Keynote Lectures

  • Introduction
    • Pathogens as driving forces in evolution
      J.J. Burdon (CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia)
  1. Setting the scene
    Broad ecological / genetic view in a coevolutionary setting and host-pathogen interactions
    • J.K.M. Brown (John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK)
      Integrating ecology and genetics in plant-parasite coevolution
    • U. Carlsson-Granér, B.E. Giles (Umea University, Umea, Sweden), P.H. Thrall (CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia)
      Patterns of disease and host resistance in spatially structured systems
    • E. Holub (University of Warwick, Wellesbourne, UK)
      Following Biffen’s footsteps with insights from Arabidopsis-Albugo candida interactions
  2. Phylogenetics & speciation
    • M. Thines (J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt (Main), Germany)
      Phylogeny, evolution and diversity of oomycetes – a global perspective
    • B. McDonald (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
      The role of effectors in the emergence of host-specialized fungal pathogens: a phylogeographical perspective
  3. Ecological genomics of host-pathogen interactions
    Molecular level coevolution – effectors from molecules to metapopulations / genetics of resistance
    • P. Thrall, J.J. Burdon, (CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia)
      Integrated evidence for co-evolution in natural host-pathogen associations 
    • A.-L. Laine (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland)
      Life-history, evolutionary potential and environment as determinants of pathogen dynamics in a large natural metapopulation 
    • Y. Bai (Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands)
      Genetics and molecular aspects of resistance in wild Solanum spp. against powdery mildew
    • L. Rose (Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany)
      Evolutionary genetics of disease resistance in wild tomato species
  4. Developing a common conceptual framework for antagonistic interactions
    Theoretical and modelling approaches and challenges
    • E. Kosman (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel)
      Diversity analysis of pathogens and their hosts: from individuals to populations
    • M.W. Shaw (University of Reading, UK)
      The population dynamics of disease on short and long time-scales
    • R.K. Meentemeyer, S.E. Haas and T. Vaclavik (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA, and Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
      Landscape epidemiology of emerging infectious diseases in ecological communities
  5. Pathogens and community structure
    Life-history attributes, evolutionary interactions and trajectories
    • M.J. Jeger, N. Salama, F. van den Berg, F. van den Bosch and M.W. Shaw (Imperial College London, UK; Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK, and University of Reading, UK) Effects of plant pathogens on population dynamics and community composition in grassland ecosystems
    • J. A. Walsh1, C. Obermeier1, P.J.Hunter1, R. Machado1,2, K. Ohshima3, M.J. Kearsey2 (1University of Warwick, Wellesbourne, UK; 2University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; 3Saga University, Saga, Japan)
      Plant – virus co-evolution in wild brassicas
  6. Epidemiological & evolutionary dynamics across the agro-ecological interface
    • J.J. Burdon, P.H. Thrall (CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia)
      Ecological and evolutionary processes across the agro-ecological interface
    • H.M. Alexander1, K.E. Mauck2, A.E. Whitfield3, K.A. Garrett3, C.M. Malmstrom4 (1University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA; 2The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA; 3Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA; 4Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA)
      Plant-virus interactions and the agro-ecological interface
  7. Trends in emerging and invasive pathogens
    • L. Kiss (Plant Protection Institute, Budapest, Hungary)
      Powdery mildew fungi as super-invasive plant pathogens
    • K. Petrzik et al. (Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic)
      Lichens – new source or host of higher plant viruses?
  8. Applied aspects, wild progenitors, sources of resistance, resistance breeding
    • A. Lebeda et al. (Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
      Wild Lactuca species, their genetic diversity, resistance to diseases and pests, and exploitation in lettuce resistance breeding
    • A. Dreiseitl (Agricultural Research Institute, Kroměříž, Czech Republic)
      Wild pathosystem Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum – Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei and its position in resistance research and breeding applications
    • A. Lebeda, B. Mieslerová et al. (Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
      Resistance mechanisms of wild tomato germplasm to infection of Odium neolycopersici