International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China 12-14 May 2015 Organizers: Co-Organizers: Sponsors: Nanjing Agricultural University University of Aberdeen College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River The 111 Project : Biology of Agricultural Resources and Environment (MOE/SAFEA) NSF iHUB Project The Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD) International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 Programs Date Program Venue Local contacts May 11 Arrival and Registration Hanyuan Hotel Wenwen Zhang, Hongye Qu May 12 - 14 a.m. Workshop (Oral and poster presentations) The 3rd Floor, Conference Hall on Campus Fangjie Zhao, Guohua Xu May 14 p.m. Departure Wenwen Zhang, Hongye Qu Breakfast: the 1st Floor, Hanyuan Hotel; Lunch and dinner: the 3rd Floor, Hanyuan Hotel Mobile phone numbers of local contacts: Wenwen Zhang (张雯雯) 13655174406 Hongye Qu(瞿红叶) 13770588909 Jun Zhang (张 军) 13851619490 Huijuan Zhang(张惠娟) 13851768194 1 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 Workshop Program (Venue:the 3rd Floor, Conference Hall on Campus) Date Time Opening ceremony Chair:Professor Guohua Xu, Dean of the College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, NAU Welcome address by Professor Xiang Xu, Vice President of NAU May 12 8:30-8:45 Address by Professor David Salt, Aberdeen University, UK a.m. 8:45-9:00 Date Address by Professor Qirong Shen, Director of Academic Committee of Nanjing Agricultural University Time Group photograph Speaker Affiliation Title of presentation Session 1 Session chair: Fangjie Zhao 9:00-9:30 David Salt Aberdeen University, UK The iHUB and recent advances in plant ionomics research 9:30-9:55 John Danku Aberdeen University, UK Ionomics technology: A high-throughput phenotyping platform 9:55-10:20 Ryszard Lobinski Pau University, France Specific analysis for metal-species in plant fluids 10:20-10:40 Tea break Session 1 Session chair: Tony Miller High-resolution SIMS and complementary techniques reveal the May 12 a.m. 10:40-11:05 Katie Moore Manchester University, UK subcellular localisation of essential and toxic trace elements in rice and wheat 11:05-11:30 Ivan Baxter 11:30-11:50 Ricardo Giehl 11:50-12:10 Felipe Ricachenevsky Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Moving from ionomics GWAS to ionomics genes: comparative and USA network approaches Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Screening a mutant collection of transcription factors for regulators of Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Germany the shoot ionome Dartmouth College, USA Identification of genes related to natural variation in the ionome of Arabidopsis using MAGIC lines 2 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 Workshop Program (Venue:the 3rd Floor, Conference Hall on Campus) 12:10-13:10 13:10-14:00 Lunch (the 3rd floor, Hanyuan Hotel) Poster session Session chair: Chaofeng Huang Session 2 May 12 p.m. Session chair: Ivan Baxter 14:00-14:25 Mark Aarts Wageningen University, The Netherlands 14:25-14:50 Stephan Clemens University of Bayreuth, Germany 14:50-15:10 Suzana Car Dartmouth College, USA 15:10-15:30 Xingming Lian Huazhong Agricultural University, China 15:30-15:50 Population genomics of Noccaea caerulescens to understand driving forces of the evolution of metal hyperaccumulation Natural variation and underlying molecular mechanisms of metal hyperaccumulation in Arabidopsis halleri Using ionomics analysis to study zinc homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana Genome-wide association analyses provide genetic insights into natural variation in rice ionome Tea break Session 2 15:50-16:15 16:15-16:40 Session chair: Jian Feng Ma Malcolm Hawkesford Sebastien Thomine Rothamsted Research, UK Centre National de Scientifique, France Variation in mineral nutrient uptake and partitioning in wheat la Recherche Metal accumulation in poplar leaves: from the field to the genes 16:40-17:05 Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University, China Genetic variation in heavy metal accumulation in rice 17:05-17:25 Gareth Norton University of Aberdeen, UK The rice ionome in response to altered cultivations methods 17:25-17:45 Xin-Yuan Huang University of Aberdeen, UK Natural variation of rice grain copper is controlled by a heavy