Referent oder Referenten Kurzinformationen zur Veranstaltung Jorge Vivanco, Colorado State University The How and Why of Root Exudation Ralph Panstruga, MPIZ Cologne Serpentine plant MLO proteins: entry portals for powdery mildew fungi Leo Eberl, ETH Zürich Communication in the plant rhizosphere: gossip and facts Anton Hartmann, GSF München Bacterial signal production and perception at the rhizoplane and responses by plants Vittorio Venturi, I.C.G.E.B Trieste Quorum Sensing in Rice Associated Bacteria Guido Bloemberg, Leiden University Regulatory mechanims of Pseudomonas biocontrol traits Kornelia Smalla, BBA Braunschweig Secrets of microbial life in the rhizosphere explored by molecular approaches François Buscot, UFZ Halle Crosstalk between partners of ectomycorrhizas at the morphological, physiological and genetical levels Peer Schenk, St. Lucia Microbial functional genomics to study mixed microbial communities associated with the root rhizosphere Paola Veronese, North Carolina State University Molecular genetics of plant responses to Verticillium dahliae Bart Thomma, Wageningen University Molecular aspects of Verticillium wilt diseasesa AG Gatz, Göttingen University Verticillium-induced gene expression AG Karlovsky, Göttingen University title to be announced AG Polle, Göttingen University The apoplastic proteome under the influence of Verticillium sp AG v. Tiedemann, Göttingen University Host and non-host interactions of Verticillium longisporum vs. V. dahliae on Brassica napus Corné Pieterse, Utrecht University Signaling during induced systemic resistance in Arabidopsis Karl-Heinz Kogel, Gießen University The beneficial fungus Piriformospora indica requires host cell death for proliferation in barley roots Ralf Oelmüller, Jena University Molecular analysis of the interaction between Arabidopsis and the growth-promoting fungus Piriformospora indica AG Feußner, Göttingen University Metabolite profiles of Verticillium sp. infected Arabidopsis plants Azeddine Driouich, Rouen University Role of root border-like cells of the brassicaceae in the interaction with rhizobacteria Marcel Bucher, ETH Zürich Regulation of symbiotic phosphate transport in mycorrhizas Holger Deising, Halle Infection strategies of the maize pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola Paul Tudzynski, Münster Botrytis cinerea: Special aspects of a necrotrophic life-style