Ohio State presenters at Plant Health 2026, the annual meeting of the American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, August 1-4, 2026. Providence, Rhode Island
Presentations
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Phytopathologist of Distinction (POD) Talks - Francesca Peduto Hand, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
SPECIAL SESSION (selected presenter): I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Diversity Drives Nematology: Innovations Across Scales. - Foliar Infrared Spectra Track Nematode Density and Symptom-Specific Phytobiome Signatures in Beech Leaf Disease Andrew Declan Miles1, Eliana Torres-Bedoya1, Anna O. Conrad2 and Enrico Bonello1, (1)The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, (2)USDA Forest Service, Delaware, OH
SPECIAL SESSION: Peaking behind the curtain: How multiple working groups come together to tackle forest diseases Elena Karlsen-Ayala, USDA, Hamden, CT, Sarah L. Boggess, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Carrie Fearer, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Andrew Declan Miles, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
SPECIAL SESSION: Growing Under Cover: Managing Plant Diseases in Controlled Environment Agriculture Cecilia Chagas de Freitas, Corteva Agriscience, ZIONSVILLE, . IN, Anna L. Testen, USDA-ARS, Wooster, OH, Ruchika Kashyap, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Rosa E. Raudales, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT and Maria Soledad Benitez Ponce, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
SPECIAL SESSION: I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Diversity Drives Nematology: Innovations Across Scales Moderators and organizers Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Alyssa K. Betts, University of Delaware, Georgetown, DE
Technical Session – Epidemiology - Half a Century of SCN Virulence Adaptation to PI 88788 and Peking Resistance in the United States Vinicius Garnica, Gillyade C. Menino and Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Posters
P-090 - Predictive Risk Analysis and Economic Assessment of Fungicide Programs for Fusarium Head Blight and Deoxynivalenol Management in Wheat. Isaack Kikway1, et al. Jane Marian Luis15, Laurence V. Madden16, Juliet M. Marshall17, Santiago X. Mideros18, Wanderson Bucker Moraes19, Kelsey Andersen-Onofre20, et al. and Pierce A. Paul1, (various affilitations)
P-092 - Effects of population density of a short-stature corn hybrid on spray coverage, gray leaf spot severity, and grain yield Alysson Arianna Plaza1, Isaack Kikway2, Cristiano Nesi3 and Pierce A. Paul1, (1)The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (2)Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (3)Pesquisador na Epagri, SC, Santa Catarina, BRAZIL
P-095 Evaluation of fungicide programs for management of cucurbit downy mildew in Ohio
Catherine Mwanjisi1, Andres D. Sanabria-Velazquez2, Francesca Rotondo1 and Isaack Kikway3, (1)The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (2)The Ohio State University - Wooster, OH, Wooster, OH, (3)Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
P-106 Assessing Efficacy and Additivity of Sequential Fungicide Applications for Gray Leaf Spot Management in Ohio Maize. Arthur Rodrigues de Souza1, Isaack Kikway2, Cristiano Nesi3 and Pierce A. Paul1, (1)The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (2)Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (3)Pesquisador na Epagri, SC, Santa Catarina, BRAZIL
P-185 - The development of a genus-specific PCR assay for the detection and diagnosis of Pythium sensu lato. Timothy Siegenthaler, The Ohio State University: Dept of Plant Pathology, Wooster, OH, Jelmer Poelstra, The Ohio State University Dept of Plant Pathology, OH and Anna L. Testen, USDA-ARS, Wooster, OH
P-243 - Comparing the efficacy of anaerobic soil disinfestation and soil steam disinfestation as methods of managing soilborne pathogens of high tunnel tomato Timothy Siegenthaler, The Ohio State University: Dept of Plant Pathology, Wooster, OH, Sharifa Crandall, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Anna L. Testen, USDA-ARS, Wooster, OH
P-244 Efficacy of anaerobic soil disinfestation for management of soilborne pathogens in Ohio muck soil Karina Garcia Serna, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, Anna L. Testen, USDA-ARS, Wooster, OH and Andres D. Sanabria-Velazquez, The Ohio State University - Wooster, OH, Wooster, OH
