Complete Programme

Wild Plant Pathosystems 2013 – Programme (*.pdf)

1 July, Monday

 Hotel Flora

  • Accommodation
  • 15.00-20.00
    Registration

2 July, Tuesday

Palacký University, Konvikt  „Auditorium“

10.00-10.30
Opening ceremony, Introduction to the programme         

  • 10.00-10.15
    Opening ceremony
  • 10.15-10.30
    Introduction
    J.J. Burdon (Australia)
    Pathogens as driving forces in evolution

10.30-12.30
Broad ecological / genetic view in a coevolutionary setting and host-pathogen interactions
Chairpersons: J.J. Burdon, J.K.M. Brown

  • 10.30-11.00
    J.K.M. Brown (UK)
    Arms race or trench warfare? Predictions about host-parasite coevolution in agriculture and nature
  • 11.00-11.30
    U. Carlsson-Granér, B.E. Giles (Sweden), P.H. Thrall (Australia)
    Patterns of disease and host resistance in spatially structured systems
  • 11.30-12.00
    E. Holub (UK)
    Following Biffen’s footsteps with insights from Arabidopsis-Albugo candida interactions
  • 12.00-12.15
    C.M. Higgins, J. D. Fletcher, B. Rodoni, F. Ochoa-Corona, M. Roossinck, U. Melcher, R. MacDiarmid(New Zealand, Australia, USA)
    Knowledge of plant virus biodiversity and ecology is required for prediction of virus disease epidemics: an antipodean perspective.
  • 12.15-12.30
    Y. Anikster, J. Manisterski, T. Eilam, P. Ben Yehuda, S. Ezrati and H. Sela (Israel)
    Ecological adaptation of the leaf rust fungi attacking Hordeum spontaneum in Israel

12.30-14.00
Lunch

14.00-15.45
Phylogenetics & Speciation
Chairpersons: E. Holub, M. Thines

  • 14.00-14.30
    M. Thines
    (Germany)
    Phylogeny, evolution and diversity of oomycetes – a global perspective 
  • 14.30-15.00
    B. McDonald
    (Switzerland)
    The role of effectors in the emergence of host-specialized fungal pathogens: a phylogeographical perspective
  • 15.00-15.15
    A.-K. Buch, L. Nigrelli, M. Thines (Germany)
    Diversity, phylogeny and host range of the Pythium oligandrum species complex
  • 15.15-15.30
    Y.J. Choi, M. Thines (Germany)
    Macroevolutionary strategy of downy mildew: A case study of Bremia and Asteraceae
  • 15.30-15.45
    I. Solovyeva, A. Schmuker, M. Thines (Germany)
    Evolution of Hyaloperonospora effectors: ATR1-effector genes in sister species of H. arabidopsidis

15.45-16.15
Coffee break

16.15-18.30
Ecological genomics of host-pathogen interactions
Chairpersons: B. McDonald, L. Rose 

  • 16.15-16.45
    P. H. Thrall, J.J. Burdon
    (Australia)
    Integrated evidence for co-evolution in natural host-pathogen associations
  • 16.45-17.15
    A.-L. Laine
    (Finland)
    Life-history, evolutionary potential and environment as determinants of pathogen dynamics in a large natural metapopulation
  • 17.15-17.45
    Y. Bai
    (the Netherlands)
    Genetics and molecular aspects of resistance in wild Solanum spp. against powdery mildew
  • 17.45-18.15
    L. Rose (Germany)
    Evolutionary genetics of disease resistance in wild tomato species
  • 18.15-18.30
    C. Tollenaere, A.-L. Laine (Finland)
    Molecular tools for the study of the interaction between Podosphaera plantaginis and Plantago lanceolata in the Åland metapopulation

19.00-21.30
Welcome Party at Historical Building of Archbishop Palace, Olomouc

3 July, Wednesday

Palacký University, Konvikt  “Auditorium“

8.30-10.30
Developing a common conceptual framework for antagonistic interactions
Theoretical and modelling approaches and challenges
Chairpersons: M.J. Jeger, E. Kosman

  • 8.30-9.00
    E. Kosman (Israel)
    Diversity analysis of pathogens and their hosts: from individuals to populations
  • 9.00-9.30
    M.W. Shaw
    (UK)
    The population dynamics of disease on short and long time-scales
  • 9.30-10.00
    R.K. Meentemeyer, S.E. Haas and T. Vaclavik
    (USA, Czech Republic)
    Landscape epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases in ecological communities
  • 10.00-10-15
    T. Koubek (Czech Republic)
    Matrix models of plant infected by systemic pathogen show low impact of the disease and high influence of the environment
  • 10.15-10.30
    P.S. Allen, S.E. Meyer, J. Beckstead (USA)
    A predictive model for soil seedbank outcomes in the Pyrenophora semeniperda-Bromus tectorum pathosystem

10.30-11.00
Coffee break

11.00-12.30
Pathogens and community structur
Life-history attributes, evolutionary interactions and trajectories
Chairpersons: A.-L. Laine, H.M. Alexander 

  • 11.00-11.30
    M.J. Jeger, N. Salama, M.W. Shaw, F. van den Berg, F. van den Bosch
    (UK)
    Effects of plant pathogens on population dynamics and community composition in grassland ecosystems 
  • 11.30-12.00
    J. A. Walsh, C. Obermeier, P.J.Hunter, R. Machado, K. Ohshima, M.J. Kearsey
    (UK, Japan)
    Plant – virus co-evolution in wild brassicas
  • 12.00-12.15
    N.A. Bosque-Pérez, L.L. Ingwell (USA)
    Barley/Cereal yellow dwarf viruses in prairie and grasslands habitats in the US Pacific Northwest
  • 12.15-12.30
    H. Susi, A-L Laine (Finland)
    The effect of co-infection to pathogen epidemiology in Plantago lanceolata – Podosphaera plantaginis interaction

