PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
Saturday, 9th September 2017
| 16.00 - 17.00 |
Registration |
| 17.00 - 19.30 |
Introductions of the participants*, an introduction to the Eger wine region and
welcome reception
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Sunday, 10th September 2017
THE FUNGUS - A CLASSICAL AND A PHYLOGENETIC APPROACH
| 9.00 - 12.30 |
Lectures - topics to be covered:
* Powdery mildew fungi: an introduction
* Phylogeny and systematics of powdery mildews: an overview
Coffee break
* Morphological aspects of powdery mildew anamorphs and teleomorphs
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| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 - 16.30 |
Lectures - topics to be covered:
* Host range and host specificity of powdery mildew fungi
* Biogeography of powdery mildews
Coffee break
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| 16.30 - 17.30 |
Paper discussion seminar no. 1 |
Monday, 11th September 2017
THE FUNGUS - A GENETIC AND A GENOMIC APPROACH
| 9.00 - 11.00 |
Lectures - topics to be covered:
* Genetic tools in the study of powdery mildews with special regard to sequencing methods
* Powdery mildew genomes
Coffee break
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| 11.30 - 12.30 |
Paper discussion seminar no. 2
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| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 - 17.30 |
Practical training** - topics to be covered:
* How to film germinating powdery mildew conidia?
* light microscopy of the morphology of powdery mildew conidia, conidiophores, hyphal appressoria, haustoria, chasmothecia, and asci and ascospores
* conidial germination tests on different substrates
* ascospore viability tests using fluorescence microscopy
* rehydration of powdery mildew herbarium specimens for morphological studies
* DNA extraction from low quantities of fresh and herbarium powdery mildew materials
* PCR amplification methods for a number of loci in powdery mildews
* quantification of the powdery mildew infection levels using classical and qPCR methods
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Tuesday, 12th September 2017
THE INFECTION – A MOLECULAR AND AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH
| 9.00 - 12.30 |
Lectures - topics to be covered:
* Cell biology of the plant - powdery mildew interactions
* Biochemical and molecular responses of plant cells to powdery mildew attack
Coffee break
* Powdery mildews as invasive plant pathogens
* Powdery mildew infections in wild plant pathosystems
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| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 - 16.30 |
Lectures - topics to be covered:
* Mycoparasites of powdery mildews
* Powdery mildews as components of multi-trophic relationships
Coffee break
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| 16.30 - 18.00 |
Paper discussion seminar no. 3 |
| 18.30 - |
Social dinner in the vineyard |
Wednesday, 13th September 2017
THE CONTROL – A CHEMICAL APPROACH
| 9.00 - 11.00 |
Lectures - topics to be covered:
* New and old fungicides to control powdery mildews of different crops
* DNA markers of fungicide resistance in powdery mildews
Coffee break
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THE CONTROL – A MODELLING APPROACH
| 11.30 - 12.30 |
Lectures - topics to be covered:
* Modelling plant disease epidemics and their use in IPM
Lunch
Close of the summer school
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OPTIONAL:
| 14.30 - 16.30 |
Guided tour in the historical building of Eszterházy Károly University, including the Magic Tower museum, and in the historical centre of Eger |
* Participants are requested to introduce themselves using maximum two .ppt slides to show where they come from, what is the topic of their MSc or PhD or postdoc research work, and any additional information they would like to share with other participants during the introductions.
** Hands-on training activities will be performed in groups of 3 to 5 participants
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