11:30 - 13:00 |
Arrival, registration opens |
13:00 - 13:15 |
WELCOME |
13:15 - 13:50 |
OPENING LECTURE
Brajesh Singh (Western Sydney University, AU)
Fundamental knowledge of plant-microbial interactions for improved translational outcomes of crop microbiome tools |
SESSION 1
13:50 - 15:15 |
Session sponsored by Rizobacter  Bringing microbial applications into practice
Session chair: Angela Sessitsch |
13:50 - 14:15 |
Veronica Reis (Embrapa Agrobiologia, BR)
Sugarcane Inoculant – A Case of Success Driven by Open Innovation |
14:15 - 14:30 |
Nora Temme (KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA) & Wieland Reichelt (Evologic Technologies)
Biological seed treatment development from the lab to the field |
14:30 - 14:45 |
Tom Viaene (Aphea.bio, BE)
Aphea.Bio's microbial biostimulants entering pre-commercial phase and exhibiting substantial yield increase in cereals and maize |
14:45 - 15:00 |
Lydia Ugena (Tradecorp International, ES)
A research's answer to the farmer's need: ultra-efficient biostimulation from microbial-based fermentation |
15:00 - 15:15 |
SCIENCE FLASHES:
Sara G. Cazzaniga (Wageningen University&Research, NL)
Promotion of healthy crop growth by cover crops-based steering of the soil microbiome |
Katja Burow (Erfurt Research Centre for Horticultural Crops (FGK), DE)
How to improve the functionality of peat-free substrates by the targeted use of microbial consortia in sustainable horticulture |
Annamaria Bevivino (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, IT)
Effects of plant probiotics and biochar application on rhizosphere biodiversity and maize growth in the field |
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15:15 - 15:40 |
Coffee break Sponsored by KWS  |
SESSION 2
15:40 - 17:15 |
Climate change, plant microbiomes and plant abiotic stress tolerance
Session chairs: Gwyn A. Beattie,
Islam Abdel Daim &
Maggie R. Wagner
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15:40 - 16:05 |
Gwyn A. Beattie (Iowa State University, US)
The soybean root microbiome: High resolution mapping and responses to abiotic conditions that induce oxidative stress |
16:05 - 16:30 |
Maggie R. Wagner (University of Kansas, US)
Adaptation to water stress in plant-associated and free-living microbiomes |
16:30 - 16:45 |
Max Kolton (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, IL)
Peatmoss microbiome: roles of the oligotrophic methanotrophs in the nitrogen cycle |
16:45 - 17:00 |
Sonja Wende (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, DE)
Functional Traits of Wheat’s Bacterial Rhizosphere Microbiota under Flooding and Drought by Metagenomics |
17:00 - 17:15 |
Michele Perazzolli (University of Trento, IT)
Ecological and functional analysis of the microbiota associated with a vascular Antarctic plant |
17:15 - 17:30 |
Health break |
SESSION 2
17:30 - 18:40 |
Climate change, plant microbiomes and plant abiotic stress tolerance
Session chairs: Gwyn A. Beattie,
Islam Abdel Daim &
Maggie R. Wagner
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17:30 - 17:50 |
Islam Abdel Daim (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT)
Multi-omics approach revealed molecular and metabolic reprogramming connected with microbial mediated abiotic stress tolerance in plant |
17:50 - 18:05 |
Borjana Arsova (Forschungszentrum Jülich, DE)
Abiotic condition plays an important role and shapes the amplitude or the direction of the plant - microbe interaction, on plant-phenotype and molecular level, in studies of elevated temperature or nitrogen limitation |
18:05 - 18:20 |
Dror Minz (Volcani Center, IL)
Environmentally important bacteria: from ecology to isolation |
18:20 - 18:40 |
SCIENCE FLASHES:
Adriana Giongo (Julius Kuhn Institute, DE)
Soil depths and microhabitats influence the structure and composition of microbial communities in wheat rotations |
Kathryn Bazany (Colorado State University, US)
Water deficit and host selection explain interkingdom microbial connections across plant compartments |
Davide Francioli (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF)
Wheat mycobiota responses to flooding revealed substantial shifts towards harmful fungi |
Amélie Semblat (INRAe - UMR Agroécologie, FR)
Drought stress impacts the microbiota mediating iron dynamic in the pea rhizosphere |
