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Join the symposium to explore new natural compounds for managing parasitic plants, featuring presentations on secondary metabolites, genetic engineering, and biocontrol methods. Learn about innovative research and strategies in plant protection.
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Programme Friday 29 October 2004 09:00 – 09:15 Welcome 09:15 - 10:45 New natural compounds for parasitic plant management (chairman: Stephen O. Duke) 1. Ludovit Cagan Possible role of secondary metabolites emitted by parasitic weeds in attraction of insects 2. Evgenia Dor Metabolite from Inola viscosa is toxic to dodder (Cuscuta campestris) 3. Stephen O. Duke The potential for genetically engineering natural phytotoxins into crops for parasitic weed resistance 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 13:00 New natural compounds (cont.)(chairman: Stephen O. Duke) 4. Kotoula Eleni - Germination response of Orobanche populations to GR24 and to a new natural product 5. Maurizio Vurro - Natural compounds: weapons against parasitic plant aggression 6. Nadjie Zermane - Secondary metabolites of rhizobacteria and perspectives of their use for biocontrol of Orobanche spp. 13:15 Lunch
15:00 – 17:00Natural compounds as stimulants (chairman: Francisco A. Macías) 7. Antonio Evidente Plant and fungal bioactive metabolites as stimulants for germination of Orobanche ramosa seeds 8. Francisco A. Macías New chemical clues for sunflower-broomrape host- recognition 9. Jens Streibig Root exudates from Sorghum responsible for Striga hermonthica germination 17:00 – 17:30Coffee Break
17:30 – 19:00Chemistry of stimulants/inhibitors • (chairman: Binne Zwanenburg) • 10. Anna Andolfi Fungal toxins in the control of the parasitic weed Orobanche ramosa • 11. Klaus Wegmann Thesearch for inhibitors of the exoenzyme of the Orobanche radicle • 12. Binne Zwanenburg The quest for natural germination stimulants. A critical account on the structure and chemistry of compounds with claimed germinating activity • 20:30 Dinner
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