OUTLINE OF MAIN PROGRAM

• PHILIP E. PFEFFER
  Metabolism of Glucose, its Uptake and Translocation in Mycorrhizal Leek and Transformed Carrot Roots
• MICHEL CHALOT
  Kinetics, energetics and specificity of a general amino acid transporter from the ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus involutus
• GERHARD HEBE
  Signaltransduction in spruce cells triggered by chitin elicitors released from ectomycorrhizal fungi

• IVER JAKOBSEN
  Competition for soil P between roots and hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizas
• STEVEN MILLER
  Differential utilization of cellulose and protein reveals competitive advantage of ectomycorrhizal fungi over saprotrophs for complex organic substrates
• R M MILLER
  Mycorrhizal effects on carbon gain in facultative and obligate ecotypes of Andropogon gerardi
• CORINNE CONJEAUD (presenter: MOUSAIN)
  Effects of ectomycorrhizal infection with Hebeloma cylindrosporum and Rhizopogon rubescens on the carbon balance in Pinus pinaster seedlings
• PAUL T RYGIEWICZ
  Global climate change: Bridging the gap between the above- and belowground

• RASMUS KJOLLER
  Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in roots from a danish pea field determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of specific fungal enzymes
• MARC BELAND
  rDNA characterization of VAM fungi colonizing Medeola virginiana in three Québec forests
• ADOLPHE ZEZE
  Repeated DNA Sequences as tools for VAM fungal detection in colonized roots
• BERTA BAGO
  In situ PCR: applications and prospects in the study of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
• ERIK ALAN HOBBIE
  Stable isotopes in mycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi: insights into carbon and nitrogen cycling
• DEBORAH DAVIES
  Interaction modification in the Lolium perenne-Rhinanthus minor host-parasite association: the role of mycorrhizas
• JOHN KLIRONOMOS
  Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi within food-webs and their responses to a globally changing environment

• REGINAI LUIZAO
  Effects of selective logging on the spore populations and infectivity rate of AM fungi in the Amazonian lowland evergreen rain forest
• PHILLIP VANDENKOORNHUYSE
  Impact of heavy metals on the diversity and genetic variability of AM fungi in soil
• KATIA VANTICHEIN
  Reclamation of a bare industrial area contaminated by non- ferrous metals: occurrence of the AM infection, physico- chemical and biological evaluation of the durability of soil treatment and revegetation
• MIRASLAV VOSATKA
  Extra- and intra-radical organs of AMF in acid rain stressed ecosystems

• CATHY L CRIPPS
  Ectomycorrhizal communities with aspen on smelter-impacted sites: how ecosystems recover from airborne pollution
• ERIK LILLASKOV
  Patterns of ectomycorrhizal diversity over an atmospheric nitrogen deposition gradient near Kenai, Alaska
• SUSANNE BECKMANN
  Deposition of nitrogen in ectomycorrhizae of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) on NH4+- fertilized sites in the Black Forest, Germany

• THOM O'DELL
  Diversity and abundance of ectomycorrhizal fungi: scaling in space and time
• KARIN PRITSCH
  Diversity of black alder ectomycorrhizae - anatomical and molecular investigations
• SILVIA PEROTTO
  Identification of introns in the nuclear ribosomal genes of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi
• JAMES MERRYWEATHER
  The diversity of AM fungi associated with Hyacinthoides non- scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm. in English woodland
• MARK BRUNDRETT
  The ecology of VAM fungi in undisturbed and disturbed habitats in tropical Australia
• LENA JONSSON
  Ectomycorrhizal succession during establishment of Pinus sylvestris seedlings in virgin forest
• MELANIE JONES
  Silvicultural practises and ectomycorrhizal diversity in British Columbia

• FRANCIS MARTIN
  Signaling in the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis. The tryptophan betaine, hypaphorine, produced by Pisolithus tinctorius stimulates the expression of an auxin-regulated gene in roots of Eucalyptus globulus.
• PHILIPP FRANKEN
  RNA accumulation and gene expression in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spores
• YORAM KAPULNIK
  Differential expression of tobacco and alfalfa genes in response to VA mycorrhizal fungi colonization
• FABRICE MARTIN LAURENT
  PSEMYC1, a plant gene induced during early stages of arbuscular mycorrhiza development
• GARRY ROSEWARNE
  Overlap in induced gene expression sets for early VA mycorrhizal symbiosis and root knot nematode feeding sites in tomato
• STEPHEN BURLEIGH
  The cloning of two genes involved in the Medicago truncatula/Glomus versiforme mycorrhizal symbiosis
• GRAZIELLA BERTA
  Quantitative and structural variations in host cell nuclei of arbuscular mycorrhizal and/or pathogenic systems

