PROGRAMME

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Updated 03 September 2008

 

 

Monday 8th September
09:00-12:30 Phylogenomics workshop
Organisers: Martin Lysak and Eric Schranz
   
12:30 Lunch
   
  Opening Session
Chair: João Silva Dias
14:00 Opening
   
14:30 Rune Blomhoff:(Keynote)
"Health effects of dietary plants"
   
15:10  Matthijs Dekker and  Ruud Verkerk:(Keynote)
"Delivering Health Promoting Compounds to Consumers – QACCP chain analysis and modelling of Glucosinolates in Brassica Vegetables"
   
17:00 Welcome reception at Maihaugen open air museum
   
Tuesday 9th September
  Session A1-Genetic resources,
diversity and domestication 
Chair: Chris Pires
08:30 Guusje Bonnema, Dunia Pino Del Carpio, Jianjun Zhao, Anna Artemyeva, Joao Paulo: (Keynote)
"Genetic diversity in Brassica rapa"
   
09:10 A.N. Ignatov, A.M. Artemieva and  K. Hida:
"Origin and Expansion of Cultivated Brassica Rapa in Eurasia: Linguistic Facts"
   
09:30 Dunia Pino Del Carpio,  Ric de Vos, Joao Paulo, Gerard van der Linden and Guusje Bonnema:
"Association Mapping of Metabolites and Developmental Traits in Brassica rapa"
   
09:50 Wu Xiaoming,  Lu Guangyuan,  Chen Biyun,  Xu Kun and Gao Guizhen:
"Rapeseed Elite Core Collection: a High-Resolution Platform for Genetic Dissection of Important Traits by Linkage Disequilibrium"
   
10:10

Dave Pink, Graham Teakle, Guy Barker, Charlotte Allender, Dave Astley:
"Accessing biodiversity in brassica genetic resource collections through development of diversity fixed foundation sets"

 
   
10:30 Coffee
   
  Session B1 - Human health related qualities/functional foods + Post-harvest and quality
Chair: Matthijs Dekker
11:00 Albena Dinkova-Kostova: (Keynote)
  The effectiveness of the isothiocyanate sulforaphane in chemoprotection
   
11:40 Maria Traka: (Keynote)
"Broccoli consumption interferes with prostate cancer progression: Mechanisms of action"
   
12:20 Jessica Endrigkeit, Xingxing Wang, Chunyu Zhang, Jinling Meng and Christian Jung:
"Development of Functional Markers for Tocopherol Content in Brassica napus"
   
12:40 Lunch
   
  Session C1 - Agronomy and diseases, incl. sustainable production and organic farming
Chair: Richard Meadow
14:00 Kristian Thorup-Kristensen: (Keynote)
  Brassicas in sustainable production and organic farming
   
14:40 Voorrips, R.E., Steenhuis-Broers, G., Tiemens-Hulscher, M.  and Lammerts van Bueren, E.T.:
"Earliness, Leaf Surface Wax and Sugar Content Predict Varietal Differences for Thrips Damage in Cabbage" 
   
15:00 J. E. Petkowski, E. Minchinton, Fiona Thomson, R. Faggian and D. Cahill:
"Races of Albugo candida Causing White (Rust) Blister on Brassica Vegetables in Australia"
   
15:20 Bousset L. , Ribulé A. and Picault H:
"A Quick and Easy but Precise Method for a Quantitative Assessment of Disease Severity: Application to Phoma Stem Canker Leaf Spots on Oilseed Rape"
   
15:40 Coffee
   
16:00 Poster Sessions
   
19:00 Clubroot workshop
  Organiser: Geoff Dixon
   
Wednesday 10th September
  Session D1- Comparative & Applied Genomics
Chair: Graham King
08:30 Christopher D. Town, J. Chris Pires, Andrew J. Paterson and Ian Bancroft: (Keynote)
Comparative Genomics of the Brassicaceae: sequence relationships within the genus Brassica and to close relatives including Arabidopsis and Sisymbrium.
   