12.30-14.00
Lunch

14.00-15.45
Epidemiological & evolutionary dynamics across the agro-ecological interface
Chairpersons: M.W. Shaw, T. Václavík

  • 14.00-14.30
    J.J. Burdon, P.H. Thrall
    (Australia)
    Ecological and evolutionary processes across the agro-ecological interface
  • 14.30-15.00
    H.M. Alexander, K.E. Mauck, A.E. Whitfield, K.A. Garrett, C.M. Malmstrom
    (USA)
    Plant-virus interactions and the agro-ecological interface
  • 15.00-15.15
    P. Bernardo, M. Golden, A. Mohd,
    E. Fernandez, M. Granier, A. G.
    Rebelo, M. Peterschmitt, D. P. Martin, P. Roumagnac (France, South Africa, India)
    New insights into the evolutionary history of geminiviruses derived through the discovery of divergent viruses isolated from wild plants
  • 15.15-15.30
    H. Finch, P.S. Allen, S.E. Meyer
    (USA)
    Exposure to low water potentials and seed dormancy favor the fungus in the Pyrenophora semeniperda-Bromus tectorum pathosystem 
  • 15.30-15.45
    K. Hawkins, P. Allen, S. Meyer (USA)
    Secondary dormancy of seeds in relation to the Bromus tectorum-Pyrenophora seminiperda pathosystem

15.45-16.15
Coffee break

16.15-18.15
Trends in emerging and invasive pathogens
Chairpersons: J. A. Walsh, L. Kiss

  • 16.15-16.45
    L. Kiss
    (Hungary)
    Powdery mildew fungi as super-invasive plant pathogens
  • 16.45-17.15
    K. Petrzik, J. Vondrák, M. Barták, O. Peksa, O. Kubešová
    (Czech Republic)
    Lichens – new source or host of higher plant viruses?
  • 17.15-17.30
    O. Frenkel, M.T. Brewer, L. Cadle–Davidson, M.G. Milgroom (USA)
    Population structure and biology of the grape powdery mildew fungus, Erysiphe necator, at its center of diversity
  • 17.30-17.45
    R. Ben-David, R. Parks, C. Cowger, A. Dinoor, E. Kosman, T. Wicker, B. Keller
    (Israel, Switzerland)
    Reciprocal virulence pattern among Blumeria graminis tritici isolates originating from domesticated wheat and its wild progenitor
  • 17.45-18.00
    R. Sharma, B. Mishra, F. Runge, M. Thines
    (Germany)
    Smut fungi are model systems for investigating the evolution of pathogenicity– insights from the genome of Melanopsichium pennsylvanicum

18.15-19.00
Poster Session

4 July, Thursday

8.00-21.00
South Moravia – Excursion

  • 8.00
    Departure from Hotel Flora
  • 9.00-11.30
    “Austerlitz battlefield“ – The Cairn of the Peace Memorial and Museum
  • 12.00-14.30
    The Castle of Austerlitz (Slavkov), Lunch (supported by Rijk Zwaan)
  • 15.30-17.00
    Johann G. Mendel Museum of Genetics and Augustinian Abbey in Old Brno
  • 17.30-19.30
    Moravian wine (Vinselekt Michlovsky) tasting in Augustinian Abbey, Old Brno (Brno)         
  • 19.30
    Departure from Brno to Olomouc
  • 21.00
    Arrival to Olomouc

5 July,  Friday

Palacký University, Konvikt “Auditorium“

9.00-12.15
Applied aspects, wild progenitors, sources of resistance, resistance breeding
Chairpersons: Y. Bai, U. Carlsson-Granér

  • 9.00-9.30
    L. Kiss (Hungary)
    Mycoparasites: surprise elements in wild plant pathosystems
  • 9.30-10.00
    A. Lebeda, B. Mieslerová, M. Petřivalský, L. Luhová, M. Špundová, M. Sedlářová, V. Nožková-Hlaváčková, D.A.C. Pink (Czech Republic, UK)
    Resistance mechanisms of wild tomato germplasm to infection of Oidium neolycopersici
  • 10.00-10.30
    A. Dreiseitl
    (Czech Republic)
    Wild pathosystem Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneumBlumeria graminis f. sp. hordei and its position in resistance research and breeding applications

10.30-11.00
Coffee break

11.00-12.15
Applied aspects, wild progenitors, sources of resistance, resistance breeding
(continued)
Chairpersons: Y. Bai, U. Carlsson-Granér

  • 11.00-11.15
    A. Tahir, L. Nigrelli, F. Runge, A. Schmuker, I. Solovyeva, A. Ҫelik, M. Thines (Germany)
    Diversity of Arabidopsis thaliana in Italy as inferred from next-generation genotyping in relation to biotic and abiotic factors
  • 11.15-11.45
    A. Lebeda, E. Křístková, M. Kitner, B. Mieslerová, M. Jemelková, D.A.C. Pink (Czech Republic, UK)
    Wild Lactuca species, their genetic diversity, resistance to diseases and pests, and exploitation in lettuce resistance breeding

Closing and Challenging lecture

  • 11.45-12.15
    M. Thines (Germany)
    MicrothlaspiHyaloperonospora as a new model system to investigate natural   plant – pathogen interactions           

12.15-12.45
Closing session and closing ceremony

13.00-14.30
Lunch

  • 15.00-17.00
    Archdiocese Museum in Olomouc
    (guided tour through the museum and historical buildings, for those who are interested)

Farewell Evening, Palacký University, Konvikt “Atrium“ and surrounding area

  • 19.00-19.30
    Baroque music concert in Konvikt Chapel
  • 19.30-24.00
    Farewell dinner

 

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