13 November 2009
Programme
“Evolution in Botany: from Darwin to women”
Young Botanists’ Day 2009
Women in Botany, 24 November 2009
09:00-10.00
Registration and mounting of posters (for the two sessions)
10:00-10:10
Welcome by organizers
10:10-10:40
Keynote 1: Huguette REYNAERTS (UGent, BeWiSe): The Hidden
Treasures
of
Science
(De
Verborgen
Schatten
van
de
Wetenschap, Trésors cachés de la Science)
10:40-11:00
Delphine A. AIGOIN1,2, Nicolas DEVOS2, Sanna HUTTUNEN3,
Michael S. IGNATOV4, Juana M. GONZALEZ-MANCEBO5 & Alain
VANDERPOORTEN1 (1ULiège, Belgium; ²Université MontpellierII,
France; 3University of Turku, Finland; 4Main Bot. Garden Russian
Acad. Sciences, Russia; 5University of La Laguna, Spain): And if
Engler was not completely wrong? Evidence for multiple
evolutionary origins in the moss flora of Macaronesia
11:00-11:30
Coffee break and poster session
11:30-12:00
Keynote 2: Nathalie MACHON & Don WALLER (MNHNParis,
France): Standardized and systematic vegetation sampling as a
needed and practical step for monitoring ecological change
12:00-12:20
Jana RAABOVA, Olivier RASPÉ & Fabienne VAN ROSSUM (Nat.
Bot. Garden, Belgium): Molecular analysis of putative hybrid origin
of Sempervivum funckii var. aqualiense, the only endemic vascular
plant taxon in Belgium?
12:20-14:00
Lunch and poster session
14:00-14:30
Keynote 3: Annick WILMOTTE (ULiège, Belgium): Cyanobacteria /
Blue-green algae: the diversity of a schizophrenic phylum
14:30-14:50
Anja VAN GEERT, Fabienne VAN ROSSUM & Ludwig TRIEST
(VUBrussel, Belgium): The self-incompatibility system in Primula:
from Darwin to small fragmented populations
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14:50-15:10
Houda KHAMIS, N. DAUCHOT & P. VAN CUTSEM (University of
Namur, Belgium): Flowering related candidate genes in sugar beet
and their polymorphism as revealed by Eco-tilling
15:10-16:00
Coffee break and poster session
16:00-16:20
Tiphaine MAURICE1,2, Guy COLLING2, Serge MULLER1 &
Diethart MATTHIES3 (1Université Paul Verlaine Metz, France;
2Musée
National d'Histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg;
3Philipps-
Universität Marburg, Germany): Ex situ transplant experiment of
Arnica montana populations at high and low altitudes
16:20-16:40
Marie-Stéphanie SAMAIN1, Alexander VRIJDAGHS2, Michael
HESSE3,
Paul
GOETGHEBEUR1,
Francisco
JIMÉNEZ
RODRIGUEZ4, Alexandra STOLL5, Christoph NEINHUIS6 & Stefan
WANKE6 (1UGent, Belgium; 2Kuleuven, Belgium; 3University of
Vienna, Austria; 4Jardín Bot. Nac. Dr. Rafael Moscoso, Dominican
Republic;
5CEAZA,
Chile;
6Technische
Universität Dresden,
Germany): The story of Verhuellia (Piperaceae): A multidisciplinary
study integrating morphology, anatomy, development, molecular
data and taxonomy
16:40-17:00
Concluding remarks by Sonia FERRET of the Belgian Federation
of University Graduate Women and by Fabienne VAN ROSSUM of
the RBSB.
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Evolution in Plants and Interactions with other organisms
25 November 2009
09:00-10:00
Registration and poster session
10:00-10:10
Welcome by organizers
10:10-10:40
Keynote 1: Nicolas VEREECKEN (University of Zürich, Switzerland
& ULBruxelles, Belgium): The chemical ecology and evolutionary
biology of intimate relations based on deceit
10:40-11:00
Laurent SOMME, Carolin MAYER, & Anne-Laure JACQUEMART
(UCLouvain, Belgium): Effect of population size on reproductive
success and pollinator guild of Comarum palustre
11:00-11:30
Coffee break and poster session
11:30-12:00
Keynote 2: Suzy HUYSMANS & Brecht VERSTRAETE (KULeuven,
Belgium): Secret stories of the anther: diversity and evolution of
orbicules
12:00-12:20
Bram D’HONDT1 & Maurice HOFFMANN1,2 (1Ghent University,
Belgium; 2INBO, Belgium): Can herbivorous mammals select for
seed attributes through endozoochory?
