| Scientific Programme | |||
| DAY 1 - April 29th, 2012 | |||
| 10.00-17.00 | Registration of Participants (RIXOS Downtown Hotel Lobby) | ||
| 19.00-20.30 | Welcome Cocktail (Akdeniz University, Guest House) | ||
| DAY 2 - April 30th, 2012 | |||
| 08.00-10.00 | Registration of Participants (RIXOS Downtown Fuayer of Ballroom) | ||
| 10.00-12.00 | Opening session | ||
| 12.00-13.00 | Invited Speaker: Professor Dr. Jim Dunwell - The Role of Plant Biotechnology in the Future of Food Security | ||
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch Break | ||
| Session I Chairperson: Jim DUNWELL | |||
| 14.00-14.30 | Salt tolerance in Solanum pennellii: antioxidant and physiological responses and related QTL. | Anne Frary, Hasan Pınar, Davut Keleş, Sami Doğanlar | |
| 14.30-14.45 | Micropipette extraction-based RT-PCR amplification of mRNAs in nuclei or cytosol of single cells of tomato calli | Hideyoshi Toyoda, Teruo Nonomura, Koji Kakutani, Yoshihiro Takikawa, Yoshinori Matsuda | |
| 14.45-15.00 | Aroma compounds are produced in hairy root cultures of musk melon | Yoshinori Matsuda, Teruo Nonomura, Koji Kakutani, Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hideyoshi Toyoda | |
| 15.00-15.15 | Micropipette extraction-based RT-PCR amplification of mature mRNAs in single trichome cells of tomato leaves | Teruo Nonomura, Yoshinori Matsuda, Koji Kakutani, Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hideyoshi Toyoda | |
| 15.15-15.30 | Discussion | ||
| 15.30-15.45 | Refreshment Break | ||
| Session II Chairperson: Anne FRARY | |||
| 15.45-16.00 | RESEARCH of TRASFORMATION EFFICIENTS of Cm-AAT GENES (1, 3 and 4) RESPONSIBLE for AROMA SYNTHESIS in MELON (Cucumis melo L., var cantalupensis Naud) | Tolga İzgü, Esra Kocaman, Özhan Şimşek, Yeşim Yalçın Mendi, Islam EL-SHARKAWY | |
| 16.00-16.15 | RNA-Seq analysis during the phase of acquisition of competence for adventitious organ formation in vitro in the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv Micro-Tom) Rg1 mutant | Mariana S. Azevedo, Erika De Jesus, Antonio Figueira, Marie-Anne Van Sluys, Lazaro EP Peres | |
| 16.15-16.30 | Production of sugarbeet doubled haploid plants resistant to Rhizomania by ovule culture | Faranak Roozbeh, Daryoush Davoodi, Soheila Takallo, Samar Khayamim | |
| 16.30-16.45 | Influence of low temperature on aliphatic and indole glucosinolates in broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica L.) | Gölge Sarıkamış, Atilla Çakır | |
| 16.45-17.00 | Discussion | ||
| 17.00-18.00 | Poster Presentation | ||
| DAY 3 - May 1st, 2012 | |||
| Session III Chairperson: Silvana NICOLA | |||
| 08.45-09.45 | The Future of Genetically Modified Crops - What is Preventing Greater Uptake? | Professor Dr. Rod J. Scott | |
| 09.45-10.15 | Development of Genomic Tools For Eggplant | Sami Doğanlar, Visam Gültekin, Jens Allmer, Anne Frary | |
| 10.15-10.30 | A glutathione-S-transferase influences the content of health-promoting dicaffeoylquinic acids in tomato | Andrea Moglia, Sergio Lanteri, Cinzia Comino, Eugenio Butelli, Cathie Martin | |
| 10.30-10.45 | Discussion | ||
| 10.45-11.00 | Refreshment Break | ||
| Session IV Chairperson: Sergio LANTERI | |||
| 11.00-11.15 | Use of Custom Made Infinium Bead array in a number of genetic studies in tomato | A.W. Van Heusden, A.M. Viquez Zamora, B. Vosman | |
| 11.15-11.30 | Whitefly Resistance in close relatives of Solanum lycopersicum | Ben Vosman, Syarifin Firdaus, Alejandro Lucatti, Sjaak van Heusden | |
| 11.30-11.45 | Development of Tools and Material to deal with Bacterial Canker in Tomato | Yusuf Sen, J. Van Der Wolf, A.W. Van Heusden | |
| 11.45-12.00 | Genomics of Cynara cardunculus through the exploitation of NGS Technologies | Alberto Acquadro, Ezio Portis, Davide Scaglione, Zhao Lai, Steven J. Knapp, Loren Rieseberg, Rosario Mauro, Giovanni Mauromicale, Sergio Lanteri | |
| 12.00-12.15 | Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis of Plastid sub- type sequences of Iranian melon accessions (Cucumis melo L.). | Forouzandeh Soltani, Kenji Kato | |
