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Monday, July 27th

Monday, July 27th
7:00 am to 8:00 am · Salon 19/20/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session TE03: Breakfast: Michigan Consortium of Botanists Breakfast
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July 27th 7:00 amMichigan Consortium of Botanists Breakfast
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Conference Wide
Monday, July 27th
1:30 pm to 3:15 pm · Salon 19/20/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 14: Contributed Papers: Horticulture I
Presiding: Anissa Poleatewich, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
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14001July 27th 1:30 pmCrop diversification in Canada: How can new crops be successfully introduced?
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HorticulturePaperBlade, Stan.Crop Diversity
July 27th 1:45 pmUnsubmitted Abstract
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Horticulture
14003July 27th 2:00 pmStudy of Genetic Diversity among various blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) using molecular markers
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HorticulturePaperBhatt, Dhrumit; Roncal, Julissa; Debnath, Samir C..
14004July 27th 2:15 pmScaling up lingonberry micropropagation in liquid media using a bioreactor system
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HorticulturePaperArigundam, Usha; Marshall, H.Dawn; Debnath, Samir.C.Micropropagation
semi-solid media
stationary immersion
temporary immersion
Lingonberry
14005July 27th 2:30 pmMineral fertilization stimulates root and leaf growth of cloudberry planted in harvested peatlands
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HorticulturePaperBoulanger Pelletier, Jade; Lapointe, Line; Rochefort, Line; Quenum, Mathieu.Rubus chamaemorus
mineral fertilization
root growth
foliar nutrients
14006July 27th 2:45 pm35 years of breeding---New low-light tolerant Canadian citrus and edible plants for the home indoor windowsill environment and greenhouse industry
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HorticulturePaperNair, M.P.M.; Tanino, Karen.low light tolerant
citrus
edible
indoor windowsill
food security
Monday, July 27th
3:45 pm to 5:30 pm · Salon 19/20/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 23: Contributed Papers: Horticulture II
Presiding: Anissa Poleatewich, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
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23001July 27th 3:45 pmDevelopment and current status of hydroponics systems for greenhouse vegetable production in Alberta
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HorticulturePaperMirza, Mohyuddin.Hydroponics
greenhouse vegetable production
Soilless cultivation
July 27th 4:00 pmUnsubmitted Abstract
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Horticulture
23003July 27th 4:15 pmEvaluation of antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticle in vitro and on coated activated carbons
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HorticulturePaperYang, Jian; Li, Xiujie Susie; Savchenko, Oleksandra; Yang, Xiaoyan; Chen, Jie.Silver nanoparticles
Activated carbon
Disease management
greenhouse vegetable production
water treatment
Hydroponics
23004July 27th 4:30 pmA quantitative dynamic simulation of Bremia lactucae airborne conidia concentration above the lettuce canopy
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HorticulturePaperFall, M. L.; Van Der Heyden, Hervé; Carisse, Odile.simulation model
decision support system
Disease management
23005July 27th 4:45 pmDetection of DNA methylation pattern in in vitro-derived blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) callus using methylation-sensitive amplification polymorphism (MSAP)
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HorticulturePaperGhosh, Amrita; Goyali, Juran C.; Igamberdiev, Abir U.; Debnath, Samir C..Blueberry
DNA methylation
in vitro propagation
somaclonal variation
MSAP
23006July 27th 5:00 pmThe DNA methylation status in lowbush blueberry propagated by conventional softwood cutting and micropropagation
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HorticulturePaperGoyali, Juran C.; Ghosh, Amrita; Igamberdiev, Abir U.; Debnath, Samir.C.Blueberry
Softwood cuttings
Micropropagation
EST-PCR molecular marker
Clonal fidelity
DNA methylation
Methylation sensitive amplification polymorphism
23007July 27th 5:15 pmChallenges to the Commercial Development of Valuable Bioproducts from Indigenous Plant Species
