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Saturday, July 25th

Saturday, July 25th
10:00 am to 12:00 pm · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session WS20: Workshop: Agrigenomic Tools: Powered by Illumina
Presiding: Laura Wachtmann, Illumina, Inc
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WS20001July 25th 10:00 amAgrigenomic Tools:  Powered by Illumina
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Conference WideWorkshopWachtmann, Laura.Illumina

Sunday, July 26th

Sunday, July 26th
10:00 am to 12:00 pm · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session WS20: Workshop: Agrigenomic Tools: Powered by Illumina
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July 26th 10:00 amAgrigenomic Tools: Powered by Illumina
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Conference Wide
Sunday, July 26th
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session WS12: Workshop: Commercial Greenhouse Lighting: Techniques and Practicalities
Presiding: Ronald James Howard,
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WS12001July 26th 1:00 pmCommercial Greenhouse Lighting: Techniques and Practicalities
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Conference WideWorkshopHoward, Ronald James.greenhouse artificial lighting
LED Light-Emitting Diode
greenhouse vegetable production
HPS High Pressure Sodium

Monday, July 27th

Monday, July 27th
8:00 am to 9:00 am · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session S02: Special Lecture: MSA Presidential Address
Presiding: Kerry O'Donnell, USDA Ag Research Station NCAUR
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S02001July 27th 8:00 amMusings on what types of non-molecular characters are concordant with molecular phylogenies in Agaricomycetes and why so few are synapomorphic
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MSA Presidential AddressSpecial AddressLodge, D. Jean.Evolution
systematics
Hygrophoraceae
molecular phylogeny
morphology
Monday, July 27th
9:15 am to 10:15 am · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session S03: Special Lecture: Karling Lecture
Presiding: D. Jean Lodge, Center for Forest Mycology Research
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S03001July 27th 9:15 amPerception in fungi: sensing light and other signals
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Karling LectureSpecial AddressCorrochano, Luis M..Phycomyces blakesleeanus
Neurospora crassa
Photobiology
phototropism
Photoreceptor
Blue light
Monday, July 27th
10:30 am to 11:30 am · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session M53: Meeting: MSA Business Meeting
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July 27th 10:30 amMSA Business Meeting
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MSA-Wide
Monday, July 27th
1:30 pm to 5:30 pm · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session C2: Colloquium: Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae
Presiding: Karol Marhold, Institute Of Botany/Slovak Acad Sci; Martin Lysak, CEITEC, Masaryk University
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C2SUMJuly 27th 1:30 pmRecent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae ColloquiumLysak, Martin; Marhold, Karol.Brassicaceae
Cruciferae
Phylogeny
Polyploidy
genomics
July 27th 1:30 pmIntroduction
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae 
C2002July 27th 1:45 pmBrassicaceae of the World: Current Status of its Taxonomy
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae ColloquiumAl-Shehbaz, Ihsan.Brassicaceae
Current taxonomy
C2003July 27th 2:15 pmResolving Brassicaceae phylogeny using nuclear genes facilitates molecular clock estimates of major branches, character reconstruction and analysis of gene family evolution
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae ColloquiumMa, Hong; Huang, Chien-Hsun; Sun, Renran; Hu, Yi; Zeng, Liping; Zhang, Ning; Cai, Liming; Edger, Patrick; Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan; Pires, J. Chris; Koch, Marcus; Tan, Dun-Yan.Brassicaceae
Molecular clock
Nuclear genes
Morphological characters
Phylogeny
Transcriptome
C2004July 27th 2:45 pmA time-calibrated road map of Brassicaceae evolutionary history
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae ColloquiumKoch, Marcus; Hohmann, Nora.Divergence time estimates
Brassicaceae
Superrosids
July 27th 3:15 pmBreak
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae 
C2006July 27th 3:45 pmPositionally-Conserved but Sequence-Diverged: Identification of Long non-coding RNAs in the Brassicaceae and Cleomaceae
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae ColloquiumSchranz, M. Eric; Mohammadin, Setareh.Brassicaceae
long non-coding RNAs
phylogenomics
C2007July 27th 4:15 pmUntangling the evolutionary ecology of soil specialization in Streptanthus and allies through a combined phylogenetic and ecological approach
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae ColloquiumCacho, Natalia Ivalu; Strauss, Sharon.adaptation
edaphic specialization
serpentine
plant secondary chemistry
exaptation
herbivory
plant competitive ability
C2008July 27th 4:45 pmThe origin and genome structure of the European Cardamine flexuosa and related Eastern Asian allopolyploids
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae ColloquiumMandáková, Terezie; Zozomová-Lihová, Judita; Lysak, Martin; Marhold, Karol.Brassicaceae
Cruciferae
Cardamine
genomic in situ hybridization
comparative chromosome painting
July 27th 5:15 pmDiscussion
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Recent advances in phylogeny and systematics of Brassicaceae 

