ABSTRACTS & SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The 3rd Annual Meeting of the FA1106-COST Action "QualityFruit ” will take place at Chania, Maich (Crete), from September 21 th to 24th 2013. The program consisted in a few invited lectures and some selected oral presentations. We especially encouraged young researchers to talk about their results. The meeting is open to non-members of the COST action.
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OPENING LECTURE
The epic of postharvest physiology: Lessons and challenges for the future
Jean-Claude PECH
Institut National Polytechnique
Toulouse
France
INVITED SPEAKERS
Deciphering the genetic control of tomato fruit quality in the resequencing era
Mathilde CAUSSE
INRA
Avignon
France
Phytochromes act as a time-keeper during tomato fruit development and ripening
Yellamaraju SREELAKSHMI
University of Hyderabad
India
Transcriptomic analysis of late stages grapevine berry ripening indicates induction of ethylene signaling and flavor pathways in the skin
Grant CRAMER
University of Nevada
Reno
USA
Molecular dissection of parthenocarpic fruit development in tomato using a comprehensive Micro-Tom mutant resources.
Hiroshi EZURA
University Of Tsukuba
Tsukuba
Japan
Regulation of the Phenylpropanoids/Flavonoids Pathway in Ripening Strawberry Receptacle
Victoriano VALPUESTA
University of Malaga
Spain
COST FA1106 SPEAKERS
Relating water stress to grape berry skin mechanicalproperties and cell wall composition and expression of remodeling genes
Sara AMANCIO
Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Lisboa, Portugal
Genetic and genome-wide transcriptome studies underlying vitamin C content in tomato fruits
Miguel Angel BOTTELLA
University of Malaga, Spain
Molecular characterization of flavonoid biosynthesis in grapes (Vitis vinifera L. cv. ‘Syrah’) under drought conditions
Vasileios FOTOPOULOS
Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus