Expression Profiling for Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight In

The Pannonian Plant Biotechnology Association (PPBA)

is organizing a workshop on

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

in the Great Pannonian Region –

Progress and Perspectives

in

Ljubljana,Slovenia

May 25-26, 2009

Preliminary programme

May 25 Monday

Chair: Vladimir Meglic, Agricultural Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2.00 pm Kerstin Kramer

Plant Biotechnology and it's Contribution to a Sustainable Agriculture.

Peter Ruckenbauer, University Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria

The Austrian E.v.Tschermak-Seysenegg (1871-1962) -one of the 3 rediscoverers of the Mendelian Laws in the year 1900-an early, sustainable promoter for the introduction of science –oriented plant breeding methods in the PPBA region of Eastern and Central Europe

Dénes Dudits, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary

Synthesis of the alfalfa aldo-keto reductase improves physiological status of wheat plants in drought environment.

Elena Rákosy Tican, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

An overview of plant genetic engineering research at Babes Bolyai University: present and perspectives

László Tamás, Eötvös University Budapest Hungary

Molecular farming, using the cereal endosperm as bioreactor

4.00 pm Coffee break

Chair: Peter Ruckenbauer, University Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria

4.15 pm Katharina Schiessl, IFA,Tulln Austria

Expression profiling for resistance to Fusarium Head Blight in wheat.

Barnabás Jenes, ABC, Gödöllő Hungary,

Developing fungus resistance in wheat

Tjaša Gril, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty,Agronomy Department, Centre for Plant Biotechnology and BreedingLjubljana Slovenia,

Development of formae specialis specific SCAR marker for Monilinia laxa

Stanislav Mandelc, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty

Agronomy Department, Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Breeding, Ljubljana Slovenia

Research on Verticillium wilt on hop by proteomic analysis

Maria Cornelia Maior, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania

GFP reporter gene in Nicotiana tabacum as a tool for studying transgene expression stability, somatic hybridization and gene flow

Annamaria Schneider, ARI Martonvásár Hungary

Production and FISH identification of wheat-Aegilops biuncialis addition lines and their use for the selection of U and M genome specific molecular (SSR) markers

Jana Moravčíková, Jana Libantová and Eva Bosorádová Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Nitra, Slovak Republic

Application of Cre/lox strategy in preparation of marker free plants

Primoz Titan et al., Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana Slovenia

Using chemical hybridization in cereal breeding

May 26 Tuesday

Chair: Dénes Dudits, Biological Research Center, Szeged, Hungary

9.00 am János Györgyey, Biolgical Research Center, Szeged, Hungary Popular fallacies about plant gene technology: the conflict of facts and fictions.

Gyöngyi Székely, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Abiotic stress regulates the expression of P5CS genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Katalin Jäger, Attila Fábián and Beáta Barnabás ARI, Martonvásár

Hungary

Effect of drought and high temperature on reproductive development of wheat (Triticum aestivum l.).

Marko Maras et al., Agricultural Institute of Slovenia. Ljubljana Slovenia

Molecular responses of common bean to water deficit

Terézia Salaj and Jan Salaj, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Nitra, Slovak Republic

Conifer somatic embryogenesis - a method of rapid multiplication

10.15 am Coffee break

10.30 am Cecilia Tamás, ARI, Martonvásár, Hungary

Nutritional quality improvement of the wheat flour by expressing the AmA1 protein in the endosperm tissue.

M. Rakszegi1*, G. Pastori3, H. Jones3, F. Békés2, B. Butow2, L. Láng1, Z. Bedő1, P.R. Shewry3 1Agricultural Research Institute of the HAS, Martonvásár, Hungary

2CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia

3Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

Quality and effect of STORAGE proteins in different transgenic wheat genotypes

Tjaša Rešetič, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty

Agronomy Department, Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Breeding Ljubljana Slovenia

Transcriptome analysis of developing olive fruit

Katarina Rudolf Pilih et al., Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana Slovenia

Biotechnological tools used in cabbage breeding

Anna Preťová, Bohuš Obert and Ľubica Uváčková, Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Nitra, Slovak Republic

Recent advances in flax biotechnology

12.00 am End of the workshop, optional visit the Agricultural Institute

Posters (display all time):

Zoltán Áy, Cereal Research Non Profit Ltd. Szeged, Hungary

Integration of RNA interference into wheat breeding: production of virus resistant wheat lines

Mihály Robert, Cereal Research Non Profit Ltd. Szeged, Hungary

Functional genomic research of resistance genes (known or putative functions) in wheat

Place and address of the venue:

Agricultural Institute of Slovenia,Main lecture hall, Pavilion 2000,

Hacquetova 17,1000, Ljubljana,Slovenia

Link to Info on our institute is below.

http://www.kis.si/pls/kis/!kis.web

and map:

http://www.kis.si/pls/kis/!kis.web?m=11&j=SI#nav

and link to the hotel:

http://www.hotelpark.si/

http://www.hotel-emonec.com/