09:10 Véronique Sarilar, Céline Ridel, Agnès Rousselet, Matthieu Falque, Jean-Claude Letanneur, Frédérique Eber, Anne-Marie Chèvre, Philippe Brabant and Karine Alix:
"What is the Impact of Allopolyploidy on Transposable Elements? A Structural Approach on Newly Synthesized Brassica napus Allotetraploids"
   
09:30 HyeRan Kim, Su Ryun Choi, Jina Bae, Md. Jamil Hossain, Seo Yeon Lee, Van Dan Nguyen, Mina Jin, Chang Pyo Hong, Dal Hoe Koo, Beom-Seok Park, Jae Wook Bang and Yong Pyo Lim:
"Sequenced BAC Anchored Reference Genetic Map that Reconciles with Individual Ten Chromosomes of Brassica rapa"
   
09:50 Graham J. King, Stephen Amoah, Jacqueline Barker, Pierre Carion, Clare Hopkins, Smita Kurup, Sarah Usher:
"Investigating epigenetic variation in Brassica crop genomes"
   
  Session F1- Trait genetics
Chair: Gussje Bonnema
10:10 M. Hirai: (Keynote)
"Mapping of various traits in Brassica rapa and Raphanus sativus"
   
10:50 Coffee
   
11:20 Morris, K., Clay, H.A., Dent, K.C., Barker, G. and Finch-Savage, W.E.:
"Seed Vigour in Brassica oleracea: Using Natural Variation to Identify Candidate Genes"
   
11:40 Peter Berry,  Graham Teakle, John Foulkes, Bonington Campus, Philip White and John Spink:
"Breeding for improved nitrogen use efficiency in oilseed rape"
   
12:00 Christian Obermeier, Bashir Hosseini, Wolfgang Friedt and Rod Snowdon
"Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) during Brassica napus seed development"
   
12:20 Carol Ryder, Guy Barker, Graham Teakle, James Lynn, David Pink, Jean-Charles Deswarte, Graham Farquhar, Philip White and Andrew Thompson:
"Water-Use-Efficiency Genes in Brassica oleracea"
   
12:40 Lunch
   
  Session C2 - Agronomy and diseases, incl. sustainable production and organic farming
Chair: Roger Rimmer
14:00

Thierry Rouxel, Isabelle Fudal, Guillaume Daverdin, Lilian Gout, Francis Parlange1, Jean-Noel Aubertot2, Marie Hélène Balesdent (Keynote):
”Genome Structure and Cultural Practices Impact Mechanisms and Speed of Molecular Evolution of the Avirulence Alleles in the Stem Canker Pathogen Leptosphaeria maculans

   
14:40 Sponsor talk from Yara
   
15:00 Richard Meadow:
"Controlling Root-flies in Brassica Vegetables  Using Exclusion Fences"
   
15:20 Sampa Das:
"Interaction Between Allium Sativum Leaf Agglutinin and Mustard Aphid Borne Symbionin Protein : A Crop Protection Tool"
   
15:40 A-C. Wallenhammar, L.E. Anderson and E. Stoltz:
"Crop establishment and strategies to reduce weeds and volunteers in organic rape seed production" 
   
16:00 Coffee
   
16:20 Wang Xin,  Li Xixiang, Wu Qingjun, Wang Haiping, Shen Di and Zhang Youjun:
"Studies on the Evaluation Methods and the Mechanism of Resistance of Chinese Cabbage(Brassica campestris L.)to Diamondback Moth(Plutella xylostella)"
   
  Session A2 - Genetic resources, diversity and domestication
Chair: John Einset
16:40 Federico Iniguez-Luy: (Keynote)
"Genetic resources, diversity and domestication"
   
17:20 Terezie Mandáková and Martin A. Lysak:
"Karyotype Evolution in n=7 Species from Different Crucifer Tribes"
   
17:40 Anne Laperche, Cyril Falentin, Geoffrey Wagner, Gilles Boutet, Pascal Glory, Alain Label, Maria J. Manzanares-Dauleux, and Michel Renard:
"Structure of genetic diversity and elaboration of core collections in Brassica oleracea" 
   
19:00 Symposium Dinner at Lillehammer hotel
   
Thursday 11th September
  Session A2- continuation
08:30 Wolfgang Ecke, Rosemarie Clemens and Heiko C. Becker:
"Analysis of Linkage Disequilibrium in Canola-Quality Winter Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)"
   
  Session F2 -Trait genetics
Chair: Graham Teakle
08:50 Steven J. Franks: (Keynote) 
  Trait genetics: Ecological genetics and adaptation to climate change in natural population of Brassica rapa
   
09:30 Falentin Cyril, Barret Pierre, Brégeon Michel, Lucas Marie-Odile, Deschamps Max, Leprince Françoise, Fournier Marie-Thérèse, Delourme Régine and Renard Michel:
"Identification of fad2 and fad3 Mutations and Development of Allele-Specific Markers for High Oleic and Low Linolenic Acid Content in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.)"
   
