International Phytobiomes Conference 2018

December 04, 2018 - December 06, 2018

Location

Montpellier, France

Website

https://2018.phytobiomesconference.org/

Program

Session 1: Exploring Interactions within Phytobiomes

Eoin Brodie, University of California, Berkeley, US
Deciphering the signatures of niche adaptation in soil microbial communities
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Paolina Garbeva, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, NL
Deciphering belowground microbe-microbe and plant-microbe chemical communication
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Charlotte Tollenaere, IRD, FR
Multiple infections in rice from West Africa: mechanisms, epidemiological and evolutionary implications
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Jonathan Adams, Cranfield University, UK
Soil fungal diversity in grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau: Is it driven by plant diversity and productivity?
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Morgane Ourry, INRA, FR
Deciphering Brassica napus-microbiome associations in interaction with root herbivorous insect Delia radicum: a feedback loop in the rhizosphere
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Emily Luna (presentation by Jan Leach), Colorado State University, US
Insect-Bacteria-Plant Interactions: Microbiomes of russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) contain bacteria that increase virulence to wheat
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Lionel Moulin, IRD, FR
Comparative transcriptomics of the wheat response towards diverse partners of its microbiome
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Session 2: Integrating Phytobiome Systems-based Knowledge

Sally Flis, The Fertilizer Institute, US
Using 4R nutrient stewardship to optimize soil and plant health
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Lilach Iasur Kruh, ORT Braude College, IL
The phytobiome of a unique ecological system: parasitic weed and its host plant
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Jay-Ram Lamichhane, INRA, FR
A conceptual framework to better understand interactions between seedbed abiotic and biotic factors under the influence of cropping systems and their overall impact on field crop establishment
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Session 3: Phytobiome Engineering

Angela Sessitsch, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT
The plant microbiome from lab to field
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Aude Rochefort, INRA, FR
Influence of environment and host plant genotype on the structure and diversity of the Brassica napus seed microbiota
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Leo van Overbeek, Wageningen University, NL
Human pathogens in plant microbiomes
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Gwendolin Wehner, Julius Kühn-Institut, DE
Breeding for priming triggered leaf rust resistance in barley
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Session 4: Applying Phytobiome-based Solutions for NexGen Agriculture

Surya Saha, Boyce Thompson Institute, US
AgriVectors: a portal for plant diseases transmitted by insect vectors
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Trevor Charles, University of Waterloo, CA
Microbiome dynamics during enrichment culture on ACC as nitrogen source: relevance to controlled environment agriculture
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Session 5: Transforming Phytobiome Discoveries into Products

Natalie Breakfield, NewLeaf Symbiotics, US
M-trophs for sustainable agriculture
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Richard Broglie, Pivot Bio, US
Reimagining crop nutrition
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Steven Vandenabeele, Aphea.Bio, BE
An integrated technology pipeline for the development of superior agricultural biologicals
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Andrea Molt, BASF, DE
BASF – A chemical company mastering the challenges of biologicals
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