An AFRI NIFA Sponsored Workshop: Enhancing Risk Index-Driven Decision Tools for Managing Insect Transmitted Plant Pathogens

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 The workshop focused on development and deployment of risk index-driven tools for the management of vector-borne diseases, including modeling, epidemiology, risk assessment and user interfaces.

WORKSHOP PROGRAM: Workshop_Program

Program Chairs

Dr Robert Kemerait, University of Georgia

Dr. George Kennedy, North Carolina State University

Dr. Neil McRoberts, University of California, Davis

Dr. Diane Ullman, University of California, Davis

Immediately following this workshop was the X^th International Symposium on Thysanoptera & Tospoviruses.

This was a unique opportunity to convene leading international scientists, extension specialists, and individuals in the agricultural industry to share and discuss the latest findings in thrips and tospovirus biology, ecology and management. 

Asilomar State Park and Conference Grounds is a beautiful, historic location with excellent conference facilities and accommodations, easily accessible by shuttle from the San Francisco International Airport and Mineta San Jose International Airport, and is in close proximity to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural hotspot, making it the perfect location for our meeting.