Photosynthetic mechanisms under stress:regulation and improvement
This session will take place on Thursday 26th July (pm).
The draft programme for this session is as follows:
Chair: Professor Karl Kunert
10:45 Introduction: David Lawlor
10:55 Prof. Manuela Chaves (Technical University of Lisbon; Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica)
Photosynthesis under drought and salt stress - regulation mechanisms from the whole plant to cell [PS25.1]
11:20 Dr Thomas Pfannschmidt (Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena)
Abiotic stresses: potential regulation of gene expression in photosynthetic cells by redox and energy state
[PS25.2]
11:45 Mr Albert Porcar-Castell (University of Helsinki)
High-resolution monitoring of diurnal and seasonal acclimation in the energy partitioning in phtosystem II [PS25.3]
12:05 Prof. Evan DeLucia (University of Illinois)
Biotic damage to leaves universally down-regulates the transcription of photosynthesis genes [PS25.4]
Chair: Prof M Chaves and Dr R Van Heerden
12:25 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
