| Sunday, 2nd June 2013 |
| 14.30 – 18.00 Registration (Department of Life Sciences, near the Botanic Garden) – Cofffee and refreshments. |
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| Monday, 3rd June 2013 |
| 08.30 – 08.45 Registration (Congress venue) |
| 09.00 – 09.25 Opening session |
| 09.30 – 10.15 Plenary lecture 1 - Stress – the single most important determinant of plant cell
totipotency. Arie Altman - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. |
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| 10.15 – 10.45 COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS |
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| Session 1 – Micropropagation, rooting and acclimatation (part 1) |
| Chairman: Arie Altman |
| 10.45 Plant abiotic stress tolerance analysis in cauliflower using a curd micropropagation system - Hail Rihan. (O1) |
| 11.00 In vitro multiplication of Centranthus ruber, Phagnalon saxatile and Umbilicus rupestris species with potential for the phytoremediation of tailings of different metal ore mines – António Freitas. (O2) |
| 11.15 Improvement and assessment of a micropropagation protocol for walnut hybrid (Juglans major var. 209 (Torrey) Heller x J. regia L.). Ricardo Moreno. (O3) |
| 11.30 Evaluation of a new vessel system for micropropagation based on temporary immersion system (TIS) and applied physiology. Margareta Welander. (O4) |
| 11.45 Efficient plant regeneration via shoot organogenesis from explants of in vitro seedlings of a recalcitrant woody species of Teak (Tectona grandis L.f.). Faheem Aftab. (O5) |
| 12.00 Micropropagation of Castanea spp. hybrid clones to test the resistance to pathogenic Fungi. Filomena Gomes. (O6) |
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| 12.15 – 14.00 LUNCH, POSTERS |
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| 14.00 – 14.45 Plenary lecture 2 - New perspective in commercial micropropagation of fruit trees and rootstocks. Maurizio Lambardi - CNR-IVALSA, Trees and Timber Institute, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy. |
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| Session 2 – Micropropagation, rooting and acclimatation (part 2) |
| Chairwoman: Aylin Ozudogru |
| 14.45 Plant In vitro establishment of tissues from selected trees of Gomortega keule. Diego Munoz-Concha. (O7) |
| 15.00 In vitro propagation and rooting of pear cultivars. Jiri Sedlak. (O8) |
| 15.15 Micropropagation of endangered Azorean endemic woody plants as a tool for ecorestoration programs. Duarte Mendonça. (O9) |
| 15.30 In vitro propagation of the protected species of Ramonda serbica and Ramonda nathaliae from different populations of Kosovo and Macedonia. Bekim Gash. (O10) |
| 15.45 The role of Salicylic acid in acclimatization of in vitro grown Arabidopsis thaliana after transfer to the soil. Anna Czerednik. (O11) |
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| 16.00 – 16.30 COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS |
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| Session 3 – Micropropagation, rooting and acclimatation (part 3) |
| Chairwoman: Sandra Correia |
| 16.30 Study on tissue culture and clonal propagation of tiger lily (Lilium lacifolium Thunb.). Yun Wu. (O12) |
| 16.45 Biochemical changes during ex vitro acclimatization of micropropagated Cotinus coggygria plantlets. Ewelina Jacygrad. (O13) |
| 17.00 Micropropagation of Calendula officinalis and Lavandula angustifolia for genotoxicity and antigenotoxicity studies. Fernanda Leal. (O14) |
| 17.15 Effects of carbohydrate source and BAP concentration on in vitro morphogenesis of four Rose genotypes. Hamama Latifa. (O15) |
| 17.30 Clonal propagation of Bay Tree (Laurus nobilis L.) using cuttings. Salih Parlak. (O16) |
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| 18.00 – 19.30 DRINKS, POSTERS AND TALKS (not necessarily by this order) |
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| Tuesday, 4th June 2013 |
| 09.00 – 09.45 Plenary lecture 3 - Breeding for the conifer tree improvement capitalizing on a
biochemical tool, somatic embryogenesis. Krystyna Kimaszewska –
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Quebec, Canada. |
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| Session 4 – Somatic embryogenesis (part 1) |
| Chairwoman: Krystyna Klimaszewska |
| 09.45 Impact of immature fruit size and genotype on direct caullogenesis in monoembryonic-seed Mango. Adel Abul-Soad. (O17) |
| 10.00 Exploring AOX genes as functional markers for the efficient realization of totipotency via somatic embryogenesis in Daucus. António Frederico. (O18) |