• CHRISTELLE CORDIER
  Resistance mechanisms to Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica in mycorrhizal tomato : pathogen development within root tissues and host cell responses
• YUKARI UETAKE
  Changes in microtubule arrays in symbiotic orchid protocorms during fungal colonization and senescence

• ARMELLE GOLLOTTE
  Immunological and molecular biological studies of interactions between Glomus and Gigaspora in roots of leek and tomato
• ANNE ASHFORD
  Fungal vacuoles, endosomes and transport
• MASANORI SAITO
  Fungal origin of phosphatase in mycorrhizal onion roots with Gigaspora margarita
• MARTIN GUTTENBERGER
  Carbon exchange between mycorrhizal symbionts: Are carbohydrates the whole story?
• MARIO JOLICOEUR
  Measurement of endomycorrhizal fungi intracellular pH

• MICHAEL HOSNY (presenter: DULIEU)
  Molecular genetics as a unique tool for identification of biodiversity and evaluating genetic exchanges within endomycorrhizal species
• ANNETTE KRETZER
  Internal transcribed spacer sequences from 41 recognized species of Suillus sensu lato: phylogenetic and taxonomic implications
• KATHY LOBUGLIO
  Phylogenetic origins of the asexual mycorrhizal symbiont Cenococcum geophilum Fr. and other mycorrhizal fungi among the ascomycetes

• GERALD NAGAHASHI
  A rapid micro-injection technique allows for the sensitive detection of root exudate signals which stimulate the branching and growth of germinated VAM fungus spores
• C MCLEAN
  Use of PCR to determine relationships among root isolates of Epacridaceae and the endophyte of Ericaceae, Hymenoscyphus ericae
• SYLVIE HERRMANN (presenter: BUSCOT)
  Differential effects of mycobionts with different ecological strategies on oak morphology
• THIERRY BEGUIRISTAIN
  Host plant stimulates the tryptophan betaine, hypaphorine, accumulation in Pisolithus tinctorius hyphae during ectomycorrhizal infection. Fungal hypaphorine controls K+ uptake, H+ extrusion and root hair development.

• IAN R HALL
  The New Zealand Périgord black truffle programme - the first decade
• CELINE DI BATTISTA
  Monitoring the persistence of the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Laccaria bicolor S238N on Douglas-fir and Norway Spruce in nursery and forest sites by PCR
• XIAOMEI HUA
  A technique for mycorrhizal inoculation: the effect and field performance
• M RANGARAJAN
  Synergistic effects of Glomus fasciculatum and Azospirillum brasilense on the production of Morus alba and economic characters of silk worm larvae
• ROBERT G LINDERMAN
  Contribution of microbial associates of VA mycorrhizae to mycorrhiza effects on plant growth and health
• JAMES NORMAN (presenter: KYRSTEN BLACK)
  Biocontrol of Phytophthora root pathogens by AMF : a study of possible mechanisms
• GISELA CUENCA
  Arbuscular mycorrhizae in the rehabilitation of tropical fragile degraded lands

• DOT HELM
  Mycorrhizal and plant community development on recently deglaciated terrain, Exit Glacier, Alaska
• HENRY VARE
  Mycorrhizas in Fennoscandian oroarctic

• DAVID JANOS
  Arbuscular mycorrhiza limitation of tropical rainforest host community diversity
• ELISABETH van der HEIJDEN
  Dual mycorrhizal infection, a matter of priority or selection?
• THOMAS HORTON
  Ectomycorrhizal community structure in Andean Monterey pine plantations, Ecuador
• DAN LUOMA
  Fifteen years amongst the Snow Plants
• JOHN DODD
  The detection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMf) in root systems of different plants using fungal/mycorrhizal-specific isozymes as molecular markers

Morning Sessions Late Afternoon Workshops ICOM 1

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Last updated: Tuesday July 30 1996

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