Avocado Laurel Wilt-Ambrosia Beetle (LW-AB) Workshop
Date: Feb. 11, 2021 (Thursday)
Time: 10:00AM-3:00PM (Eastern Standard Time) which is 7 AM to 12 PST
Venue: Zoom; attendance limited so register early.
You must register in advance for this meeting:
https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrde-uqjgoGtGqRC8dBHoNJ7In5vXvS75N
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Purpose and target audience:
- To offer updates of both basic and applied research on LW-AB to avocado producers, scientists, and other interested parties.
- To offer Florida avocado producers and others the opportunity to attend an on-line meeting focused on laurel wilt and ambrosia beetle vectors affecting avocado production.
Program Agenda (10AM-3PM max)
Speaker | Title | Time | ~Time |
Jeff Wasielewski | Welcome, logistics and purpose | 10 min | 10:00-10:10AM |
Jonathan Crane | Brief history and background on LW-AB avocado epidemic | 10 min | 10:10-10:20AM |
Jeffrey Rollins | Insights into R. lauricola pathogenicity and colonization | 10 min | 10:20AM-10:30AM |
Daniel Carrillo | Ambrosia beetle biology and management | 15 min | 10:30AM-10:55AM |
Octavio Menocal | A case of plasticity in the symbiotic associations of Xyleborus bispinatus | 10 min | 10:55AM-11:05AM |
Q&A | 10 min | 11:05-11:15AM | |
Romina Gazis | Current and novel approaches for the control of Laurel Wilt | 15 min | 11:15AM-11:30AM |
Pedro Pablo Parra | New diagnostic tools and their application in surveillance programs | 10 min | 11:30AM-11:40AM |
Bruce Schaffer | Laurel wilt susceptibility of avocado rootstocks and scions in relation to physiology, stem anatomy and ecotype | 10 min | 11:40AM-11:50AM |
Fredy Ballen | Economic impact of laurel wilt: looking back and forward | 10 min | 11:50AM-12:00PM |
Q&A | 10 min | 12:00PM-12:10PM | |
LUNCH break | 60 min | 12:10PM-1:10PM | |
Lukas Stelinski/Xavier Martini | Pesticide alternatives for ambrosia beetle management: challenges and opportunities | 10 min | 1:10PM-1:20PM |
Kirsten Stelinski | Ambrosia beetle microbial communities associated with R. lauricola | 10 min | 1:20PM-1:30PM |
Speaker panel – Q&A | ~30 min | 1:30PM-2:00PM | |
Brainstorm on the way forward (grants, visiting scientists, etc.) | ~30 min | 2:00PM-2:30PM | |
(OD/Extn/AB-LW new SCRI project/2020/meetings/LW-AB workshop 2021.docx)
Acknowledgment. This work was supported, in part, by NIFA grant 2015·51181-24257 (Laurel wilt of avocado: Management of an unusual and lethal disease).