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HorticulturePaperPaton, Dr. William.plant secondary chemistry
bioproducts
Vegetative Propagation
plant growth
harvesting
processing
feasibility
Monday, July 27th
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm · Salon 19/20/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session M30: Meeting: Herbarium Curators meeting
Presiding: Barbara Whitlock,
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July 27th 7:00 pmASPT Herbarium Curators meeting
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Systematics Section/ASPT

Tuesday, July 28th

Tuesday, July 28th
9:00 am to 12:00 pm · Salon 19/20/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 39: Contributed Papers: Genomics/Proteomics I
Presiding: Shannon C.K. Straub, Hobart and William Smith Colleges; John Gibbons, Clark University
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39001July 28th 9:00 amChallenges of using transcriptomes for comparative gene family evolution: Examples from Apocynaceae
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperStraub, Shannon C.K.; Bailey, C. Donovan; Cronn, Richard C.; Fishbein, Mark; Liston, Aaron.Transcriptome
Asclepias
Apocynaceae
gene family evolution
Comparative Genomics
39002July 28th 9:15 amTranscriptomic and genomic investigations of the homosporous fern, Ceratopteris richardii
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperMarchant, Blaine; Sessa, Emily Butler; Heo, Kweon; Soltis, Pamela S.; Soltis, Douglas E..fern
Polyploidy
transcriptomics
genomics
39003July 28th 9:30 amCAM physiology and transcriptomics in the homoploid hybrid Yucca gloriosa
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperHeyduk, Karolina; Ray, Jeremy N.; Burrell, Nia; Lalani, Falak; Leebens-Mack, James H..Crassulacean acid metabolism
Photosynthesis
transcriptomics
comparative cenomics
39004July 28th 9:45 amTransposable elements of Agavoideae
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperHertweck, Kate L.; Bousios, Alexandros; McKain, Michael.transposable elements
Comparative Genomics
Agave
asparagales
monocots
repetitive sequences
July 28th 10:00 amBreak
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Genomics / Proteomics
39006July 28th 10:30 amCryptic Diversity in the Cryptococcus gattii Genome Revealed through Population-Level Sequencing
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperSteenwyk, Jacob; Gibbons, John.genomics
population variation
genetic variation
Pathogenicity
Fungi
39007July 28th 10:45 amIntragenomic polymorphisms among high-copy loci: a genus-wide study of nuclear ribosomal DNA in Asclepias (Apocynaceae)
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperWeitemier, Kevin; Straub, Shannon C.K.; Fishbein, Mark; Liston, Aaron.Asclepias
Concerted evolution
Genome skimming
High-copy
Intragenomic polymorphism
Partial SNP (pSNP)
nuclear ribosomal DNA
nrDNA
Intra-individual site polymorphism
2ISP
ITS
39008July 28th 11:00 amQuantifying transcriptome-wide levels of gene expression following autopolyploidy in Tolmiea (Saxifragaceae)
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperVisger, Clayton; Wong, Gane Ka-Shu; Soltis, Pamela S.; Soltis, Douglas.Polyploidy
autopolyploidy
gene expression
RNA-Seq
39009July 28th 11:15 amEvolution and development of storage roots in morning glories
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperEserman, Lauren; Leebens-Mack, James H..morning glories
storage root
root anatomy
transcriptomics
RNA Sequencing
39010July 28th 11:30 amNot all magnoliid genomes are “fossils.”
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperSinn, Brandon T.; Sedmak, Dylan; Kelly, Lawrence; Freudenstein, John.Asarum
Saruma
Magnoliid
mitochondrion
mitochondrial genome
Tuesday, July 28th
1:30 pm to 5:00 pm · Salon 19/20/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 48: Contributed Papers: Genomics/Proteomics II
Presiding: Bahram Samanfar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
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48001July 28th 1:30 pmEarly flowering soybean: the art of mixing plant breeding, molecular biology and bioinformatics
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperSamanfar, Bahram; Charette, Martin; Cober, Elroy; Molnar, Stephen.Soybean
Early maturity
Flowering
E10
SSR
SNP
Bioinformatics
PPI
PIPE
Functional genomics
genomics
48002July 28th 1:45 pmRegulation of Isoflavonoid Biosynthesis and GmMYB176 interactome in soybean
