International Union of Forest Research Organizations
Working Party 2.09.02: Somatic Embryogenesis of Forest Trees
Conference on
Advances in Somatic Embryogenesis of Trees
And Its Application for the Future Forests and Plantations
Program
12:00 - Tour of Suwon for early arriving delegates
15:00 - Open registration and poster setup
16:00 - Welcome gathering combined with poster viewing
8:00 - Breakfast and poster setup
9:00 - Opening of conference
- Dr. Wan-Yong Choi (Director General KFRI) – Welcome Address
- Announcements
9:30 - Yill-Sung Park: Applications of somatic embryogenesis in forest management and research
10:00 - Marie-Anne Lelu-Walter: Somatic embryogenesis of forest trees in Europe: what’s going on? An overview
10:30 - Break
10:50 - Cathy Hargreaves: Significant advances in genotype capture in somatic embryogenesis of Pinus radiata
11:10 - Jean-Francois Trontin: An overview of current achievements and shortcomings in developing Maritime pine somatic embryogenesis and enabling technologies in France
11:30 - Margarida Oliveira: Maritime pine somatic embryogenesis at IBET/ITQB - Portugal
11:50 - Iraida Tretyakova: Somatic embryogenesis of coniferous species in Russia: theoretical and experimental data
12:10 - Tuija Aronen: Long-term cryopreservation of embryogenic Scots pine cultures
12:30 - Lunch and Poster viewing
13:20 - Krystyna Klimaszewska: Rejuvenation of adult Picea glauca (white spruce) through somatic embryogenesis from shoot buds
13:50 - Paloma Moncalean: Recent approaches in Pinus radiata somatic embryogenesis with juvenile and mature material
14:10 - Sara von Arnold: Regulation of early stages during somatic embryogenesis in Norway spruce and Scots pine
14:40 - Hely Häggman: The role of spermidine and spermine in cell function and pattern formation in Scots pine embryogenesis
15:00 - Jana Krajnakova: Cellular levels of ATP, glucose-6-phosphate, and NADP(H) during somatic embryogenesis of Abies cephalonica Loud.and Abies alba Mill.
15:20 - Break
15:40 - Olivier Monteuuis: Somatic embryogenesis and phase change in trees
16:10 - So-Young Park: Somatic embryogenesis and physiological changes during the cultures in Kalopanax septemlobus
16:30 - Sandra Correia: Proteomic and genetic transformation approaches to understand somatic embryogenesis in the solanaceous tree Cyphomandra betacea
16:50 - Wenwu Guo: Transcriptomic analysis of somatic embryogenesis in sweet orange
17:10 - S R Tengane: Hormonal control on Direct Somatic embryo Induction in Garcinia species
17:30 - Poster Session
18:30 - Conference dinner and entertainment
8:30 - Announcements
8:40 - Scott Merkle: The case for hardwood varietals: How hardwood somatic embryogenesis can enhance forest productivity in the Southern U.S.
9:10 - Mariano Toribio: Propagation of cork oak selected trees by somatic embryogenesis: from solid to liquid medium
9:30 - Eun-Ju Choeng: Somatic embryogenesis of flowering cherry, Prunus incise ‘February Pink’
9:50 - H.A.Castellanos: Nothofagus alpina somatic embryogenesis from mature seeds
10:10 - Yong-Wook Kim: Somatic embryogenesis of yellow poplar and some conifers in Korea
10:30 - Break
10:50 - M.P. Carron: Somatic embryogenesis in rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis, Müll.Arg): three decades of research from cellular biology to field applications
11:20 - Heung-Kyu Moon: A review of micropropagation techniques in Kalopanax septemlobus tree
11:40 - Yong-Eui Choi: Developmental plasticity of glandular trichomes into somatic embryogenesis in Tilia amurensis
12:00 - Eun-Wun Noh: Thirty years of forest biotechnology programs at Korea Forest Research Institute
12:30 - Lunch and Poster viewing
13:20 - Yousry El-Kassaby: Incorporating pedigree reconstruction in clonal forestry development and production systems
13:50 - Kyung-Mee Lee: Detection of seed contamination of seedlots of Larix kaempferi by microsatellite analysis
14:10 - Yeong-Kyeong Lee: Climatic adaptation in Norway spruce: molecular dissection of growth and dormancy
14:30 - Kyu-Seok Kang: Variation of acorn production among clones and the effective population size in a Sawtooth oak seed orchard
14:50 - Milan Lstibureck:
15:20 - Break
