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Title Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection 2016

Committee/Board Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection

Group APSSUB

Recent Activities In 2015, the Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection Committee submitted a

proposal for a special session titled, “Emerging pathogen detection

technologies: translating science into practice”. The session was organized by

Tom Creswell, Mysore Sudarshana, Padma Sudarshana, and Frank Martin.

This session was aimed to explore the needs driving research into new

detection technologies and how new tools are validated and gain acceptance

and widespread use. The symposium was co-sponsored by Diagnostics,

Diseases of Ornamental Plants, Emerging Diseases and Pathogens. The

symposium consisted of six topics including, Driving new detection techniques:

What are the needs? (Cheryl Blomquist), Field deployable diagnostics: Are we

there yet? (Frank Martin), Driving new detection technology: from research to

validation to widespread acceptance (Mark Nakhla), RPA and related

isothermal technologies (Timothy Miles), Detection of fungal pathogens in turf:

a LAMP lights the way (Francesca Peduto Hand), and panel discussion.

Unfortunately due to limited time in the program, the session was not accepted

for the 2016 annual meeting.

Objectives Some members of the Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection Committee are

concerned about the existence of several committees with same subject matter

such as Diagnostic Committee, Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection

Committee and Emerging Diseases and Pathogens Committee. Members

would like to find out if there is a way to consolidate them. Membership in these

committees overlap and similar topics are discussed at the committee

meetings.

Outcomes The committee is cosponsoring three special sessions in collaboration with the

Diagnostics committee special session entitled “Best Practices in Diagnostic

Test Development and Deployment”, Emerging Diseases and Pathogens

committee special session entitled "Invaders not welcome: Meeting the

challenge of invasive exotic plant pathogen incursions" and the Diseases of

Ornamental Plants committee special session entitled “Managing ornamental

diseases in funky places”. During the committee meeting, the members

proposed that there is a need for training in next generation sequencing and

the USDA Beltsville Laboratory Staff has agreed to organize the training in

near future. The committee will propose a symposium for 2018 on the

validation of pathogen detection and diagnostic methods and harmonization.

Dr. Laurene Levy will lead the symposium.

Actionable Items There was no actionable item discussed at the meeting.

Roster Chair Padma Sudarshana, CSP Labs Vice Chair Qi Huang, USDA ARS

Members Olufemi J. Alabi, Texas A & M Basavaraj Bagewadi, Washington

State University Margarita L. Bateman, USDA APHIS PPQ PGQP FO Ozgur

Batuman, University of California Davis Fulya Baysal-Gurel, Tennessee State

University John C. Bienapfl, USDA APHIS PPQ S&T Rachel Ann Bomberger,

Washington State University Luisa Paulina Cholango-Martinez, University of

Saskatchewan Tom Creswell, Purdue Univ Jo Anne Crouch, USDA ARS

Patricia B. de Sa Snow, USDA APHIS BRIS Anania Fessehaie, Nunhems

Netherlands BV Snezana Haymes, USDA APHIS PPQ Chuanxue Hong, VPI &

State University Patricia Hosack, University of Missouri Sharon Inch,

Novozymes Debbie Jones, Florida Dept of Agric & Consumer Svcs, Kasia M.

Kinzer, University of Idaho Bisho Ram Lawaju, Mississippi State University

Laurene Levy, USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST Rugang Li, Agdia, Inc Sam

Livingston, Sunburst Plant Disease Clinic Clarissa J. Maroon-Lango, USDA

APHIS Frank N. Martin, USDA ARS Vessela A. Mavrodieva, USDA APHIS

PPQ Michael J. Melzer, University of Hawaii At Manoa Timothy D. Miles,

California State University Monterey Bay Mark K. Nakhla, USDA APHIS PPQ

S&T CPHST Dong Suk Park, Natl Academy of Agric Science Francesca

Peduto Hand, The Ohio State Univ Deric D. Picton, USDA APHIS PPQ S&T

Kacie Quello Shailaja Rabindran, USDA Lina Ma Rodriguez-Salamanca, Iowa

State University Sead Sabanadzovic, Mississippi State University Raquel

Salati, Eurofins/BDI Laboratories Inc Barbara B. Shew, North Carolina State

University Patrick J. Shiel, USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST Raghuwinder (Raj)

Singh, LSU AgCenter Maria J. Soto, Donald Danforth Plant Science Ctr

Pauline Spaine, USDA APHIS Ali Y. Srour, Southern Illinois Univ Mysore R.

Sudarshana, USDA ARS Abdel Mohsen Tohamy, Plant Pathology Research

Institute Ioannis E. Tzanetakis, University of Arkansas Alfredo Urashima, Univ

Federal de Sao Carlos Shouhua Wang, Nevada Dept of Agric Huimin Xu,

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Shulu Zhang, Agdia, Inc New Members

Amanda Kaye, USDA APHIS Vasukidevi Ramachandran Hehe Wang,

Clemson Univ Sudarshan Poojari, AGR Canada Tefera Mekuria, Vintage

Nurseries

Comments

Date Created 8/9/2016 12:00 AM

Submitted By Raghuwinder Singh

Goal 1 Yes

Goal 2 Yes

Goal 3 Yes

Year 2016