Lotus Newsletter 2007

Volume 37 Number 2

 

Front Cover

Workshop

Lotus as a model legume and a sustainable alternative for marginal land reclamation

Contents

 

Session 1: Lotus spp. Genetic and Genomic Resources

 
A. SANTOS. A global survey of genus Lotus (Loteae-Fabaceae).
J. STOUGAARD, N. SANDAL, N. JØRGENSEN, S. DAM, G. NAUTROP, J. FREDSLUND, B.K. HOUGAARD, S. RADUTOIU, L. TIRICHINE, L.H. MADSEN, E.B. MADSEN, Y. KEISUKE, P. ROMERO,  A. JURKIEWICH, A. ALBREKTSEN, E.M.H. QUISTGAARD and E. FUKAI. Lotus genetics and genomics: Resources and approaches.
M. REBUFFO, R. ZARZA, O. BORSANI, E. CASARETTO, A. MESSA, M.M. SAINZ, R. SALDIAS, R. ALZUGARAY, F. CONDÓN, P. DIAZ, J. MONZA, D. RISSO, M. BEMHAJA, R. BERMUDEZ, W. AYALA, N. ALTIER, M. ZARZA. Genetic resources of forage legumes for agriculture-pastoral system in Uruguay.
H. ACUÑA. Genetic resources and agropastoral systems in Chile.
M. Dall’Agnol and S.M.S. Basso. Legume Utilization in Grazing Systems in Southern Brazil.
 

Session 2: Taxonomy and Ecophysiology

 
F. ESCARAY, A. SCAMBATO, P. COLLADO ROSIQUE, A. VIZCAINO MATARREDONA, J. ROSELLO PICORNELL, M. ROSATO, C. ANTOLÍN TOMÁS, P. CARRASCO SORLI and O.A. RUIZ. Biodiversity of Lotus spp. in Devesa of l`Albufera (Valencia, Spain).
J.A. ROSELLÓ. Evolution in insular Mediterranean Lotus. What we know and what should be known.
J.R. ACEBES GINOVÉS and FELICIA OLIVA TEJERA. Current status and uses of the endemic Lotus to the Canary Islands.
R.J.C. LEÓN, G. STRIKER, P. INSAUSTI and S.B. PERELMAN. Río de la Plata grasslands and Lotus tenuis.
 

Session 3: Biochemistry and Biotechnology

 
C. LÓPEZ VALIENTE, E. ESTRELLÉS, P. SORIANO and J. PICÓ. Germinative response of Lotus creticus to different temperatures and salinity conditions.
A.J. MÁRQUEZ, M. BETTI, M. GARCÍA-CALDERÓN, A. CREDALI, P. DÍAZ and J. MONZA. Primary and secondary nitrogen assimilation in Lotus japonicus and the relationship with drought stress.
F.L. PIECKENSTAIN, M.J. ESTRELLA, A. SANNAZZARO, A. MENÉNDEZ, V. FRACAROLI, N. CASTAGNO, M. ECHEVERRÍA, J. PESQUEIRA, P. VERTIZ, R. PAZ, M.E. MICIELI, F. ESCARAY, V. BERGOTTINI, S. SCHULMEISTER, P. UCHIYA, B. ROSSO, A. ANDRES and O.A. RUIZ. Lotus tenuis as keystone species for the Salado River Basin (Argentine).
C. LLUCH, N. TEJERA, J.A. HERRERA-CERVERA, M. LOPEZ, J.R. BARRANCO-GRESA, F.J. PALMA, M. GOZÁLVEZ, C. IRIBARNE, E. MORENO and A. OCAÑA. Saline stress tolerance in legumes.
E.M. González, E. Larrainzar, R. Ladrera, C. de Miguel and C. Arrese-Igor. Legume carbon metabolism under stress: Lotus japonicus features.
F. ESCARAY, J. PESQUEIRA, F. DAMIANI, F. PAOLOCCI, P. CARRASCO SORLI and O.A. RUIZ. Condensed tannins in Lotus species under salt stress.
F. PAOLOCCI, S. ARCIONI and F. DAMIANI. Genetic manipulation of condensed tannin biosynthesis in Lotus spp.
 

Session 4: Microbiology

 
M. LEÓN BARRIOS and J. DONATE CORREA. Genetic diversity in the rhizobia isolated from endemic Lotus to the Canary Islands
I. VIDEIRA E CASTRO, P. SÁ-PEREIRA, F. SIMÕES, J.A. MATOS and E. FERREIRA. Use of Lotus/Rhizobium Symbiosis in Regeneration of Polluted Soils.
N. FERROL. Legumes as model plants to study nutrient transport processes in arbuscular mycorrhiza.
 
 
 

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