15:40 - Hervé Etienne: Current applications of coffee (Coffea arabica) somatic embryogenesis for industrial propagation of elite heterozygous materials in Central America and Mexico and for routine functional genomics
16:10 - Jean-Paul Ducos: Coffee propagation by somatic embryogenesis at Nestle R&D Centre- Tours
16:30 - Annemarie van der Westhuizen: Comparison of the amenability of Pinus patula and its hybrid crosses to somatic embryogenesis
16:50 - Sung-Ho Sohn: Development of mass production technology of selected oil palm clones through somatic embryogenesis
17:10 - Pramod Gupta: Scale-up somatic embryogenesis of conifers for reforestation
17:30 - IUFRO Working Party 2.09.02 meeting/ Closure of technical sessions
18:30 - Dinner and free evening
8:20 - Bus departs for KFRI Research Centre
12:30 - Lunch at KFRI
13:20 - Visit folk village
Check-out
Moving day for those attending the XXIII IUFRO World Congress at the COEX Centre in Seoul
Optional tour of Seoul (details to follow)
Tuija Aronen - Somatic embryogenesis in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) – embryo quality, long-term cryostorage, and mature explants as challenges
Eun-Kyung Bae - Isolation and characterization of salt-induced genes in poplar cells by suppression subtractive hibridization and cDNA microarray analysis
A.V. Barsukova - Somatic embryogenesis of Siberian Larch
Yong-Eui Choi - Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration in elite genotypes of Picea koraiensis
Hyung-Soon Choi - The effects of SCB fertilizer on the growth of Quercus acutissima planted at abandoned mine area
Hyung-Soon Choi - Growth performance by provenances of Norway spruce (Picea abies) in Korea
Hyung-Soon Choi - Growth performance of European alder (Alnus glutinosa) in Korea
Myung-Suk Choi - High frequency plant regeneration from abnormal shoot organogenesis in medicinal plant, Hovenia dulcis
Jae-Min Chung - Genetic variation of the endangered endemic plant species, Lycoris uydoensis (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea
Jae-Min Chung - Genetic diversity among the natural populations of rare endemic plant species, Lycoris chinensis var. sinuolata (Amaryllidaceae) in Korea
Katsuaki Ishii - Recent research activity on conifer somatic embryos in FFPRI
Doo-Hyun Kim - Effect of cutting’s maturity, genotype, and growth regulators on vegetative propagation of Salix caprea
Sae-Hyun Kim - Study of genetic diversity and taxonomy of genus Sorbus in Korea using random amplified polymorphic DNA
Tae-Dong Kim - The embryogenic competency and morphological changes during somatic embryogenesis in Iris pseudacorus
Hae-Yeon Kwon - Cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci in some Hibiscus spp.
Soo-Won Lee - Effect of different irrigation period on photosynthesis and growth performances of containerized seedling of Eucalyptus pellita and Acacia mangium
CH Li - Somatic embryogenesis from winter buds of mature Schisandra chinensis Baill
Eung-Jun Park - In vitro germination of Gastrodia elata seeds with several different species of symbiotic fungi
Young-Ki Park - Selective breeding of hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge) from Korea
Rupps Andrea - Conifers and angiosperms show similar transcription patterns of embryogenesis-related genes
Konstantin Schestibratov - Somatic embryogenesis in Norway spruce: improving embryo maturation efficiency
Iraida Tretyakova - Somatic Embryogenesis of Siberian Larch
Martin Vágner - Cropreservation of Norway spruce embryogenic cultures: levels of polyamines
Byung-Hoon Yang - Massprogation and cryopreservation of in vitro-cultured axillary bud meristems of Melia azedarach.
Mariano Toribio - Improved maturation and conversion protocols in Pinus pinea L. somatic embryogenesis
Yill-Sung Park - Application of somatic embryogenesis in forestry for improved productivity, genetic conservation and restoration
Yill-Sung Park - Commercialization of somatic embryogenesis through partnership
Marie-Anne Lelu-Walter - Increase gelling agent concentration promotes somatic embryo
maturation of hybrid larch (Larix x eurolepis): a 2-DE proteomic analysis
Kwan-Su Woo - Disease development and gas exchange rate in the seedlings of Pinus densiflora artificially inoculated with Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and B. mucronatus
Burenbaatar Zenee - Timber Trade of Mongolia