metal P-type ATPase 18:30-20:30 Workshop dinner (the 3rd floor, Hanyuan Hotel) 3 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 Workshop Program (Venue:the 3rd Floor, Conference Hall on Campus) Date Time Speaker Affiliation Title of presentation Session 3 8:30-8:55 8:55-9:20 9:20-9:45 9:45-10:05 May 13 a.m. Session chair: Malcolm Hawkesford Sheng Luan Nathalie Verbruggen Toru Fujiwara Christian Hermans Regulation of ionic homeostasis by the CBL-CIPK network in UC Berkeley, USA Arabidopsis Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium CAX1 co-segregates with Cd tolerance in Arabidopsis halleri Boron sensing by RNA-ribosome complex and understanding of boron University of Tokyo, Japan homeostasis using mathematical modeling Facing challenges to identify genes regulating Mg concentration in UniversitéLibre de Bruxelles, Belgium 10:05-10:25 plants Tea break Session 3 Session chair: Sheng Luan 10:25-10:50 Jian Feng Ma Okayama University, Japan Node, a hub for mineral element distribution in rice 10:50-11:15 Marie Barderon University of Lausanne, Switzerland The endodermis as a checkpoint for nutrients Nagoya University, Japan Stomatal function and regulation Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, SIGNIFICANT IONOME CHANGES is required for plant development Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and ionome homeostasis 11:15-11:40 11:40-12:00 Toshinori Kinoshita Daiyin Chao 4 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 Workshop Program (Venue:the 3rd Floor, Conference Hall on Campus) 12:00-13:10 13:10-14:00 Lunch (the 3rd floor, Hanyuan Hotel) Poster session Session chair: Chaofeng Huang Session 4 14:00-14:20 Erin Connolly 14:40- 15:00 Andréa Miyasaka de Almeida Tony Miller 15:00-15:20 Yifang Chen 15:20-15:40 Tea break 14:20-14:40 May 13 p.m. Session chair: Stephan Clemens University of South Carolina, USA Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile John Innes Centre, UK China Agricultural University, China Session 4 Ferric reductases and transporters that control mitochondrial Fe homeostasis in Arabidopsis Differential physiological response in rice upon exposure to excess iron Zinc biofortification of cereals using transporters WRKY transcription factors modulate Pi uptake and translocation in Arabidopsis Session chair: Nathalie Verbrugen 15:40-16:05 Luis Herrera-Estrella Centro de Investigacion Avanzados, Mexico 16:05-16:30 Hong Liao South China Agricultural University, China Genetic and molecular mechanisms of phosphorus efficiency in soybean 16:30-16:50 Huixia Shou Zhejiang University, China OsSPX-MFS3, a vacuolar phosphate transporter, is involved in maintaining Pi homeostasis in rice 16:50-17:10 Keke Yi Zhejiang Academy Sciences, China 17:10-17:30 Chuanzao Mao Zhejiang University, China 17:30-20:30 Oral speakers: Sightseeing (Zhongshan Ling & Ming Tomb) and dinner (Nanjing International Conference Centre) Dinner at Hanyuan hotel for other participants (the 3rd floor, Hanyuan Hotel) of y Estudios Agricultural Phosphite: From a signaling molecule to a true fertilizer OsCYCPs coordinate phosphate starvation signaling with cell cycle progression in rice SPX proteins act as phosphate-dependent inhibitor of PHOSPHATE STARVATION RESPONSE 2 in rice 5 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 Workshop Program (Venue:the 3rd Floor, Conference Hall on Campus) Date Time Speaker Affiliation Title of presentation Session 5 May 14 a.m. Session chair: Hong Liao Mapping complex traits in plants: Nitrogen use efficiency in barley 8:30-8:55 Perrin Beatty University of Alberta, Canada 8:55-9:15 Hanma Zhang Chongqing Normal University, China Road to improving nitrogen efficiency in crops, where to start? 