P-293 - Dissecting epimutation in the pathogenesis of Phytophthora sojae Yufeng Fang1, Haidong Shu2, Suo-Meng Dong2, Erica Li3, Aidan Murray3 and Sarah Pan3, (1)The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, (2)Nanjing Agricultural University, Jiangsu, CHINA, (3)The Ohio State University, OH
P-459 Ohio State's Master in Plant Health Management: Strategies to Enhance Professional Graduate Education Monica M. Lewandowski1, Katelyn McKenzie Johnston1, Samuel F. Ward1 and Christopher G. Taylor2, (1)The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, (2)The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
P-389 HiBASIL: Hierarchical BAyesian Source Inference and Localization for Disease Ecology Fangfang Guo1, J L Galian2, Isaack Kikway3, R Lizardo2, S Bhattacharyya4, Chatterjee Shirshendu5, D Gent6 and P Sande Ojiambo7, (1)NC State University, Raleigh, NC, (2)Dept of Entomology and Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, (3)Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (4)Oregon State University, Dept of Statistics, Corvallis, OR, (5)Dept of Mathematics, City University of New York, New York City, NY, (6)USDA-ARS FSCRU, Corvallis, OR, (7)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
P-390 Prevalence of Fumonisin and Zearalenone Contamination of Maize Grain in Ohio. Luiz Fernando Soroldoni Barbosa1, Cristiano Nesi2, Isaack Kikway3 and Pierce A. Paul1, (1)The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (2)Pesquisador na Epagri, SC, Santa Catarina, BRAZIL, (3)Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
P-496 Overwinter survival and host response of strawberry genotypes to the emerging pathogen Neopestalotiopsis sp. in Ohio. Antonio Alcala Madrigal1, Francesca Rotondo1, Jonathan Fresnedo Ramirez2 and Melanie L. Lewis Ivey3, (1)The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (2)Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (3)The Ohio State University, Dept of Plant Pathology, CFAES-Wooster, Wooster, OH
P-498 - Association between Wheat Fusarium Head Blight Risk Predictions and End-of-season Deoxynivalenol Contamination of Grain. Joseph Chonza, Ohio State Univ, Wooster, OH, Isaack Kikway, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, Cristiano Nesi, Pesquisador na Epagri, SC, Santa Catarina, BRAZIL and Pierce A. Paul, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
P-503 - Monitoring 3-ADON and 15-ADON Chemotypes of Fusarium graminearum in U.S. Corn Across Multiple States. S De Paula1, A Fachin Martini2, D. L. Smith3, L A Hyzer4, A E. Robertson5, M Chilvers6, JC Check7, F Jiménez-Beitia8, Pierce A. Paul9, T W. Allen10,11, S Kerns12, P Price13, P. Telenko1, K. M. Goodnight1, S Shim1, K. A. Wise14, M. Bish15 and Camila Primieri Nicolli1 (various affilitations)
P-567 - Lineage-specific gene loss drive and gain drives host range in Xanthomonas translucens Fredrick Oladele1,2, Muhammad Uzair2, Marcus Vinicius Merfa3,4,5, Tracy Hawk6,7, Jelmer Poelstra8, Lillian Ebeling-Koning5, Ervan Rodgers9, Ms. Hannah Toth4,5,10, Zachary Konkel9, Jules Butchacas4,5,10, Nathaniel Heiden4,7,11, R Curland12, E Lauber13, L Marsan14, Z Liu15, R Dill-Macky16,17, L. D. Noel18, Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora5,7, Jason Christopher Slot19, Veronica Roman-Reyna4,5,20 and Jonathan M. Jacobs5 (various affilitations)
P-630 - Evaluating differential gene expression of host and non-host crops for SCN resistance Elisabeth Garner, Nabina Karki, Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora and Tracy Hawk, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
P-636 - Evaluation of Chemical and Biological Products for Management of Sudden Death Syndrome of Soybean. Nabin K. Dangal1, M Bish2, C A. Bradley3, M Chilvers4, G Dusek5, R Hamilton4, Y R. Kandel6, Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora7, D K. Malvick8, D Mangel9, E Myers10, B Mueller11, R Borba Onofre12, M Shires13, D L. Smith11, D E. P. Telenko10, A U. Tenuta14, R Webster5, S N. Wiggs1 and D S. Mueller1 (various affilitations)
Idea Café
IDEA CAFE: Disappearing Courses: Missed Opportunities in Student Training on Soilborne Diseases and Other Core Plant Pathology Topics
Sara Thomas-Sharma, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA and Maria Soledad Benitez Ponce, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH