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2015 Plant Pathology Joint Meeting

LV American Phytopathological Society-Caribbean Division (APS-CD)

XVIII Latin American Phytopathological Association (ALF)

XVII International Congress and XLII National Congress of the Mexican Society

of Plant Pathology (SMF)

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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

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08:00 a.m. - 18:00 p.m. Registration at the Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel

09:00 a.m. - 18:00 p.m. Seed Health Symposium (Simposio sobre Sanidad de Semillas)

Coordinators: Ing. Mario Puente-Raya (AMSAC), Dr. Javier Trujillo-Arriaga (SENASICA), MC. Enriqueta Molina-Macías (SNICS), Dr. Rafael Mora-Aguilar (SNITT) and Dr. Hilda Victoria Silva-Rojas (COLPOS). Granada room See program….

09:00 a.m. - 18:00 p.m. Workshop on Relevant Aspects in the Taxonomy and Evolution of the Oomycetes: Phytophthora, Pythium and Phytopythium (Taller sobre Aspectos Relevantes en la Taxonomía y Evolución de Oomicetes: Phytophthora, Pythium and Phytopythium) 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

To be announced….

Pre – Congress Courses

Morning Sessions

Eight pre-congress courses (4 h each one): Instructors

09:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. Epidemiology Epidemiología

Gustavo Mora-Aguilera, PhD1. Regency Room G

09:00 a.m.- 13:00 p.m. Emergent Plant-Parasitic Nematodes Nematodos Fitoparásitos Emergentes

Dr. Alejandro Tovar-Soto2. Ángel Ramírez-Suárez, PhD3.

Regency Ball Room A

09:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. Handling equipment for applying fungicides Manejo de equipo para aplicación de fungicidas

Dr. Fernando Urzua-Soria4. Regency Room D1

Sunday, July 19

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09:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. Molecular phylogeny

(Diversity, ecology and evolution of microbial populations) Filogenia molecular (Diversidad, ecología y evolución en poblaciones microbianas)

Gerardo Nava-Morales, PhD5. Regency Room D2

13:00 p.m. – 14:00 p.m. Lunch Break (ticket holders only) Regency Ball Room B

Afternoon Sessions

1 Profesor Investigador, Campus Montecillo, Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS), 2Investigador, Escuela

Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 3Nematólogo, Dirección General de Sanidad

Vegetal, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASICA), 4, 7Profesor,

Departamento de Parasitología Agrícola, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACH), 5Profesor-Investigador,

Facultad de Química, Departamento de Investigación y Posgrado de Alimentos, Universidad Autónoma de

Querétaro (UAQ), 6Profesor Responsable de los Recursos y Servicios Digitales de Información Científica y

Tecnológica, Campus San Luis Potosí, Colegio de Postgraduados (COLPOS), 8Profesor de Fitopatología y

Estadística, Escuela de Agronomía, Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) y 9Profesor, Centro Regional Universitario

Centro Occidente, Campus Morelia, Michoacán, Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (UACH).

14:00 p.m. - 18:00 p.m. Molecular techniques in Plant Pathology Técnicas moleculares en Fitopatología

Dra. Reyna I. Rojas-Martínez1. Dr. Daniel Ochoa-Martínez1.

Regency Room G

14:00 p.m. - 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

Ángel Bravo-Vinaja, PhD6.

Regency Ball Room A

14:00 p.m. - 18:00 p.m. Plant Pathogenic Fungi Hongos fitopatógenos (teoría y práctica)

Dr. Gerardo Leyva-Mir7. Regency Room D1

14:00 p.m. - 18:00 p.m. Contemporary methods for data

analysis applied to Plant Pathology Métodos contemporáneos para el análisis de datos aplicados a la fitopatología

Paul David Esker, PhD8.

Ángel Rebollar-Alviter, PhD9. Regency Room D2

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07:00 a.m. – 18:00 p.m. Registration at the Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel (First floor)

07:00 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Poster Set-Up Regency Room E

07:30 a.m. - 08:30 a.m. Breakfast, by invitation

Morning Sessions Auditorium - Regency Ball Room C

08:30 a.m. - 08:40 a.m. Conference attendees must take their places in Auditorium (Conferencistas deberán tomar sus lugares en el Auditorium)

08:45 a.m. - 09:15 a.m. Welcome address (Palabras de bienvenida)

Dr. Miguel Angel Mancera, Head of Government of the Mexican Federal District (Jefe de Gobierno del Distrito Federal)

09:15 a.m. – 09:30 a.m. Opening of the 2015 International Plant Pathology Joint Meeting (Inauguración de la 2015 Reunión Internacional de Fitopatología)

Lic. Enrique Martínez y Martínez, Agriculture´s Secretary, SAGARPA, Mexico (Secretario de Agricultura, SAGARPA, México)

09:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Opening Lecture (Conferencia Magistral)

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).

