Biologia Vegetale
Programme
114° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana
VI INTERNATIONAL PLANT SCIENCE CONFERENCE
Padova, Orto Botanico, 4 - 7 September 2019
XI Congresso della Società Italiana di Biologia Vegetale
Padova, Orto Botanico, 4 - 6 September 2019
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 4 September 2019
Auditorium
11.00-11.30 Registration SIBV
11.30-12.30 SIBV Lecture (Chairperson: A. Schubert)
Ralf Reski, University of Freiburg, Germany
“Developmental novelties that facilitated the conquest of land by plants 500 MYA”
12.00-13.30 Registration SBI
12.30-13.30 Welcome lunch
13.30-14.00 Opening ceremony
Symposium 1
JOINT SESSION SIBV - SBI
PLANTS IN AND FOR THE FUTURE
(Chairpersons: B. Baldan, T. Morosinotto, P.D. Perata)
14.00-14.40 Christine Raines, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
“Improving future plant productivity through manipulation of photosynthesis”
14.40-15.00 Francesca Sparla, Università di Bologna, Italy
“The crystal structures of Arabidopsis and Chlamydomonas phosphoribulokinase complete the redox structural proteome of the Calvin-Benson cycle”
15.00-15.20 Zeno Guardini, Università di Verona, Italy
“Single-generation genome editing of Arabidopsis thaliana to isolate complex mutants defective in the PSII antenna system”
15.20-15.40 Claudio Varotto, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy
“Evolution and functional differentiation of recently diverged phytochelatin synthase genes from Arundo donax L.”
15.40-16.00 Gian Pietro Di Sansebastiano, Università del Salento, Italy
“Plant cell downstream control of conventional and unconventional membrane traffic contribution to the tonoplast”
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
16.30-17.10 Christian Hardtke, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
“Developing phloem – orchestrating plant organ formation”
17.10-17.30 Cristina Votta, Università di Torino, Italy
“The heterologous expression of the Rhizophagus irregularis RiPEIP1 gene in rice plants leads to enhanced growth and mycorrhizal colonization”
17.30-17.50 Antonella Muto, Università della Calabria, Italy
“Comparative transcriptomic profiling of peach and nectarine cultivars to elucidate chilling injury mechanisms”
17.50-18.10 Beatrice Giuntoli, Università di Pisa, Italy
“Synthetic tools for the genetic control of plant responses to oxygen”
18.10-18.30 Raffaella Zampieri, Università di Padova, Italy
“Released polysaccharides from cyanobacteria of the Euganean thermal mud have an in vivo antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity”
18.30-20.30 Drinks and appetizers (possibility of visiting the Botanical Garden)
Thursday 5 September 2019
Symposium 2 SBI
Auditorium
FOREST BIODIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONING IN A CHANGING WORLD: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
(Chairpersons: S. Casavecchia and G. Filibeck)
9.00-9.35 Jean-Luc Dupouey, INRA, Champenoux, France
“Forest ecological history for the future”
9.35-9.55 Gabriele Casazza, University of Avignon, Marseille, France
“Combining historical ecology, species distribution modelling and instrumental climate reconstruction to infer causes of change in forest distribution: the case of Monte Pisano”
9.55-10.15 Andrea Coppi, Università di Firenze, Italy
“Tree species diversity versus identity effects on understorey phylogenetic diversity in thermophilous deciduous forests”
10.15-10.35 Chiara Lelli, Università di Bologna, Italy
“Signs from the past: long-term changes in Italian mountain forests under changing management”
10.35-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.35 Tommaso Anfodillo, Università di Padova, Italy
“The simple structure of forests: an allometric approach for assessing the degree of old-growthness”
11.35-11.55 Claudia Angiolini, Università di Siena, Italy
“Are the effects of the overstory on herb and shrub layers important in forest habitat monitoring? The case of Quercus suber woodlands”
11.55-12.15 Silvia Assini, SBI-4RH, Working group of SBI, Italy
“An overview of the Italian forest biodiversity and its conservation level, based on the first outcomes of the 4th Habitat Report ex-Art. 17”
12.15-12.35 Simone Pesaresi, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
"NDVI temporal pattern as functional responses of Mediterranean forest plant associations”
12.35-14.00 Lunch and posters
Symposium 3 SBI
Auditorium
HERBARIA: STILL RELEVANT IN THE 21TH CENTURY?
