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Convenors :
- Professor Marion Harris , LE STUDIUM® RESEARCH FELLOW
on sabbatical leave from North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND - USA, in residence at IRBI (Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte – UMR 7261 – CNRS/University François Rabelais of Tours) - Tours, France. - Doctor David Giron, CNRS Research Director
IRBI (Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte – UMR 7261 – CNRS/University François Rabelais of Tours) - Tours, France
Introduction:
The world’s rapidly expanding populations have created a sense of urgency regarding global agricultural output, which needs to expand by at least 70% by the year 2050. Plants will provide a significant proportion of the world’s food supply. This international conference focuses on a group of plant enemies that have an unique style of attack. Instead of simply removing plant tissue, survival, growth and reproduction are enhanced by manipulating the plant to create specialized nutritional resources. This attack strategy can have serious consequences for both natural and agro-ecosystems. Mechanisms of reprogramming host plants remain largely unknown but clearly involve secreted effectors that are applied during attack. Options for defense against reprogrammers include effector-triggered immunity. Historically the phylogenetically diverse plant enemies that reprogram plants have been studied by different groups. This interdisciplinary meeting will bring together the complementary strengths of key international laboratories to discuss advances in our understanding of the enemies that reprogram plants and their associated symbionts, the options that plants have for their defense, and the evolutionary potential of enemies to adapt to plant defense.
Main topics of the conference:
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Enemy attack: identity and function of effectors produced by insects, nematodes, and pathogens
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Plant responses: phytohormone signalling, nutrient mobilization, cellular reorganization, and defence
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Ecological consequences of reprogramming plants and cascading effects in the ecosystem
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Contributions of microbial symbionts to plant-reprogrammer interactions
Practical informations:
- Deadline for registration: 4/09/2015
- Confirmation of selected applications: 11/09/2015
- Deadline for payment: 18/09/2015
- Dates of the conference: 5-7 October 2015
- Location: Hôtel de Ville, 37000 Tours – France
- Lodging: Hotel lists communicated upon registration
- Language: English
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Posters:
Participants are required to submit their application with an abstract (electronic format only –pdf files) of no more than 2000 characters (including spaces) by 4/09/2015. The abstracts will be published in the conference booklet and in digital proceedings (USB flash-drive).
Thank you for sending the title and your abstract together with your affiliation and contact details to registration@lestudium-ias.fr before 4/09/2015.