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperAnguraj Vadivel, Arun Kumaran; Dhaubhadel, Sangeeta.Co-immunoprecipitation
Transcriptional regulation
protein protein interactions
Mass Spectrometry
Isoflavonoid
Biosynthetic pathway regulation
48003July 28th 2:00 pmOverexpression of miR156 affects forage yield and other traits in alfalfa by regulating SPL genes
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperHannoufa, Abdelali; Gruber, Margaret; Aung, Banyar; Bertrand, Annick; Amyot, Lisa; Omari, Khalid.Forage
microRNA
gene expression
Biomass yield and quality
48004July 28th 2:15 pmGenome Sequence for OAC Rex, a Dry Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) Line with Common Bacterial Blight Resistance Introgressed from Phaseolus acutifolius
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperPerry, Gregory; Dinatalle, D; Xie, Weilong; Munholland, Seth; Crosby, William L.; Pauls, Karl Peter.Phaseolus vulgaris
genomes
bacterial disease
Disease Resistance Genes
introgression
48005July 28th 2:30 pmEvaluating evidence for ancient Whole Genome Duplications from Synonymous Substitution Rates
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperTiley, George; Burleigh, Gordon.gene family evolution
gene duplication
synonymous substitution rates
whole genome duplication
48006July 28th 2:45 pmExamination of clock related post-translational protein regulation through quantitative proteomics
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperUhrig, R. Glen; Echevarría-Zomeño, Sira; Grossmann, Jonas; Roschitzki, Bernd; Gruissem, Wilhelm.Proteomics
Phosphorylation
Arabidopsis
Mass Spectrometry
Circadian Clock
48007July 28th 3:00 pmUsing a hypomethylated population of strawberry to demonstrate that epigenetic variation can be subject to selection
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperXu, Jihua; Robinson, Steve; Tanino, Karen.Strawberry
epigenetic
flowering time
DNA methylation
inheritance
July 28th 3:15 pmBreak
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Genomics / Proteomics
48009July 28th 3:45 pmGenomic dissection of an important malting quality QTL in barley
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperSingh, Surinder; Singh, Jaswinder.genomics
barley
Malting
Functional genomics
Molecular genetics
Transposon
Cereals
quality
breeding
48010July 28th 4:00 pmTranscriptome profiling reveals whitebark pine genetic diversity for resistance to white pine blister rust
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperLiu, Jun-jun; Sniezko, Richard; Murray, Michael; Wang, Ning; Sturrock, Rona; Zamany, Arezoo; Kegley, Angelia; Savin, Douglas.Genetic resistance
RNA-Seq
Transcriptome
SNP genotyping
whitebark pine
white pine blister rust
48011July 28th 4:15 pmTranscriptome profiling of Amaranthus hypochondriacus.
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperAdhikary, Dinesh; Deyholos, Michael.Transcriptome
Amaranthus 
48012July 28th 4:30 pmComparative transcriptomics of two closely related grapevine species (Vitis riparia and V. rupestris)
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Genomics / ProteomicsPaperMiller, Allison.transcriptomics
grapevine
natural variation
common garden
adaptation
Abiotic stress

Wednesday, July 29th

Wednesday, July 29th
8:15 am to 11:45 am · Salon 19/20/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 63: Contributed Papers: Conservation Biology I
Presiding: S. Ellen Macdonald, University of Alberta; Mitchell McGlaughlin, University Of Northern Colorado
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63001July 29th 8:15 amForest vegetation responses to atmospheric deposition associated with oil sands mining operations
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Conservation BiologyPaperMacdonald, S. Ellen; Fenn, Mark; Davies, Mervyn.pollution
boreal forest
Community ecology
oil sands mining
63002July 29th 8:30 amAssessment and management of forest biodiversity in environmentally sensitive areas in Kashmir valley
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Conservation BiologyPaperPandey, Sandeep.Biodiversity assessment
Kashmir
63003July 29th 8:45 amQuantitative ethno-botanical analysis and conservation issues of medicinal flora from Alpine and Sub-alpine, Hindukush region of Pakistan
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Conservation BiologyPaperJan, Dr. Gul.Medicinal plants
63004July 29th 9:00 amThe lichen in the room: do patterns of biodiverse, understudied groups really mirror those of the plants and animals that often set conservation priorities?
