371 Linking Soil Macrofaunal and Microbial Communities with Crop Dynamics Including Diseases

Oral Session
SSSA Division: Soil Biology & Biochemistry
This session will discuss research on rhizospheric organisms (nematodes, insects, microbes) in the context of plant interactions including disease, systemic induced crop resistance and soil microbial suppression and/or interactions with plant pathogens, pests and beneficial microbial taxa that have soil-based life stages.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 11:00 AM-2:30 PM
Minneapolis Convention Center, 101 J

Organizer:
Christopher Ryan Penton
Moderator:
Christopher Ryan Penton
11:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
11:05 AM
Biological Suppression of Crop Diseases: Role of Microbial Communities and Microflora-Faunal Interactions.
Vadakattu V. S. R. Gupta, CSIRO; Stephen Neate, USQ; Christopher Ryan Penton, Arizona State University; James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University
11:20 AM
Micorrhizal Fugi: A Biocontrol Agent of Plant Parasitic Nematodes.
Krishnaswamy N. Jayachandran, Florida International University; Eduardo Peres, Florida International University; Pushpa Soti, Florida International University
11:35 AM
Biocontrol Practices Alter Rhizosphere Community Structure in Phytophthora Capsici Infested Soil and Increase Pepper Growth.
Lori A. Hoagland, Purdue University; Daniel S. Egel, Purdue University; Natasha Cerruti, Purdue University; Jyothi Thimmapuram, Purdue University; Clayton Colling, Purdue University; Ketaki Bhide Hoagland, Purdue University
11:50 AM
Lunch Break
1:15 PM
Measuring Cover Crop Benefits from a Fungal Perspective.
Maria Soledad Benitez, USDA-ARS North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory; Wendy Taheri, USDA-ARS North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory; R. Michael Lehman, USDA-ARS
1:30 PM
Natural Disease Suppression of Rhizoctonia By a Network of Fungal Players: Evidence of Direct Competition and Competitive Exclusion.
Christopher Ryan Penton, Arizona State University; VVSR Gupta, Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization; James M. Tiedje, Michigan State University; Stephen Neate, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Kathy Ophel-Keller, South Australian Research and Development Institute; Michael Gillings, Macquarie University; Paul Harvey, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO); David Roget, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
1:45 PM
Specificity of Root-Bacterial Interactions for Drought Stress Tolerance in Winter Wheat.
Mary E. Stromberger, Colorado State University; Patrick Byrne, Colorado State University; Daniel K. Manter, USDA-ARS; Tiffany Weir, Colorado State University; Galal Saleh, Colorado State University
2:00 PM
Tripartite Plant-Soil-Microbial Relationships May Impact Changing Tree Species Distributions.
Daniel Keymer, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Richard A Lankau, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:15 PM
Diffusible Signals in Associations of Rice with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi.
Audrey Kalil, North Dakota State University; Marcus Babcock, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Matthew Crook, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jeremy Volkening, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michael Sussman, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jean-Michel Ané, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:30 PM
Adjourn