Full Schedule

7:30 AM – 5:00 PM EDT

Speaker Ready Room

Location: Gwinnett Board Room

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT

Women's Young Investigator Travel Award Winners Recognition & Networking Session

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT

Registration Open

Location: River Concourse

9:00 AM – 9:03 AM EDT

(PL-1-0) Plenary - Overview by Chair

Location: Chatham ABC

Plenary Chair: – University of Essex

9:03 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

(PL-1-1) Cloudy with a chance of Science

Location: Chatham ABC

Plenary Speaker: – University of Georgia

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM EDT

(PL-1-2) The Role of Research in Sustaining Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change

Location: Chatham ABC

Plenary Speaker: – USDA ARS

10:00 AM – 10:25 AM EDT

(PL-1-3) Coffee Break

Location: Chatham ABC

10:25 AM – 10:30 AM EDT

(PL-1-4) Three Minute Thesis Presentation

Location: Chatham ABC

Presenter: – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

(PL-1-5) Sustainable solutions to solve challenges across agricultural value chains: a view from the energy world

Location: Chatham ABC

Plenary Speaker: – Shell Research Limited

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

(PL-1-6) Increasing photosynthetic thermal tolerance to enhance crop productivity in a warming world

Location: Chatham ABC

Plenary Speaker: – University of Essex

11:00 AM – 6:30 PM EDT

Exhibit Hall Open

Location: Exhibit Hall A

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

Boxed Lunch in Exhibit Hall

Location: Exhibit Hall A

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

One-on-One Mentoring Sessions

Location: Near Registration

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM EDT

Workshop: Creating and Integrating Plant Scientist Spotlights in the Classroom (and beyond)

Location: Meeting 203/205

Workshop Presenter: – University of Lynchburg

Workshop Co-Organizer: – Manchester University

Workshop Co-Organizer: – Metropolitan State University

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Advocating for Plant Science and Scientists

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Workshop: EEPP Science & Friends

Location: Olgethorpe Auditorium

Workshop Co-Organizer: – Virginia Tech

Workshop Co-Organizer: – USDA-ARS

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Workshop: Negotiating Success! How to be a Self-Advocate

Location: Meeting Room 201/202

Workshop Presenter:

Workshop Co-Organizer:

Workshop Co-Organizer: – Bayer

Workshop Presenter: – Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia

Workshop Presenter: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Workshop Presenter:

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

Workshop: The role of science communication in enhancing adoption of innovative technologies in agriculture - Part 2

Location: Meeting Room 105/106

Workshop Organizer: – University of Florida

Workshop Presenter: – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Workshop Presenter: – University of Georgia

Workshop Presenter: – GALY.CO

Workshop Presenter: – Iowa State University

Workshop Presenter: – North Carolina State University

Workshop Presenter:

1:00 PM – 1:03 PM EDT

(CS-12-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Chair: – USDA-ARS

1:03 PM – 1:23 PM EDT

(cs-12-1) Contrasting Cropping System Effects on Phenology and Ecophysiology Attributes in the northern Great Plains

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – USDA-ARS, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory

Abstract Co-Author: – Agricultural Research Service

Symposium Chair: – USDA ARS

1:23 PM – 1:43 PM EDT

(CS-12-2) Dissecting the early cold-induced photosynthetic deficiency in soybean seedlings

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – Manchester University

Symposium Chair: – USDA ARS

1:43 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

(CS-12-3) Leaf traits coordinated with aboveground biomass production in Populus short rotation bioenergy crops - Lightning Talk

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – Mississippi State University

Abstract Co-Author: – Mississippi State University

Symposium Chair: – USDA ARS

1:45 PM – 2:05 PM EDT

(CS-12-4) Abscisic acid improves drought tolerance essentially by reducing water loss and delaying hydraulic dysfunction

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – North Carolina State University

Symposium Chair: – USDA ARS

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM EDT

(CS-12-5) How conifers and grasses overcome physical limits to sugar export from leaves

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – University of Graz

Symposium Chair: – USDA ARS

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

(CS-12-6) Carbon transport constraint in trees has important implications for growth allocation and photosynthetic efficiency

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – University of Florida

Whole-Plant: Environmental and Ecophysiological

1:00 PM – 1:03 PM EDT

(CS-11-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Chair: – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

