PROGRAM
02.07.2008. Wednesday
09.00–12.00: Conference registration
12.00–12.30: Conference Opening and remarks from organizers and representatives of the host institution. Organizers Announcements
12.30–13.15: Plenary lecture: From cells to biomes: The earth as a symbiosphere –Douglas Zook (USA)
13.15–14.00: Welcome reception
14.00–19.00: Session I: Molecular biology and chemistry of plant-microbial interaction. Chair: Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson (France) and Yoram Kapulnik (Israel)
14.00–14.40: Signposting compatibility events driving the mycorrhizal route –V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, P. Seddas, C. Arnould, M. Tollot, E. Kuznetsova, D. van Tuinen, S. Gianinazzi
14.40–15.20: Using tomato mutants to elucidate functional host control mechanisms over mycorrhizal fungal infection – Y. Kapulnik, V. Gadkar, S. Wininger, V. Somvanshi, B. Ben-Dor,A. Shlomo, M. Novero, P. Bonfante
15.20–16.00: A primer on genomics and transcriptomics of ectomycorrhizal symbiont Laccaria bicolor – G. K., Podila, F. Martin, A. Kohler, S. Duplessis, G. Igor, P. Rouze, P. Richardson, M. Muratet
16.00–16.30 – Plant responses during arbuscular mycorrhizal interactions – P. Bonfante, A. Genre, M. Novero, R. Balestrini, M. Guether, A. Faccio, J. Gómez-Ariza, L. Lanfranco
16.30–17.00: Coffee break
17.00–17.20: Regulation of symbiotic phosphate transport in mycorrhizas – M. Bucher
17.20–17.40: Fungal Protein accumulation in the extra-radical phase of arbuscular mycorrhiza: a shotgun proteomic picture – G. Recorbet, H. Rogniaux, V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, S. Gianinazzi, E. Dumas-Gaudot
17.40–18.00: Gene expression profiling by microarray hybridization: promoting the tool and using it to extract biological results for AM fungi-tomato interaction during the pre-symbiosis stage – H. Koltai, V. Dermatsev, V. Gadkar, C. Bar-Or, Y. Kapulnik
18.00–18.20: Polyketides and Pks genes in lichen-forming fungi: Do different photobiont strains and their symbiotic transfer metabolites (polyols and glucose) influence the morphological and chemical characters of a lichen fungus? – E. Stocker-Wörgötter
18.20–18.40: Geosiphon- Nostocsymbiosis as a model system for the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) – A. Schüßler, H. Martin, D. Cohen, M. Fitz, D. Wipf
18.40–19.00: Microsatellite markers for an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus – N. Mathimaran, L. Falquet, K. Ineichen, T. Boller, A. Wiemken
03.07.2008. Thursday
09.00–12.00: Session II: Endophytes and other organisms in shoots. Chair: Christopher L. Schardl (USA) and Angela Sessitch (Austria)
09.00–09.40: Plant-microbial interactions above ground – C. L. Schardl
09.40–10.20: Ecology and functionality of bacterial endophytes addressed by cultivation-dependent and independent methods – A. Sessitsch, F. Rasche, M. Kuffner, B. Nikolic, F. Trognitz, H. Sziderics, R. Idris, B. Mitter
10.20–10.40: Coffee break
10.40–11.00: An investigation into cyanobiont diversity in species of the Australian cycad genus, Macrozamia, and their potential to produce the hepatotoxin, microcystin – M. M. Gehringer, J. J. L., Pengelly, A. A. Roberts, T. K. Mihali, C. Fieker, P. I. Forster, B. Neilan)
11.00:11.20: Man - made habitats – hotspots of evolutionary game beteween grass and fungal endophyte – M. Lembicz, K. Turnau, P. Olejniczak, M. Czarnołęski, J. Kozłowski)
11.20–11.40: Host specificity signals from plant epicuticular waxes in the pathosystem: fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and Maloideae(Rosaceae) – D. Engelmeier, F. Hadacek
11.40–12.00: Microbial endophytes from Warburgia ugandensis: Functional diversity and effects on host drimane sesquiterpenes – S. Drage, B. Mitter, A. Muchugi, R. Jamnadass, A. Sessitsch, F. Hadacek
12.00–12.30: Poster session
12.30–14.00: Lunch
14.00–18.00: Session III: Signaling in the rhizosphere. Chair: Horst Vierheilig (Spain) and Siegrid Steinkellner (Austria)
14.00–14.40: Signaling in the rhizosphere – H. Vierheilig, S. Steinkellner
14.40–15.00: Influence of 4’-7-Dihydroxy flavone on the symbiotic interaction between Piloderma croceumand the oak microcuttings (Quercus robur L.) – S. Herrmann, P. Frettinger, A. Mithoefer, F. Buscot
15.00–15.20: Signaling between truffle & plants: identification of truffle volatiles and exudated auxin and their effects on the host plant Cistus incanusand the non-host Arabidopsis thaliana – R. Splivallo, M. Novero, S. Bossi, G. Bertea, P. Bonfante, P. Karlovsky
15.20–15 50: Coffee break
15.50–16.10: Phospholipase A2, a new key enzyme in arbuscular mycorrhiza signaling? – A. Jacques, M. Bucher
16.10–16.30: Allelochemicals in the rhizosphere: stress determines the effect – F. Hadacek, V. Chobot
16.30–16.50: Modification of the microbial activity of soils by invasive species and consequent effects on Australian native plants – A. M. Dewar, J. M. Facelli, P. Marschner
16.50–17.20: Poster viewing
19.00: Conference Dinner
04.07.2008, Friday
09.00–12.30: Session IV: Varia. Chair: Michael Bonkowski (Germany) and Sari Timonen (Finland)
09.00–09.40: Soil protozoa: drivers of microbial interactions in the rhizosphere of plants – M. Bonkowski
09.40–10.20: Archaea in mycorrhizospheres – S. Timonen, M. Bomberg
