{"id":327,"date":"2023-03-24T12:54:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T12:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2024-10-01T09:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:38:11","slug":"virus-webinar-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/virus-webinar-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocoa Viruses Webinar 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>28<sup>th<\/sup> April 2023<\/h2>\n<p>14:00 GMT\/UTC | 15:00 BST (UK) | 16:00 CET | 10:00 EST | 21:00 WIT<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"blockquote\">A webinar to share updates on progress, and plan\/collaborate for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The recent characterisation of mild strain viruses in cocoa, which are often not symptomatic, present a challenge in terms of curation of genebanks and quarantine measures. The first half of the webinar will provide an update on our knowledge of such viruses and on-going research into their detection and screening.<\/p>\n<p>Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) continues to be a major threat to cocoa production in West Africa. The second half of the webinar will focus on detection techniques for CSSVD, which are critical to curtail further spread of this disease within the region.<\/p>\n<h3>Webinar Programme<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome Remarks &#8211; <strong>Martin Gilmour<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #999999\">Session 1<\/span><br \/>\nMild Strain Viruses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>History and status of badnaviruses in Trinidad and Tobago &#8211; <strong>Pathmanathan Umaharan <\/strong><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>Cocoa Research Centre, Trinidad and Tobago<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Toward accurate, sensitive molecular detection of Cacao mild mosaic virus &#8211; <strong>Heshani De Silva Weligodage &amp; Judie Brown<\/strong> <em><span style=\"color: #999999\">University of Arizona, USA<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Identification of Novel Badnaviral Sequences Integrated in the Genome of Cacao (<em>Theobroma cacao<\/em>): the implications for badnavirus virus detection in Cacao &#8211; <strong>Emmanuelle Muller<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>CIRAD, France<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Mild Viruses Infecting Cacao &#8211; <strong>Jim Dunwell &amp; Ihsan Ullah<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>University of Reading, UK<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/Xq8SBjovuCM&#8221; el_width=&#8221;90&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #999999\">Session 2<\/span><br \/>\nCocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved CSSV Detection Through RCA Supported PCR Amplifications &#8211; <strong>George Ameyaw<\/strong>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #999999\">CRIG<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Status of advance of research on the cocoa swollen shoot disease and on the virus detection technique at CNRA &#8211; <strong>Francoise Gogbe<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>CNRA<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Joining forces to tackle in-field detection of Cacao Swollen Shoot Disease &#8211; <strong>Jean-Philippe Marelli<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>Mars-Wrigley<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Development of Immunoassays to Detect Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus &#8211; <strong>Jackie Barnett &amp; Joel Allainguillaume<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>University of the West of England, UK<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Q&amp;A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_video link=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/6sMbptuYLSU&#8221; el_width=&#8221;90&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This webinar was jointly hosted by the University of Reading, which maintains the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icgd.reading.ac.uk\/icqc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Cocoa Quarantine Centre<\/a><\/strong> (ICQC,R), and the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Department of Agriculture<\/a><\/strong> (USDA), which co-funds the work of ICQC,R.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 28th April 2023 14:00 GMT\/UTC | 15:00 BST (UK) | 16:00 CET | 10:00 EST | 21:00 WIT A webinar to share updates on progress, and plan\/collaborate for the&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#99;&#111;&#99;&#111;&#97;&#47;&#118;&#105;&#114;&#117;&#115;&#45;&#119;&#101;&#98;&#105;&#110;&#97;&#114;&#45;&#50;&#48;&#50;&#51;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":332,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cocoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}