1:03 PM – 1:23 PM EDT

(CS-11-1) Neo-domestication of Salicornia species for a seawater-based seed oil crop

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

1:23 PM – 1:43 PM EDT

(CS-11-2) A combinatorial TRM-OFP module bilaterally fine-tunes tomato fruit shape

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – University of Georgia

1:43 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

(CS-11-3) Improving pennycress and camelina as biofuel crops by engineering phenylpropanoid pathway - Lightning Talk

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – North Carolina State University

Abstract Co-Author: – North Carolina State University

Genes & Genomes: Biotechnology, Molecular Breeding

1:45 PM – 2:05 PM EDT

(CS-11-4) Seeking new routes for the neodomestication in the genus Oryza: exploration of the genetic diversity of the wild relatives of rice in the Americas

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – Center for Desert Agriculture, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM EDT

(CS-11-5) Domestication and adaptation of Chenopodium quinoa for marginal environments

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

(CS-11-6) A route to de novo domestication of wild allotetraploid rice (pre-recorded session)

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1:00 PM – 1:03 PM EDT

(CS-13-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Chair: – University of Washington

1:03 PM – 1:23 PM EDT

(CS-13-1) Improving soybean defense responses to herbivory by restoring INR, an immune receptor secondarily lost in all Glycininae

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – University of Washington

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Washington

1:23 PM – 1:43 PM EDT

(CS-13-2) Drought induced changes in defence related phytohormone signalling pathways contribute to increased susceptibility to fungal pathogen infection in Eucalyptus

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Zululand

Abstract Co-Author: – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Symposium Speaker: – University of Pretoria

Symposium Chair: – University of Washington

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Pretoria

1:43 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

(CS-13-3) A nonpathogenic signal peptidase mutant of the maize anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum graminicola secretes cell wall degrading enzymes normally - Lightning Talk

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – University of Kentucky

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Kentucky

Symposium Chair: – University of Washington

1:45 PM – 2:05 PM EDT

(CS-13-4) Plasminogen Apple Nematode (PAN) Domain Suppresses Immunity

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Abstract Co-Author: – Oak Ridge National Lab

Symposium Chair: – University of Washington

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM EDT

(CS-13-5) Arabidopsis HD-ZIP III Transcription Factors Promote Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode Feeding Site Formation

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – University of Georgia

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Georgia

Symposium Chair: – University of Washington

Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe Pathogenesis

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

(CS-13-6) Characterizing defense mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana against Tetranychus urticae herbivory

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – University of Western Ontario

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Western Ontario

Symposium Chair: – University of Washington

1:00 PM – 1:03 PM EDT

(CS-14-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Chair: – Spelman College

1:03 PM – 1:23 PM EDT

(CS-14-1) The identification of type I MADS box genes as the upstream activators of an endosperm-specific invertase inhibitor in Arabidopsis

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – Spelman College

Abstract Co-Author: – Spelman College

1:23 PM – 1:43 PM EDT

(CS-14-2) An atypical florigen-like integrator promotes reproductive meristem transitions in rice

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – University of Milan

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Milan

1:43 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

(CS-14-3) Analyses of Cullin1 Homologs Reveal Functional Redundancy in S-RNase-Based Self-Incompatibility and Evolutionary Relationships in Eudicots - Lightning Talk

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – The Pennsylvania State University

Abstract Co-Author: – Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle

Abstract Co-Author: – The Pennsylvania State University

Development: Reproduction

1:45 PM – 2:05 PM EDT

(cs-14-4) A Genetic Basis for Internal White Tissue Disorder in Tomato Fruit

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Poster Presenter: – University of Florida Horticultural Sciences Dept.

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM EDT

(CS-14-5) Understanding the Transcriptional and Epigenetic Dynamics of Female Gametophyte Development in Rice

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – University of Florida

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Florida

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

(CS-14-6) PhasiRNA siRD29(-) regulates gibberellin biosynthesis gene (StGA3ox3) to mediate stolon-to-tuber transitions in potato development (pre-recorded)

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – IISER Pune

Abstract Co-Author: – NCL Pune

Abstract Co-Author: – IISER Pune

1:00 PM – 1:03 PM EDT

(CS-15-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Chair: – Northeastern University

1:03 PM – 1:23 PM EDT

(CS-15-1) Purification and Characterization of Antimicrobial Compounds from Thuja Arborvitae

