American Phytopathological Society

Potomac Division

Wednesday, March 18, 1998

1:00-7:00 p.m. Registration
1:00-3:00 p.m. WVU Campus tours available
3:00-5:30 p.m. Open Forum - Extension / Industry Issues. Discussion Leaders: Bob Mulrooney and Erik Stromberg
5:30-7:00 p.m. Dinner (on your own)
7:00-8:00 p.m. Welcome Social
8:00-9:45 p.m. Discussion Session - New and Emerging Pathogens. Moderator: Norm Schaad.
Overview Speaker - Anne Vidaver: The Past, Present and Future

Topics & Discussion Leaders:

• Bacteria - A. Vidaver
• Diagnostics - M. Hansen, S. Kim, E. Stromberg
• Fungi - M. Bonde
• Germplasm - S. Hurtt
• Phytoplasmas - R. Davis
• Viroids - R. Jordan
• Viruses - V. Damsteegt, S. Tolin

9:45 p.m. Sing-a-long - Jay Stipes, Presiding

Thursday, March 19, 1998

7:45-9:00 a.m. Registration
8:15 a.m. Welcome - Rosemary Haggett, Dean, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences
8:30-10:00 a.m. Graduate Student Paper Session
10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m.-noon. Graduate Student Paper Session
12:00-2:00 p.m. Lunch and Business Meeting
2:00-4:00 p.m. Symposium - Twenty Years of Biocontrol Research: Prospects and Reality. Moderator: Jim Locke.

Speakers:

• B. Bruckart -- Biocontrol of Weeds
• W. Janisiewicz -- Biocontrol of Post-harvest Pathogens
• B. Lumsden -- Biocontrol of Soilborne Pathogens
• S. Meyer -- Biocontrol of Nematodes

4:00-4:30 p.m. Break
4:30-6:00 p.m. Poster Session
6:00-7:00 p.m. Social Hour
7:00-9:00 p.m. Banquet - Ethel Dutky, President of the Potomac Division, Presiding. Speaker: Lee Campbell, APS President. Also, come to find out why Potomac D. Aps may be traveling to Florida!
9:00 p.m. Game Show Jeopardy

Friday, March 20, 1998

8:15-9:45 a.m. Contributed Paper Session
9:45-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Symposium - New Technologies for Disease Management. Moderator: Hei-ti Hsu. Speakers:

• R. Larkin. The Role of Induced Resistance in the Biological Control of Plant Diseases by Fusarium spp.
• D. Nuss. Engineering Viruses to Understand and Manage Fungal Pathogens
• R. Scorza. Plum Pox Control via Genetic Engineering
• E. Tedford. Using Nature's Ideas -- Fungicide Development for the Future

12:15 p.m. Meeting Adjourned

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