Abstracts presented at the APS Annual Meeting in Pasadena, California, USA, August 1–5, 2015. The abstracts are arranged alphabetically by the first author's name. Recommended format for citing joint meeting abstracts, using the first abstract below as an example, is as follows: Abbas, HK, and Accinelli, C. 2015. Application of bioplastic materials in the biocontrol of agricultural pests.(Abstr.) Phytopathology 105 (Suppl. 4): S4. 1. http://dx. doi. org/10.1094/PHYTO-105-11-S4. 1