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – Clark Atlanta University

Abstract Co-Author: – Clark Atlanta University

1:23 PM – 1:43 PM EDT

(CS-15-2) Regulation of insecticidal maize phenolic compounds

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – Michigan State University

Abstract Co-Author: – Michigan State University

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Minnesota

1:45 PM – 2:05 PM EDT

(CS-15-4) Unjamming the biosynthesis of specialized metabolites in Catharanthus roseus using CRISPR-Cas9

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – Northeastern University

Abstract Co-Author: – Northeastern University

2:05 PM – 2:25 PM EDT

(CS-15-5) Exploring small molecule regulation of developmental decisions in Zea mays

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – University of California San Diego

Abstract Co-Author: – UC San Diego

Abstract Co-Author: – Stanford University

Abstract Co-Author: – Pomona College

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Callifornia San Diego

2:25 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

(CS-15-6) The function of Nicotiana glauca epicuticular wax in nature

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – Boyce Thompson Institute

Abstract Co-Author: – Weizmann Institute of Science

2:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

ECPS Headshot Photo Booth

Location: Aloha Park

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM EDT

Coffee & Networking in Exhibit Hall

Location: Exhibit Hall A

3:15 PM – 3:18 PM EDT

(CS-19-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Chair: – Rice University

3:18 PM – 3:38 PM EDT

(CS-19-1) Control of chloroplast turn-over and cell death by reactive oxygen species

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – University of Arizona

Symposium Chair: – Rice University

3:38 PM – 3:58 PM EDT

(CS-19-2) Multi-omics investigation of peroxisomal quality control

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Chair;Speaker: – Rice University

3:58 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

(CS-19-3) Exploring substrate specificity of SWEETs using a novel vacuolar sugar transporter biosensor - Lightning Talk

Symposium Speaker: – Georgia Institute of Technology

Symposium Chair: – Rice University

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM EDT

(CS-19-4) Functional Studies of Essential Mitochondrial ATPases (ATAD3s) and a Program for STEM Career Development

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – University of Massachusetts Amherst

Symposium Chair: – Rice University

Abstract Co-Author:

Abstract Co-Author: – San Diego State University

Abstract Co-Author: – Dartmouth College

4:20 PM – 4:40 PM EDT

(CS-19-5) Ubiquitin-dependent Protein Degradation and Regulation of Stress Responses

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – Dalhousie University

Symposium Chair: – Rice University

4:40 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

(CS-19-6) Characterization of proteins involved in cell-fate determination during ER stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

Location: Meeting Room 203-205

Symposium Speaker: – Michigan State University

Symposium Chair: – Rice University

3:15 PM – 3:18 PM EDT

(CS-18-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Chair: – University of Miami

3:18 PM – 3:38 PM EDT

(CS-18-1) CLE peptide signaling during arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – University of Miami

3:38 PM – 3:58 PM EDT

(CS-18-2) Proteasome-associated protein mediates microbial-provided plant thermotolerance

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Abstract Co-Author: – Oak Ridge National Laboratory

3:58 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

(CS-18-3) Microbiome colonization leads to emergent plant phenotypes at elevated temperature. - Lightning Talk

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – Duke University

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM EDT

(CS-18-4) In situ quantification of plant carbon allocation in a Maize-AMF system

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Abstract Co-Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Abstract Co-Author: – Washington University in St. Louis

Abstract Co-Author: – Valent BioSciences LLC

Abstract Co-Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Abstract Co-Author: – Valent BioSciences LLC

Abstract Co-Author: – Washington University in St. Louis

Abstract Co-Author: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Biotic Interactions: Plant-Microbe Beneficial

4:20 PM – 4:40 PM EDT

(CS-18-5) Transcriptomic responses to toxic metal stress in Medicago reveals more resilient genotypes use adaptive detoxification mechanisms

Location: Meeting Room 201-202

Symposium Speaker: – Brookhaven National Laboratory

Abstract Co-Author: – Brookhaven National Laboratory

Abstract Co-Author:

Abstract Co-Author: – Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias ICA-CSIC

Abstract Co-Author: – Joint Genome Institute/Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA USA

Abstract Co-Author: – Joint Genome Institute/Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Ber keley, CA USA

Abstract Co-Author: – USDA ARS St. Paul, MN

Abstract Co-Author: – Plant and Environmental Quality, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ICA-CSIC, Madrid, Spain

Abstract Co-Author: – USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Center

3:15 PM – 3:18 PM EDT

(CS-20-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Chair: – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research

3:18 PM – 3:38 PM EDT

(CS-20-1) The plant response to high CO2 levels is heritable and orchestrated by DNA methylation.