| 12.15-12.30 | Discussion | ||
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch Break | ||
| 13.30- | Aspendos (Free Tour) | ||
| DAY 4 - May 2st, 2012 | |||
| Session V Chairperson: Sjaak Van HEUSDEN | |||
| 08.45-09.00 | Transgenic approaches to enhance disease resistance in carrot plants | Zamir Punja, Owen Wally, Jayaraman Jayaraj | |
| 09.00-09.15 | Characterization of G1 and G2 Generations of Transgenic Tomato Plants: Solanum lycopersicon. (Study of Lycopene rate, Brix and Carotenoids) | Lengliz Rafiaa , Gorsane F., Majoul H., Fakhfakh H. | |
| 09.15-09.30 | Screening garlic EST sequences for SSR motifs | Meryem Ipek, Ahmet Ipek | |
| 09.30-09.45 | A reverse genetics approach based on RNAi and genome-wide screen Identify and characterize genes involvement in resistance to TOMATO YELLOW LEAF CURL VIRUS (TYLCV) in tomato | Assaf Eybishtz, Hanokh Czosnek | |
| 09.45-10.00 | The Eco-geographic Distribution and Molecular Diversity of Wild Akkob (Gundelia tournifortii L.) in Jordan. | Sabah Saifan, Susan Dura, Rida Shibli | |
| 10.00-10.15 | Discussion | ||
| 10.15-10.30 | Refreshment Break | ||
| Session VI Chairperson: Rod J. SCOTT | |||
| 10.30-10.45 | Genetic relationships between Iranian melon cultigens using AFLP markers | Mansoureh Danesh, Mahmoud Lotfi, Shiva Azizinia, Amir Khadem Nematollahi | |
| 10.45-11.00 | Effects of soil water deficit at different growth stages on yield and quality of processing tomato | Ahmet Turhan, Hayrettin Kuscu, Nese Ozmen, Pinar Aydinol, Vedat Seniz, Ali O. Demir | |
| 11.00-11.15 | Foliar Spray of Ascorbic acid Improves Salinity Tolerance in Solanum tuberosum L. | Zahoor Ahmad Sajid, Faheem Aftab | |
| 11.15-11.30 | Multivariate analysis of heavy metal contamination in vegetables and fruits in the vicinity of some industrial areas of the Punjab | Sheza Khilji | |
| 11.30-11.45 | Genetic variation and chemical traits of selected new jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneider) genotypes | Mohammed Aldakhil | |
| 11.45-12.00 | Effects of Antioxidant Enzymes on Heat Stress Tolerance of Pepper (Capsicum annum L.) Seedlings | Hatice Gulen, Ahmet Ipek, Ece Turhan | |
| 12.00-12.15 | Discussion | ||
| 12.15-12.30 | Refreshment Break | ||
| 12.30-13.00 | Closing Sessions and Evaluation | ||
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 14.00- | Free Time | ||
| 20.00-24.00 | Gala Dinner (35 Euro per/person) (Akdeniz University, Guest House) | ||
| DAY 5 - May 3rd , 2012 | |||
| 08.30- | Post Conference Tour - Kumluca, Finike (Free of Charge) | ||
| Poster Programme | ||
| Poster No | Poster Title | Author / Authors |
| P.1 | Effects of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on the in vitro growth of potato and Brazilian ginseng germplasms | Kazumitsu Matsumoto, Tamillys Cientielly de Lellis Albernaz, Luciene Dionízio Cardoso |
| P.2 | Chemical Analysis, Physiological Traits and SlNAC Expression under Salt Stress for Several Tomato Lines | Mahmud A. Wahb-Allah |
| P.3 | Tomato Microarray Profiling: A Tool for Salt Tolerant Biomarkers | Monther Sadder, Abdullah Alsadon, Mahmouad Wahb-Allah |
| P.4 | TRANSFORMATION OF Cm-ADH GENE TO MELON GENOTYPE | Esra Kocaman, Tolga İzgü, |
| P.5 | Serological, Biological and Molecular Determination for Resistance to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) in F2 population of Long-Type Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) | I. Polat, I. Celik, N. Celik, R. Ozalp |
| P.6 | Responsive Gene Screening, Growth and Yield Component Analysis for the Evaluation of Salt Tolerant Tomato Genotypes | Abdullah A. Alsadon, Monther Sadder, Mahmoud Wahb-Allah |
| P.7 | TRANSFORMATION OF ROL GENES TO SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo) PLANT BY Agrobacterium rhizogenes | Ehsan Mohammad Tagipur Sarijlu, Tolga İzgü, Özhan Şimşek, Yeşim Yalçın Mendi |
| P.8 | SNP mapping and identification of QTL for horticultural key breeding traits in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) | Lorenzo Barchi, Giuseppe L. Rotino,
