Congressi SIGA
- Book of abstracts cover
- Scientific Programme
- Session I - Genetics and breeding of Mediterranean tree crops
- Session II - Functional foods and bio-pharmaceuticals
- Session III - Poster Session of SIGA Working Groups
- Session IV - Combining traditional and innovative approaches into plant breeding
- Session V - Plant signal transduction: between specificity and cross-talk
- Round Table - GMO: risk evaluation and communication
- Authors Index
- Keywords Index
Scientific Programme
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 18th
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16:00 - 16:40 | Official Opening and welcome address Salvatore Cuffaro, Presidente della Regione Sicilia Giuseppe Castiglione, Assessore Regionale Agricoltura e Foreste Roberto Materia, Presidente della Provincia di Messina Ferdinando Latteri, Rettore dellUniversità degli Studi di Catania Giuseppe Perrotta, Preside della Facoltà di Agraria di Catania Mario De Marco, Commissario Straordinario dellIstituto Sperimentale per lAgrumicoltura, Acireale Mirella Sari Gorla, Presidente della Società Italiana di Genetica Agraria |
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16:40 - 19:40 |
Session I Genetics and breeding of Mediterranean tree crops Chairpersons: Racchi M., Reforgiato Recupero G. |
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16:40 - 17:20 | Invited Lecture Peña L., Cervera M., Ghorbel R., Domínguez A., Fagoaga C., Juárez J., Pina J.A., Navarro L. - Advances in genetic transformation for molecular breeding of citrus |
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17:20 - 17:50 | Coffee break and poster vision (1.01 - 1.36) | |
17:50 - 18:10 | Deng Z.N., Gentile A., La Malfa S., Domina F., Tribulato E. - Morphological modifications of citrus by genetic transformation with rol ABC genes | |
18:10 - 18:30 | Giannino D., Condello E., Bruno L., Testone G., Cozza R., Tartarini A., Nicolodi C., Bitonti M.B., Innocenti A.M., Mariotti D. - Abiotic and biotic stress factors affect the geranyl geranyl hydrogenase expression in peach leaves (Prunus persica L. Batsch) | |
18:30 - 18:50 | Fanizza G., Chaabane R., Resta P. - Differentiation of spontaneous mutant and selected clones by morphological and AFLP markers in Vitis | |
18:50 - 19:10 | Cotroneo P.S., Lo Piero A.R., Ciuni M., Consoli A., Puglisi I., Morana L., Russo M.P., Reforgiato Recupero G., Petrone G. - Cloning, sequencing and expression levels of several genes involved in the anthocyanins biosynthesis pathway in Citrus genus | |
19:10 - 19:40 | General discussion on posters and communications | |
20:00 | Welcome Party | |
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
19h
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08:30 - 12:30 | Session II Functional foods and bio-pharmaceuticals (in collaboration with the Italian Society of Human Nutrition - SINU) Chiarpersons: Porrini M., Filippone E. |
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08:30 - 09:10 | Invited Lecture Porrini M. - Functional foods: from concept to product |
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09:10 - 09:30 | Franconi R., Illiano E., Gobbi C., Massa S., Dibello F., Bitti O., Giorgi C., Venuti A. - Plant-derived vaccines and recombinant antibodies for immunotherapy of Papillomavirus 16 (HPV 16) - associated cancer | |
09:30 - 09:50 | Barbante A., Castiglione S., Sala M., Garçia F., Firat H., Langladedemoyen P. - Transformation of tobacco plants expressing melanoma epitopes for vaccines production | |
09:50 - 10:10 | Marchetti S., Reggi S., Patti T., Bembi B., Garcia R., Fogher C. - An industrially-viable production system of human placental glucocerebrosidase from transgenic plants | |
10:10 - 10:40 | Coffee break and poster vision (2.01 to 2.24) | |
10:40 - 11:00 | Avesani L., Falorni A., Porceddu A., Marusic C., Faleri C., Calcinaro F., Pezzotti M. - Human GAD65 expressed in plants and oral tolerance for prevention of autoimmune diabetes mellitus: to feed or not to feed | |
11:00 - 11:20 | Finocchiaro F., Ferrari B., Cavallero A., Fares C., Di Fonzo N., Gianinetti A., Stanca A.M. - beta-glucan and tocols in small grain cereals for the development of functional foods | |
11:20 - 12:00 | Invited Lecture Branca F. - Biological effect of phytoestrogens |
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12:00 - 12:30 | General discussion on posters and communications | |
12:30 - 14:00 | Session III Poster Session of SIGA Working Groups Co-ordinators: Frascaroli E., Mariotti D. Short Communications |
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14:00 - 15:00 | Free Lunch | |
15:00 - 17:00 | Round Table on GMO: risk evaluation and
communication Foreword and moderator: Mariotti D. Participants: Battaglia F., Buiatti M., Cattaneo M., Sala F., Sweet J. |