10.20–11.00: Coffee break
11.00–11.20: Host plant as an organizer of microbial evolution in the beneficial symbioses – N. A. Provorov, N. I. Vorobyov
11.20–11.40: Quantification and localization of PGPB in plant tissues using quantitative real-time PCR and online emission fingerprinting – S. Ruppel, J. Rühlmann
11.40–12.00: Plants secrete proteases by roots and utilize proteins as N source without their digestion and mineralization by soil microbial biomass – B. Adamczyk, M. Godlewski
12.00–12.20: Locally and systemically increased resistance against phytopathogens in Norway spruce after root inoculation with a forest soil streptomycete – M. T. Tarkka, N.-A Lehr, S. D. Schrey, R. Hampp
12.20–12.40: Microbial foodweb interactions in the mycorrhizal plant Plantago lanceolata – A. Rodriguez, R. Koller, C. Robin, K. Rosenberg, S. Scheu, M. Bonkowski
12.40–14.00: Lunch
14.00–19.00: Session V: Diversity of below ground fungi. Chair: Paola Bonfante (Italy) and Falko Feldmann (Germany)
14.00–14.30: Functional variability within the phylum Glomeromycota – A. M. Koch, P. Antunes, J. N. Klironomos
14.30–14.50: Molecular genetics of AMF as a tool for improving symbiosis and plant growth – I. R. Sanders, D. Croll, C. Angelard
14.50–15.10: Underground friends and enemies: Study of the mechanisms underlying the role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in plant competition using model plants – E. Facelli, S. E. Smith, F. A. Smith, H. M. Christophersen, J. M. Facelli
15.10–15.30: The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradicesshows an opportunistic behaviour towards phosphorus nutrition – I. M. van Aarle, I. E. de la Providencia, H. Rouhier, S. Declerck
15.30–15.50: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal promotion of Centaurea stoebegrowth along a riparian chronosequence in Montana, USA – M. J. Harner, D. L. Mummey, M. C. Rillig
15.50–16.20: Coffee break
16.20–16.50: Analyzing the community composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonizing the roots of representative shrubland species in a desertification-threatened Mediterranean ecosystem (Granada, Spain) –I. Sanchez, J. M. Barea, N. Ferrol
16.50–17.20: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal assemblages from secondary successional chalk grasslands: Do their members differ in life-history strategy? – H. A. Gamper, J. A. van Veen, G. A. Kowalchuk
17.20–17.40: Impact of host tree species (coniferous and deciduous) on the fungal diversity and the catabolic activities of ectomycorrhizal fungi – M. Buée, J.-P. Maurice, M. Reich, F. Martin, F. Le Tacon
17.40–18.00: Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the rhizosphere of endangered and/or endemic plants in Sierra Nevada (Granada, Spain) National Park – J. Palenzuela, M. Ruíz-Girela, J. M. Barea, C. Azcón-Aguilar
18.00–18.20: Mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit sequences as potential marker for population studies of Glomus intraradices – B. Boerstler, O. Thiéry, P. Raab, D. Redecker
18.20–18.40:Managing below ground diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi during inoculum production – F. Feldmann
18.40–19.00: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota) associated with Ammophila arenaria colonizing maritime dunes of Bornholm – J. Błaszkowski
05.07.2008, Saturday
09.00–15.00: Session VI: Plant-microbial interaction under stress. Chair: Hermann Bothe (Germany) and Jose-Miguel Barea (Spain)
09.00–09.40: Arbuscular mycorrhiza, heavy metal and salt tolerance – H. Bothe, U. Hildebrandt, F. Ouziad, P. Wilde
09.40–10.20: Heavy metal tolerance in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi – N. Ferrol, K. Benabdellah, M. González-Guerrero, A. Valderas, M. A. Merlos, C. Azcón-Aguilar
10.20–10.40: Coffee break
10.40–11.00: Reduction of oxidative- and drought-stress induced Aspergillus flavusmetabolites by plant constituents – R. J. Molyneux, N. Mahoney, B. C. Campbell, J. K. Kim
11.00–11.20: The impact of ectomycorrhizas on Populus tremulaheavy metal uptake in response to elevated zinc supply – I. Langer, J. Santner, W. Wenzel, P. Schweiger
11.20–11.40: Soil microbial community structure and activity in the rhizosphere of 1-year-old clonal poplars: responses to soil type, pesticides and the poplar hybrids – B. Kieliszewska-Rokicka, M. Welc, K. Zielińska, L. Karliński, J. Larsen
11.40–12.00: How does salinity affect the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis? – E. C. Hammer, J. Pallon, H. Nasr, P. A. Olsson, H. Wallander
12.00–13.30: Lunch
13.30–14.10: Plant-microbial interactions in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) polluted soils – C. Leyval
14.10–14.40: Effect of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Glomus intraradicesand arsenic on growth of barley and expression of high-affinity P transporters – H. M. Christophersen, F. A. Smith, S. E. Smith
14.40–15.10: In vivoevaluation by the JIP-test of the impact of symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil bacteria on the vitality of endangered plant species – R. J. Strasser, M. Tsimilli-Michael, S. Zubek, K. Turnau
15.10: Closing ceremony
06.07.2008, Sunday
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