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18:40 - 20:00
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Welcome Reception, Networking & Poster Session I |
22:00 - |
Zoo Night Tour - Monday (optional) |
SESSION 3
09:00 - 10:55 |
Microbiomes and soil fertility
Session chairs: Euan James &
Marcel van der Heijden |
09:00 - 09:25 |
Euan James (The James Hutton Institute, GB)
Development and use of rhizobial inoculants to improve Biological Nitrogen Fixation by pulse crops in the UK |
09:25 - 09:50 |
Marcel van der Heijden (Agroscope, CH)
Soil Microbiome Engineering and Sustainable Plant Production |
09:50 - 10:05 |
Simon Lewin (Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), DE)
Cereal crop growth and yield is modulated by the N-cycling microbiota of the rhizosphere |
10:05 - 10:20 |
Lisa Cangioli (University of Florence, IT)
Differential response of wheat rhizosphere microbiotabacterial community to plant variety and fertilization |
10:20 - 10:35 |
Israel Ikoyi (University College Dublin, IE)
Impact of biofertilizer strains application on quality and quantity of fodder grass swards |
10:35 - 10:55 |
SCIENCE FLASHES:
Kalisa Bogati (Nicolaus Copernicus University, PL)
The study on impact of drought stress on microbial communities and their enzyme activities in agricultural soil |
Morgane de Toeuf (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), BE)
Reducing outcome uncertainty in cereal-legume intercrop by leveraging insights on farming history and practices as drivers of soil microbial functions and soil fertility |
Alí Asaff (Innovak Global, MX)
Asparagus microbiome modulation by biostimulants and its impact on crop quality and productivity |
Anna Sophie Wendel (University Bonn, DE)
Root-soil contact areas are critical for rhizosphere characteristics |
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10:55 - 11:20 |
Coffee break |
SESSION 4
11:20 - 12:40 |
Functional understanding of plant microbiomes
Session chairs: Matthieu Barret & Víctor J. Carrión Bravo |
11:20 - 11:45 |
Víctor J. Carrión Bravo (Leiden University, NL)
Unlocking the secrets of plant microbiomes |
11:45 - 12:10 |
Matthieu Barret (INRAe, FR)
Processes driving microbial succession during seed development |
12:10 - 12:25 |
Laure Weisskopf (Université de Fribourg, CH)
Microbe-microbe communication in the plant microbiota and its impact on plant health |
12:25 - 12:40 |
Ginaini Grazielli Doin de Moura (INRAE, FR)
Genetic bases and selective forces driving the emergence of new legume symbionts |
12:40 - 15:00
13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch break & Poster Session I &
Workshop: Emily White (Nature Microbiology)
Meet the Editor: behind the scenes at Nature Microbiology |
SESSION 4
15:00 - 16:40 |
Functional understanding of plant microbiomes
Session chairs: Matthieu Barret & Víctor J. Carrión Bravo |
15:00 - 15:15 |
Sina Schultes (University of Bonn, DE)
Combining an 11C and 13C labelling approach to track recently fixed C into the root system and rhizosphere microbiota of maize |
15:15 - 15:30 |
Makrina Diakaki (Wageningen University and Research Wageningen Plant Research, NL)
Beetroot and spinach seed microbiomes can suppress Pythium ultimum infection; results from a large scale screening |
15:30 - 15:45 |
Jelle Spooren (Utrecht University, NL)
Downy mildew associated microbiomes that are inherited via the soil enhance plant resistance against disease |
15:45 - 16:00 |
Sebastian Pfeilmeier (ETH Zurich, CH)
The interplay between the leaf microbiota, plant immunity and opportunistic pathogens |
16:00 - 16:15 |
Lisa Thönen (University of Bern, CH)
Maize root bacteria metabolize host secondary metabolites |
16:15 - 16:40 |
SCIENCE FLASHES:
Lidia Błaszczyk (Institute of Plant Genetics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL)
Mycobiome of the common wheat (T. aestivum L.) endosphere |
Dario X. Ramirez-Villacis (Netherlands Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW, NL)
A walk on the wild side: exploring the functional potential of Andean soil microbiomes to enhance tolerance of potato to late blight disease |
Stalin Sarango-Flores (Leiden University/NIOO-KNAW, NL)
BackToRoots: the protective role of the microbiome of native soils from the centre of origin of tomato |
