Friday May 19th:
7,00-9,00: Breakfast
9,00-10,00: Registration
10,00-10,30: Opening ceremony.
Session: Environment
10,30-11,10: Heal OW (UK): How will climate change affect
terrestrial ecosystems?
11,10-11,30: Bergthorsson P (Iceland): Climate variations, grass
growth and winter kill in Iceland.
11,30-12,00: Discussion
12,00-13,00: Lunch
Session: Microbes and Environment
13,00-13,40: Murata N (Japan): Cold-regulated genes and cold
signal transduction pathways.
13,40-14,00: Hoshino T, Tojo M, Kanda H, Herrero ML &
Tronsmo AM (Japan, Norway): Chilling resistance among isolates of Pythium from polar and
temperate zones.
14,00-14,20: Tronsmo AM, Ergon Ĺ, Hageskal G, Hofgaard IS,
Hoshino T, Klemsdal SS, Lynnebakken N & Wanner L (Norway, Japan): Variation between
Microdochium nivale isolates. Is pathogenicity correlated with growth rate and molecular
markers?
14,20-14,40: Tronsmo A & Hjeljord LG (Norway): Selection
of cold tolerant Tricoderma species for biological control.
14,40-15,00: Sverrisson H (Iceland): Growth of rhizobia at
low temperatures.
15,00-15,30: Discussion
15,30-15,50: Coffee
Session: Plants and Environment
15,50-16,30: Dhindsa RS (Canada): How do plants know it is
cold out there?
16,30-16,50: Örvar B, Sangwan V, Oman F & Dhindsa RS
(Canada): Early signaling events in cold acclimation-specific gene expression in alfalfa.
16,50-17,10: Busconi M, Dal Bosco C, Crosatti C, Baldi P,
Maré C, Grossi M, Mastrangelo A, Rizza F, Cattiavelli L & Stanca AM (Italy): Genetic
bases of barley physiological response to cold environments.
17,10-17,30: Mäntylä E,
Svensson J & Welin B (Iceland, Sweden, Uruguay): The magnetizing dehydrins.
17,30-17,50: Gusta LV, Wu G, Robertson AJ & Wilen RW (Canada):
Desiccation injury in winter cereals: The role of dehydrins, heat stable proteins and
carbohydrates.
17,50-18,10: Prasil I, Kadlecová & Faltus M (Czech Republic):
Water and ABA content in fully-expanded leaves of cold hardened barley.
18,10-18,30: Wisniewski M, Fuller M, Palta J, Carter J, Gusta L,
Griffith M & Duman J (USA, UK, Canada): Factors involved in ice nucleation and
propagation in plants: An overview based on new insights gained from the use of infrared
thermography.
18,30-18,50: Skúlason B, Sigurgeirsson A, Meland Edvardsen
Ö & Gudleifsson BE (Iceland): Frost tolerance among provenances and families from the
Picea complex in Alaska.
Saturday May 20th:
7,00-9,00: Breakfast
Session: Plants and Environment (cont.)
9,00-9,20: Li PH & Chen, W-P (USA): Glycine betaine increases
chilling tolerance and reduces chilling-induced lipid peroxidation in herbaceous plants.
9,20-9,40: Dalmannsdottir S,
Helgadottir A & Gudleifsson BE (Iceland): Winter hardiness of white clover (Trifolium
repens).
9,40-10,00: Palonen P (Finland): Relationship between carbohydrate
concentrations and winter hardiness in red raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.).
10-10,20: Coffee.
10,20-10,40: Lindeen L (Finland): Re-analyzing historical records
of winter injury in Finish apple orchards.
10,40-11,00: Nestby R (Norway): The effect of climate on freezing
injury in strawberries.
11,00-11,20: Bertrand A, Castonguy Y, Nadeau P, Rochette P,
Bélanger G, Michaud R, Laberge S & Couture L (Canada): Physiological and biochemical
responses of overwintering forage crops to anoxia.
11,20-11,50: Discussion.
11,50-13,00: Lunch
13,00-19,30: Field trip (Myvatnssveit)
20,30: Conference dinner
Sunday May 21st:
7,00-9,00: Breakfast
Session: Plant-Microbe Interactions
9,00-9,40: Gaudet DA & Laroche A (Canada): Towards an
understanding of the nature of snow mould resistance.
9,40-10,00: Öhberg H (Sweden): Studies of Sclerotinia
trifoliorum Erikss. and red clover cultivar interactions in Sweden.
10,00-10,20: Coffee
10,20-10,40: Henriquez JL & Murray T (USA): Screening winter
wheat for resistance to speckled snow mold under controlled environment conditions.
10,40-11,00: Iriki N, Kawakami A, Nakajima T, Takata K &
Kuwabara T (Japan): Field resistance of winter wheat to Typhula ishikariensis and
Microdochium nivale.
11,00-11,30: Discussion.
11,30-12,30: Lunch
Session: Poster presentation
12,30-14,30:
Bélanger G, Rochette P, Bootsma A, Gastonguay Y, Mongrain D &
Bertrand A (Canada); Climate change and survival of perennial herbaceous crops in Eastern
Canada.
Hoshino T, Tkachenko O, Matsumoto N & Tronsmo AM (Japan,
Russia, Norway): Frost resistance of sclerotia of Typhula ishikariensis.
Tojo M, Hoshino T, Tronsmo AM & Kanda H (Japan, Norway):
Heterothallic Pythium sp. From dying moss on Svalbard.
Prásilová P & Prásil I (Czech Republic): Winter resistance
scale of wheat varieties of different geographical origin.
Lillak R & Laidna T (Estonia): Adaptation of alfalfa for
growing on light acid soil of South-Estonia.
Ruzgas V (Lithuania): Problems of winter wheat cold tolerance in
Lithuania and their solution in breeding programmes.
Koretsky LS (Moldova): The influence of Fusarium infection and low
temperatures on the activity of soybean esterase and PR-proteins.
Tkachenko OB, Saito I & Novozhilova OA (Russia, Japan): Snow
mold of herbaceous dicots and non-gramineous monocots caused by Sclerotinia nivalis in
Russia.
Jin S, Yoshida M, Nakajima T & Murai A (Japan): Low
temperature- and winter environment-induced antifungal compounds in wheat: 1.
Hydroxycinnamic acid amides.
Hinterstoisser B, Jalkanen R, Nowotny M. & Schwanninger M
(Austria, Finland): Lignification of Scots pine from the Arctic Circle up to northern
timberline.
Session: International Research Projects
14,30-15,30:
15,30-16,00: Coffee
16,00-17,30:
17,30-17,40: Closing ceremony