SPECIAL SESSION (Sesión Especial)

10:00 a.m. - 13:00 p.m. Coordinator: María de Jesús Yáñez Morales, PhD (COLPOS).

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Are cryptic species real? Las especies crípticas son reales?

Prof. 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

Monday, July 20

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Fungal Biodiversity in CBS-KNAW, Holland; General Secretary of International Mycological Association (IMA).

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Generic concepts in Nectriaceae. Conceptos genéricos en Nectriaceae.

Dr. Lorenzo Lombard. Evolutionary Phytopathology. CBS-KNAW Fungal

Biodiversity Centre, Holland.

12:15 p.m. - 13:00 p.m. Questions

13:00 p.m. - 14:30 p.m.

Lunch Break (ticket holders only) Regency Ball Room B

Afternoon Sessions

14:30 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. Oral Technical Sessions

Fungal Taxonomy Regency Room D1 (Taxonomía de Hongos)

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Coordinators: María de Jesús Yañez-Morales, PhD (COLPOS) and Francisco Javier Plasencia-de-la Parra, PhD (UNAM).

14:30 p.m. – 15:00 p.m. Current outline of Colletotrichum systematics. Esquema actual de la sistemática de Colletotrichum.

Dr. Ulrike Damm. Senckenberg Museum of Natural History Görlitz. Head – Section of Micology, Germany.

15:00 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Other oral presentations.

Sugarcane Diseases Regency Room D2 (Enfermedades de la caña de azúcar)

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Coordinators: Dr. Hilda Victoria Silva-Rojas (COLPOS) and Dr. Carlos Flores-Revilla (CIDCA).

14:30 p.m. – 15:15 p.m. 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.

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Dr. Philippe Charles Rott. University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Plant Pathology Department. U.S.A.

15:15 p.m. – 16:00 p.m 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)

16:00 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Other oral presentations.

Nematodes Biodiversity Regency F (Biodiversidad de nematodos)

14:30 p.m. - 16:30 p.m. Coordinators: Dr. Alejandro Tovar-Soto (IPN) and Ángel Ramírez-Suárez, PhD (SENASICA).

14:30 p.m. – 15:00 p.m. Diagnostics of Plant-parasitic Nematodes in the Era of High Throughput Sequencing. Diagnóstico de nematodos fitoparásitos en la era de la secuenciación masiva.

Dra. Dorota Porazinska. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department. University of Colorado, U.S.A.

15:00 p.m. – 15:30 p.m. Diversity of lesion and root-knot nematodes parasitizing coffee in Latin America. Diversidad de nematodos lesionadores y agalladores parasitando cafeto en Latinoamérica.

Dr. Luc Villain. Instituto de Ecología A.C., México/CIRAD-France.

15:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Other oral presentations.

Virus and Gene Silencing by Plant-Pathogens (Virus y Silenciamiento de Genes por Fitopatógenos)

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Coordinators: Dr. Daniel Ochoa-Martínez (COLPOS) and Héctor Lozoya-Saldaña, PhD (UACH).

14:30 p.m. – 15:00 p.m. 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.

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Jorge Abad, PhD. Lead Plant Pathologist, Potato, Sweetpotato and Cassava Quarantine Programs, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, M.D., U.S.A.

15:00 p.m. – 15:30 p.m. 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.

15:30 p.m. – 16:00 p.m. 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.

16:00 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. 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 p.m. – 18:00 p.m.

Poster Viewing Regency Room E

18:30 p.m. – 20:00 p.m Welcome Reception Regency Ball Room AB

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Tuesday, July 21

07:00 a.m. – 18:00 p.m. Registration at the Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel (First floor)

Morning Sessions

Auditorium - Regency Ball Room C

Plant-Pathogen Interaction (Interacción Planta-Patógeno)

09:00 a.m. – 13:00 p.m. Coordinators: Emma Zavaleta-Mejía, PhD (COLPOS) and Sylvia Fernández-Pavia, PhD (Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás de Hidalgo).

09:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 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.

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. How Plant Pathogenic bacteria induce disease? ¿Cómo las bacterias fitopatógenas inducen enfermedades en plantas?

Dra. Selena Gimenez-Ibanez. Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Madrid, España.

