The Pannonian Plant Biotechnology Association
(PPBA)
is organizing a workshop on
Plant Breeding and Biotechnology
in the Great Pannonian Region –
Progress and Perspectives
in
Ljubljana,Slovenia
May 25-26, 2009
Preliminary programme
May 25 Monday
Chair: Vladimir Meglic, Agricultural Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2.00 pm
Kerstin Kramer
Plant Biotechnology and it's Contribution to a Sustainable
Agriculture.
Peter Ruckenbauer, University Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria
The Austrian E.v.Tschermak-Seysenegg (1871-1962) -one of
the 3 rediscoverers of the Mendelian Laws in the year 1900an early, sustainable promoter for the introduction of
science –oriented plant breeding methods in the PPBA
region of Eastern and Central Europe
Dénes Dudits, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
Synthesis of the alfalfa aldo-keto reductase improves
physiological
status
of
wheat
plants
in
drought
environment.
Elena Rákosy Tican,
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
An overview of plant genetic engineering research at Babes
Bolyai University: present and perspectives
László Tamás, Eötvös University Budapest Hungary
Molecular farming, using the cereal endosperm
bioreactor
4.00 pm
as
Coffee break
Chair: Peter Ruckenbauer, University Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria
4.15 pm
Katharina Schiessl, IFA,Tulln Austria
Expression profiling for resistance to Fusarium Head Blight
in wheat.
Barnabás Jenes, ABC, Gödöllő Hungary,
Developing fungus resistance in wheat
Tjaša Gril, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty,Agronomy
Department, Centre for Plant Biotechnology and BreedingLjubljana
Slovenia,
Development of formae specialis specific SCAR marker for
Monilinia laxa
Stanislav Mandelc, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
Agronomy Department, Centre for Plant Biotechnology and
Breeding, Ljubljana Slovenia
Research on Verticillium wilt on hop by proteomic analysis
Maria Cornelia Maior, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca,
Romania
GFP reporter gene in Nicotiana tabacum as a tool for
studying
transgene
expression
stability,
somatic
hybridization and gene flow
Annamaria Schneider, ARI Martonvásár Hungary
Production and FISH identification of wheat-Aegilops
biuncialis addition lines and their use for the selection of U
and M genome specific molecular (SSR) markers
Jana Moravčíková, Jana Libantová and Eva Bosorádová Institute of
Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Application of Cre/lox strategy in preparation of marker
free plants
Primoz Titan et al., Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana
Slovenia
Using chemical hybridization in cereal breeding
May 26 Tuesday
Chair: Dénes Dudits, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
9.00 am
János Györgyey, Biolgical Research Center, Szeged, Hungary
Popular fallacies about plant gene technology: the
conflict of facts and fictions.
Gyöngyi Székely, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Abiotic stress regulates the expression of P5CS genes in
Arabidopsis thaliana
Katalin Jäger, Attila Fábián and Beáta Barnabás ARI, Martonvásár
Hungary
Effect of drought and high temperature on reproductive
development of wheat (Triticum aestivum l.).
Marko Maras et al., Agricultural Institute of Slovenia. Ljubljana
Slovenia
Molecular responses of common bean to water deficit
Terézia Salaj and Jan Salaj, Institute of Plant Genetics and
Biotechnology Nitra, Slovak Republic
Conifer somatic embryogenesis - a method of rapid
multiplication
10.15 am
Coffee break
10.30 am
Cecilia Tamás, ARI, Martonvásár, Hungary
Nutritional quality improvement of the wheat flour by
expressing the AmA1 protein in the endosperm tissue.
M. Rakszegi1*, G. Pastori3, H. Jones3, F. Békés2, B. Butow2, L.
Láng1, Z. Bedő1, P.R. Shewry3 1Agricultural Research Institute of
the HAS, Martonvásár, Hungary
2
CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
3
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK
Quality and effect of STORAGE proteins in different
transgenic wheat genotypes
Tjaša Rešetič, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
Agronomy Department, Centre for Plant Biotechnology
Breeding Ljubljana Slovenia
Transcriptome analysis of developing olive fruit
and
Katarina Rudolf Pilih et al., Agricultural Institute of Slovenia,
Ljubljana Slovenia
Biotechnological tools used in cabbage breeding
Anna Preťová, Bohuš Obert and Ľubica Uváčková, Institute of Plant
Genetics and Biotechnology Nitra, Slovak Republic
Recent advances in flax biotechnology
12.00 am
End of the workshop, optional visit the Agricultural Institute
Posters (display all time):
Zoltán Áy, Cereal Research Non Profit Ltd. Szeged, Hungary
Integration of RNA interference into wheat breeding:
production of virus resistant wheat lines
Mihály Robert, Cereal Research Non Profit Ltd. Szeged, Hungary
Functional genomic research of resistance genes (known or
putative functions) in wheat
Place and address of the venue:
Agricultural Institute of Slovenia,Main lecture hall, Pavilion 2000,
Hacquetova 17,1000, Ljubljana,Slovenia
Link to Info on our institute is below.
http://www.kis.si/pls/kis/!kis.web
and map:
http://www.kis.si/pls/kis/!kis.web?m=11&j=SI#nav
and link to the hotel:
http://www.hotelpark.si/
http://www.hotel-emonec.com/