Laura Toppino,
Giampiero Valè, Nazareno Acciarri, Tommaso Ciriaci, Ezio Portis, Sergio Lanteri |
| P.9 | Studies on caffeoylquinic acid biosynthesis in Cynara cardunculus | Cinzia Comino, Andrea Moglia, Barbara Menin,
Ezio Portis, Alberto Acquadro, Jules Beekwilder, Alain Hehn, Frédéric Bourgaud, Sergio Lanteri |
| P.10 | Male Sterility Applications in Alliums | Esra Cebeci, Fatih Hanci |
| P.11 | Study of Genetic Diversity of Some Iranian Spinach (Spinacia oleraceae) | Abdolali Shojaeiyan, Somaieh Fahim, Ali Ashraf Mehrabi, Khadijeh Ghanbari |
| P.12 | Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Some Iranian Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Accessions Using SRAP Markers | Abdolali Shojaeiyan, Khadijeh Ghanbari, Mohsen Mardi, Somaieh Fahim |
| P.13 | Evaluation of Phenotypic variation of Iranian watermelon (Citrulus sp.) accession by morphological markers. | Forouzandeh Soltani, Maryam Ebadi, Mohsen Azizzadeh |
| P.14 | Evaluation of quality traits in Iranian Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) landraces | Maryam Ravanbakhsh, Shiva Azizinia, Mahmoud Lotfi |
| P.15 | Applications of Genetic Engineering in Alliums | Fatih HANCI, Esra CEBECİ |
| P.16 | Molecular Characterization of Some Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Genotypes by SSR and SCAR markers | Kamile ULUKAPI, A. Naci ONUS |
| P.17 | Theoretical Calculations and Structural and electronic properties of Isoflavanes: Arvensan and Isosativan | Melih Onay, Aytun Koyuncular Onay |
| P.18 | Computational studies of Isoflavanes : Isovestitol and Sativan | Aytun Koyuncular Onay, Melih Onay |
| P.19 | Effect of some cytokinins and carbon source on somatic embryogenesis of olive adult explants (Olea europaea L.) cv. Dahbia | Mouaad Amine Mazri, Mouhssine Belkoura, Ilham Belkoura |
| P.20 | Adventitious shoot regeneration from in vitro stem explants of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Najda in response to growth regulators and mineral concentration of the culture medium | Mouaad Amine Mazri |
| P.21 | Studies on The Propagation of Seedless Hybrid Grapes by Embryo Culture | Ayşe YALÇIN ELİDEMİR, H. İbrahim UZUN |
| P.22 | Microwave, Convective and Vacuum Drying of Mallow Leaves and Determination of the Some Quality Parameters | İlknur ALIBAS, Nezihe KOKSAL |
| P.23 | Plant virus control employing RNA-based vaccines: A novel non-transgenic strategy | Andreas E. Voloudakis |
| P.24 | EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT HORMONE TYPES on MICRO PROPAGATION of STRAWBERRY (Fragaria spp.) CULTIVARS | Nafiye Adak |
| P.25 | Molecular analyses of in vitro induced variation of triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack) | Joanna Machczynska, Piotr Bednarek |
| P.26 | Sugar beet protein pattern under salinity stress at establishment and harvest time | Samar Khayamim |
| P.27 | Effect of salinity stress on germination indices in Garden Parsley (Petroselinum hortense) local Iranian cultivars | Vahid Jajarmi, Afrooz Kolahdoozian |
| P.28 | Identification of selected winter squash (Cucurbita maxima Duchesne) and pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ) genotypes by RAPD markers collected from the populations of the Black Sea Region, Turkey | Taki Demir, Ahmet Balkaya, Onur Karağaç, Mehtap Özbakır |
| P.29 | The Relationship Between Microspore Development and Embryo Yield in Pepper Anther Culture, | Atilla ATA, Saadet BÜYÜKALACA, Hasan PINAR, Davut KELEŞ |
| P.30 | Determination of in vitro Regeneration Capacity of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cv. Nadide | Buse Özdemir, A. Naci Onus, Ersin Polat |
| P.31 | Nitrogen-Fıxıng Capacıty of Rhizobia Nodules in Relation to Their Diameter in Dry Bean |
Ümmühan KARACA, Refik UYANÖZ |
| P.32 | A Modified Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Technique For Improved Genomic Analysis of The Plant Pathogenic Bacterium, Acidivorax avenae subsp. citrulli | Esin BASIM, Hüseyin BASIM, N.W.SCHAAD |
