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Monday 11 September 2023

The University Club

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Welcome to Country

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Welcome Reception & Registrations

Tuesday 12 September 2023

The University Club

8:20am - 8:40am

Registrations

8:40am - 9:00am

Conference Opening

Prof Kadambot Siddique

Session 1: Chair

Mick Considine

Environment, Ecology and Evolution

9:00am - 9:45am

To Grow or Not to Grow: Control of Meristem Fate in Maize

Keynote: David Jackson

9:45am - 10:15am

Modeling Tree Dormancy with the PhenoFlex Framwork

Eike Luedeling

10:15am - 10:45am

COFFEE

10:45am - 11:15am

Role of Bud Dormancy in the Control of Flowering Time in Winter Annuals

Steven Penfield

11:15am - 11:45am

Identifying Drivers of Foliar Toughness During White Spruce Spring Bud Burst: Implications for the Phenological Window of Opportunity of Herbivores

Janice Cooke

11:45am - 12:15pm

Chilling Induces Sugar and ABA Accumulation that Antagonistically Signals for Symplastic Connection of the Dormant Bud

Dani Eshel

12:15pm - 1:15pm

LUNCH

Session 2: Chair

Steve Penfield

Environment, Ecology and Evolution

1:15pm - 1:35pm

Dormancy of Trees Shows Adaptive Variation Along the North-South Gradient

Fucheng Wang

1:35pm - 1:55pm

Grain Dormancy and Grain Moisture Interact to Induce a Transient Period of Elevated Susceptibility to Pre-Harvest Sprouting in Wheat Under Cool Maturation Conditions in Western Australia

Jeremy Curry

1:55pm - 2:15pm

Cold Hardiness is a Covariant in Dormancy Assays

Al Kovaleski

2:15pm - 2:35pm

Restraining Dormancy Release: Climate Warming Delays Leaf Unfolding of Pecan in Southeastern China

Jinbin Zheng

2:35pm - 2:55pm

Computational Modelling Approach to Understanding Shoot Architecture Including Plany Branching and Flowering

Taylor Wass

2:55pm - 3:25pm

COFFEE

3:25pm - 3:55pm

HC Activate Coordinated Regulation of ABA Metabolism and Macromolecules Catabolism in Grape Buds

Etti Or

3:55pm - 4:15pm

The Carbon Cycle and Plasticity of Sink Allocation in Grapevines Growing in Diverse Climatic Environments

John Considine

4:15pm - 4:35pm

Three Types of Seed Dormancies and Evolutionary and Regulatory Mechanisms in Rice

Xingyou Gu

4:35pm - 4:45pm

Primer: International Research Collaborations

Mick Considine

4:45pm - 6:45pm

Posters

Wednesday 13 September 2023

The University Club

Session 3: Chair

Chengdao Li

Genetics and Epigenetics

8:30am - 9:15am

ISSS Prize Talk: Analysis of the Relationships Among Gene Imprinting, Seed Dormancy and Reproductive Barriers

Keynote: Hikaru Sato

9:15am - 9:45am

Epigenome Modification is Involved in the Rosaceae DAM-Mediated Bud Dormancy Control

Hisayo Yamane

9:45am - 10:15am

COFFEE

10:15am - 10:45am

Genetic Variation of TaMyb10 that Affects Both Seed Color and Germination of Wheat

Jirui Wang

10:45am - 11:15am

A Cold-Responsive FLC-Like Gene in Kiwifruit is Regulated by Epigenetic Mechanisms to Control Budbreak

Charlotte Voogd

11:15am - 11:45am

The High-Quality Genome Assembly of Prunus Mume 'Nanko' Reveals a Chromosomal Inversion Associated with Natural Variation in Dormancy and Bud Break

Tzu-Fan Hsiang

11:45am - 12:15pm

Transcriptional and Metabolic Analysis of Potato Tubers During Endo-Dormant to Eco-Dormant Shift and After Exposure to the Sprout Regulating Compound 1, 4-Dimethylnapthalene

Michael Campbell

12:15pm - 1:15pm

LUNCH

Session 4: Chair

Hisayo Yamane

Genetics and Epigenetics

1:15pm - 1:35pm

Molecular Analysis of Bud Dormancy Regulation by Temperature in Sweet Cherry

Mathieu Fouche

1:35pm - 1:55pm

Unravelling the Transcriptomics of Winter Dormancy in Raspberry

Brezo Mateos

1:55pm - 2:15pm

Changes in Gene Expression and Stress Protective Pathway Regulations of Potato Tubers After Sprout Inhibitor Treatments

