Schedule
- May 29th
- May 30th Old mechanisms, new ideas
- May 31st PGPR Ecology
- June 1st PGPR Industry: Fermentation, formulation, and usage
- June 2nd Novel uses of PGPR
- Main
19:30 - 23:00Opening Reception
- Main
07:00 - 08:30Registration opens
08:30 - 09:15Invited Talk By Choong-Min RyuKRIBB, South Korea
Something new in the PGPR toolbox
09:15 - 10:00Invited Talk By Corne PieterseUtrecht University, The Netherlands
Bi-directional communication along the microbiome-root-shoot axis
10:00 - 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45Plant growth promoting traits of avocado rhizospheric and endophytic bacteria and their combined effect on non-host development By Frederique ReverchonInstituto de Ecología, A.C. (INECOL) Centro Regional del Bajío Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico
10:45 - 11:00Actinomycetes-based inoculant for horticultural crops: consortium formulation and best application strategy identification By Rihab DjebailiDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
11:00 - 11:15Genetic traits allowing Bacillus subtilis to colonize the roots in presence of a competitor By Pascale B. BeauregardUniversité de Sherbrooke, Canada
11:15 - 11:30Auxin-mediated growth promotion and defense induction in Arabidopsis by two avocado rhizobacterial strains By Alfonso Mendez-BravoEscuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Unidad Morelia, LANASE, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
11:30 - 12:00Poster Flash Talks
3 minutes each
12:00 - 13:00Lunch
13:00 - 14:30Poster Session
14:30 - 14:45Lysinibacillus spp.: an IAA-producing endospore forming-bacteria that promotes plant growth By Marleny BurkettMosaic
14:45 - 15:00Use of growth-promoting bacteria for the open field cultivation of industrial hemp By Marika PellegriniUniversity of L'Aquila, Italy
15:00 - 15:15Physiological and genetic modifications in tomato plants subjected to moderate water stress and elicited with a plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) By Beatriz Ramos SolanoUniversidad San Pablo-CEU Universities. Faculty of Pharmacy
15:15 - 15:30Bacillus G7 improves adaptation to water stress in Olea europaea plantlets triggering multiple targets By Beatriz Ramos SolanoUniversidad San Pablo-CEU Universities. Faculty of Pharmacy
15:30 - 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:15Metabolomics of plant-bacteria interaction (PGPB) isolated from air under drought stress conditions By Beatriz Genoveva Guardado-fierrosCIATEJ
16:30 - 16:45Sponsor Presentation By Lallemand Plant Care
16:45 - 17:00Sponsor Presentation By Mosaic Biosciences
17:00 - 18:00Breakout Sessions
- Main
08:00 - 08:30Registration desk open
08:30 - 09:15Invited talk By Gabriele BergGraz University of Technology, Austria
Linking Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria from Farm to Fork with Health Issues
09:15 - 10:00Invited talk By Olubukola Oluranti Babalola North-West University, South Africa
The Contribution of Rhizobacteria to Plant Adaptation due to Drought Environmental Change
10:00 - 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45Changes in grain ionome composition in pea-wheat intercropping are associated with the abundance of Pseudomonas spp. and Enterobacterales By Amélie SemblatINRAe - UMR Agroécologie
10:45 - 11:00Low nitrogen fertilization over two consecutive years enriches potential PGPRs in the Brassica napus seed microbiome By Birgit WassermannGraz University of Technology, Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Petersgasse 12, 8010 Graz, Austria
11:00 - 11:15P-cycling and N fixing bacteria of rice root compartments are affected by reduced P fertilization By Camilla ValliUniversità degli studi di Milano
11:15 - 11:30Exploration and exploitation of the rice microbiome for plant health in Cambodia By Kakada OEUM
11:30 - 12:00Poster Flash Talks
3 minutes each
12:00 - 13:00Lunch
13:00 - 14:30Poster Session
14:30 - 14:45Variable and core functional rhizosphere microbiota associated with seven Medicago truncatula genotypes By Liya ZhuDijon Agroécologie INRAE and Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté
14:45 - 15:00Optimizing heavy metal extraction with the aid of chemical biostimulant and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in copper phytoremediation By Gabriele Bellotti
15:00 - 15:15Identification of microbial consortia and mechanisms involved in soil suppressiveness to Fusarium culmorum By Jiayi Jing Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University & Research
15:30 - 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:15Flavobacterium dauae TCH3-2 modulates the beneficial interaction between plants and native soil microbiota By Ju Hui KimDepartment of Applied Biology, Dong-A University, Republic of Korea
16:30 - 16:45Sponsor Presentation By Bashan Institute of Science / Bashan Foundation
16:45 - 18:00Breakout Sessions
- Main
08:30 - 09:15Invited talk By Mark LilesAuburn University, USA
Improving PGPR efficacy via a synbiotic seed treatment
09:15 - 10:00Invited talk By Dr. Tony AdesemoyeUSDA-ARS National Soil Dynamics Laboratory
PGPR-based formulations: lab to field optimization for better efficacy
10:00 - 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45Development of innovative biostimulants using Pantoea agglomerans C1 metabolites to produce plant postbiotics By Maurizio RuzziDepartment for Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
10:45 - 11:00Consortium bio inoculant to sustainable agriculture: from laboratory to market By Silvia Maribel Contreras-Contreras RamosCentro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco A.C.
11:00 - 11:15Development of an effective and stable PGPB-based inoculant as a potential tool for sustainable agriculture By Beatrice FardaDepartment of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences - University of L’Aquila - Italy
11:15 - 11:30Regenerative agriculture strategies and PGPM application cooperatively foster maize sustainable production in the Mediterranean area By Maria Elena AntinoriUniversity of the Sacred Heart, Italy
11:30 - 11:45Methodological and Interpretational Problems in Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria Inoculation Studies By Luz BashanBashan Institute of Science, USA
11:45 - 12:00Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) induce resistance incotton plants against beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) By Simon ZebeloUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore
12:00 - 13:00Lunch
13:00 - 17:00Free Afternoon, Toulouse tour, sponsored by Lallemand
17:00 - 19:00Workshop Banquet, Aeroscopia museum By sponsored by Lallemand
- Main
08:30 - 09:15Invited talk By David MeadVarigen Biosciences
New Tools for Targeted Cloning and Over Expression Of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters
09:15 - 10:00Invited talk By Luz BashanBashan Institute of Science, USA
Exploring the mutualistic interaction between PGPB and microalgae and its biotechnological potential
10:00 - 10:30Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45Microalga–Azospirillum Consortium for CO2 Fixation from Biogas By Azul Valeria Chacón HernándezUniversidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
10:45 - 11:00Potential use of PGPR for more sustainable perennial forage production By Leanne DillardUSA
11:00 - 11:15New platform enabling plant-microbes co-cultivation and the study of the resulting plant-protection mechanisms. By Wendalina TiganiLeiden University, the Netherlands
11:15 - 11:30Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Modulates Sweet Corn-Corn Earworm Interactions By Simon ZebeloUSA
11:30 - 11:45Bacterial Consortium Induces Systemic Resistance and Promotes Plant Growth via Bacterial Movement and Endophytic Colonization By Hangyu DongInstitute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
12:00 - 13:00Lunch
13:00 - 14:00Summary Session
14:00 - 14:30Coffee, our next meeting, and good-bye!!!!