Program of International Workshop on Crop Photosynthetic Ecophysiology" The 20 th of August Reception and registration (International Academic Exchange Center, IAEC) The 21 st of August Opening Ceremony (IAEC) 08:30-08:35 Xin-Guang Zhu and Shaobing Peng: Introduction of the workshop 08:35-09:00 Welcome Address from the Huazhong Agricultural University Chair 1: Shaobing Peng 09:00-09:40 Graham Farquhar: Photosynthetic eco-physiology 09:40-10:20 Susanne von Caemmerer: C 3 and C 4 photosynthesis 10:20-10:45 Photo and coffee break 10:45-11:15 Carl Bernacchi: Ecosystems level processes 11:15-11:45 Xin Song: Estimating fluxes based on stable isotope signals 11:45-12:15 Yong Li: Nitrogen and photosynthetic eco-physiology Chair 2: Xin-Guang Zhu 13:30-13:55 Danny Tholen: Mechanisms of mesophyll conductance
13:55-14:20 Dongliang Xiong: Hydraulic conductance and mesophyll conductance 14:20-14:45 Xiaogang Wen: Application of fluorescence in photosynthesis research, in particular on fluorescence quenching and OJIP 14:45-15:10 Christof Klughammer: Observation of redox changes of ferredoxin, P700 and plastocyanin in situ with the DUAL-KLAS-NIR measuring system 15:10-15:30 Coffee Break 15:30-15:55 Jochem Evers: Modeling whole plant growth processes 15:55-16:20 Xin-Guang Zhu: Multi-scale systems modeling of photosynthesis 16:20-16:45 Wanne Kromdijk: Photoprotection and biomass production 16:45-17:25 General discussions on the major challenges of eco-plant physiology 17:25-18:30 Introduction and organization of practical sessions Manufacturer introduction Division of groups and selection of topics The 22 rd of August WORKSHOP TRAINING 08:30-12:15 The 1 st Practical sessions, incl. (flexible) tea break. (Experiment site of Crop Physiology and Production Center, ES-CPPC) Chair3: Susanne von Caemmerer 13:30-14:00 Meisha-Marika Holloway-Phillips: Water relationship 13:30-14:00 Steven Driever: stomatal conductance 14:00-14:30 Liukang Xu: How to maintain pressure equilibrium between a soil CO 2 flux chamber and the ambient air? 14:30-15:00 Coffee break 15:00-18:30 The 2 rd Practical sessions, incl. (flexible) coffee break (ES-CPPC)
The 23 rd of August WORKSHOP TRAINING 08:30-12:15 The 3 rd Practical sessions, incl. (flexible) coffee break (ES-CPPC) Chair4: Carl Bernacchi 13:15-14:00 Susanne von Caemmerer: CO 2 responses and A/C i curves for C 3 leaves and C 4 photosynthesis 14:00-14:30 Wanne Kromdijk: Light responses and A/Q curves 14:30-15:00 Coffee break 15:00-15:30 Danny Tholen: measuring mesophyll conductance 15:30-16:00 Katherine Meacham: hyperspectrum and photosynthetic ecophysiology and demonstrate how to use the data to extract parameters 16:00-16:30 Carl Bernacchi: A/C i curve fitting tool 17:00-18:30 Drinks & Poster session The 24 th of August WORKSHOP TRAINING 08:30-12:30 The 4 th Practical sessions, incl. (flexible) coffee break (ES-CPPC) Chair5: Steven Driever 13:15-14:05 Qingfeng Song: Modeling 3D canopy photosynthesis 14:05-14:50 Jochem Evers: Structural modeling of plants, roots and canopies 14:50-18:00 Practical sessions on modeling canopy photosynthesis and plant growth (YiFu Building, C101)
The 25 th of August WORKSHOP TRAINING 08:30-12:15 The 5 th Practical session, incl. (flexible) coffee break (ES-CPPC) Chair6: Wanne Kromdijk [Participants need to bring their own laptop computers] 13:30-14:00 Susanne von Caemmerer: Demonstration of how to analyze A/C i curve for C 3 and C 4 plants 14:00-14:30 Danny Tholen: Demonstration of how to calculate mesophyll conductance 14:30-15:00 Carl Bernacchi: Demonstrate the calculation of NPP and transpiration based on eddy covariance data 15:00-15:20 Coffee break 15:20-17:30 Practical sessions or data analysis - arrangements based on your own interest 17:30-21:00 Social hours The 26 th of August WORKSHOP TRAINING Chair7: Xin-Guang Zhu [Participants need to bring their own laptop computers] 08:30-08:45 Organization of the session on data analysis and presentation. 08:45-10:00 Data analysis 10:00-10:20 Coffee break 10:20-12:30 Data analysis and synthesis and presentation production [3 groups] Chair8: Xin-Guang Zhu [Presentations from different working groups (IAEC)] 13:30-15:00 Formation of presentation
14:50-15:00 Coffee break 15:00-15:30 Group 1 15:30-16:00 Group 2 16:00-16:30 Group 3 16:30-17:30 General Discussions and closing of the meeting 17:30-19:00 Free time and social hours Funded by Huazhong Agricultural University The Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities in China, MOE ARC Center of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis
Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS Chinese Society for Plant Biology