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Monday, July 9th

Monday, July 9th, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm · Delaware C/Hyatt
Session SY03: Symposium: Watertransport in plants at multiple scales: A physiological, ecological, andevolutionary appraisal
Presiding: Peter Melcher, Ithaca College; Brandon Pratt, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD
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SY03001July 9th 1:15 pmDelaware C/HyattXylem structure-function relationships in basal tracheophytes
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationPittermann, Jarmila.Anatomy
water transport
macroevolution of planthydraulics
water relations
SY03002July 9th 1:45 pmDelaware C/HyattFine root spatial and temporal dynamics under limited soil moisture
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationBauerle, Taryn.roots
hydraulic redistribution
soil moisture
July 9th 2:15 pmDelaware C/HyattBreak
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SY03004July 9th 2:30 pmDelaware C/HyattContrasting axial patterns in xylem hydraulic traits may reflect differences in strategies for coping with daily cycles of water stress
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationMcCulloh, Kate; Johnson, Daniel; Woodruff, David; Meinzer, Frederick.hydraulic architecture
xylem embolism
SY03005July 9th 3:00 pmDelaware C/HyattMolecular understanding of xylem refilling
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationZwieniecki, Maciej; Secchi, Francesca.xylem embolism and refilling
July 9th 3:30 pmDelaware C/HyattBreak
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SY03007July 9th 4:00 pmDelaware C/HyattXylem vessel length of woody plants: An ecological and evolutionary analysis
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationJacobsen, Anna; Pratt, Brandon; Tobin, Michael; Hacke, Uwe; Ewers, Frank.vessel diameter
stem hydraulics
vessel length
water relations
cavitation resistance
SY03008July 9th 4:30 pmDelaware C/HyattTank Bromeliads: Leaf Hydraulic Conductance Is All There Is
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationNorth, Gretchen; Phillips, Carly; Woodside, Walter.epiphyte
tracheid
Neotropics
Monday, July 9th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Battelle South/Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Ecophysiological Poster Session
Presiding: Peter Melcher, Ithaca College
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PEP001July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterIdentification and Effects of Necrotrophic Fungal Pathogens on Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
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Poster: EcophysiologyGravatt, Dennis; Taylor, Josephine; Edwards, Jennifer; Shadow, R. Alan; Gregory, Pam; Blacksher, K; George, A; Gibson, K; Kent, P; Kopycinski, J; Kouts, S; Letney, D; Maddox, D; Park, G; Rasure, C; Schmidt, N; Zachary, J.Sorghastrum nutans
fungal pathogen
Colletotrichum
photosynthesis
Chlorophyll
PEP002July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterImpacts of drought on nitrogen resorption of grasses in the Intermountain West
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Poster: EcophysiologyKhasanova, Albina; Thornhill, Megan; Drenovsky, Rebecca.phylogeny
phenology
nutrient cycling
congener pairs
PEP003July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterGrowth responses of the Cape sundew (Drosera capensis L.) to low, medium and high levels of calcium chloride, magnesium chloride and potassium bicarbonate
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Poster: EcophysiologyJones, James M.C.; Fredeen, Art; Massicotte, Hugues.calcium
ion responses
Drosera capensis
magnesium
potassium
PEP004July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterThe effects of competition and nitrogen availability on acquisition, use, and storage in the first year of growth of two perennial bunchgrass species
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Poster: EcophysiologyWalker, Jeffrey T.; James, Jeremy; Drenovsky, Rebecca.resorption
nitrogen use efficiency
15N
Psuedoroegnaria spicata
Agropyron desertorum
PEP005July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterComparative Ecophysiology of Invasive and Native Annuals of the San Joaquin Valley, California
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Poster: EcophysiologyConstable, John; Braganza , Conrad Fredrick.Ecophys
PEP006July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterHigh leaf temperatures may induce elevated thermotolerance in young cotton leaves
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Poster: EcophysiologyChastain, Daryl; Hall, Trent; Brinker, Daniel; Choinski, John.
PEP007July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterSeedling root characteristics in relation to age, life history, and nutrient supply in Helianthus
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Poster: EcophysiologyBowsher, Alan; Donovan, Lisa.fine roots
plant growth strategies
evolutionary trade-offs
Monday, July 9th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Battelle South/Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Physiological Poster Session
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PPS001July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterMorphological plasticity of Fremyella diplosiphon in response to light and low-nutrient growth media.
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Poster: Physiological SectionCook, Craig; Told, Josh; Kopp, Olga.Fremyella diplosiphon
Chromatic adaptation
Biology instruction
Light responses
Cyanobacteria
PPS002July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterThe effects of boron, light, CO2, and N on levels of boron-transport proteins, BOR1 and NIP5;1, indicate transporter-specific responses to both B and other plant resources.
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Poster: Physiological SectionMishra, Sasmita; Heckathorn, Scott; Frantz, Jonathan; Gray, John.Boron transport
Environmental factors
PPS003July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterThe role of green light in photosynthesis in Bryophytes and higher plants
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Poster: Physiological SectionGriffin-Nolan, Robert; Rosen, Benjamin; Melcher, Peter.photosynthesis
Bryophytes
Higher taxa
green light 
PPS004July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterA rapid fluorescence imaging screening protocol to assess PSII electron efficiency of plants
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Poster: Physiological SectionDonahue, Leanne; Griffin-Nolan, Robert; Hamilton, Jason; Melcher, Peter.photosynthesis
photosynthetic efficiency (PRI)
Fluroescence
plant-animal interactions
PPS005July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterMonitoring nutrient stress in plants using protein biomarkers and ELISA
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Poster: Physiological SectionHeckathorn, Scott; Mishra, Sasmita.nutrients
biomarkers
transport proteins
Monday, July 9th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Battelle South/Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Stress Tolerance Posters
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PST001July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterThe effects of drought on Aspen growth and vigor in Northern Minnesota
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Poster: Stress ToleranceSinclair, Jordan; Bradford, John; Kashian, Dan.Aspen
climate change
PST002July 9th 5:30 pmBattelle South/Convention CenterAdaptive strategies, purification and sequence analysis of a thermostable catalase from a desiccation tolerant cyanobacterium Lyngbya arboricola
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Poster: Stress ToleranceKapoor, Shivali; Tripathi, S.N.; Shrivastava, Alpana.desiccation tolerance 
Antioxidative enzyme
stable catalase
Lyngbya arboricola
thermophilic

