9.00-9.30

Introduction and welcome address

Radhika Venkatesan and Wilhelm Boland

Plenary Lecture                                                      

9.30-10.00

Factors controlling the composition of the microbiome of the agricultural pest Spodoptera littoralis

Wilhelm Boland
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany.

Session 1: Plant Communication Networks                               

10.00-10.30

To be in Time: The Challenge in Systemic Signaling Analysis

Axel Mithöfer
MPI Jena

10.30-11.00

Coffee

11.00-11.30

Ant–plant interactions: lessons in symbioses

Renee Borges
IISc

11.30-12.00

Interaction of roots with beneficial endophytes: Afungal hyphal network converts a jasmonate-dependent defense response to a general stress response in neighboring Arabidopsis plants

Ralf Olmüller
FSU Jena

Session 2: Plant Secondary Metabolites                                     

12.00-12.30

How and why do endophytes produce plant secondary metabolites?

Uma Shaanker
UAS

12.30-14.30

Lunch and lab visit

14.30-15.00

Genome sequencing of Tulsi - a herbal plant

Sowdhamini
NCBS

15.00-15.30

microRNA-mediated regulation of plant secondary metabolic pathways

Shivaprasad
NCBS

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

Session 3: Early Signaling and Plant Resistance                      

16.00-16.30

Arabidopsis cyclic nucleotide gated channel in perception of insect herbivory and defense activation

Jyothilakshmi Vadassery
NIPGR

16.30-17.00

Dynamic metabolic reprogramming of steroidal glycol-alkaloid may impart early blight resistance in wild tomato

Ashok Giri
NCL

17.00-17.30

Simulated herbivory brings about rapid transcriptional changes in hormonal networks in chickpea

Anirudha Sane
NBRI

17.30 onwards

Banquet Dinner

Session 4: Insect Ecology         

9.00-9.30

Cuticular hydrocarbons as potential cues for recognition processes in honeybees

Thomas Schmitt
University of Würzburg

9.30-10.00

Ovipositioning behavior in the Oleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii: a case study

Sanjay Sane
NCBS

10.00-10.30

Causes and consequences of diet choice in insects

Deepa Agashe
NCBS

10.30-11.00

The Objects of Insects’ Affections

Shannon Olsson
NCBS

11.00-11.30

Coffee Break

11.30-12.00

Molecular mechanisms involved in honey bee foraging behavior

Axel Brockmann
NCBS

12.00-12.30

Controlled release dispensers for delivery of semiochemicals

Subaharan Kesavan
NBAIR

12.30-12.45

Closing remarksand Lunch