Scientific Programme

Continent-scale Aerial Dispersal of Mycorrhizal Fungi,
Bala Chaudhary, USA
Interactions Between Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Mycophagous Mammals at the Plant-soil Interphase
Camille Truong, Australia

Workshop 1:

Common mycorrhizal networks- Who’s the boss?

Organiser: Joanna Weremijewicz, USA

Chairs: Joanna Weremijewicz, USA &
Nils Henriksson, Sweden

Do establishing pine seedlings in boreal forests benefit from proximity to overstay trees, their roots and mycorrhizal networks?,
Nils Henriksson, Sweden
Belowground carbon transfer from sunlit pines to shaded oaks,
Stav Livne-Luzon, Israel
Does the winner really takes it all? And for what price?,
Jan Jansa & Maede Faghihinia, Czechia
Trade-offs between feeding the fungi and regulating plant water balance: Could connections to EM networks affect plant drought tolerance?,
Ylva Lekberg, USA
Water movement within arbuscular common mycorrhizal networks may not abide by the “reciprocal rewards” hypothesis,
Joanna Weremijewicz, USA
Tracking resource allocation on the micronscale,
Toby Kiers, The Netherlands

Workshop 2:

Advances in Macroecology and Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Fungi

Organiser: Adriana Corrales, Colombia

Chairs: Adriana Corrales, Colombia &
Clara Qin, USA

Comparing species distribution models of ericoid mycorrhizal fungi with vegetation patterns of ericaceous plants under climate change,
Inaki Odriozola, Czechia
Global mycorrhizal fungal diversity and hyphal length mapping,
Justin D. Stewart, The Netherlands
Linking plant and mycorrhizal fungal diversity at the global scale,
Laura van Galen, Switzerland
Quantifying the compositional sensitivity of mycorrhizal fungi to climate change,
Clara Qin, USA
Deciphering mycorrhizal-soil microbe interactions in shaping the soil microbiome and its ecosystem functions,
Mohammad Bahram, Sweden

Plenary Session 3:
Regulation and Transport in
Mycorrhizal Networks

Chair: Katie Field

Molecular Genetics of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Cereals,
Uta Paszkowski, UK
Compounds Regulating the Development of AM Fungi,
Hiromu Kameoka, China
Enhancing Ecosystem Functionality using Insights from Mycorrhizal Fungal Signalling
Jonathan Plett, Australia

Plenary Session 3:
Regulation and Transport in
Mycorrhizal Networks

Nutrient Transfer and Assimilation in Orchid Mycorrhiza
Silvia Perotto, Italy
Intraspecific diploidization of a halophyte root fungus drives heterosis,
Zhilin Yuan, China
Deciphering Mycorrhiza-mediated Plant Potassium Nutrition,
Kevin Garcia, USA

Parallel Session A3 :
Evolution & Taxonomy

Chairs: Anna Rosling & Bruno Goto

Parallel Session B3:
Management
& Applications

Chairs: Erik Verbruggen & Gaby Deckmyn & Stefanie Lutz

Workshops 6:

The ‘other’ endomycorrhizas: ecology, diversity, molecular biology, and methods for study

Organisers: Alan Wanke, UK & Camille S Delavaux, Switzerland

Chairs: Alan Wanke, UK & Camille S Delavaux, Switzerland &
Laura van Galen, Switzerland & Silvia Pressel, UK

Mucoromycotina ‘fine root endophytes’ (MFRE)-plant symbiosis: in-vitro manipulation and cellular characterisation,
Victor Rodriguez Morelos, UK
Diverse nutrient use and habitat preference of Mucoromycotina ‘fine root endophytes’,
Nathan Howard, UK
Carbon transfer to orchid protocorms via common mycorrhizal networks,
David Johnson, UK
Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi: historical perspective, annotated checklist, and future directions,
Martin Vohnik, Czechia
Ericoid mycorrhiza ecology: from the study of fungal/plant interaction to the characterization of the microbial communities associated to blueberry plants in natural Environments,
Alessandra Salvioli di Fossalunga, Italy
Mycorrhizal benefit for wetland plant species: a case study using ericoid symbioses,
Alice Neves, Switzerland

Parallel Session A3 :
Evolution & Taxonomy

Chairs: Anna Rosling & Bruno Goto

Parallel Session B3:
Management
& Applications

Chairs: Erik Verbruggen & Gaby Deckmyn & Stefanie Lutz

Workshop 7:

Natural selection in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses

Organiser: César Marín, Chile

Chairs: César Marín, Chile & Nancy Collins Johnson, USA

A tripartite framework for defining units of selection in mycorrhizal symbioses,
César Marín, Chile
Nuclei as Units of Selectionx,
Sander van Otterdijk, The Netherlands
A core microbiome in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has functional significance in organic phosphorus mineralization,
Letian Wang, China
Building a predictive multilevel selection framework for the dynamics of the mycorrhizal mutualism: Theory and tests within AMF,
James D. Bever, USA
Evolution of plant holobionts through Selection of Functional Teams,
Nancy Collins Johnson, USA

Plenary Session 4:
Functional Consequences of
Mycorrhizal Diversity

Chair: David Johnson

How Mycorrhizal Associations Affect Plant Nutrient Strategy and Ecosystem Carbon Cycle,
Lingli Liu, China
Mycorrhizal Fungal Biodiversity and Forest Functioning,
Mark Anthony, Austria
TBA,
Serita Frey, USA

Plenary Session 4:
Functional Consequences of
Mycorrhizal Diversity

Tropical Fagales Forests as a Study Case for Understanding Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Function and Conservation
Adriana Corrales, Colombia
TBA,
Minxia Liang, China
Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Effects on Soil Organic Matter Decomposition: One Hypothesis Size Does Not Fit All,
Peter Kennedy, USA