PROGRAM



October 3rd - Sunday
SCHEDULE PROGRAM
Meet the speakers at the Guarulhos International Airport
19:00 Dinner - Pizza


October 4th - Monday
SCHEDULE PROGRAM
09:00 - 12:00 Speakers workshop
09:00 - 12:00 Display posters
09:00 -12:00 Meeting Registration
12:00 Lunch
14:00 Opening Ceremony
15:00 - 18:00 Chair: Drauzio E. N. Rangel
15:00 Andy R. McLeod
Centre for the Study of Environmental Change and Sustainability, University of Edinburgh, UK
Title: Does UV radiation drive methane emissions from plant foliage?
15:50 Coffee break - Poster Section
16:10 Anne J. Anderson
Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Title: The effects of sunlight irradiation on loss of hydrophobicity induced in soils by natural fire and the impact on the soil microbial population.
17:00 Arthur G. Fett-Neto
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Title: Photo-elicitation of bioactive secondary metabolite accumulation in plants by UV-B radiation
19:30 Dinner - Italian Food Cantina da Nena (www.cantinadanena.com.br)


October 5th - Tuesday
SCHEDULE PROGRAM
08:00 - 12:00 Chair: Gilberto U. L. Braga
08:00 Short Lectures Selected from Abstracts
08:50 Carlos L. Ballaré
Facultad de Agronomía, CONICET y Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Title: Global change and the effects of solar UV radiation on terrestrial ecosystems
09:40 Daniel F. Calderini
Universidad Austral de Chile, Campus Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile.
Title: Sensitivity of wheat to UV-B radiation throughout the crop cycle
10:30 Coffee break - Poster Section
11:10 Riikka Rinnan
Terrestrial Ecology Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Title: Effects of UV radiation on CO2 exchange and volatile organic compound emissions at ecosystem level
12:00 Lunch
14:00 - 18:00 Chair: Éverton K. K. Fernandes
14:00 Stephan D. Flint
Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
Title: Spectral weighting functions and other issues determining the realism of field UV experiments
14:50 Wayne L. Nicholson
University of Florida, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Title: UV resistance mechanisms of bacterial spores: implications for agriculture.
15:40 Coffee break - Poster Section
16:10 Jason Wargent
Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Title: From ozone depletion to agriculture: understanding the role of UV radiation in sustainable crop production
17:00 Drauzio E. N. Rangel
Universidade do Vale do Paraíba, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
Title: The influence of fungal nutrition and growth conditions on conidial tolerance to UV-B radiation
19:30 Dinner - BBQ - Churrascaria Villa D'Aldeia (www.villadaldeia.com.br)




October 6th - Wednesday
SCHEDULE PROGRAM
08:00 - 12:30 Chair: Wagner Bettiol
08:00 Éverton K. K. Fernandes
Departament of Biology , Utah State University , Logan , Utah , USA
Title: Effects of UV radiation on conidia used for control of veterinary ectoparasites, particularly Beauveria spp. versus cattle ticks
08:50 Stephan D. Flint
Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA.
Title: Subtle effects of small differences in photosynthetically active radiation: implications for UV radiation experiments
09:40 Gilberto U. L. Braga
Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
Title: Effects of solar radiation on fungal conidia
10:30 Coffee break - Poster Section
10:50 André P. Schuch
Department of Microbiology, Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Title: Evaluation of solar-ultraviolet radiation effects upon DNA molecule
11:40 Donald W. Roberts
Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.
Title: The implications of increased UV-B radiation on microbial control of insects
12:30 Closing Ceremony
13:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Workshop
Workshop between the speakers outlining a review manuscript on the symposium theme
and a letter of intention on technical cooperation
19:30 Dinner - Japanese Food - Nakajima




October 7th – Thursday
SCHEDULE PROGRAM
07:00 Field trip to EMBRAPA Meio Ambiente about 170 km (106 miles) from UNIVAP
09:00 Reception at Embrapa Meio Ambiente
09:30 Raquel Guini
Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Jaguariuna, SP
Presentation of the Climapest project
10:20 Wagner Bettiol
Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Jaguariuna, SP
Visit FACE and UV-B experiments
14:00 BBQ at Sitio Terra do Sol, Itatiba, SP (R$ 50)
20:00 Closing and return to São José dos Campos


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