INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
MICROBE-ASSISTED CROP PRODUCTION-
OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES & NEEDS
DEC. 4 - 7, 2017
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
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OVERVIEW :: DETAILED PROGRAM :: SATELLITE WORKSHOP
10:00 - 12:00 |
Arrival, registration |
13:00 - 13:15 |
WELCOME |
13:15 - 14:00 |
OPENING LECTURE Esperanza Martinez-Romero (Center of Genomic Science, UNAM, MX) Beneficial effects of microbes on plants |
SESSION 1 |
SUCCESSFUL MICROBIAL PRODUCTS |
14:00 - 14:25 |
Jürgen Köhl (Wageningen University & Research, NL) |
14:25 - 14:40 |
Christoph Lehnen |
14:40 - 14:55 |
Brenda Loznik |
14:55 - 15:10 |
Ross Mann |
15:10 - 15:30 |
Coffee break |
SESSION 2 |
Microorganisms for rural development |
15:30 - 15:55 |
Ian Sanders (University of Lausanne, CH) |
15:55 - 16:10 |
Didier Lesueur |
16:10 - 16:25 |
Maged Saad |
16:25 - 16:40 |
Valentina Riva |
16:40 - 17:30 |
POSTER TALKS I: Andrea Kunova: Exploring plant endophytic Streptomyces for their use in sustainable agriculture Daniel Bravo: Assessing cadmium-tolerant endophytic bacteria as an strategy to bio-remediate cadmium presence in Cacao crops from Colombia Gabriele Schiro: Spatial distribution of phyllosphere fungi in a heterogeneous wheat field Zhibo Li: Improving pasture quality by beneficial Bacillus sp. for optimized milk quality for use in dairy industry Sandra Bredenbruch: Microbial rhamnolipids mediate control of plant parasitic nematodes through several mechanisms Sebastian Schneider: Nitrogenase biosynthesis of Rhizobium (Mesorhizobium loti) is limited by the symbiotic sulfate transport in root nodules of the legume Lotus japonicus Anna Clocchiatti: Stimulating saprotrophic fungi to control soil-borne fungal crop diseases Caroline Baudson: Impact of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on phosphorus use efficiency in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon (L.) Beauv. |
17:30 - 20:30 |
Poster Session I & Networking |
SESSION 3 |
New mechanisms involved in beneficial plant-microbe interactions |
08:30 - 08:55 |
Paola Bonfante (University of Torino, IT) |
08:55 - 09:20 |
Laure Weisskopf (University of Fribourg, CH) |
09:20 - 09:35 |
Lara Martin-Sanchez |
09:35 - 09:50 |
Antoine Desrut |
09:50 - 10:05 |
Monika Schmoll |
10:05 - 10:20 |
Alberico Bedini |
10:20 - 10:40 |
Coffee break |
SESSION 3 |
New mechanisms involved in beneficial plant-microbe interactions |
10:40 - 11:05 |
Barbara Reinhold-Hurek (University of Bremen, DE) |
11:05 - 11:20 |
Lilach Iasur Kruh Substance secreted by the endophytic Dyella-like bacterium as a potential solution against yellows disease of carrots |
SESSION 4 |
Plant understanding and improvement of beneficial interactions with microbes |
11:20 - 11:45 |
Roeland Berendsen (Utrecht University, NL) |
11:45 - 12:00 |
Abhishek Shrestha |
12:00 – 12:15 |
Pierre Hohmann |
12:15 - 12:30 |
Philipp Franken |
12:30 - 12:45 |
Davide Gerna |
12:45 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
SESSION 5 |
The holobiont plant: multitrophic interactions |
13:30 - 13:55 |
Leo van Overbeek (Wageningen University and research, NL) |
13:55 - 14:10 |
Paloma Duran |
14:10 - 15:00 |
POSTER TALKS II: |
15:00 |
SOCIAL EVENT: Vienna tours (optional) |
SESSION 5 |
The holobiont plant: multitrophic interactions |
08:30 - 08:55 |
Gabriele Berg (TU Graz, AT) |
08:55 - 09:10 |
Adam Schikora |
09:10 - 09:25 |
Robert Czajkowski |
09:25 - 09:40 |
David Ezra |
09:40 - 09:55 |
Roeland Berendsen |
09:55 - 10:20 |
