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Temptative Programme

Sunday, 27th September

17:30h.: Registration
17:30h.: Poster set-up
19:00h.: Hospitality Drink offered by Hotel La Torre Golf Resort
20:00h.: Welcome Cocktail

 

Monday, 28th September

09:00-10:30h.: Opening Symposium - ISHS & ISSS Welcome
10:30-11:00h.: Coffee Break (sponsored by Torre-Pacheco Council)

Seed Biology Sessions - Sponsored by ISSS
11:00-13:00h.: Sessions (1) Seed genetics and biotechnology
11:00-11:30h.: Juan Jordano - Genetic improvement of seed longevity: the HSFA9 program
11:30-12:00h.: Hiro Nonogaki - Transcripcional gene regulation during germination and stand establishment
12:00-12:20h.: Ada Linkies - A combined approach with the brassicaceae species Arabidopsis thaliana and Lepidium sativum to identify key genes controlling seed germination
12:20-12:40h.: Mª Isabel Ordiz - Developing new technologies to control gene expression
12:40-13:00h.: Discussion

13:15-15:00h.: Lunch

15:15-17:15h.: Sessions (2) Seed germination and vigor
15:15-15:45h.: Kent Bradford - Genetic and hormonal regulation of lettuce seed germination
15:45-16:15h.: Bill Finch-Savage - Genetic and physiological characterisation of seed vigor
16:15-16:35h.: Hemal Fonseka - Studies on deterioration and germination of bitter gour seed  (Momordica charantia L.) upon storage
16:35-16:55h.: Roberval D. Vieira - Controlled deterioration as a vigor test to evaluate scarlet eggplant seeds
16:55-17:15h.: Discussion

17:15-17:30h.: Coffee Break

17:30-18:30h.: Poster Session (A) // Poster Discussion (A)
19:00h.: Departure to Cartagena & Visit of the town
21:00h.: Cocktail offered at Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

 

Tuesday, 29th September

07:30h.: Technical Journey Murcia & Almeria
Departure from Hotel

08:00-09:30h.: Visit of Semirec (Murcia) - Seedling company & Transplant machine

09:30h.: Trip to Almería

11:30-12:00h.: Coffee Break
12:00-12:30h.: Fred van Eeuwijk - Smart tools for Prediction and Improvement of Crop Yield

12:30-13:30h.: Visit of Las Palmerillas Experimental Station (Fundación CAJAMAR)

14:00-15:30h.: Lunch

16:00-17:30h.: Visit of Ramiro Arnedo Seed Company

17:30h.: Back to the venue

 

Wednesday, 30th September

09:00-10:30h.: Sessions (3) Germplasm protection
09:00-09:30h.: Jaime Prohens - Enhancement and protection of eggplant germplasm with a protected geographical indication
09:30-09:50h.: Andreas Ebert - Vegetable germplasm conservation and utilization at AVRDC - The world vegetable center
09:50-10:10: Shad D. Nelson - Flowering Native Plants Able to Withstand Elevated Abiotic Salt Stress
10:10-10:30h.: Discussion

10:30-11:00h.: Coffee Break

11:00-12:50h.: Sessions (4) Nursery greenhouse new-technologies
11:00-11:30: Jose A. Pascual - Enriched organic substrates: a real alternative for organic plant production at greenhouse nurseries
11:30-11:50h.: Hideyoshi Toyoda - A new spore precipitator with polarized dielectric insulators for physical control of tomato powdery mildew
11:50-12:10h.: Yoshinori Matsuda - A dielectric dipolar screen with oppositely polarized insulators for tomato seedlings on a nursery hydroponic culture bed from whiteflies
12:10-12:30h.: Sheheli Islam - Electro-kinetic treatmente on germination and early seedling growth of tomato
12:30-12:50h.: Discussion

13:00-15:00h.: Lunch

15:15-16:40h.: Sessions (5) Stand Establishment and field performance
15:15-15:45h.: Daniel Cantliffe - “New Stand Technologies” to mitigate field stresses
15:45-16:05h.: Warley Nascimento - Physiologycal seed quality and stand establishment of hot-pepper (Capsicum baccatum L. Var. Pendulum) under tropical conditionsS
16:05-16:25h.: Ana Botta Catala (Bioiberica) - Overcoming transplantation stress through Inicium(R), initiator of root activity
16:25-16:40h.: Discussion

16:40-17:00h.: Coffee Break

17:00-18:00h.: Poster Session (B) // Poster Discussion (B)

18:00-19:50h.: Sessions (6) Seed and Transplant Production (including organic)
18:00-18:30h.: Silvana Nicola - Issues facing organic transplant production in Europe
18:30-18:50h.: Lise C. Deleuran - Organic leek seed production - securing seed quality
18:50-19:10h.: Leticia Ponce de León - Soil seed bank of two species of cacti from the arid tropical scrub of Oaxaca, México
19:10-19:30h.: Shubin K. Saha - Chlorination rates utilized in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) transplant production in a floatation irrigation system
19:30-19:50h.: Discussion

19:50h.: ISHS Business Meeting

21:00h.: Gala Dinner

 

Thursday, 1st October

09:00-11:00h.: Sessions (7) Abiotic/biotic stress on seedling and transplant
09:00-09:30h.: Daniel I. Leskovar - Can ABA Control Growth and Impart Stress Tolerance of Vegetable Transplants?
09:30-10:00h.: Ian Dodd - Rhizobacteria Mediate Seedling Growth and Stress Responses by Hormonal Mechanisms
10:00-10:20h.: Teruo Nonomura - Protection of nursery stage tomato seedlings from rhizosphere pathogens Ralstonia solanacearum and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici
10:20-10:40h.: Gregorio Barba Espin - Hydrogen peroxide as inductor of seeds germination: effect on antioxidative metabolism and plant hormone contents in pea seedlings
10:40-11:00h.: Discussion

11:00-11:30h.: Coffee Break

11:30-13:30h.: Sessions (8) Grafting and stand establishment
11:30-12:00h.: Benny Aloni - Plant grafting as a mean for enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in vegetables: Involvement of plant growth regulators
12:00-12:30h.: Francisco Camacho - The grafting on Melon and Watermelon in Colima - México as an alternative to Methyl Bromide
12:30-12:50h.: Manuel Díaz Pérez - Effect of dose and kind of compost on the quality of seedling of watermelon grafted onto pumpkin in industrial seedbed
12:50-13:10h.: Alfonso Albacete - Grafting onto wild species-derived rootstocks improves crop salt tolerance in tomato by exploiting root-to-shoot hormonal communication
13:10-13:30h.: Discussion

13:30-15:30h.: Lunch

15:30-17:00h.: Sessions (9) Integrating technologies...
15:30-16:00h.: Gehrard Leubner - 'The virtual Seed' Project: integrating comparative seed biology, biomechanical modeling and functional genomics
16:00-16:30h.: Francisco Pérez-Alfocea - Baptism by osmotic stress to improve water use efficiency
16:30-16:50h.: Matthias Eberius (Lemnatec) - Automated plant stress management and image-based high throughput phenotyping of complete plants and fruits
16:50-17:00h.: Discussion

17:00-17:40h.: General Conclusions and Closing Meeting

17:45h.: Visit at Semilleros El Mirador - Greenhouse nursery
Departure from Hotel
20:00h.: Cocktail offered by Semilleros El Mirador