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m Coffee Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. 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.

To be confirmed

12:15 p.m. – 13:00 p.m. Conclusions (Conclusiones)

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New Molecules of Agrochemicals Used for Control of the Plant Disease Regency Room D2 (Nuevas Moléculas de Agroquímicos Utilizadas para el Control de Enfermedades de las Plantas)

09:00 a.m. – 13:00 p.m. Coordinators: Dr. Gerardo Leyva-Mir (UACH) and Dra. Bertha Tlapal-Bolaños

(UACH).

Dr. Alberto M. Garcia Mungia. Univ. Autonoma de Aguascalientes.

13:00 p.m. - 14:30 p.m. Lunch Break (ticket holders only) Regency Ball Room B

Afternoon Sessions

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Oral Technical Sessions

Epidemiology Regency Room Ball A (Epidemiología)

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Coordinator: Gustavo Mora-Aguilera, PhD.

14:30 p.m. – 15:15 p.m. 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.

15:15 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Other oral presentations.

Detection and Molecular Diagnosis of Oomycetes Regency F (Detección y Diagnóstico Molecular de Oomycetos)

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Coordinator: Sylvia Patricia Fernández-Pavia, PhD (Universidad Michoacana San Nicolás de Hidalgo).

14:30 p.m. – 15:15 p.m. 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.

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Gloria Abad, PhD. Senior Plant Pathologist, Oomycetes Program Leader, USDA-APHISPPQ-Center of Plant Health Science & Technology (CPHST), Beltsville, MD, U.S.A.

15:15 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Other oral presentations.

Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and Phloem-Restricted Prokaryote Regency G (Bacterias Fitopatógenas y Procariotes Restringidos a Floema)

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Coordinators: Ronald David French-Monar, PhD (Texas A&M) and Dra. Reyna Isabel Rojas-Martínez (COLPOS).

14:30 p.m. – 15:00 p.m. 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.

15:00 p.m. – 15:30 p.m. 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.

15:30 p.m. – 16:00 p.m. 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.

16:00 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. 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.

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Graduate Student Paper Competition APS-CD Regency Room D2

16:30 p.m. – 18:00 p.m Coordinators: Dr. Ronal D. French-Monar (Texas A&M), Dr. Aaron J. Palmateer (University of Florida) and Dr. Oscar Alberto Moreno-Valenzuela (Cicy, México).

16:30 p.m. – 18:00 p.m.

Poster Viewing Regency Room E

18:00 p.m. – 18:30 p.m. Poster Take-Down

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Wednesday, July 22

07:00 a.m. – 18:00 p.m. Registration at the Hyatt Regency Mexico City Hotel (First floor)

Morning Sessions Auditorium - Regency Ball Room C

Food Safety: Human Pathogens on Plants

(Inocuidad Alimentaria: Patógenos de Humanos en Plantas)

09:00 a.m. – 13:00 p.m. Coordinator: Ana María Hernández-Anguiano, PhD (COLPOS).

09:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 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.

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. 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.

11:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Barcoding quarantine fungi: Lessons from the European QBOL project and Q-bank database. El código de barra en hongos cuarentenados: Lecciones del proyecto europeo QBOL y base de datos Q-bank. Fitopatología evolutiva.

Dr. Johannes Z. Groenewald. Evolutionary phytopathology. CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Holland.

12:15 p.m. – 13:00 p.m. Conclusions (Conclusiones)

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13:00 p.m. – 14:30 p.m. Lunch Break (ticket holders only) Regency Ball Room B

14:30 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Afternoon Session Auditorium - Regency Ball Room C

14:30 p.m. – 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. Head of Phytophthora infestans Biology and Management of Late Blight Section. Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. U.S.A.

15:15 p.m. – 16:30 p.m. Honors Ceremony

Award Winners APS-CD, ALF and SMF

17:00 p.m. – 18:00 p.m. Societies meeting APS-CD, ALF and SMF.

19:00 p.m. – 21:30 p.m. Final Night Celebration Regency Ball Room AB

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Thursday, July 23

09:00a.m. - 15:00 p.m. 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 María de Jesús Yáñez Morales, PhD. American Phytopathological Society Latin American Phytopathological Association

Sociedad Americana de Fitopatología Asociación Latinoamericana de Fitopatología Caribbean Division, President President (Presidenta)

División Caribe, Presidenta

Dr. Santos Gerardo Leyva Mir

Mexican Society of Plant Pathology

Sociedad Mexicana de Fitopatología

President (Presidente)

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