Seminar for PhD students in the Framework of
ADAPTAWHEAT EU FP7 Programme supported
also by TÁMOP-4.2.3-12/1/KONV-2012-0001
and EU_BONUS_12-1-2012-0024
5 November 2014,
Wednesday
Agricultural Institute,
Centre for Agricultural Research
Martonvásár
08:30–09:00
Registration, Coffee
09:00–09:20
Opening Ceremony
REVEALING THE
MOLECULAR
MECHANISMS OF
FLOWERING AND
ABIOTIC STRESS
TOLERANCE OF
CEREALS
Welcome speech by Zoltán Bedő, Head of the Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences and by Gábor Galiba, member of the Organizing Committee
Session 1 | The molecular mechanisms of flowering in cereals
09:20–09:50
Simon Griffiths
Fine tuning for fine times – the genetics of eps in bread wheat
09:50–10:20
Thorsten Schnurbusch
10:20–10:50
Vincent Allard
10:50–11:10
Coffee break
Genetic analysis of pre-flowering development in spring barley
Gene based modelling of wheat anthesis date
Session 2 | Adaptation to the changing environment
11:10–11:40
Mikhail Semenov
11:40–12:10
Ana Casas
12:10–12:40
Wendy Harwood
12:40-14:00
Lunch
Modelling impacts of climate change on wheat
Adaptation in barley: lessons learned from landraces
Transgenic cereals: opportunities for engineering drought tolerance
Session 3 | Cold acclimation and dehydration processes
14:00 – 14:30 Radomira Vankova
Hormonal changes during cold response and vegetative-reproductive transition in cereals
14:30 – 15:00 Karen K. Tanino
A journey through the programs of the Dept. Plant Sciences (University of
Saskatchewan), my research and plant dormancy
15:00 – 15:30 Monica Baga
Strategies to improve winter-hardiness in cereals
15:30 – 16:00 Elisabetta Mazzucotelli
The protein network around TdRF1, a wheat RING ubiquitin ligase with a protective
role against cellular dehydration
16:00-16:20
Coffee break
Session 4 | Improvement of yield potential under field conditions
16:20 – 16:50 Ildikó Karsai
Effects of environmental factors on plant development in cereals
16:50 – 17:20 Gustavo Slafer
Further increasing wheat yield through improvements in fruiting efficiency
17:20 – 17:50 Fernanda Gabriela Gonzalez
Traits to improve wheat yield potential in the north of Argentine Pampas: fruiting
efficiency and stem elongation phase
17:50 – 18:20 Fernanda Dreccer
18:20 – 18:40 Close – Speech by Simon Griffiths, Coordinator of the ADAPTAWHEAT project
European Social
Fund
INVESTING IN YOUR FUTURE