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Conservation BiologyPaperDorey, Jenna; Lendemer, James; Naczi, Robert F. C..biodiversity
conservation
lichen
coastal plain
Delmarva
63005July 29th 9:15 amLichens in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain: patterns and trends from four years of intensive biodiversity inventory
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Conservation BiologyPaperLendemer, James; Allen, Jessica.biodiversity
fungus
southeastern
biogeography
63006July 29th 9:30 amNot So Different After All: Results from the First IUCN Red List Assessment for North American Lichens Dispel the Myth that Fungi Cannot be Conserved
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Conservation BiologyPaperLendemer, James; Allen, Jessica; McMullin, R. Troy.IUCN Red List
endangered
international collaboration
climate change
pollution
invasive species
July 29th 9:45 amBreak
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Conservation Biology
63008July 29th 10:15 amHow much is enough? Minimum sampling intensity required to capture extant genetic diversity in ex situ seed collections: examples from the endangered plant Sibara filifolia (Brassicaceae)
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Conservation BiologyPaperMcGlaughlin, Mitchell; Riley, Lynn; Helenurm, Kaius.ex situ conservation
Microsatellites
California Channel Islands
seed bank
genetic diversity
simulation
63009July 29th 10:30 amAn ecological genetic assessment of non-local provenance seed for restoration
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Conservation BiologyPaperKrauss, Siegy.restoration
seed sourcing
provenance
adaptation
climate change
63010July 29th 10:45 amGIS assessment of gene flow risk from Brassica napus to its wild relatives in China
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Conservation BiologyPaperDong, Jingjing; Zhang, Minggang; Wang, Yinghao; Wei, Wei; Ma, Keping.gene flow
Species distribution
risk
wild relatives
63011July 29th 11:00 amBotanic garden genetics: comparison of two cycad conservation collections
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Conservation BiologyPaperGriffith, M. Patrick; Meerow, Alan W.; Calonje, Michael; Sanchez, Vanessa; Hird, Abby; Magellan, Tracy M.; Knowles, Lindy; Francisco-Ortega, Javier.The Bahamas
Belize
botanic garden
conservation genetics
Cycadales
cycads
ex situ
Zamia
Zamia decumbens
Zamia lucayana
Zamiaceae
63012July 29th 11:15 amIs there any future for ethno-botanical knowledge? Climate change and its impact: a case study from Hindu-Kush Himalayas
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Conservation BiologyPaperAli, Kishwar; Khan, Nasrullah; Rehman, Inayat U. R.; Jury, Stephen; Ahmad, Habib.climate change
Hindu-Kush Himalayas
MaxEnt
Ordination
ethnobotany
species distribution modelling
Swat Valley
63013July 29th 11:30 amAssisted Migration to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change for Rare and Range-Restricted Plants
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Conservation BiologyPaperPedersen, Jennine; Macdonald, Ellen; Nielsen, Scott.assisted migration
climate change
Liatris ligulistylis
range shift
climatic niche
Wednesday, July 29th
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm · Salon 19/20/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 66: Contributed Papers: Conservation Biology II
Presiding: Laurie Hamilton, Zanshin Environmental Networks Inc.
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66001July 29th 1:30 pmInvestigating ex situ genetic diversity of a functionally extinct Hawaiian species, Brighamia insignis A. Gray (Campanulaceae), to inform future conservation actions
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Conservation BiologyPaperWalsh, Seana; Fant, Jeremie; Kramer, Andrea; Cheng, Kevin; Morden, Clifford; Lorence, David.Brighamia insignis
botanic garden
conservation
conservation genetics
endangered
endemic
ex situ conservation
extinct
genetic diversity
Hawaii
66002July 29th 1:45 pmReproductive ecology of the threatened Miccosukee gooseberry (Ribes echinellum): Where have all the seedlings gone?
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Conservation BiologyPaperNegronOrtiz, Vivian.reproductive biology
endangered
Ribes
Florida
pollination
pollen tube growth
Seed germination
seedling survival
conservation
Hand-pollination treatments
66003July 29th 2:00 pmEcological niche modeling predicts invasion risks of endemic land snail (Indrella ampulla) into Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) plantations in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in India
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Conservation BiologyPaperSen, Sandeep; Shivaprakash, Nagaraju; Aravind, Nilavara A.; Ravikanth, Gudasalamani; Dayanandan, Selvadurai.Elettaria
Indrella
invasive species
Niche Modeling
conservation
66004July 29th 2:15 pmInnovation vs. Invasion: Innovative Techniques to Assist the Eradication of Weed Populations
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Conservation BiologyPaperChandler, Brad James.Weed control
unmanned aerial vehicle
innovative control techniques
detector dog
66005July 29th 2:30 pmChanges in publication rates and the research productivity of tropical countries in conservation science: implications for inclusive conservation
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Conservation BiologyPaperMammides, Christos; Chen, Jin; Corlett, Richard T.; Ewing, Harry T.; Goodale, Uromi Manage; Hariya, Hetal; Xia, Xue; Goodale, Eben Bowditch.Publication rates
Conservation science
Acceptance rates
biodiversity
Ecnomic development
66006July 29th 2:45 pmRare Plant Distribution Modelling: Exploring Environmental Predictor Datasets - A Case Study in Southeast Alberta
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Conservation BiologyPaperHamilton, Laurie.rare plant
Suaeda moquinii
species distribution modelling
predictor datasets
southeast Alberta
 

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