Plant Volatiles: from Ecology to Exploitation (Firenze – April 3, 2013)

PLANT VOLATILES: FROM ECOLOGY TO EXPLOITATION
03 aprile 2013
Giornata di studio organizzata su proposta del Comitato consultivo per la Biologia agraria dei Georgofili, in collaborazione con European Science Foundation e Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Luogo: Firenze
Organizzatore: Accademia dei Georgofili e CNR

Ore 9.00 – Sede accademica (Logge Uffizi Corti – Firenze)

Programma:

– Mauro Centritto – Welcome address
– Stefano Mancuso – Plant communication – much more than we expected
– Francesco Loreto – EuroVOL: how the scent of nature can influence global processes
– Marcel Dicke – Plant volatiles mediating interactions between plants and multiple community members
– Rieta Gols – The use of herbivore-induced plant volatiles by parasitoid wasps
– Jörg-Peter Schnitzler – Poplars under climate stress – Potential functions of isoprene and Co
– Josep Peñuelas – Towards remodelling and remote sensing of isoprenoid emissions … and the seasonality of community floral emissions
– Thomas D. Sharkey – Recent insights into isoprene biosynthesis
– Ted Turlings – InvaVol: investigating the impact of invasive insects on native infochemical networks
– Jonathan Gershenzon – Roles of plant volatiles – on beyond terpenes