Avocado Laurel Wilt-Ambrosia Beetle (LW-AB) Workshop
Date: Feb. 11, 2021 (Thursday)
Time: 10:00AM-3:00PM (Eastern Standard Time) which is 7 AM to 12 PST
Venue: Zoom; attendance limited so register early.
You must register in advance for this meeting:
https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrde-uqjgoGtGqRC8dBHoNJ7In5vXvS75N
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Purpose and target audience:
- To offer updates of both basic and applied research on LW-AB to avocado producers, scientists, and other interested parties.
- To offer Florida avocado producers and others the opportunity to attend an on-line meeting focused on laurel wilt and ambrosia beetle vectors affecting avocado production.
Program Agenda (10AM-3PM max)
|
Speaker |
Title |
Time |
~Time |
|
Jeff Wasielewski |
Welcome, logistics and purpose |
10 min |
10:00-10:10AM |
|
Jonathan Crane |
Brief history and background on LW-AB avocado epidemic |
10 min |
10:10-10:20AM |
|
Jeffrey Rollins |
Insights into R. lauricola pathogenicity and colonization |
10 min |
10:20AM-10:30AM |
|
Daniel Carrillo |
Ambrosia beetle biology and management |
15 min |
10:30AM-10:55AM |
|
Octavio Menocal |
A case of plasticity in the symbiotic associations of Xyleborus bispinatus |
10 min |
10:55AM-11:05AM |
|
Q&A |
10 min |
11:05-11:15AM |
|
|
Romina Gazis |
Current and novel approaches for the control of Laurel Wilt |
15 min |
11:15AM-11:30AM |
|
Pedro Pablo Parra |
New diagnostic tools and their application in surveillance programs |
10 min |
11:30AM-11:40AM |
|
Bruce Schaffer |
Laurel wilt susceptibility of avocado rootstocks and scions in relation to physiology, stem anatomy and ecotype |
10 min |
11:40AM-11:50AM |
|
Fredy Ballen |
Economic impact of laurel wilt: looking back and forward |
10 min |
11:50AM-12:00PM |
|
Q&A |
10 min |
12:00PM-12:10PM |
|
|
LUNCH break |
60 min |
12:10PM-1:10PM |
|
|
Lukas Stelinski/Xavier Martini |
Pesticide alternatives for ambrosia beetle management: challenges and opportunities |
10 min |
1:10PM-1:20PM |
|
Kirsten Stelinski |
Ambrosia beetle microbial communities associated with R. lauricola |
10 min |
1:20PM-1:30PM |
|
Speaker panel – Q&A |
~30 min |
1:30PM-2:00PM |
|
|
Brainstorm on the way forward (grants, visiting scientists, etc.) |
~30 min |
2:00PM-2:30PM |
|
(OD/Extn/AB-LW new SCRI project/2020/meetings/LW-AB workshop 2021.docx)
Acknowledgment. This work was supported, in part, by NIFA grant 2015·51181-24257 (Laurel wilt of avocado: Management of an unusual and lethal disease).
