Welcome to the Sixth Plants & Peoples webinar
-a joint venture between Physiologia Plantarum and the Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS)
The focus is “Trends in Crop Improvement and Development”
Register and watch the prerecorded presentations here.
The live event will take place on November 29, 2023
11:30 CET and 18:30 Beijing time
PROGRAM
11:30 Welcome by the organizers, Zsofia R. Stangl
11:35 Welcome by the Editor in Chief of Physiologia Plantarum, Yrjö Helariutta
11:40 PART 1 – TRENDS IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
Welcome and a short introduction to the topic by Yuling Jiao, Subject Editor at Physologia Plantarum
11:50 Margot Evelien Smit – University of Tübingen Check out Dr Smit’s key publications
Arrested Development – How do plants control fate transition timing?
12:00 Xi Huang – Xiamen University Check out Dr Huang’s key publications
Plant Responses and Acclimation to UV – B Light
12:10 Xinqiang He – Peking University Check out Dr He’s key publications
Phytohormone regulation of the secondary vascular tissue regeneration after bark girdling in Populus
12:20 Quan Wang – Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen Check out Dr Wang’s key publications
Gibberellin signaling regulates lignin biosynthesis to modulate rice seed-shattering
12:30 Paula Elomaa – Helsinki University Check out Dr Elomaa’s key publications
Developmental patterning of head-like inflorescences in Asteraceae
12:40 PART 2 – TRENDS IN CROP IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH
Welcome and a short introduction to the topic by Quingyu Wu and Cao Xu, Subject Editors at Physiologia Plantarum
12:45 Tao Xu – Shenyang Agricultural University Check out Dr Xu’s key publicationsPhysiological and molecular mechanism of tomato flower pedicel abscission induced by low light
12:55 Fang Xu – Shandong University Check out Dr Xu’s key publications
Heterozygous fasciated ear mutants improve yield traits in inbred and hybrid maize lines
13:05 Deyang Xu – University of Copenhagen Check out Dr Xu’s key publications
Plant Transporters Moving Feed Towards Food
13:15 Hongju Li – Chinese Academy of Sciences Check out Dr Li’s key publications
How do angiosperms save themselves after failed double fertilization?
13:25 PART 3 – PANEL DISCUSSION WITH SPEAKERS AND THE AUDIENCE
From fundamental science to improved crop yield and resistance
14:00 Thanks for today!