12:20-14:00
Lunch and poster session
14:00-14:30
Keynote 3: Denis DIAGRE & Ivan HOSTE (Nat. Bot. Garden,
Belgium): François Crépin’s long way from fixism to transformism.
14:30-14:50
Laurent NATALIS & Renate A. WESSELINGH (UCLouvain,
Belgium)
Ethological
and
physiological
isolation
between
Rhinanthus minor and R. angustifolius: where are the leaks?
14:50-15:10
Basile
HERPIGNY1,
Grégory
(1ULBruxelles, Belgium;
MAHY2
2FScAGembloux,
&
Pierre
MEERTS1
Belgium) : Comparing
Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis and their hybrid F. xbohemica in
Belgium: population ecology, functional traits and invasiveness
15:10-16:00
Coffee break and poster session
16:00-16:20
Sylvie DOMKEN, N. DASSONVILLE, G. JOSENS & P. MEERTS
(ULBruxelles, Belgium): Impact of the exotic invasive plant Fallopia
japonica on soil fauna
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16:20-16:40
Sebastiaan DE SMEDT, Katrijn ALAERTS, Lucien LEMMENS,
Geert POTTERS & Roeland SAMSON (University of Antwerpen,
Belgium): Effects of precipitation, soil properties and leaf harvesting
on leaf traits of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.)
16:40-16:50
Elmar ROBBRECHT (RBSB & Nat. Bot. Garden, Belgium): Plant
Ecology and Evolution, a new title
16:50-17:00
Concluding remarks by the president of the RBSB
Posters
Christian AMANI1, Pierre MEERTS1, Olivier HARDY2, Jean LEJOLY3 &
Dominique NYAKABWA4 (1,2,3ULBruxelles, Belgium; 4Université Officielle de
Bukavu, RDCongo): Diversité et analyse de la végétation dans les forêts
mixtes de terre ferme des environs de Kisangani (R.D. Congo).
Mebarka BELBOUKHARI, Abdelkrim CHERITI & Nasser BELBOUKHARI
(University of Bechar, Algeria): A Database for medicinal plants used in
Algerian Sahara.
BEWISE association (Belgium): Poster of BeWiSe association - Belgian
women in Science.
A.H. BORSALI & O. HASNAOUI (Tahar Moulay University of Saïda, Algeria):
Interaction of cereal with forage plants and rhizobium.
A.H. BORSALI & O. HASNAOUI (Tahar Moulay University of Saïda, Algeria):
Diagnostic écologique de la zone de Maamora (wilaya de Saida).
Carine BOURGEOIS1, Kevin LEEMPOEL1, Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS1,2, Jan
BOGAERT1 & Jihuai WANG3 (1ULBruxelles, Belgium; 2VUBrussel, Belgium;
3Guangdong
Ocean University, China): A multivariate analysis on biotic and
abiotic factors influencing the mangrove vegetation of Gaoqiao (Guangdong,
China).
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Alban CHYZY & Denis MICHEZ (UMons, Belgium): Community structure of
Vaccinium uliginosum L. visitors – impact of fragmentation.
Marília CUNHA-LIGNON1,2; Clemente COELHO Jr.2; Renato DE ALMEIDA2;
Ricardo PALAMAR MENGHINI2; Yara SCHAEFFER-NOVELLI2; Gilberto
CINTRÓN3 & Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS1,4 (1ULBruxelles, Belgium ; 2Instituto
BiomaBrasil, Brazil;
4VUBrussel,
3U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, USA;
Belgium): Ecological Processes and Conservation of the
mangrove: a review at the Cananéia region, São Paulo State, Brazil.
Pierre DE BACKER, Olivier VANDEPUTTE, Adeline MOL, Mondher EL
JAZIRI & Marie BAUCHER (ULBruxelles, Belgium): Ectopic expression of
poplar miR169 and miR396 alters leaf and floral development in tobacco.
Sebastiaan DE SMEDT, David SIMBO, Nina VAN DEN BILCKE & Roeland
SAMSON (University of Antwerpen, Belgium): Relationship between seed
weight and growth rate of baobab (Adansonia digitata) seedlings.
Nora ELVINGER1,2, Patrick MARDULYN1 & Guy COLLING2 (1ULBruxelles,
Belgium; 2Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg): Phylogenetic
and taxonomic incongurence involving nuclear and chloroplast markers in the
section Saxifraga and the glacial relict species Saxifraga rosacea Moench.
