12.00 MANOLIS MARKAKISQuantification of defoliating and non defoliating pathotypes of Verticillium dahliaein Greek olive cultivars infested by a microsclerotia inoculum page 49E. Markakis, S.E. Tjamos., P., Antoniou, E.J. Paplomatas, and E.C. TjamosDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75,Athens 11855, Greece12.<strong>20</strong> JESUS MERCADO-BLANCOA close look at the olive-Verticillium dahliae-Pseudomonas fluorescens in plantainteraction page 50Jesús Mercado-Blanco 1 , Carmen Navarro-Raya 1 , Antonio Valverde-Corredor 1 , Stefan G.Amyotte 2 , Katherine F. Dobinson 2,3 and Pilar Prieto 11 Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, (CSIC), Apartado 4084, 14080 Córdoba, Spain; 2 Department ofBiology, University Western Ontario, London, Canada; 3 Southern Crop Protection and Food ResearchCentre, London, Canada12.40 ALIKI TZIMARoles of the G protein β subunit and the catalytic Protein kinase A signalling genesin virulence and physiology of Verticillium dahliae page 51Aliki Tzima 1 , E. J. Paplomatas 1 , D. I. Tsitsigiannis 1 and S. Kang 21 Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos75, Athens 11855, Greece2 Department of Plant Pathology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA <strong>16</strong>802,USA13.00 PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE GROUP13.15-15.00 LUNCHPOSTER SESSION15.00-<strong>16</strong>.00 POSTER VIEWING<strong>16</strong>.00-18.<strong>20</strong> SHORT POSTER PRESENTATIONS ANDPOSTER DISCUSSIONMODERATORS: PETR KARLOVSKY - ABDELBASSET EL HADRAMITAXONOMY AND GENETICSMOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENOMICS<strong>16</strong>.00 ΜΑΡΙΑ RATAJ-GURANOWSKANew case of the identity between vegetative compatibility groups VCG 1 and VCG2B page 52Rataj-Guranowska M. and Łukaszewska-Skrzypniak N.Institute of Plant Protection-National Research Institute, Poznan, Poland<strong>16</strong>.05 CARMEN NAVARRO-RAYAIdentification and characterization of an MFS-transporter gene from Verticilliumdahliae in the interaction with olive page 53Carmen Navarro-Raya 1 , Enriqueta Moyano 2 , Joselin Benítez-Alfonso 2 , Katherine F.Dobinson 3 , 4 , Juan Muñoz-Blanco 2 and Jesús Mercado-Blanco 110
1 Dep. Protección de Cultivos, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (CSIC), Apartado 4084, 14080 Córdobaand 2 Dep. Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Edificio Severo Ochoa, Universidad de Córdoba, Campus deRabanales, 14071- Córdoba, Spain; 3 Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Centre, AAFC, and 4Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canadá<strong>16</strong>.10 KATHERINE DOBINSONTransposable elements of Verticillium dahliae page 54S.G. Amyotte 1 K.F. Dobinson 1,2 , P. Veronese, 3 S.J. Klosterman 4 , K.V. Subbarao 4,5 , S.E.Gold 6 S. Kang 7 and L.-J. Ma 8Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario1, London ON, Canada; Southern Crop Protectionand Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, London, ON, Canada 2 ; Department ofPlant Pathology, NC State University, Raleigh NC, USA 3 ; USDA-ARS, Salinas CA, USA 4 ; Department ofPlant Pathology, University of California, Davis CA, USA 5 ; University of Georgia, Athens GA, USA 6 ;Department of Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA, USA 7 ; Broad Instituteof MIT and Harvard, Cambridge MA, USA 8 .<strong>16</strong>.15 KATHERINE DOBINSONAutophagy and resting structure development in Verticillium dahliae page 55Sylvie M. van Twest 2 , Sandra J Grant 1 , Jessica Cucollo 2 and Katherine F. Dobinson 1,21 Southern Crop Protection & Food Research Centre, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, London ON,Canada;2 Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada<strong>16</strong>.<strong>20</strong> IOANNIS PAPAIOANNOUSearching for heterokaryon incompatibility genes in Verticillium page 56Ioannis A. Papaioannou and Milton A. TypasDepartment of Genetics & Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis,Athens 15701, Greece<strong>16</strong>.25 STEFAN SEEFELDERWilting disease in the Hallertauer hop growing region -Molecular characterizationof various Verticillium strains page 57S.Seefelder 1 , E.Seigner 1 , E.Niedermeier 1 , S.Radišek 2 , and B.Javornik 31 Bavarian State Research Centre for Agriculture,Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding, HopResearch, Hüll 5 1/3, 85283 Wolnzach, Germany, 2 Slovenian Institute of Hop Research and Brewing,Cesta Žalskega tabora 2, Žalec, Slovenia; 3 Centre for Biotechnology and Plant Breeding, University ofLjubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, Ljubljana, Slovenia<strong>16</strong>.30 HAIQUAN XUIdentification and characterisation Verticillium longisporum gene encoding atranscription factor similar to repressor of polysaccharide hydrolases AceI ofTrichoderma reesei page 58Haiquan Xu, Malte Beinhoff, Arne Weiberg and Petr KarlovskyInstitute of Plant Pathology and Plant Protection, Göttingen University, Grisebachstrasse 6, 37077Göttingen, Germany<strong>16</strong>.35 PETR KARLOVSKYCharacterisation of potential pathogenicity-related gene Vl_6.2 of Verticilliumlongisporum page 59Haiquan Xu, Arne Weiberg and Petr KarlovskyInstitute of Plant Pathology and Plant Protection, Göttingen University, Grisebachstrasse 6, 37077Göttingen, Germany11