Program
- 8:30 a.m. Welcoming remarks | Rodney Uphoff, University of Missouri South African Education Program director, and David Braun, MU Interdisciplinary Plant Group director
- 9–9:20 a.m. European funding sources | Erika Fiset (UGhent)
- 9:20–9:40 a.m. AtNOGC1 enhances plant tolerance to nitrogen starvation in Arabidopsis | Takalani Mulaudzi-Masuku (UWC)
- 9:45–10:10 a.m. Mechanism of action and biosynthesis of the toxic proline mimic azetidine 2-carboxylic acid in plants | Craig Schenck (MU)
- 10:15–10:35 a.m. Unravelling fitness programs that steer plant metabolism: a research path towards increased fundamental insights and novel tools for plant metabolic engineering | Alain Goossens (UGhent)
- 10:40–11 a.m. Integrated biocontrol of Fusarium head blight pathogens using Trichoderma asperellum and potassium silicate | Ashwil Klein (UWC)
- 11:05–11:25 a.m. Leveraging natural variation and comparative physiology to improve crop resilience to abiotic stress | Felix Fritschi (MU)
- 11:30–11:50 a.m. Reactive oxygen species in plant stress signaling: Towards stress resilient crops | Frank Van Breusegem (UGhent)
- noon–1 p.m. Lunch
- 1–1:20 p.m. Auxin transport and maize development | Paula McSteen (MU)
- 1:25–1:45 p.m. Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of root development in plants | Abdellah Lakehal (UGhent)
- 1:50–2:10 p.m. Decoding the morpho-physio-biochemical response mechanisms of Common bean to waterlogging and Fusarium oxysporum infection | Marshall Keyster (UWC)
- 2:15–2:35 p.m. Transgenerational effects of water limitation on seed morphology, ionome, and performance under nutrient limiting conditions | David Mendoza (MU)
- 2:40–3 p.m. Integrating imaging, automated root phenotyping and OMICs approaches to unveil rapid root responses to nutrient starvation | Inge Verstraeten (UGhent)
- 3:05–3:25 p.m. Advancements in plant transformation and genome editing: Methodologies and applications | Bing Yang (MU)
- 3:30–3:50 p.m. Unravelling nematode feeding site formation in plant roots | Tina Kyndt (UGhent)
- 3:55–4:15 p.m. Toward a comprehensive understanding of Peking-type soybean cyst nematode resistance | Andrew Scaboo (MU)
The Tri-Continental Partnership is a trilateral agreement between the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, Ghent University in Belgium and the University of Missouri in the United States.