Eben-Ezer
EWÉDJÈ1,3,
Olivier
HARDY1
&
Adam
AHANCHÉDÉ2
(1ULBruxelles, Belgium; 2Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques Bénin; 3Faculté
des Sciences et Techniques, Bénin): Floral phenology, reproductive ecology
and fruit productivity of a priority food tree species for conservation in Benin:
Pentadesma butyracea Sabine (Clusiaceae).
Rusty A. FEAGIN1, Nibedita MUKHERJEE2,3,4, Kartik SHANKER4,5,6, Andrew
H. BAIRD7, Joshua CINNER7, Alexander M. KERR8, Nico KOEDAM2,3, Aarthi
SRIDHAR4,5, Rohan ARTHUR9, L.P. JAYATISSA10, Danny LO SEEN11, Manju
MENON12, Sudarshan RODRIGUEZ4,5, Md. SHAMSUDDOHA13 & Farid
DAHDOUH-GUEBAS2,3 (1Texas A&M University, USA; 2VUBrussel, Belgium;
3ULBruxelles,
Belgium;
4Ashoka
Trust
for
Research
in
Ecology
&
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Environment, India; 5Dakshin Foundation, India; 6Indian Institute of Science,
India; 7James Cook University, Australia; 8University of Guam, USA; 9Nature
Conservation Foundation, India;
France;
12Delhi,
India;
10University
13Participatory
of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka;
11CIRAD,
Research and Development Initiative,
Bangladesh): Shelter from the storm? Use and misuse of bioshields for
managing natural disasters on the coast.
Julien FLANDROY1, Marília CUNHA-LIGNON1,2, Ricardo MENGHINI2, Milton
KAMPEL3 & Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS1,4 (1ULBruxelles, Belgium; 2Instituto
BiomaBrasil, Brazil; 3INPE, Brazil; 4VUBrussel, Belgium): The terrestrialisation
trends of stressed mangrove forests using satellite images classification:
study case for Cubatão, São Paulo state – Brazil.
Laetitia
FORIZS1,
Adeline
MOL1,
Perrine
HAGUE2,
Jean-Marie
VANDERWINDEN2, Jenny RENAUT3, Marie BAUCHER1, Mondher EL
JAZIRI1 & Olivier M. VANDEPUTTE1
(1,2ULBruxelles,
Belgium; 3Centre de
Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg): Peroxidase/catalase
expression in the phytopathogen Rhodococcus fascians: comparison between
a wild-type strain and a non-pathogenic, plasmid-free strain.
Okkacha HASNAOUI1,2, Mohamed Amine BORSALI2 & Omar BENALI1,2
(1Université Abou Bakr Belkaid, Algeria ; Université Dr Tahar Moulay,
Algeria) : Statut ethnobotanique du Chamaerops humilis L. (Arecaceae) dans
l’ouest Algérien.
Kenny HELSEN (KULeuven, Belgium): Ecological and genetic founding
events during community assembly of semi-natural grasslands -- research
layout.
Houda KHAMIS, N. DAUCHOT & P. VAN CUTSEM (University of Namur,
Belgium): Flowering related candidate genes in sugar beet and their
polymorphism as revealed by Eco-tilling.
Guillaume K. KOFFI1, Myriam HEUERTZ1,2, Olivier J. HARDY1 (1ULBruxelles,
Belgium;
2CIFOR-INIA,
Spain): Morphological traits and phylogeny of
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chloroplast and nuclear DNA suggest a taxonomic review of Santiria trimera
(Oliv.) Aubr. (Burseraceae).
Kevin LEEMPOEL1, Carine BOURGEOIS1, Javy ZHANG3, Jihuai WANG²,
Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS1,4 & Jan BOGAERT1 (1ULBruxelles, Belgium;
2Guangdong
Ocean University,
China;
3ZMNNR,
China;
4VUBrussel,
Belgium): Spatial heterogeneity in the mangrove vegetation structure in the
Zhanjiang Mangrove National Nature Reserve (China): an approach using
remote sensing (GeoEye-1 imagery) and GIS-analyses.
Sergi MASSÓ1, Ward APPELTANS2, Bart VANHOORNE2, Nathalie DE
HAUWERE2, Wim DECOCK2 & Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS1,3 (1ULBruxelles,
Belgium; 2Vlaams Instituut vor de Zee, Belgium; 3VUBrussel, Belgium): The
World Mangroves Database.
