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Category: Symposia

Track: Pending

Proposed Symposium Title: PLANT RESPONSES TO STRESSES AND CLIMATE CHANGE. SESSION 1

Abstract: The symposium would deal with research covering all aspects of how plants respond to stresses and climate change, at all levels of scale. Contributions from basic to applied research are welcome, as long as they are based on molecular, physiological, morphological, (ultra)structural, cellular, histo-anatomical, morphogenetic, organismic, community and ecological aspects. Stress induced by exposure to xenochemicals and toxins, infection or injury, as well as phyto/bioremediation aspects, are also positively considered as core topics.

Speaker 1: Luigi Sanita' di Toppi Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy luigi.sanita@unipi.it Functional responses to heavy metals in plants

Speaker 2: Mirza Hasanuzzaman Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Dhaka, Bangladesh mhzsauag@yahoo.com Biostimulants: A Sustainable Solution to Combat Soil Salinity in Modern Agriculture

Speaker 3: Cecilia Brunetti CNR-IPSP, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy The widespread Holm oak dieback in Mediterranean forests: an approach to investigate the causes at plant and ecosystem level cecilia.brunetti@ipsp.cnr.it

Topics (Up to three): Ecophysiology

Topic 2: Global Change Ecology

Topic 3: Agroforestry Systems

Justification: The Symposium is aimed at highlighting highly topical areas, such as the response of plants to stress factors, environmental pollution (including microplastics and nanoparticles) and global change. We believe that these areas can further contribute to culturally complete the Congress.