May 19th, 2021

What's up conferences May 19<sup>th</sup> at 10h am with Dr. Karen Garrett from University of Florida and Dr. Mamadou Lamine Fall from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

The conference

At a time of internationalization of scientific knowledge, environmental upheaval and the COVID-19 pandemic, science and scientists have had to be inventive and resilient.

But, after one year:
How are scientists in the world today?

How did plant biology researchers adapt to the pandemy?

The third edition of the What’s Up Conference meets with two fascinating researchers to discuss their work, projects, their challenges and their reflections about the scientific world of tomorrow.


Dr. Karen Garrett
University of Florida


Dr. Mamadou Lamine Fall
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada




O. Carisse, M. L. Fall & C. Vincent. (2017). Using a biovigilance approach for pest and disease management in Quebec vineyards. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 39:4, 393-404, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2017.1366368

C. E. Buddenhagen, J. F. Hernandez Nopsa, K. F. Andersen, J. Andrade-Piedra, G. A. Forbes, P. Kromann, S. Thomas-Sharma, P. Useche, and K. A. Garrett. Epidemic Network Analysis for Mitigation of Invasive Pathogens in Seed Systems: Potato in Ecuador. Phytopathology, 107(10). DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-03-17-0108-FI

Tool box for working with root, tuber and banana seed systems tools4seedsystems.org/

R Poudel, A Jumpponen, D C Schlatter, T C Paulitz, B B McSpadden Gardener, L L Kinkel, K A Garrett. (2016). Microbiome Networks: A Systems Framework for Identifying Candidate Microbial Assemblages for Disease Management. Phytopathology, 106(10):1083-1096. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-02-16-0058-FI.

Ricardo I Alcalá-Briseño, Kena Casarrubias-Castillo, Diana López-Ley, Karen A Garrett, Laura Silva-Rosales. (2020). Network Analysis of the Papaya Orchard Virome from Two Agroecological Regions of Chiapas, Mexico. mSystems, 5(1): e00423-19. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00423-19.

K. A. Garrett. (2020). Impact network analysis and the INA R package: Decision support for regional management interventions. bioRxiv. DOI: 10.1101/2020.11.08.373621

M. Carvajal-Yepes, K. Cardwell, A. Nelson, K. A. Garrett, B. Giovani, D. G. O. Saunders, S. Kamoun, J. P. Legg, V. Verdier, J. Lessel, R. A. Neher, R. Day, P. Pardey, M. L. Gullino, A. R. Records, B. Bextine, J. E. Leach, S. Staiger, J. Tohme. (2019). A global surveillance system for crop diseases. Science, 364(6447): 1237-1239. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw1572

Yanru Xing, John F Hernandez Nopsa, Kelsey F Andersen, Jorge L Andrade-Piedra, Fenton D Beed, Guy Blomme, Mónica Carvajal-Yepes, Danny L Coyne, Wilmer J Cuellar, Gregory A Forbes, Jan F Kreuze, Jürgen Kroschel, P Lava Kumar, James P Legg, Monica Parker, Elmar Schulte-Geldermann, Kalpana Sharma, Karen A Garrett. (2020). Global Cropland Connectivity: A Risk Factor for Invasion and Saturation by Emerging Pathogens and Pests. Bioscience, 70(9): 744-758. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa067

Garrett, K. A., Andersen, K. F., Asche, F., Bowden, R. L., Forbes, G. A., Kulakow, P. A., & Zhou, B. (2017). Resistance genes in global crop breeding networks. Phytopathology, 107(10): 1268-1278. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-03-17-0082-FI

Garrett, K.A., Alcalá-Briseño, R.I., Andersen, K.F., Brawner, J., Choudhury, R.A., Delaquis, E., Fayette, J., Poudel, R., Purves, D., Rothschild, J. and Small, I.M., (2020). Effective altruism as an ethical lens on research priorities. Phytopathology, 110(4): 708-722. 10.1094/PHYTO-05-19-0168-RVW

Armijo, G., Schlechter, R., Agurto, M., Muñoz, D., Nuñez, C., & Arce-Johnson, P. (2016). Grapevine pathogenic microorganisms: understanding infection strategies and host response scenarios. Frontiers in plant science, 7, 382. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00382

Fall, Mamadou L., Dong Xu, Pierre Lemoyne, Issam E. Ben Moussa, Carole Beaulieu, and Odile Carisse. (2020). A Diverse Virome of Leafroll-Infected Grapevine Unveiled by dsRNA Sequencing. Viruses, 12(10): 1142. doi: 10.3390/v12101142

Ben Moussa, I., Lemoyne, P. and Fall, M., 2019. Virus et vigne, un mariage difficile à défaire: la biovigilance est nécessaire plus que jamais. Phytoprotection, 99(1), pp.15-20. doi: 10.7202/1059305ar

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