| 10.15 Chemical and physical changes in the emvironment of Pinus radiata embryogenic tissue initiation: implications in the somatic plantlet development. Olatz García. (O19) |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS |
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| Session 5 – Somatic embryogenesis (part 2) |
| Chairman: Jorge Canhoto |
| 11.00 Somatic embryogenesis of Norway spruce - key for epigenetic study. YeonKyeong Lee. (O20) |
| 11.15 Enhancing shoot recovery from transgenic avocado somatic embryos. Fernando Pliego. (O21) |
| 11.30 Somatic embryogenesis and growth regulation of acclimatized plantlets by paclobutrazol in yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). Yong Wook Kim. (O22) |
| 11.45 Callus Induction Using Maize Embryos for Agrobacterium Tumefaciens – Mediate Transformation. Ayman Almerei. (O23) |
| 12.00 Biotechnology of tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea): from in vitro cloning to genetic. Sandra Correia. (O24) |
| 12.15 Comparative proteomic analysis of off-types somatic plantlets development of Feijoa (Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret). Miguel Guerra. (O25) |
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| 12.30 – 14.00 LUNCH, POSTERS |
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| 14.00 – 14.45 Plenary lecture 4 - Pollen embryogenesis and haploid technology in barley. Jochen Kumlehn
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, IPK,
Gatersleben, Germany. |
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| Session 6 – Haploids and plant breeding (part 1) |
| Chairman: Jochem Kumlehn |
| 14.45 Regeneration of callus and shoots from ovules and ovaries of chrysanthemum in vitro. Natalia Miler (O26) |
| 15.00 Genotype and environmental resistance to brown heart incidence in swede (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) parent lines and F1 hybrids. Faiz Fadhel. (O27) |
| 15.15 Early in vitro development of isolated microspores of four Sicilian olive cultivars. Maria Antonietta Germanà. (O28) |
| 15.30 Stimulation of androgenic embryogenesis in Lolium perenne L. by combining activated carbon with plant growth regulators. Aktham Abu Khadijeh. (O29) |
| 15.45 Fragmentation and asymmetric fusion of Cichorium protoplasts. Tom Eeckhaut. (O30) |
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| 16.00 – 16.30 COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS |
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| Session 7 – Haploids and plant breeding (part 2) |
| Chairman: Augusto Peixe |
| 16.30 Establishment of haploid calli from unfertilized ovaries of Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) as potential source of valued secondary metabolites. Rakhi Chatuverdi (O31) |
| 16.45 Clones among androgenic regenerants of hexaploid triticale. Sylwia Oleszczuk. (O32) |
| 17.00 Micronucleation by mitosis inhibitors in developing Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel microspores for microprotoplast preparation. Prabhu Shankar Lakshmanan. (O33) |
| 17.15 Callus produced from in vitro culture of anthers of Actinidia chinensis. Jinhu Wu. (O34) |
| 17.30 Ovule culture and embryo rescue for interspecific hybridisation in blueberry (Vaccinium spp.). Ranjith Pathirana. (O35) |
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| 18.00 – 19.00 Meeting of the ISHS |
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| 20.00 – 22.30 Dinner and traditional music of Coimbra students |
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| Wednesday, 5th June 2013 |
| 09.00 – 09.45 Plenary lecture 5 - Insights into seasonal cold acclimation and ecodormancy break in a
fruit tree species - almond. Margarida Oliveira – Instituto de
Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras,
Portugal. |
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| Session 8 – Genetic transformation and molecular breeding (part 1) |
| Chairwoman: Margarida Oliveira |
| 09.45 Stable integration and expression of Thaumatin II Gene in transgenic carrot to enhance the resistance against Fusarium avenaceum. Tatiana Sidorova (O36) |
| 10.00 Mutation induction of Anthurium andreanum using gamma radiation. Potjamarn Suraninpong. (O37) |
| 10.15 Genetic transformation of sour orange (Citrus aurantium) with a gene construct containing a conserved sequence of Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV). Francisco Mourão Filhoo. (O38) |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS |
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| Session 9 – Genetic transformation and molecular breeding (part 2) |
| Chairman: Qiao-Chun Wang |
| 11.00 Improving a fast track breeding system based on transgenic early flowering plants in Apple. Henryk Flachowsky. (O39) |
