Plants: An Interkingdom and Interdisciplinary Crossroads

Friday, October 28, 2011: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room A2 (San Jose Convention Center)
Chair:
Carolee Bull, PhD, Research Plant Pathologist, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture

Description: Plants are the basis of life on earth. Explore how plants and organisms from different kingdoms influence each other. Covering bacteria sensing their environment, nematodes, predators and prey and food webs, public and private sector researchers demonstrate the creative cross-disciplinary methods used in studying interactions between plants and other organisms.



10:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:35 AM
Microbial Life on a Leaf: Listening in as Bacteria Interrogate the Plant
Steve Lindow, PhD , Professor of Plant Pathology , University of California, Berkeley
10:55 AM
Premature Shrivel in Grapes: When Microbes Make Good Grapes Go Bad
Stephen Vasquez, MS , Viticulture Farm Advisor , University of California, Davis
11:15 AM
Life Beneath Your Feet: The Impact of Agricultural Practices on Non-target Organisms
Inga Zasada, PhD , Research Plant Pathologist , Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture
11:35 AM
Ornamental Plant Viruses: Beauty or Beast
Rodrigo Valverde, PhD , Professor , Louisiana State University