9:15-9:35 Lixing Yuan China Agricultural University, China Function and regulation of ammonium transporters in plants 9:35-9:55 Xiaorong Fan Nanjing Agricultural University, China 9:55-10:20 Shaojian Zheng Zhejiang University, China 10:20-10:35 as a case study Function and regulation of OsNAR2.1, a nitrate transporter associated protein in rice Physiological responses of strategy II plants to iron deficiency and its regulatory mechanisms Tea break Session 5 Session chair: Shao Jian Zheng University of Science & Technology of 10:35-11:00 Chengbin Xiang 11:00-11:20 Yi Wang China Agricultural University, China 11:20-11:45 Guohua Xu Nanjing Agricultural University, China 11:45-12:15 General discussion 12:15-13:10 Lunch (the 3rd floor, Hanyuan Hotel) China Adaptive response of Arabidopsis roots to sulfur availability Channel-mediated K+ uptake and its regulatory mechanism in crop plants Maximizing potassium efficiency and grain yield in rice Session chair: David Salt 6 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 List of Posters Number Title of poster mutant, Authors Affiliations Wenzhong Xu, Yangyang Sun, Mi Ma Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1. A Pi-overaccumulating Arabidopsis atipk1, exhibits arsenate hypersensitivity 2. Fuctional characterization of SpMTL, a metallothionein-like protein from the cadmium hyperaccumulator Sedum plumbizincicola Jia-Shi Peng, Hong-Ying Yi, Ji-Ming Gong National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, SIBS CAS, Shanghai 200032, China 3. Understanding the role of a transcription factor (TFX ) in the ionome regulation and nitrogen deficiency response Jiugeng Chen, Meiling Han, Daiying Chao Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, SIBS, Chinese Academy of Sciences 4. Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) of Mineral concentrations in maize grain Riliang Gu, Bingran Liu, Xin Wang, Fanjun Chen, Jianbing Yan and Lixing Yuan Department of Plant Nutrition, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China 5. Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of rice roots under cadmium stress by RNA-seq Fei He, Qingquan Liu, Li Zheng, Zhenguo Shen, Luqing Zheng College of University 6. Effects of different nutrient deficiencies on growth and root morphological changes of Brassica napus.L Lu Qin, Peipei Han, Xing Liao, Hong Liao Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China, 430062 7. GmEXPB2, a Cell Wall β-Expansin Gene, Critically Regulates Soybean Root Growth and Nodule Symbiosis Xinxin Li, Jing Zhao, Hong Liao Root Biology Center, University 8. The role of BrHMA3 allelic variation in differential cadmium accumulation among Brassica rapa varieties Zhong Tang, Lingxiao Zhang, Yanling Lv, Ke Cheng, Jian Wu , Chaofeng Huang and Fang-Jie Zhao State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University; Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Life Sciences, South Nanjing Agricultural China Agricultural 7 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 9. Peitong Wang, Fang-Jie Zhao 10. Role of OsHAC1 and OsHAC2 in arsenate reduction and arsenite efflux in rice roots Shulin Shi, Chaofeng Huang, Fang-Jie Zhao State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China 11. Isolation and characterization of manganese-dependent short root mutant Arabidopsis Huiling Gao, Chao-Feng Huang State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China 12. Isolation and characterization of manganese-dependent yellow leaf mutants in Arabidopsis Xiaoyan Wu, Huiling Gao, Chao-Feng Huang State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China 13. Isolation and characterization of a rice mutant tolerant to aluminum Shuo Liu, Fang-Jie Zhao, Chao-Feng Huang State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China 14. The roles of two MATE transporters in aluminum tolerance and iron translocation in the aluminum-accumulating species buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) Yifang Zhu, Haifeng Zhu, Hua Wang, Fang-Jie Zhao, Chao-Feng Huang State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China 15. Making Arabidopsis thaliana an arsenic hyperaccumulator by silencing AtHAC1 and overexpressing PvACR3 Chengcheng Wang, Daiyin Chao, David Salt, Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University; Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Aberdeen 16. A new loss-of-function allele of OsHMA3 is associated with high grain Cd in rice Jiali Yan, Peitong Wang, Xingming Lian, Chaofeng Huang, Fang-Jie Zhao Nanjing Agricultural University; Huazhong Agricultural University 17. Mutation in an Arabidopsis multicopper oxidase enhanced resistance to fluoride toxicity under high iron supply Ying Yang, Lingxiao Zhang, Chaofeng Huang, Zhong Tang and Fang-Jie Zhao State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China a in Chaofeng Huang, State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China