Monday July 8, 2019
Morning sessions
Keynote address (8:30 - 9:30; Salon B & C)
Tiina Roose: Multiscale image based modelling of rhizosphere processes
Poster pitches (9:30 - 10:00; Salon B & C)
Health break (10:00 - 10:30)
Parallel sessions (10:30 - 12:30)
1. The root microbiome (Gallery A)
Chairs: Sue Grayston & Simeon Smaill
10:30 - 11:00 Plant microbiome: Unravelling the biota black box
V. Gupta
11:00 - 11:15 Does the seed microbiome persist in the plant rhizosphere over time?
C.L. Khodadad
11:15 - 11:30 Development of the rhizosphere microbiome is dependent on root age
and the preceding detritusphere
M.D. Denton
11:30 - 11:45 Plant functional group and their associated root traits as predictors of the
saprophytic fungal communities in experimental grasslands
D. Francioli
11:45 - 12:00 Contrasting long-term fertilization regimes differentially impact
root-associated microbial communities during the development of
field-grown maize
A. Bourceret
12:00 - 12:15 Soil-borne legacies of plant disease
G. Vismans
12:15 - 12:30 Structural equation modelling of a winnowed soil microbiome identifies
how invasive plants re-structure microbial networks
S.D. Siciliano
2. Spatio-temporal organization in the rhizosphere (Gallery B)
Chair: Doris Vetterlein
10:30 - 11:00 X-ray CT based platform for integration of physical, chemical and
biological information on spatiotemporal patterns at single root and root
system scale
D. Vetterlein
11:00 - 11:15 Roots change the pore structure only if they have to – development of
biopores and compaction around roots
M. Lucas
11:15 - 11:30 Rhizosphere modelling reveals the spatiotemporal distribution of
daidzein, which alters bacterial communities in the rhizosphere
A. Sugiyama
11:30 - 11:45 Hydraulic bridges at the root-soil interface: insights from high-resolution
synchrotron X-ray CT
M.A. Ahmed
11:45 - 12:00 Contrasting impacts of rhizodeposits on the physical formation and
functioning of the rhizosphere
P.D. Hallett
12:00 - 12:15 Simulating and characterizing spatio-temporal patterns of
rhizodeposits-the development of the rhizosphere in 3D
C. Sheng
12:15 - 12:30 Response of soil microbial community to photosynthetic product secretion
activity of plant roots indicated by rhizosphere live imaging method
Y. Unno
3. Root exudates (Gallery C)
Chairs: Melissa Arcand & Eduardo Mitter
10:30 - 11:00 Sampling root exudates – mission impossible?
E. Oburger
11:00 - 11:15 Digging into soil chemistry – metabolomics analysis of root exudates
and rhizosphere metabolites
A. Weinhold
11:15 - 11:30 Quantifying citrate-enhanced phosphate uptake by roots
D. McKay Fletcher
11:30 - 11:45 Organic acids and phosphatase enzymes determine phosphorus
availability in the rhizosphere of different plant species
D. Touhami
11:45 - 12:00 How rice root exudates shape the nitrification process
W.M. Shi
12:00 - 12:15 Who’s your neighbor? Plants neighbors induce species-specific changes
in a focal plants’ root exudation and rhizosphere community composition
T.C. Ulbrich
12:15 - 12:30 Comparative analysis of root exudates and bacterial diversity in
aeroponics and soil
A. Zancarini
Lunch, Poster & exhibit viewing, and Campus tours (12:30 - 2:00)
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Afternoon sessions
Keynote address (14:00 - 15:00; Salon B & C)
Corné Pieterse: The soil-borne supremacy: root microbiome and plant immunity
Parallel sessions (15:15 - 16:45)
4. The root microbiome (Gallery A)
Chairs: Davide Francioli & Sue Grayston
15:15 - 15:45 How biotic interactions shape the movement of fresh and decaying root
carbon into soil
J. Pett-Ridge
15:45 - 16:00 Close-up on informational war between Gram opposite rhizobacteria
A. Chane
16:00 - 16:15 Shotgun metagenomics sequencing of the rhizosphere microbiota
associated to seven ecotypes of Medicago truncatula
B. Pivato
16:15 - 16:30 Intended and unintended consequences of planted forest management for
microbial rhizobiome properties
S.J. Small
16:30 - 16:45 A synthetic community approach to understanding the Poplar microbiome
D. Carper
5. Spatio-temporal organization in the rhizosphere (Gallery B)
Chairs: Doris Vetterlein
15:15 - 15:45 Insights into the spatial organization of rice-associated diazotrophs and
their nitrogen fixation activity
H. Schmidt
15:45 - 16:00 Spatial evaluation of carbon flow and microbial function through the
root-rhizosphere-soil continuum
J. Moran
16:00 - 16:15 Benchmarking models of root architecture and function
A. Schnepf
16:15 - 16:30 Influence of root mucilage gel properties on pore-scale processes in the
rhizosphere
M. Brax
16:30 - 16:45 Root position and trait shifts depending on a neighbor’s
nutrient-acquisition strategy in kwongan nutrient-impoverished soils
P. de Britto Costa
6. Rhizosphere of extreme environments (Gallery C)
Chair: Steve Siciliano, Marcus Griffiths & Milko Jorquera
15:15 - 15:45 Rhizobacterial communities associated with flowering desert phenomenon
(Atacama Desert, Chile) and their potential as plant growth-promoting
bacteria
M. Jorquera
15:45 - 16:00 Flavonoids are involved in phosphorus deficiency-induced cluster-root
formation in white lupin
C.Y. Xiong
16:00 - 16:15 Root system architecture and salt dynamics at the root zone
U. Nachshon
16:15 - 16:30 Rhizosphere microbiome of halophytes as a source of osmoregulatory
genes
S. Mukhtar
16:30 - 16:45 Bacterial communities associated with the native Antarctic grass
Deschampsia antarctica
A. Znoj
Poster session, exhibits, and drinks (16:45 - 18:00)
Graduate Student Social (19:00 - 23:00)
An opportunity for graduate students to meet, socialize and talk about Science (or not). Meet at the Cathedral Social Hall (located at 608 Spadina Crescent E) at 7:00 pm for drinks, appetizers and conversation.
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· A catered light supper
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