Coffee break |
SESSION 6 |
The holobiont plant: microbiome understanding |
10:20 - 10:45 |
Tuesday Simmons (UC Berkeley, US) |
10:45 - 11:10 |
Yvan Moënne-Loccoz (Université de Lyon, FR) Plant-beneficial bacteria in the rhizosphere microbiome of cereals |
11:10 - 11:25 |
Viviane Radl From seeds to roots: the role of seed-borne endophytes for the composition of the active microbiome of barley roots |
11:25 - 13:45 |
Poster session II & Lunch break |
SESSION 6 |
The holobiont plant: microbiome understanding |
13:45 - 14:10 |
Birgit Mitter (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, AT) |
14:10 - 14:25 |
Saskia Bindschedler |
14:25 - 14:40 |
Klaus Schlaeppi |
14:40 - 14:55 |
Linda Thomashow |
14:55 - 15:10 |
Enoch Narh Kudjordjie |
15:10 - 15.25 |
David Hallahan Contrasting soil microbial community profiles associated with outliers in early growth of corn (Zea mays) |
15:25 - 15:50 |
Coffee break |
15:50 - 16:40 |
POSTER TALKS III: |
16:40 - 18:10 |
Poster Session III |
19:00 - 24:00 |
miCROPe Party (optional) |
SESSION 7 |
Application technologies & formulations |
09:00 - 09:25 |
Anant Patel (Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, DE) Formulations for novel biological pest control strategies |
09:25 - 09:50 |
Claudia Preininger (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT) Design of microbial formulations – connecting material properties with bacterial viability and overall treatment performance |
09:50 - 10:05 |
David Schisler Non-viable antagonist cells are associated with reduced biocontrol performance by viable cells of the yeast Papiliotrema flavescens against Fusarium head blight of wheat |
10:05 - 10:20 |
Ahmed Idris Hassen Co-inoculation of symbiotic rhizobia and free-living rhizobacteria (PGPR) have a role in enhancing growth in the legumes lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) |
10:20 - 10:35 |
Virginia Estévez Shelf-life and storage of Trichoderma asperellum strain T34 applied as a seed treatment on experimental corn seeds |
10:35 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
11:00 - 12:25 |
Phytobiomes Alliance Session |
11:00 - 11:25 |
Kellye Eversole (International Phytobiomes Alliance, US) Building a foundation to combine site-specific biological and physical data for next-generation precision agriculture |
11:25 - 11:40 |
Slavica Djonovic Streptomyces as endophytes: understanding the mode of action of plant growth promotion under abiotic stress |
11:40 - 11:55 |
Jim Germida Bacterial and fungal endophytes increase growth and yield of agricultural crops at heat and drought stressed field sites |
11:55 - 12:10 |
Michael Ionescu Harnessing plant understanding and microbiome functional diversity to stimulate plant yield production |
12:10 - 12:25 |
Kateryna Zhalnina Root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive rhizosphere microbial community assembly during plant development and under nutrient and water stress |
12:25 - 13:15 |
Lunch break |
13:15 - 13:55 |
Future of microbial products & regulatory issues |
13:15 - 13:55 |
Willem Ravensberg (Koppert Biological Systems, NL) The future of microbial products and regulatory issues |
13:55 - 14:40 |
CLOSING LECTURE Janet Jansson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US) Phenotypic response of soil microbiomes to environmental change |
14:40 - 15:00 |
Closure |
Training Course and Workshop: "Advanced microscopy techniques for plant-microbe interaction analysis", Nov. 27-Dec. 2 ,2017.
Workshop program PDF Update February 16, 2017
Announcement Folder PDF Update May 29, 2017