Identification of Rice Ospt8 Mutants That Affect Arsenate Uptake but not Phosphate Uptake 8 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 18. The role of OsHAK5 in potassium acquisition and transport from roots to shoots in rice at low potassium supply levels 19. Improving rice tolerance to potassium deficiency by enhancing OsHAK16p:WOX11-controlled root development 20. Rice potassium transporter OsHAK1 is essential for maintaining potassium mediated growth and functions in salt tolerance over low and high potassium concentration ranges 21. Identification and functional assay of the interaction motifs in the partner protein OsNAR2.1 of the two component system for high affinity nitrate transport Tianyuan Yang, Song Zhang, Yibing Hu, Fachi Wu, Qingdi Hu, Guang Chen, Jin Cai, Ting Wu,Nava Moran, Ling Yu, Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, The R.H. Smith Inst. Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The R.H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Guang Chen, Huimin Feng, Qingdi Hu, Hongye Qu, Aiqun Chen, Ling Yu, Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University Guang Chen, Qingdi Hu, Le Luo, Tianyuan Yang, Song Zhang, Yibing Hu, Ling Yu, Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University Xiaoqin Liu, Daimin Huang, Jinyuan Tao, Anthony J. Miller, Xiaorong Fan, Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Department of Metabolic biology, John Innes Center, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom 9 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 22. Strigolactones are involved in phosphate and nitrate deficiency-induced root development and auxin transport in rice 23. Nitric oxide generated by nitrate reductase increases nitrogen uptake capacity by modulating lateral root formation and inorganic nitrogen uptake rate in rice 24. 25. 26. Rice nitrate transporter OsNPF2.4 functions in low-affinity acquisition and long-distance transport Identification of microRNAs in six solanaceous plants and their potential link with phosphate and mycorrhizal signalings OsPDR2, a P5 type ATPase, is involved in Pi utilization, root architecture and vegetable growth in rice Sun H, Tao J, Liu S, Huang S, Chen S, Xie X, Yoneyama K, Xu G, ZhangY State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University Sun H, J Li, Song W, Tao J, Huang S, Chen S, Hou M, Xu G, Zhang Y State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University Xiudong Xia, Xiaorong Fan, Jia Wei , Huimin Feng, Hongye Qu, Dan Xie, Anthony J. Miller , Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Department of Metabolic biology, John Innes Center, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom Mian Gu,Wei Liu,Qi Meng,Wenqi Zhang,Aiqun Chen,Shubin Sun,Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University Yue Cao, Xueneng Wu, Hao Ai, Shubin Sun State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University 10 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 Yiting Li, Jun Zhang, Xiao Zhang, Hongmei Fan, Mian Gu, Hongye Qu, Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University Dehua Liao, Xiao Chen, Aiqun Chen, Huimin Wang, Jianjian Liu, Junli Liu, Mian Gu, Shubin Sun, Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University 29. Heme-heme oxygenase 1 system is involved in ammonium tolerance by regulating antioxidant defence in Oryza sativa YanJie Xie, Yu Mao, Sheng Xu, Heng Zhou, XingLiang Duan, WeiTi Cui, Jing Zhang, Guohua Xu State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Low-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University 30. Ionomic Characterization of the Flat Tea in Different Tea Producing Areas Jie Wang , YuanZhi Shi, XiaoYun Yi, JianYun Ruan Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008 27. Phosphate transporter OsPht1;8 in rice plays an important role in phosphorus redistribution from source to sink organs and allocation between embryo and endosperm of seeds 28. The Characterization Of Six Auxin-Induced Tomato GH3 Genes Uncovers A Member, SlGH3.4, Strongly Responsive To Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis of 11 International Workshop on Plant Ionomics and Nutrient Use Efficiency, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 12-14 May 2015 Campus Map Conference Hall Hanyuan Hotel 12