Frederik Bak (University of Copenhagen, DK)
The role of Erwinia gerundensis during wheat seed germination |
Caroline De Tender (Ghent University, BE)
Tailor your root: chitin-based rhizobiome selection towards plant beneficials |
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16:40 - 17:00 |
Coffee break |
SESSION 5
17:00 - 18:00 |
Plant mechanisms to interact with beneficial microorganisms
Session chairs: Adriana Hemerly & Elisa Korenblum |
17:00 - 17:25 |
Adriana Hemerly (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BR)
Communication between plants and endophytic diazotrophic bacteria: what the plant genes can tell us? |
17:25 - 17:40 |
Sofie Goormachtig (VIB/UGent, BE)
A combined approach to identify novel receptor complexes involved in beneficial plant-microbe interactions |
17:40 - 18:00 |
SCIENCE FLASHES:
Meha Sharma (McGill University, CA)
Effect of colonization of Bacillus velezensis strain B26 on different Brachypodium distachyon genotypes |
Muhammad Syamsu Rizaludin (NIOO-KNAW/Leiden University, NL)
Volatile-mediated communication in the rhizosphere of plants under siege |
Namrata Baruah (University of Oulu, FI)
Intracellular colonizers of Scots pine-Which PHB mutant of Methylorubrum extorquens DSM13060 performed better? |
Alberto Pascale (Utrecht University, NL)
The microbiome of induced systemic resistance along the root-shoot axis |
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22:00 - |
Zoo Night Tour - Tuesday (optional) |
SESSION 5
09:00 - 10:10 |
Plant mechanisms to interact with beneficial microorganisms
Session chairs: Adriana Hemerly & Elisa Korenblum |
09:00 - 09:25 |
Elisa Korenblum (ARO - Volcani Center, IL)
Phytobiome influencers: the rhizosphere microbiome mediates root metabolite exudation |
09:25 - 09:40 |
Harriet Middleton (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, CA)
Implication of microRNAs in rhizospheric plant-microbe interactions and their potential use as innovative tools for plant microbiota manipulation |
09:40 - 09:55 |
Adam Schikora (Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), DE)
Scale up: AHL-Priming under field conditions |
09:55 - 10:10 |
Bérengère Decouard (INRAe Versailles, FR)
Impact of nitrogen fertilization on arbuscular mycorrhizae mediated nitrogen nutrition of maize |
10:10 - 10:35 |
Coffee break |
SESSION 6
10:35 - 12:00 |
Plant microbiomes in the food system
Session chairs: Gabriele Berg &
Angela Sessitsch
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10:35 - 11:00 |
Gabriele Berg (TU Graz, AT)
The plant microbiome from farm to fork |
11:00 - 11:30 |
Angela Sessitsch (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT)
MicrobiomeSupport: Towards coordinated microbiome R&I activities in the food system |
11:30 - 11:45 |
Marie Legein (UAntwerp, BE)
The impact of introduced bumblebees and predatory mites on the phyllosphere microbiome of greenhouse crops |
11:45 - 12:00 |
Eva M. Molin (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT)
A multi-omics approach to disentangle factors underlying a crop’s storability |
SESSION 7
12:00 - 12:55 |
Microbial biocontrol of pests, pathogens and weeds
Session chairs: Alexandre Jousset,
Ena Šečić &
Friederike Trognitz |
12:00 - 12:25 |
Zhong Wei & Alexandre Jousset (Nanjing Agricultural University, CN)
Synbiotics for reliable microbiome enhancement |
12:25 - 12:40 |
Sascha Patz (University of Tübingen, DE)
Genome-wide R-type Tailocin Prediction contributes to low-risk phytosanitary practices |
12:40 - 12:55 |
Steffi Pot (KU Leuven, BE)
Disease suppression in sustainable horticultural substrates with management residues depends on fertilization and is linked to the rhizosphere microbiome |
12:55 - 15:00 |
Lunch break & Poster session II |
14:45 - 15:00 |
Group Photo |
SESSION 7
15:00 - 17:05 |
Microbial biocontrol of pests, pathogens and weeds
Session chairs: Alexandre Jousset,
Ena Šečić &
Friederike Trognitz |
15:00 - 15:25 |
Ena Šečić (Justus Liebig University Gießen, DE)
Analysis of the RNA landscape of a beneficial fungus interaction with the host plant and its importance for biocontrol activity |
15:25 - 15:45 |
Friederike Trognitz (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT)
Development of biocontrol applications against fungal and oomycete diseases |
15:45 - 16:00 |