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17:00 - 17:30 | Coffee break and poster vision (3.01 - 3.45) | |
17:30 - 20:00 | General Assembly of SIGA members | |
20:00 | Free Dinner | |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
20th
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09:00 - 13:20 | Session IV Combining traditional and innovative approaches into plant breeding Chairpersons: Frascaroli E., Di Fonzo N. |
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09:00 - 09:40 | Invited Lecture Ribaut M. - Can plant breeding and biotechnology provide a fruitful marriage? |
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09:40 - 10:00 | Annicchiarico P. - Defining the adaptation strategy of breeding programmes | |
10:00 - 10:20 | Salvi S., Giuliani S., Stefanelli S., Sanguineti M.C. - Characterization of near-isogenic lines differing for a QTL region affecting leaf ABA concentration in maize | |
10:20 - 10:40 | Ercolano M.R., Langella R., Musella T., Barone A., Frusciante L. - Use of PCR-based markers for pyramiding disease resistance genes in tomato elite lines | |
10:40 - 11:00 | Bellucci M., Ederli L., Pasqualini S. - Transformation of Lotus corniculatus plants with E. coli asparagine synthetase A: effect on nitrogen assimilation and plant development | |
11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee break and poster vision (4.01 - 4.30) | |
11:30 - 11:50 | Emiliani G., Paffetti D., Giannini R. - LTR and non-LTR retrotransposons are common genetic components in Fagus sylvatica L. genome | |
11:50 - 12:10 | Cappuccio I., Pariset L., Santucci F., Lawson L.J., Hewitt G., Valentini A. - Genetic characterization of nine Italian sheep breeds using a set of 10 microsatellite markers | |
12:10 - 12:30 | Portis E., Acquadro A., Saba E., Lanteri S. - Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus L.) | |
12:30 - 12:50 | Salmaso M., Faes G., Segala C., Velasco R. - Genome diversity in grapevine as revealed by SNPs | |
12:50 - 13:20 | Poster vision (4.31 - 4.59) | |
13:20 - 15:00 | Free Lunch | |
15:00 - 16:20 | Session IV (cont.) Chairpersons: Frascaroli E., Di Fonzo N. |
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15:00 - 15:40 |
Invited Lecture Comai L., Till B.J., Reynolds S.H., Enns L., Codomo C., Johnson J.E., Young K., Henikoff J.G., Greene E.A., Henikoff S. - TILLING, a general tool for reverse genetics and for the discovery of polymorphisms |
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15:40 - 16:20 | General discussion on posters and communications | |
16:20 - 16:50 | Coffee break and poster vision (5.01 - 5.25) | |
16:50 - 19:00 | Session V Plant signal transduction: between specificity and cross-talk Chairpersons: Sheen J., Leone A. |
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16:50 - 17:30 | Invited Lecture Sheen J. - MAPK signaling cascades in hormone, stress and defense signaling |
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17:30 - 17:50 | Galbiati M., Cominelli E., Conti L., Tonelli C. - Functional analysis of the MYB-like transcription factors in Arabidopsis | |
17:50 - 18:10 | Giliberto L., Tavazza M., Perrotta G., Giorno F., Chiesa M., Weller J., Giuliano G. - The tomato cryptochrome gene family: molecular and functional characterization | |
18:10 - 18:30 | Pomponi M., Marsilio S., Altamura M.M., Cecchetti V., Tornielli G.B., Costantino P., Cardarelli M. - Analysis of the role of auxin in the development of anthers and pistil | |
18:30 - 19:00 | General discussion on posters and communications | |
20:00 | Social dinner and SIGA awards | |
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
21st
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09:00 - 12:00 | Session V (cont.) Chairpersons: Lamb C., Benvenuto E. |
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09:00 - 09:40 | Invited Lecture Lamb C. - Signal networks in plant disease resistance |
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09:40 - 10:00 | Molesini B., Delledonne M., Buonaurio R., Malacarne G., Mica E., Polverari A. - Nitric oxide-mediated transcriptional changes in Arabidopsis thaliana | |
10:00 - 10:20 | Frugis G., Puangsomlee P., Zeidler M., Chua N.-H. - UBC10, a ubiquitin conjugase involved in stress-related hormone signal transduction | |
10:20 - 10:40 | Locatelli S., Motto M., Rossi V. - Functional characterization of RPD3-like histone deacetylases in maize | |
10:40 - 11:10 | Coffee break | |
11:10 - 11:30 | Jones-Evans E., Maestri E., Marmiroli N. - The effect of abiotic stress on natural populations structure: analysis using molecular markers targeted to stress-inducible genes | |
11:30 - 12:00 | General discussion on posters and communications | |
12:00 | Closing ceremony |