Fungal Symposium 2019

Session

Session 4

Sep 4, 2019, 9:00 AM

Lecture Hall (MPI for Evolutionary Biology)

16. Control of bidirectional nutrient transfer in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Marcel Bucher

9/4/19, 9:00 AM

17. Tracking the associations of tree-pathogenic fungi and Scolytinae beetles across the United Kingdom

Angelina Ceballos-Escalera

9/4/19, 9:50 AM

18. Fatal attraction: Investigating housefly attraction towards conspecifics killed by the insect pathogenic fungus, Entomophthora muscae

Andreas Hansen

9/4/19, 10:10 AM

The insect-pathogenic fungus, Entomophthora muscae, is a host-specific pathogen that infects and kills houseflies
(Musca domestica). Curiously, E. muscae induces behavioral changes in infected individuals before host
death. The flies are manipulated to seek an elevated position, spread their wings in an up-right position and
protrude their abdomen. Within hours, fungal sporulation begins. The...

19. Panama disease strikes global banana production, again

Gert Kema

Banana is a major staple food, a primary fruit crop in many domestic markets and a commodity supplying global retail stores. However, global inputs in research and development are minimal and the number of banana improvement programs is negligible compared to other crops. To complicate matters, many issues in banana production are complex and require multidisciplinary approaches....