Arjen Biere (Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), NL)
HOW AMF affect plant herbivore resistance: insights from a transcriptome study in Plantago lanceolata |
16:00 - 16:15 |
Shumaila Rasool (Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), NL)
Plant-fungus-herbivore interactions, a step towards sustainable pest control |
16:15 - 16:30 |
Wendalina Tigani (Leiden University, NL)
Listening to the plant-microbe cross-talk to unwire the molecular mechanisms underlying plant protection |
16:30 - 16:45 |
Keming Yang (Nanjing Agriculture University, CN)
Rhizosphere phage communities drive bacterial wilt disease outcomes |
16:45 - 17:00 |
Ola Abdelrahman (University of Fribourg, CH)
The potential of Actinomycetes to control potato late blight |
17:00 - 17:20 |
SCIENCE FLASHES:
Haymanti Saha (NIOO-KNAW, NL)
Interactive effects of plant root beneficial microbes and abiotic stress on plant defense |
Zayda Morales Moreira (University of British Columbia, CA)
Unraveling host-microbiome interactions for root-rot disease suppression in peas |
Pedro Beschoren da Costa (Wageningen University & Research, NL)
Brassicaceae microbiome response to insect herbivory: summarizing random forest, network analysis, and differential abundance |
Adrian Wolfgang (Graz University of Technology, AT)
Mutual tripartite interactions of microbial communities in a soil-plant-aphid microcosm system |
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18:15
19:00 - 23:00 |
Busses leave for conference dinner
Conference Dinner @ Heurigen Wolff (optional) |
SESSION 8
09:00 - 10:50 |
Microbiome understanding to improve field success of microbial applications
Session chairs: Davide Bulgarelli &
Pankaj Trivedi
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09:00 - 09:25 |
Pankaj Trivedi (Colorado State University, US)
Harnessing Plant-Microbiome Interactions for Disease Resistance |
09:25 - 09:50 |
Davide Bulgarelli (University of Dundee, GB)
Taking roots: facilitating breeding selection for host-microbiota interactions in the rhizosphere |
09:50 - 10:05 |
Natacha Bodenhausen (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, CH)
Predicting fungal communities from soil properties |
10:05 - 10:20 |
Liese Vlasselaer (KU Leuven, BE)
Infection with Phytophthora cryptogea alters the root microbial community of hydroponically-grown lettuce |
10:20 - 10:35 |
Barbara Pivato (INRAE, FR)
Holobiont interactions occurring in pea-wheat intercropping impact both plant phenotype and the associated microbiota |
10:35 - 10:50 |
SCIENCE FLASHES:
Katherine Cuadros (Graz University of Technology, AT)
RESPONSE of Cannabis sativa to inoculation with potential plant growth-promoting bacteria in combination with functional superabsorbent cellulose biopolymers |
Mohamed Abdelfadil (Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) e.V., DE)
Clay chips used to capture barley root microbiota |
Shilpi Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, IN)
Understanding “general disease suppression” of phytopathogens in organic fields for transformation of conducive soil |
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10:50 - 11:10 |
Coffee break |
SESSION 9
11:10 - 12:15 |
Disruptive approaches for phytobiome improvement
Session chairs: Vadim Kessler &Marko Vinceković |
11:10 - 11:35 |
Vadim Kessler (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE)
Mineral nanoparticles as perspective tools in regulating plant-microbe interactions and alleviating plant stress |
11:35 - 12:00 |
Marko Vinceković (University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, HR)
Bioencapsulation as a sustainable delivery of active agents for plant nutrition/protection |
12:00 - 12:15 |
Carola Peters (Incotec Europe BV, NL)
Practical aspects of microbial seed application |
12:15 - 13:55 |
Lunch break & Poster session II |
SESSION 10
13:55 - 14:15 |
Phytobiomes Alliance Session
Session chair: Angela Sessitsch |
13:55 - 14:15 |
Kellye Eversole (International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research, US)
Embracing Complexity: Phytobiomes and a New Vision for Agriculture |
14:15 - 14:50 |
CLOSING LECTURE
Corné Pieterse (Utrecht University, NL)
Bi-directional communication along the microbiome-root-shoot axis |
14:50 - 15:10 |
Awards & Closure |