis of Oomycetes (Detección y Diagnóstico Molecular de Oomycetos) Coordinator: Sylvia Patricia Fernández-Pavia, PhD (Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás de Hidalgo). Identification and diagnosis of species of Phytophthora of economic importance to agricultural crops. Identificación y diagnóstico de especies de Phytophthora de importancia económica en cultivos agrícolas. Gloria Abad, PhD. Senior Plant Pathologist, Oomycetes Program Leader, USDA-APHISPPQ- Center of Plant Health Science & Technology (CPHST), Beltsville, MD, U.S.A. Other oral presentations. Room 3 14:30 16:30 Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and Phloem-Restricted Prokaryote (Bacterias Fitopatógenas y Procariotes Restringidos a Floema) Coordinators: Ronald David French-Monar, PhD (Texas A&M) and Dra. Reyna Isabel Rojas-Martínez (COLPOS). Current methods of detection and identification of Plant Pathogenic bacteria on rice. Métodos de detección e identificación de bacterias fitopatógenas en arroz. Dr. Valérie Verdier. Director UMR. Interaction Plantes Microorganismes Environnement IRD- CIRAD-U. Montpellier, France. Detection and diagnostic methods for Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum. Métodos de Detección y Diagnóstico de Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum. Ronald David French-Monar, PhD. Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Amarillo, TX, U.S.A. 11

Coffee Break Towards understanding the pathogenicity of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, a vector perspective. Entendiendo la patogenicidad de Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum, una perspectiva del vector. Cecilia Tamborindeguy, PhD. Texas A&M University, U.S.A. Plant-Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum interactions: effect of bacterial haplotype and transcriptomic analysis. Interacción Planta-Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum: efecto del haplotipo y el análisis transcriptómico. Julien Levy, PhD. Texas A&M University, U.S.A. Room 4 16:30 18:00 Graduate Student Paper Competition APS-CD. Coordinators: Dr. Ronal D. French-Monar, Dr. Aaron J. Palmateer and Dr. Oscar Alberto Moreno- Valenzuela. 16:30 18:00 Poster Viewing 18:00 18:30 Poster Take-Down 12

Wednesday, July 22 07:00 a.m. - 18:00 p.m. Registration at the foyer of Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel 09:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. Morning Sessions Auditorium Regency Ball Room C 09:00 a.m. -13:00 p.m. Food Safety: Human Pathogens on Plants (Inocuidad Alimentaria:Patógenos de Humanos en Plantas) Coordinator: Ana María Hernández-Anguiano, PhD (COLPOS). Role of plant pathologists in a multidisciplinary mitigation strategy. El papel de los fitopatólogos en una estrategia de mitigación multidisciplinaria. Dr. Jacqueline Fletcher. Regents Professor and Director, National Institute for Microbial Forensics & Food and Agricultural Biosecurity Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology. Oklahoma State University. U.S.A. Salmonella interactions with plants and their associated microbiota. Interacciones de Salmonella con las plantas y la microbiota asociada. Dr. Maria Brandl. Lead Scientist. Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, USDA, ARS, WRRC, Albany, CA, U.S.A. Coffee Break Barcoding quarantine fungi: Lessons from the European QBOL project and Q-bank database. Evolutionary phytopathology. El código de barra en hongos cuarentenados: Lecciones del proyecto europeo QBOL y base de datos Q-bank. Fitopatología evolutiva. Dr. Ewald Groenewald. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Holland. 13:00 14:30 Lunch Break (ticket holders only) Regency Ball Room B 13

14:30-16:30 p.m. Afternoon Session Auditorium Regency Ball Room C 14:30-15:15 p.m. Closing Lecture Coordinator: Gustavo Mora-Aguilera, PhD. (COLPOS) Phytophthora infestans: An epidemiological retrospective from Vanderplank to the present. Phytophthora infestans: Una retrospectiva epidemiológica desde Vanderplank hasta el presente. Dr. William Fry. Director of Phytophthora infestans Biology and Management of Late Blight Section. Cornell University. Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology. Ithaca, NY. U.S.A. 15:15 16:30 p.m. Honors Ceremony Award Winners APS-CD, ALF and SMF 17:00-18:00 p.m. Societies meeting APS-CD, ALF and SMF. 19:00 21:30 p.m. Final Night Celebration 14

Thursday, July 23 09:00-15:00 Departure from Main Lobby of Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel Field Trips: Jardín botánico-unam, Las Chinampas-Xochimilco, Zona de pirámides, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo s greenhouses and Capilla Sixtina. Bilingual Congress (with simultaneous translation symposia) NOTICE: There will be shuttle service daily from Chapingo to Hyatt Regency Hotel and viceversa (Courtesy of UACH-Parasitology Department) NOTA: Habrá servicio de transporte todos los días de Chapingo al hotel sede y viceversa (Cortesía de la UACH-Parasitología). ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dr. Hilda Victoria Silva Rojas American Phytopathological Society Sociedad Americana de Fitopatología Caribbean Division, President División Caribe, Presidenta María de Jesús Yáñez Morales, PhD. Latin American Phytopathological Association Asociación Latinoamericana de Fitopatología President (Presidenta) Dr. Santos Gerardo Leyva Mir Mexican Society of Plant Pathology Sociedad Mexicana de Fitopatología President (Presidente) lsantos@correo.chapingo.mx (595) 95-21-500 ext. 6179 15

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