Tuesday, July 28th

Tuesday, July 28th
7:00 am to 8:00 am · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session TE12: Breakfast: University of Connecticut Breakfast
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July 28th 7:00 amUniversity of Connecticut Breakfast
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Conference Wide
Tuesday, July 28th
8:30 am to 11:30 am · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 38: Contributed Papers: ABLS II
Presiding: Hannah M. Prather, Portland State University
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38001July 28th 8:30 amA canopy in the urban cloud: urbanization impacts on canopy communities across the Portland urban airshed
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperPrather, Hannah M.; Rosenstiel, Todd N..biodiversity
forest biodiversity
38002July 28th 8:45 amThe Impact of Bouldering on Boulder-Associated Plants and Lichens
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperTessler, Michael; Clark, Theresa An.conservation
Community ecology
bryophytes
lichens
recreation
38003July 28th 9:00 amGreat Air in the Great Basin? Using Elemental Accumulation Patterns in Lichens to Assess Air Quality
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperLeavitt, Steven; St. Clair, Larry.bio-monitoring
elemental analysis
PIXE
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
Xanthomendoza montana
38004July 28th 9:15 am
Canceled
Reproductive system in Letharia – implications for conservation in Scandinavia
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperTuovinen, Veera; Bergström, Linnea; Ament Velásquez, Sandra Lorena; Spribille, Toby; Vanderpool, Dan; Nascimbene, Juri; Yamamoto, Yoshikazu; Thor, Göran; Johannesson, Hanna.Heterothallism
Mating-type loci
Mating-type ratio
lichen
38005July 28th 9:30 amForty years later: changes in lichen communities on alpine tundra at Niwot Ridge, Colorado
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperScharnagl, Klara; Ebert-May, Diane.lichen
long-term
Community ecology
global change
alpine tundra
July 28th 9:45 amBreak
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLS
38007July 28th 10:15 amMosses in a system of Scandinavian interglacial refugia
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperHedenas, Lars.Phylogeography
Molecular divergence
Postglacial history
Haplotype
38008July 28th 10:30 amSo close and yet so far away: the role of local and regional propagule dispersal in re-assembling bryophyte communities
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperBarbé, Marion; Fenton, Nicole; Bergeron, Yves.Residual patches
boreal ecosystems
Community ecology
Propagule rain
Dispersal patterns
38009July 28th 10:45 amThe effect of long periods of reduced light on recovery from desiccation in an epiphyllous bryophyte
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperMcLetchie, D. Nicholas; Alvarenga, Lisi; Machado, Priscila.Abiotic stress
38010July 28th 11:00 amWarming reduces stress and enhances reproductive success in an Antarctic moss
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Bryological and Lichenological Section/ABLSPaperShortlidge, Erin E.; Kohler, Hans; Eppley, Sarah M.; Zuniga, Gustavo; Rosenstiel, Todd N.; Casanova-Katny, Angelica.Antarctica
moss
sexual reproduction
bryophytes
climate change
Tuesday, July 28th
1:30 pm to 5:30 pm · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session SY11: Symposium: Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientists
Presiding: Lloyd Stark,
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July 28th 1:30 pmIntroduction
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientists
SY11SUMJuly 28th 1:30 pmDesiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientists
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientistsSymposiumStark, Lloyd.rehydration
constitutive
inducible
hardening
dehardening
SY11002July 28th 1:45 pmComparative desiccation tolerance of biocrust mosses in colonial habit revealed by imaging chlorophyll fluorescence
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientistsSymposiumDeane-Coe, Kirsten K..Photosynthesis
Syntrichia caninervis
Syntrichia ruralis
precipitation
dryland
ΦPSII
SY11003July 28th 2:15 pmThe effects of bryo-tic pulses on interactions between vascular plants
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientistsSymposiumSlate, Mandy; Callaway, Ragan.
SY11004July 28th 2:45 pmInfluence of life history phase, genotype, and rate of drying upon desiccation tolerance in Bryum argenteum
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientistsSymposiumGreenwood, Joshua.osmotic stress
Fv/Fm
stress tolerance
poikilohydry
July 28th 3:15 pmBreak
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientists
SY11006July 28th 3:45 pmTradeoffs in Desiccation Tolerance and Reproductive Allocation
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientistsSymposiumMarks, Rose; McLetchie, D. Nicholas.desiccation
reproductive investment
tradeoff
genetic variation
SY11007July 28th 4:15 pmBryophyte morphology: a trait associated to desiccation tolerance
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientistsSymposiumCruz de Carvalho, Ricardo.morphology
Bryophyte
desiccation
microtomography 
SY11008July 28th 4:45 pmAntheridia are Desiccation Tolerant in Bryum argenteum: Postrehydration Water Content Predicts Time to Sperm Release
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientistsSymposiumStark, Lloyd.rehydration
constitutive
inducible
hardening
dehardening
July 28th 5:15 pmDiscussion
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Desiccation tolerance in bryophytes: perspectives from early career scientists