09:50 John Einset:
"Gene Discovery For Chilling Stress Determinants in Arabidopsis"
   
  Session B2 - Human health related qualities/functional foods (Bii) + Post-harvest and quality
Chair: Richard Mithen
10:10 Monika Schreiner and  Angelika Krumbein: (Keynote)
"Glucosinolates in Brassica vegetables – affected by altered gas composition and other elicitor applications"
   
10:50 Coffee
   
11:20 Caroline S. M. Furniss, Richard N. Bennett, James R. Bacon, Gwen LeGall and Richard F. Mithen:
"Biological Activity of Broccoli on Human Colon Caco-2 Cells"
   
11:40 Magnor Hansen, Anne-Berit Wold, Liv Berge, Gunnar B. Bengtsson and Grethe Iren Borge:
"Red cabbage, a vegetable rich on health-related glucosinolates"
   
12:00 Britta Harbaum, Eva Maria Hubbermann and Karin Schwarz:
"Phenolic Compounds in Chinese Brassica Vegetables"
   
12:20 Villatoro-Pulido, M.M., Font, R., Romero-Jiménez, M.,  Anter, J.,  Muñoz-Serrano, A., Alonso-Moraga, A., Del Río-Celestino, M.:
"Genotoxicity and Antigenotoxicity Testing of Rocket (Eruca sativa (Mill.) Thell) in the Drosophila Wing Somatic Mutation and Recombination Test"
   
12:40 Lunch
   
  Session G1 - Brassica Breeding and Genetic improvement, incl. Transgenics
Chair: Dave Pink
14:00 Keynote: Tom Osborn
   
14:40 Branca F., Acciarri N., Argento S., Sabatini E., Chiarenza G.L. and Ciriaci T.:
"Improvement of the Italian landraces of pigmented cauliflower to divversify production"
   
15:00 Matthew N. Nelson, Marie-Claire Castello, Annaliese E. Mason, Linda Thomson, Guijun Yan and Wallace A. Cowling:
"High Frequencies of Unreduced Gametes and Recombination in Male Meioses in Brassica napus L. x B. carinata Braun Interspecific Hybrids"
   
15:20 Martine Leflon, Frédérique Eber, Laurie Grandont, Liudmila Chelysheva, Eric Jenczewski and Anne Marie Chèvre: (Not conformed)
"Variation of crossover rates due to the ploidy level and genetic factor in interspecific hybrids between the tetraploid Brassica napus and B. rapa, one of its diploid progenitor"
   
15:40 Coffee
   
16:10 Dauvergne X., Salmon A., Hadj-Arab H., Pourtau N.,  Eber F., Letanneur J.C., Pouilly N., Huteau V., Coriton O., Lucas M.O., Duffé P., Szadkowski E.,  Belcram H., Huneau C.,  Chalhoub B., Albertin W., Marmagne A, Brabant P., Thiellement H., Alix K., Jenczewski E., Chèvre A.M.:
"Structural and Functionnal Modifications in Brassica napus Synthetic Forms Vary with Progenitors Genotype and the Way Polyploids are Formed"
   
16:30 Franziska Wespel and Heiko Becker:
"Rapeseed as a Model to Analyse “Fixed Heterosis” in Alloploid Plants"
   
  Session D2 - Comparative & Applied Genomics
Chair: Chris Town
16:50 Soo-Jin Kwon and Beom-Seok Park: (Keynote)
"An understanding of Brassica Genome based on comparative genomics with arabidopsis : Sequencing progress of Chromosome 1 and 2" 
   
17:30 Yan Long, Minqin Shao, Wei Xia, Jing Wang and Jinling Meng:
"Genome distribution of DNA Methylation Loci and its relationship with important Agronomic Traits in Oilseed Brassica "
   
17:50 Concluding remarks and closing
   
19:00 - 21:00 META-PHOR metabolomics workshop
Organiser: Robert Hall
   
Friday 12th September

08:15 - 1700

Excursion