Carolin MAYER & editors of JPE (Unity of Genetics, Plant Ecology,
UCLouvain, Belgium): Launch of new journal: the Journal of Pollination
Ecology.
Adolphe A NFOTABONG1,2, Ndongo DIN2 & Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS1,3
(1ULBruxelles, Belgium;
2University
of Douala, Cameroon;
3VUBrussel,
Belgium): Mangrove propagules predation by gastropod fauna in the Wouri
estuary (Cameroon).
Benoît PRIOD (UCLouvain, Belgium): Early or late flowering: does it matter?
Effect of different flowering strategies on reproductive success in Rhinanthus
angustifolius C. C. Gmelin (Orobanchaceae).
David SIMBO (UAntwerpen, Belgium): Medicinal Plants of Babungo,
Northwest Region, Cameroon.
David SIMBO1 & Heike BOHNE² (1UAntwerpen, Belgium; ²University of
Hannover, Germany): Influence of origin on the frost reaction of Viburnum
opulus.
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Murielle SIMO1, Bonaventure SONKÉ1,2,3 , Vincent DROISSART4,5, Olivier
HARDY2, Bruno CACHAPA2 & Tariq STÉVART3,5,6 (1University of Yaoundé I,
Cameroon; 2ULBruxelles, Belgium; 3Missouri Botanical Garden, USA; 4IRD,
France; 5Herbarium ULBruxelles, Belgium;
6Nat.
Bot. Garden, Belgium):
Taxonomic revision of the Angraecum distichum and A. bancoense
(Orchidaceae) complex based on molecular and morphological data.
Hermann TAEDOUMG1, Petra DE BLOCK2, Perla HAMON3 & Bonaventure
SONKÉ1 (1University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon; 2Nat. Bot. Garden, Belgium;
3Institut
de Recherche pour le Développement, France) : Three new species
of Craterispermum, a poorly known Rubiaceae genus.
Geert POTTERS, Davina VAN GOETHEM, Anke BREMS, Roland VALCKE,
Raf DEWIL, Luc D’HAESE, Sonja DENOLLIN, Johan GIELIS, Olena
MOSHYNETS & Roeland SAMSON (Uantwerpen, Belgium): Environmental
engineering with bamboo: options for Europe.
Nina VAN DEN BILCKE, Roland CAUBERGS, Sebastiaan DE SMEDT, David
Johngwho SIMBO & Roeland SAMSON (University of Antwerpen, Belgium):
Morphological and anatomical alterations in baobab saplings (Adansonia
digitata L.) during drought stress.
Nathalie VANHOUDT1, Hildegarde VANDENHOVE1, Nele HOREMANS1, May
VAN HEES1, Jean WANNIJN1, Jaco VANGRONSVELD2 & Ann CUYPERS2
(1Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN), Belgium; 2Hasselt University,
Belgium): Importance of oxidative stress related responses in Arabidopsis
thaliana following uranium exposure.
Fleur VAN NEDERVELDE1, Uta BERGER2, Stefano CANNICCI3, Nico
KOEDAM4
&
2Technische
Universität Dresden, Germany; 3Università degli Studi di Firenze,
Italy;
Farid
4VUBrussel,
DAHDOUH-GUEBAS1,4
(1ULBruxelles,
Belgium;
Belgium): Characterisation of the Crab Neosarmatium
meinerti de Man (Decapoda: Sesarminae) predation on Avicennia marina
propagules.
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Brecht VERSTRAETE1, Inge GROENINCKX1, Erik SMETS1,2 & Suzy
HUYSMANS1 (1KULeuven, Belgium; 2Nationaal Herbarium Nederland- Leiden
University Branch, the Netherlands): Evolution of orbicules in Rubiaceae.
Arnaud VERVOORT, Q. COSTER, S. PIGEON & A.-L. JACQUEMART
(UCLouvain, Belgium): The invasive Impatiens parviflora, a threat for the
indigenous I. noli-tangere ?
Guy VRANCKX, Olivier HONNAY & Bart MUYS (KULeuven, Belgium): The
impact of forest management on genetic diversity and fitness of natural
regeneration of Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur).
Gisèle WEYEMBERGH (INBO, Belgium): Mesotrophic alder wood with
Thelypteris palustris in the ecohydrological system of the Lasne basin and
Natura 2000 (Brabant district, Atlantic Wallonia, Belgium).