Wednesday, July 29th

Wednesday, July 29th
8:10 am to 12:00 pm · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 62: Contributed Papers: Sustainable Production and Cropping Systems
Presiding: Robyne Bowness, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
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July 29th 8:10 amIntroduction
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Agronomy
62002July 29th 8:15 amWeed management via targeted soil seedbank disturbance: Brassica napus L. in western Canada
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AgronomyPaperGeddes, Charles M.; Gulden, Robert H..Volunteer canola
Tillage
Timing of disturbance
Seedbank persistence
seedling recruitment
62003July 29th 8:45 amMoving beyond the wheat canola rotation: The effect of crop sequence on soybean grain yield, mycorrhizal colonization, and N fixation by bradyrhizobium. D. Sanders, Y. Lawley, R. Gulden, M. Tenuta
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AgronomyPaperSanders, Don; Lawley, Yvonne; Gulden, Robert H.; Tenuta, Mario.crop rotation
yield
Soybean
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
N fixation
agronomy
62004July 29th 9:00 amRotational Diversity Effects in a Cereal-Based Cropping System
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AgronomyPaperBeres, Brian; Pageau, Denis; Dion, Yves; Turkington, T. Kelly; Lupwayi, Newton; Larney, Frank; Ellert, Benjamin; Smith, Elwin.Cropping Systems
Agronomic Production Systems
62005July 29th 9:15 amYield, nutrient uptake, and N fixation in soybean in comparison to pea and lentil in Saskatchewan
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AgronomyPaperXie, Jing; Schoenau, Jeff; Warkentin, Tom.Soybean
N fixation
Saskatchewan
field peas
Lentil
Nutrient removal
62006July 29th 9:30 amField-Scale Studies Indicate that Seed-Applied Insecticide (Neonicotinoids)/Fungicides on Soybean Consistently Increase Plant Populations but not Yield or Partial Returns
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AgronomyPaperCox, Bill.Soybean
seed-applied insecticide/fungicides
neonicotinoids
July 29th 9:45 amBreak
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Agronomy
62008July 29th 10:15 amRolling up the data . . . forage barley
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AgronomyPaperJuskiw, Patricia; Swift, Mary Lou; Baron, Vern; Doce, Raquel; Nyachiro, Joseph; Heckman, Lindsay.barley
Forage
economics
breeding
62009July 29th 10:30 amEffect of urea, ESN and ammonium sulphate on barley for grain and silage production in northwestern Ontario
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AgronomyPaperSahota, Dr. Tarlok Singh.Urea
ESN
Ammonium sulphate
barley
yield
Biomass yield and quality
seed protein
62010July 29th 10:45 amThiourea improves drought resistance in maize by modulating water relations, nutrients and proline accumulation
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AgronomyPaperCheema, Mumtaz; Hussain, Babar; Saleem, Muhammad; Wahid, Muhammad; Farooq, Muhammad.drought stress
Thiourea
hybrids
Water relations
Nutrient accumulation
Proline accumulation
Lipid peroxidation
Electrolyte leakage