(Chairpersons: L. Peruzzi and S. Martellos)
14.00-14.35 Alexey P. Seregin, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
“Moscow Digital Herbarium: global approach through regional actions”
14.35-14.55 Maria Zardini, Università di Padova, Italy
“Digitization of the Lichenotheca Veneta”
14.55-15.15 Simone Orsenigo, Università di Pavia, Italy
“Plant de-extinction: the importance of herbaria for recovering genetic diversity back to the wild”
15.15-15.35 Moreno Clementi, Università di Padova, Italy
“A cross-disciplinary study of the work and collections by Roberto de Visiani (1800-1878)”
15.35-16.10 Charles Davis, University of Harvard, USA
“Leveraging a global online herbarium to understand plant phenological response to climate”
16.10-16.30 David Dolci, Università di Pisa, Italy
“Back to the future: assessing the effectiveness of Species Distribution Models temporal projection through herbarium data”
16.30-16.50 Niccolò Forin, Università di Padova, Italy
“Importance of molecular studies involving nomenclatural types: the case of the Saccardo mycological collection”
16.50-17.10 Ilaria Colzi, Università di Firenze, Italy
“Assessing metal hyperaccumulation using herbarium specimens: the case of Odontarrhena sibirica (Brassicaceae)”
17.10-18.00 Joint SIBV-SBI Poster Session
18.00-19.30 General Meeting of the Italian Botanical Society (Auditorium, members only)
During the General Meeting an agreement with Society of Azerbaijan Botanists and the “Code of Conduct - Life ASAP” will be signed
Symposium 2 SIBV
Aula Emiciclo
9.00-9.40 Franca Rasi award Lecture (Chair: Andrea Schubert)
PLANT CELL SIGNALS
(Chairpersons: M. Zottini and F. Sparla)
9.40-10.00 Simone Ferrari, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
“Role of the Arabidopsis LysM-containing receptor-like kinase AtLYK2 in chitin signaling and in priming of defense responses”
10.00-10.20 Alessio Buscaglia, Università di Bari, Italy
“Genetic buffering of cAMP impairs heat stress response in tobacco BY-2 cells”
10.20-10.40 Matteo Grenzi, Università di Milano, Italy
“Flowers on Alert: GLRs based long-distance Ca2+ waves in Arabidopsis inflorescence”
10.40-11.00 Edoardo Andrea Cutolo, Università di Verona, Italy
“Differential protein phosphorylation in the thylakoid involves crosstalk between calcium and light signals”
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
Symposium 3 SIBV
Aula Emiciclo
PLANTS FACING STRESS
(Chairpersons: S. Esposito and F. Secchi)
11.30-12.10 Michel Havaux, Centre CEA Cadarache, France
“Signaling apocarotenoids and key regulators involved in the chloroplast retrograde response to photo-oxidative stress”
12.10-12.30 Elide Formentin, Università di Padova, Italy
“A ROS and hormones tight regulation confers salt tolerance in rice”
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.20 Chiara Pucciarello, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
“Coleoptile elongation study in japonica rice under submergence through integrated genome wide association mapping and transcriptional analyses”
14.20-14.40 Martina Tomasella, Università di Trieste, Italy
“The influence of stem non-structural carbohydrates on hydraulic dynamics under drought and recovery in Populus nigra L.”
14.40-15.00 Alessio Aprile, Università del Salento, Italy
“Physiological strategies for cadmium compartmentalization in durum wheat roots”
15.00-16.00 Elevator Pitch Session
16.00-17.30 Joint SIBV-SBI Poster Session
17.30-19.30 General Meeting of SIBV (Aula Emiciclo, members only)
20.30-23.30 Congress social dinner (SBI+SIBV), caffè Pedrocchi
Friday 6 September 2019
Symposium 4 SBI
Auditorium
PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: FROM MOLECULES TO LANDSCAPE
(Chairpersons: M. Galloni and G. Aronne)
9.00-9.35 Lilach Hadany, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
“Can plants hear their pollinators?”