Tuesday, July 10th

Tuesday, July 10th, 8:10 am to 11:45 am · Fayette/Hyatt
Session 23: Contributed Papers: Ecophysiological Section
Presiding: Peter Melcher, Ithaca College
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July 10th 8:10 amFayette/HyattIntroduction
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23002July 10th 8:15 amFayette/HyattIndirect effects of heat stress on roots of white oak (Quercus Alba)
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Oral PaperLightle , Nicole Elizabeth; Heckathorn, Scott.heat stress
roots
heat wave
climate change
water relations
carbon relations
acute heat stress
water stress
23003July 10th 8:30 amFayette/HyattPalisade anatomy and photosynthesis in Viburnum (Adoxaceae)
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Oral PaperChatelet, David; Donoghue, Michael; Sack, Lawren; Clement, Wendy; Edwards, Erika.Viburnum
Leaf
palisade parenchyma
spongy mesophyll
photosynthetic capacity
23004July 10th 8:45 amFayette/HyattAnatomy of leaf succulence in the clade Portulacineae + Molluginaceae: evolutionary jumps into novel phenotypic space
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Oral PaperOgburn, Matthew; Edwards, Erika.Portulacineae
Caryophyllales
Anatomy
succulence
Evolution
23005July 10th 9:00 amFayette/HyattXylem transport safety and efficiency differs among South African fynbos shrub life history types and between two sites differing in mean rainfall
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Oral PaperPratt, Brandon; Jacobsen, Anna.chaparral
cavitation
life history
stem hydraulics
Xylem
niche
July 10th 9:15 amFayette/HyattBreak
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23007July 10th 9:45 amFayette/HyattA new approach to measure hydraulic resistance in plants
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Oral PaperMelcher, Peter.xylem
stem hydraulics
23008July 10th 10:00 amFayette/HyattPhotosynthetic gas exchange of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) ecotypes across a precipitation gradient of the Great Plains
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Oral PaperOlsen, Jacob; Goad, Rachel; Mendola, Meredith; Tetreault, Hannah; Johnson, Loretta; Baer, Sara; Maricle, Brian.photosynthesis
stomatal conductance
big bluestem
sand bluestem
ecotypes
common gardens
23009July 10th 10:15 amFayette/HyattInfluence of water availability on photosynthesis, water potential, and phenology in Kansas grasses
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Oral PaperCaudle, Keri; Adler, Peter; Maricle, Brian.drought
Andropogon gerardii
Bouteloua curtipendula
Sorghastrum nutans
Schizachyrium scoparium
photosynthesis
water potential
phenology
July 10th 10:30 amFayette/HyattBreak
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23011July 10th 11:00 amFayette/HyattGlacial conifers exhibited photosynthetic adaptation to low atmospheric CO2concentration
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Oral PaperMedeiros, Juliana; Becklin, Katie M.; Ward, Joy K..photosynthesis
Glacial CO2
stomatal conductance
23012July 10th 11:15 amFayette/HyattPhysiological responses of coastal marsh species to spilled oil
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Oral PaperCaudle, Keri; Maricle, Brian.alcohol dehydrogenase
photosynthesis
stomatal conductance
oil tolerance
coastal marshes
23013July 10th 11:30 amFayette/HyattThe long-term monitoring of persistent restored seagrass beds in urban-impacted Biscayne Bay: Urban sewage vs. causeway dredge and fill.
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Oral PaperThorhaug, Anitra; Harlem, Peter.subtropical seagrass 
persistent seagrass
urban sewage
epifauna
epiflora
Syringodium filiforme
Thalassia testudinum

Wednesday, July 11th

Wednesday, July 11th, 11:00 am to 11:30 am · Union C/Hyatt
Session 50: Contributed Papers: Physiological Session
Presiding: Anitra Thorhaug, Yale University; Peter Melcher, Ithaca College
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50001July 11th 11:00 amUnion C/HyattThe spectral reflectance indices compared for blue, green, orange, red, and white light diminution on Atlantic temperate Zostera marina, a seagrass
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Oral PaperThorhaug, Anitra; Berlyn, Graeme; Poulos, Helen.Zostera marina
blue light
red light 
green light 
orange light 
spectral reflectance
photosynthetic efficiency (PRI)
CHL NDVI ( Chlorophyll normalized Vegetation INdex
partial absorption
xanthophylls
carotenoids
xanthins
violaxantin
zeaxanthin
antherocyanin
photon
species reflectance signature
50002July 11th 11:15 amUnion C/HyattAssociating rice root morphology and physiological traits with grain mineral concentrations of 24 varieties with extreme mineral compositions
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Oral PaperRatnaprabha, Ratnaprabha; Pinson, Shannon R. M. ; Tarpley, Lee.rice grains
minerals
root morphology
root physiology
WinRhizo
ionomics
Wednesday, July 11th, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm · Union C/Hyatt
Session M33: Meeting: Physiology Section Meeting
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July 11th 12:00 pmUnion C/HyattPhysiology Section Meeting
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