Parallel Session 02

Monday 14 April, 15:30 – 16:30

Abiotic Stress, Lamoraalzaal

Chair: Hans van Veen, University of Groningen

15:30 – 15:45     Jundong Huang, University of Groningen, “Patience pays off: tuberization affects salt tolerance in potato”

15:45 – 16:00     Olli Virtanen, VU Amsterdam,  “Non-photochemical quenching in plants and algae: same result from different mechanisms.”

16:00 – 16:15     Beiyu Tu, University of Amsterdam, “Mapping Cold Tolerance in Potato: Integrating Multi-Environment QTL Analyses”

16:15 – 16:30     Rahul Jain,  Wageningen University and Research, “Underground microbiome dynamics of tomato under nitrogen deficiency and resulting beneficial interactions”

Social Impact of Plant Sciences, Room 558

Chair: Ernesto Villacis Perez, University of Amsterdam

15:30 – 15:45     Natalie Ferro Lozano, Wageningen University and Research, “Cacao genotyping characterization from farms in Panama”

15:45 – 16:00     Aisha So,  Leiden University, “The repertoire of a Dutch plant scientist: understanding your interpretation of “resilience””

16:00 – 16:15     Gabriela Toledo-Ortiz,  Wageningen University and Research, “Tomatoes for tomorrow”

Microbiome Research, Room 559

Chair: Gijs Selten, Utrecht University

15:30 – 15:45     Zulema Carracedo Lorenzo, Wageningen University and Research, “Pseudomonas volatiles increase drought resilience through important  transcriptional changes and by modifying the rhizosphere microbiome composition”

15:45 – 16:00     Sjors Huizinga, University of Amsterdam, “Lettuce look at signals in root exudate”

16:00 – 16:15     Yadong Shao, Utrecht University “Metatranscriptomic insights into a soil-borne microbiome that suppresses downy mildew in the phyllosphere”

16:15 – 16:30     Sen Xie, Wageningen University and Research, “Endophytic Volatile Arsenals and Their Targets in Banana Pathogen: A GWAS Perspective”

Development , Room 522

Chair: Francesca Bellinazzo, Wageningen University and Research

15:30 – 15:45     Maritza van Dop, Radboud University Nijmegen, “A Pectin Methyl Esterase Inhibitor regulates cell detachment in the Arabidopsis root cap”

15:45 – 16:00     Kailash Pandey , Wageningen University and Research, “Regulation of Tomato Secondary Growth by FUL-like & SOC1-like Genes”

16:00 – 16:15     Esther van den Bergh, Utrecht University, “The Core of Lettuce Growth: Investigating Vegetative Internode Elongation and Bolting”

16:15 – 16:30     Xiaowei Wang, Wageningen University and Research, “FRUITFULL2 regulates fruit development through the GRF-GIF transcription factor/co-factor complex in tomato ”

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