9.35-9.50 Massimo Nepi, Università di Siena, Italy
“Effects of non-protein amino acids of floral nectar on survival and locomotion of pollinators”
9.50-10.05 Luca Pegoraro, Queen Mary University of London, UK
“Pollinator monitoring in a mixed-ploidy population of Senecio doronicum in Alpes maritimes”
10.05-10.20 Angela Etcheverry, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina
“Asymmetrical flowers of Papilionoideae: functional morphology, morphometrics, and interactions with its pollinators”
10.20-10.35 Edy Fantinato, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia, Italy
"Using pollination networks to detect tourism sustainability”
10.35-10.50 Giovanna Aronne, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
“Aerial seed bank benefits Primula palinuri Petagna in avoiding seed predation and run-off”
10.50-11.05 Stefano Vitti, Università di Trieste, Università di Udine, Italy
“Seagrass - waterbirds interactions in a lagoon ecosystem of the northern Adriatic Sea”
11.05-11.25 Coffee Break
Symposium 5 SBI
Auditorium
PLANT SPECIALIZED METABOLISM: CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
(Chairpersons: R. Caniato and L. Pistelli)
11.25-12.00 Oliver Kayser, TU Dortmund University, Germany
“Understanding cannabinoid biosynthesis by learning lessons from Cannabis sativa, Helichrysum umbraculigerum and Radula marginata”
12.00-12.15 Manuela Mandrone, Università di Bologna, Italy
“NMR-based metabolomics approach to detect frauds and adulterations of oregano samples”
12.15-12.30 Laura De Martino, Università di Salerno, Italy
“Chemical composition and biological activities of the essential oils of two different cultivars of Citrus medica L.”
12.30-12.45 Daniela De Vita, Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
“Antifungal activity of amaranth seed extract in combination with known antifungal drugs”
12.45-13.00 Giuseppe Malfa, Università di Catania, Italy
“Anti-adipogenic and anti-oxidant effects of a standardized extract of Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck ‘Moro’ (Rutaceae) during adipocyte differentiation of 3T3-L1 pre-adipocytes”
13.00-13.15 Giuseppina Chianese, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
“Discovery of a selective and potent gametocytocidal antimalarial agent from Lophira lanceolata”
13.15-13.30 Roberta Ascrizzi, Università di Pisa, Italy
“Phytochemical and physiological evaluations of four Citrus species from the horti simplicium of the Charterhouse of Pisa over one year of analyses”
13.30-14.00 Congress Closure
Symposium 4 SIBV
Aula Emiciclo
PLANT MICRO AND MACRONUTRIENTS
(Chairpersons: I. Murgia and A. Pompa)
9.00-9.40 Stanislav Kopriva, University of Cologne, Germany
“Control of sulfur partitioning between primary and secondary assimilation”
9.40-10.00 Andrea Tagliani, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy
“A Calcineurin β-Like Interacting Protein Kinase regulates potassium homeostasis under hypoxia”
10.00-10.20 Monirul Islam, Università di Torino, Italy
“Near null magnetic field (NNMF) affects metals homeostasis in plants”
10.20-10.40 Ivan Visentin, Università di Torino, Italy
“The regulation of phosphate starvation responses by strigolactones in Solanum lycopersicum”
10.40-11.00 Piero Morandini, Università di Milano, Italy
“A. thaliana Gulono-1,4 γ-lactone oxidase 2 (GULLO2) is involved in iron transport from endosperm into developing embryos”
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
Symposium 5 SIBV
Aula Emiciclo
PLANT DEVELOPMENT IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
(Chairpersons: A. Nardini and M.C. De Pinto)
11.30-12.10 Jordi Martínez -Vilalta, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
“Advances and challenges in predicting drought-induced forest mortality"
12.10-12.30 Matteo Ballottari, Università di Verona, Italy
“Effect of CO2 concentration on photosynthetic and respiratory pathways in different green algal species”
12.30-12.50 Davide Patono, Università di Torino, Italy
“Two integrated platforms to detect source-sink carbon movements in grapevine”
12.50-13.10 Francesco Petruzzellis, Università di Trieste, Italy
“Novel insights into the physiology of plant invasions”
13.10-13.30 Barbara Molesini, Università di Verona, Italy
“Novel insights on the role of tomato cystine-knot proteins in the regulation of fruit set”
13.30-14.00 Congress Closure
The timetable may be modified