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

3:38 PM – 3:58 PM EDT

(CS-20-2) Coordination of basal immunity and the floral transition by the RRM proteins EDM3 and IBM2 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – UC-Riverside

Abstract Co-Author: – UC-Riverside

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM EDT

(CS-20-4) Plant epigenetics for forest resilience against invasive pathogens

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – University of Birmingham

4:20 PM – 4:40 PM EDT

(CS-20-5) Analysis of gene-targeted DNA methylation patterns in the clonal epitypes of Norway spruce throughout the annual cycle

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research

4:40 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

(CS-20-6) Reduced DNA methylation in plants acts as an internal hard drive of stress memory and induced resistance to biotic stress

Location: Oglethorpe Auditorium

Symposium Speaker: – University of Sheffield

3:15 PM – 3:18 PM EDT

(CS-17-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Chair: – University of Hamburg

3:18 PM – 3:38 PM EDT

(CS-17-1) Does natural variation of the speed of the clock influence seasonal differences in gene expression?

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – Michigan State University

3:38 PM – 3:58 PM EDT

(CS-17-2) Translational regulation of plant photomorphogenesis: SPA1 promotes translation efficiency by phosphorylating the carboxyl-terminal eIF2α

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – National Taiwan University

Abstract Co-Author: – National Taiwan University

Abstract Co-Author: – The University of Texas at Austin

3:58 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

(CS-17-3) VERNALIZATION INDEPENDENCE 3 (VIP3): the first plant gene shown to play a role in deacclimation resistance in arabidopsis and canola - Lightning Talk

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – NDSU

Abstract Co-Author: – North Dakota State University

Abstract Co-Author: – USDA

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM EDT

(CS-17-4) Enhanced pollen tube fitness was selected during breeding of tomato varieties that set fruit at elevated temperature.

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – Brown University

Abstract Co-Author: – Brown University

Abstract Co-Author: – University Of North Carolina Charlotte

Abstract Co-Author: – University of North Carolina Charlotte

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Arizona Tucson

Abstract Co-Author: – Brown University

4:20 PM – 4:40 PM EDT

(CS-17-5) Analysis of translational control during heat stress response using the eEF1B complex in Arabidopsis thaliana

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – University of Hamburg

Abstract Co-Author: – Universität Hamburg

4:40 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

(CS-17-6) Thermosensory transcription factors phase separate with the Mediator coactivator complex to activate thermomorphogenetic genes

Location: Meeting Room 105-106

Symposium Speaker: – University of Mississippi

Abstract Co-Author: – University of Mississippi

Abiotic: Light & Temperature

3:15 PM – 3:18 PM EDT

(CS-16-0) Overview by Chair

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Chair: – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

3:18 PM – 3:38 PM EDT

(CS-16-1) Genetically-Encoded Delivery Vehicles for Plant Synthetic Biology and Food Security

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – California Institute of Technology

3:38 PM – 3:58 PM EDT

(CS-16-2) POSTHARVEST CHILLING STRESS IN TOMATO FRUIT

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – University of California Davis

3:58 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

(CS-16-3) Plant Responses to Plasma-Activated Water - Lightning Talk

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – North Carolina State University

4:00 PM – 4:20 PM EDT

(CS-16-4) Root phenotypes for carbon farming and climate resilience

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – Salk Institute for Biological Studies

4:20 PM – 4:40 PM EDT

(CS-16-5) The unexpected roles of glycosyl hydrolases in Hemicellulose synthesis

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – University of Florida

4:40 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

(CS-16-6) Continuous directed evolution of short-lived plant enzymes to cut maintenance respiration costs - Pre-recorded

Location: Meeting Room 102-103

Symposium Speaker: – University of Florida

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

Networking Reception & Poster Presentations

Location: Exhibit Hall A

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

Interviewing 101

Location: Aloha Park

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT

Plantae Fellows Meetup

Location: Community Building Lounge

8:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT

ECPS Trivia Night

Location: Poor Larrys Downtown