| 11.15 BAGY2 Retrotransposon variations in barley calli cultures and regenerated plantlets. Nermin Gozukirmizi. (O40) |
| 11.30 Study on somaclonal variability of some Romanian grape cultivars. Doru Pamfil. (O41) |
| 11.45 Towards the Genetic Engineering of Eucalyptus grandis. Susana Araújo. (O42) |
| 12.00 Starch metabolic genes screening in bulbs of Lycoris sprengeri and gene expression during bulb development. Le Chang. (O43) |
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| 12.15 – 14.00 LUNCH, POSTERS |
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| 14.00 – 14.45 Plenary lecture 6 - Can cryobiotechnology help ensure food security required by raidly
increasing population of the world? Qiao-Chun Wang - Key Laboratory of
Genetic Imp. of Hort. Plants of Northwest China, Northwest A&F
University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China |
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| Session 10 – Cryopreservation and other conservation approaches |
| Chairman: Maurizio Lambardi |
| 14.45 In vitro propagation, conservation and cryopreservation of fig (Ficus carica L.). Aylin Ozudogru. (O44) |
| 15.00 Development of cost-effective in vitro multiplication and conservation techniques of ornamental plants (Nandina domestica, Carex oshimensis) for the benefits of commercial nurseries. Pedrosa Correa da Silva. (O45) |
| 15.15 Clonal propagation, medium-Term conservation and antimicrobial activity of Ruta graveolens: a medicinal plant. Mohamad Shatnawi. (O46) |
| 15.30 In vitro conservation of Cyrtopodium saintlegerianum Rchb. f. (Orchidaceae) by slow growth with high sucrose concentration. Fernanda Fernandes. (O47) |
| 15.45 In vitro culture establishment of several genotypes of Mentha aquatica and cryopreservation of shoot apices. Carmen Martín (O48) |
| 16.00 Relationship between oxidative stress and genetic stability in an encapsulationdehydratiocryopreservation protocol of mint apices. Maria González-Benito (O49) |
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| 16.15 – 18.15 Visit to the old part of the University of Coimbra |
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| 20.00 – 22.30 Symposium dinner and Fado show at the Palace Hotel (Curia, North of Coimbra) |
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| Thursday, 6th June 2013 |
| 09.00 – 09.45 Plenary lecture 7 - Plant tissue culture and secondary metabolite production. Cristina
Figueiredo – Universidade de Lisboa, Fac. de Ciências de Lisboa,
Dep. de Biologia Vegetal, IBB, Centro de Biotecnologia Vegetal,
Lisboa, Portugal. |
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| Session 11 – Chemistry and plant tissue culture (part 1) |
| Chairwoman: Cristina Figueiredo |
| 09.45 Phenyl-adenine, an alternative cytokinin with a promising tissue culture future. Hans Motte (O50) |
| 10.00 Changes of growth parameters and ions accumulation in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cell suspension exposed to polyethylene glycol-induced drought stress. Jameel Al-Khayri. (O51) |
| 10.15 A chemical approach to improve adventitious root induction. Inge Verstraeten. (O52) |
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| 10.30 – 11.00 COFFEE BREAK, POSTERS |
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| 11.00 – 11.45 Plenary lecture 8 - Chemical and genetic modulation of adventitious root induction. Danny
Geelen - Ghent University, Department of Plant Production, Belgium. |
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| Session 12 – Chemistry and plant tissue culture (part 2) |
| Chairman: Danny Geelen |
| 11.45 A comparative study of phenolic content, sugar composition and antioxidant activity of aqueous extracts of micropropagated shoots and wild plants of Pterospartum tridentatum (L.) Willk. Maria Teresa Coelho (O53) |
| 12.00 New cytokinin derivatives – their discovery, development and use for micropropagation of selected tree species. Karel Dolezal (O54) |
| 12.15 Effects of elicitors on in vitro cultures of Sauropus androgynus (sweet shoot) for sustainable metabolite production and antioxidant capacity improvement. Wee Sin Ling. (O55) |
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| 12.30 – 14.00 LUNCH |
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| 14.00 – 14.45 11.00 – 11.45 Plenary lecture 9 - Future perspectives of in vitro culture and plant breeding. Renate Müller - University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Taastrup, Denmark. |
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| 14.45 – 15.15 Closing session |
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