62011July 29th 11:00 amRates of yield gain of hard red spring wheat inwestern Canada
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AgronomyPaperThomas, Julian; Graf, Robert.Yield gain
hard-red spring wheat  
Wednesday, July 29th
1:30 pm to 3:15 pm · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 68: Contributed Papers: Ecological Section: Forest Ecology
Presiding: Margaret S. Devall, U.S. Forest Service
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68001July 29th 1:30 pmEcology of the Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge – Mississippi
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Ecological SectionPaperDevall, Margaret S.; Berri, Paulo Victor; Spiazzi, Fabio Rodrigues; Hamel, Paul B.; Smith, Carl; Hughes, Steven.forest tree species
68002July 29th 1:45 pmDecreases in habitat availability at cold edge help explain range limits of temperate forest plants
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Ecological SectionPaperBeauregard, Frieda; deBlois, Sylvie.Species distribution
Soil
microclimate
asymetric abiotic stress hypothesis
range limits
deciduous forest
native
native species
boreal forest
68003July 29th 2:00 pmCorrelation of Quercus species regeneration to edge effects and light availability in Oak-dominated forests
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Ecological SectionPaperStoll, Emily.Quercus
light availability
edge effects
68004July 29th 2:15 pmVariation in bark physical and chemical traits in a wet lower montane tropical forest
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Ecological SectionPaperJones, Jennifer Marie; Katie, Heineman; James, Dalling.bark
nutrients
Tropical forest
68005July 29th 2:30 pmTemporal and spatial development of vegetation community patterns on boreal forest surface mine sites reclaimed using salvaged forest floor material
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Ecological SectionPaperHoffman, Elizabeth; Landhäusser, Simon M.; Macdonald, Ellen.reclamation
forest floor material
spatial pattern
understory
boreal forest
68006July 29th 2:45 pmPhytoremediation potential of selected Nigerian indigenous leguminous tree species on crude oil-contaminated soils: 1. Early growth response and vegetative establishment
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Ecological SectionPaperOyedeji, Ayodele Adelusi; Kayode, Joshua; Besenyei, Lynn; Fullen, Michael A..indigenous tree species
Fabaceae
crude oil
Contamination
phytoremediation
68007July 29th 3:00 pmCrepuscular wood-borers favor trees with moist wood
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Ecological SectionPaperBerkov, Amy; Barrios, Héctor; Pinzon-Navarro, Sara.Fabaceae
Lecythidaceae
Malvaceae
Moraceae
Wednesday, July 29th
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm · Salon 8/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session TE28: Banquet: MSA Awards Ceremony, Banquet and Auction
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July 29th 6:00 pmMSA Awards Ceremony, Banquet and Auction
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MSA-Wide

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