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Sunday Monday
Tuesday 1 October
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Session 4: Ecotypes and hyperaccumulation
Chairperson: Dale Sanders
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| 08.30-09.10am |
Speaker: Baker, A.J.M.
Metallophytes: a unique biodiversity resource owned by the mining
industry
A.J.M. Baker, Whiting, S.N. and Richards, D |
| 09.10-09.50am |
Speaker: Macnair, M.
The evolution of zinc hyperaccumulation
Macnair, M.R., Huitson, S. and Taylor, S.
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| 09.50-10.05am |
Speaker: Ebbs, S.D.
Ecotypic variation in the transport, compartmentation and
coordination of Cd between populations of the metal hyperaccumulator
Thlaspi caerulescens
Ebbs, S.D., Uchil, S. and Kochian, L. |
| 10.05-10.20am |
Speaker: Wintz, H.
Comparative analysis of Arabidopsis gene expression
profiles in response to copper, zinc and iron deficiencies
Wintz, H., Fox, T. and Vulpe, C. |
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| 10.20 - 10.50pm |
Coffee break |
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| 10.50-11.30am |
Speaker: Boyd, R.S.
Food web implications of metal hyperaccumulation: herbivores and
their
predators and pathogens
Boyd, R.S. |
| 11.30-12.10pm |
Speaker: Zhao, F.
Heavy metal and metalloid hyperaccumulating plants: physiology
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potential for phytoremediation
Zhao, F.J. and McGrath, S.P. |
| 12.10-12.25pm |
Speaker: Pollard, A.J.
Responses of herbivores to cadmium hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi
caerulescens
Pollard, A.J., Behmer, S.T., Raubenheimer, D. and Smith, J.A.C
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| 12.25-12.40pm |
Speaker: Küpper, H.
Analysis of the heterogeneity in photosynthesis in heavy metal-stressed
plants by microscopic and macroscopic imaging of chlorophyll fluorescence
kinetics
Küpper, H. and Setlik, I. |
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| 12.40 - 2.00pm |
Lunch |
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Poster Session
02.00 - 4.00pm |
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Session 5: Strategies for phytoremediation and phytomining
Chairperson: Leon Kochian
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| 04.00-04.40pm |
Speaker: Reeves, R.D.
Metal-tolerant and metal-accumulating plants - exploration and
exploitation
Reeves, R.D. |
| 04.40-05.20pm |
Speaker: Meagher, R.B.
Testing strategies for the engineered phytoremediation of toxic
mercury and arsenic pollution
Meagher, R.G |
| 05.20-06.00pm |
Speaker: Terry, N. (35 min)
Phytoremediation of heavy metals from the molecular to the field
level: possible roles for phytochelatin and other cellular components
Terry, N. and LeDuc, D. |
| 06.00-06.15pm |
Speaker: Chaney, R.L.
Phytoextraction of Cd from contaminated soils requiring remediation
Chaney, R.L., Angle, J.S., Perner, H., Li, Y.-M., Reeves, R.D.,
Baker, A.J.M., McIntosh, M.S. and Römheld, V. |
| 06.15-06.30pm |
Speaker: Angle, J.S.
The role of soil microorganisms in the uptake of heavy metals
by hyperaccumulators
Angle, J.S., Delorme, T., Shanab, R.A., Chaney,
R.L. and van Berkum, P. |
| 06.30-06.45pm |
Speaker: Tel-Or, E.
An Azolla filter for heavy metal binding and Nymphaea
as a tool for sludge treatment
Tel-Or, E. |
| 07.00-07.15pm |
Farewell and closing remarks
Jonathan Ingram and Ute Kraemer
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