Munevver Dogramaci

2:15pm - 2:35pm

Spatial Mapping Revealed the Spatiotemporal Expression of Genes During Wheat Grain Development and Expression Variation in Response to Heat Stress

Yuxin Fu

2:35pm - 4:35pm

COFFEE / Posters / Tours

Thursday 14 September 2023

The University Club

Session 5: Chair

Etti Or

Metabolite and Hormone Signalling

8:30am - 9:15am

The Molecular Regulation of Stem Cell Quiescence in Plant Meristems

Keynote: Yvonne Stahl

9:15am - 9:45am

Lessons from a Century of Apical Dominance and Shoot-Branching Research

Christine Beveridge

9:45am - 10:15am

COFFEE

10:15am - 10:45am

WHIRLY Proteins Maintain Seed Longevity by Effects on Seed Oxygen Signalling During Imbibition

Christine Foyer

10:45am - 11:15am

The Influence of Strigolactones on Barley

Philip Brewer

11:15am - 11:45am

The Sugar Signalling Metabolite Trehalose 6-Phosphate is a Key Signal in Regulating Plant Development

Franziska Fichtner

11:45am - 12:15pm

Biosynthesis and Signalling of Ethylene and their Regulation on Seed Germination and Dormancy

Jun Liu

12:15pm - 1:15pm

LUNCH

Session 6: Chair

Christine Foyer

Metabolite and Hormone Signalling

1:15pm - 1:35pm

Oxygen and ROS/Redox as Regulators of Bud Outgrowth

Mick Considine

1:35pm - 1:55pm

Exploring the Dormancy Puzzle: Shedding Light on the Role of ABA in Shoot Branching

Hannah Drieberg

1:55pm - 2:15pm

Nitrogen Promotes Tiller Bud Outgrowth by Influencing Cytokinin Biodegradation and Strigolactone Biosynthesis in Rice

Chenyu Rong

2:15pm - 2:35pm

Enigmatic Lichens: A Symbiosis Based on Desiccation Tolerance

Ilse Kranner

2:35pm - 2:55pm

Interaction Between BZR1 and Histone Deacetylase SRT1 Promotes Lateral Bud Growth in Solanum Lycopersicum

Xiaojian Xia

2:55pm - 3:25pm

COFFEE

3:25pm - 4:10pm

The Role of Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism in Driving and Regulating Germination

Keynote: Markus Schwarzlander

4:10pm - 4:30pm

Just Add Water: Mitochondrial Activity and Biogenesis During Resurrection of Haberlea Rhodopensis

Aneta Ivanova

4:30pm - 4:50pm

Improving Germination Success for Australian Native Plant Seeds Using Plasma Treatments

Bryan Coad

4:50pm - 5:10pm

Efficiency of Different Pre-Treatment on Prosopis Africana Seed Dormancy

Emmanuel Kalu

5:10pm - 6:00pm

Business Meeting

6:00pm - 10:00pm

Conference Dinner

Friday 15 September 2023

The University Club

Session 6: Chair

Dani Eshel

Metabolite and Hormone Signalling

9:00am - 9:45am

Tree Physiology Prize Talk: Exploring the ABA Signalling Pathway for Molecular-Based Phenological Modelling of Bud Dormancy

Keynote: Benedicte Wenden

9:45am - 10:15am

Flowering Signals Modulate Bud Outgrowth in Pea and Reveal a Pivotal Role of the Strigolactone Signalling Pathway

Elizabeth Dun

10:15am - 10:45am

COFFEE

10:45am - 11:15am

Emerging Function of G Protein in Shoot Apical Meristem Development and Yield Formation in Tomato

Kai Shi

11:15am - 11:45am

Sugar Starvation Signalling Maintains Axillary Bud Dormancy to Inhibit Shoot Branching

Francois Barbier

11:45am - 12:15pm

How is Early Bud Growth Driven at the Cellular Level?

Stephanie Conway

12:15pm - 12:45pm

Exogenous Sucrose Increases Dormant Kiwifruit Cane Carbohydrate Concentrations But Does Not Increase Floral Productivity

Kris Kramer-Walter

12:45pm - 1:00pm

Closing Comments

1:00pm - 2:00pm

LUNCH