Tentative program Theme 1 The Environment (Organizer Anne Marte Tronsmo) What is a ‘normal’ environment? Speaker to be announced Effect of low temperature on the abiotic environment: Soil frost Lars Egil Haugen, Norway Snow – An environment conducive to psycrophilic fungi, “Snow moulds” - Naoyuki Matsumoto, Japan
Theme 2 Effects of ”Cold” on plants and microorganisms
Theme 2A Plants (Organizer J Einset) Cold stress in plants – physiological/biochemical responses to low temperature (freezing and chilling injury) - Christiaan van der Schoot. Norway Theme 2B Microorganisms (Organizer A Tronsmo) Cold stress in microbes - Rosa Margesin. Austria
Theme 2C Effects of indirect cold stress (Organizer Bjarni Gudleifsson) Physical and chemical winter stresses to plants - Bjarni Gudeifsson. Iceland. Theme 3 Cold adaptation in living organisms
Theme 3A Physiological adaptations in plants (Organizer J E Olsen) Physiological cold adaptation in plants– acclimatization, cold hardening in herbaceous plants. - Marcin Rapacz, Polen Physiological cold adaptation in plants– acclimatization, cold hardening in woody plants. - Øystein Johnsen, Norway. Theme 3B Genetic adaptation in plants- plant breeding (Organizer O A Rognli) Genetic cold adaptation in plants. - Garbor Galiba, Hungary. Association mapping to identify new determinants for frost resistance in barley. - Luigi Cattivelli, Italy
Theme 3C: Cold adaptation in microorganisms (Organizer A Tronsmo) Cold adaptation in fungi. - Tamotsu Hoshino, Japan Theme 4 Plant- microbe interaction in cold environment(Organizers A M Tronsmo and I S Hofgaard) Plant – microbe interaction in cold environment – Denis Gaudet, Canada Genetic and molecular bases of snow mould resistance in annual bluegrass. - Annick Bertrand, Canada Biological control of plant diseases in cold environment. - Tom Hsiang, Canada Mycoparasitism and mineral sequestration of Trichoderma atroviride, a cold adapted biological control agent, and its effects on plants. - Jenifer Huang McBeath, USA Theme 5 Climatic changes - Challenges What challenges must plants and microbes face in a new environment?
Theme 5A Modeling (Simulating) the effects of climatic change (Organizer Trond Rafoss) Modelling the effects of climate change. - Marcel van Oijen, UK. Theme 5B. Biological responses to climate change. What are our main knowledge gaps? Panel discussion: Soil microflora in a changing climate Plant acclimatization and freezing tolerance under a changing climate (J Einset)Plant diseases in a changing winter climate (A M Tronsmo)Breeding plants that tolerates an unpredictable climate (O A Rognli)
