202311th International Symposium on
Plant-Soil Interactions at Low pH (PSILPH)

Organized by International Steering Committee of PSILPH
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Soil Science Society of China

October 16-21, 2023 (GMT+8). Nanjing, China

Meeting schedule

Day, Date Program
Monday, 16 October 2023 12:00 - Registration opens at lobby of the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing
18:00 - Welcome reception at the café on the first floor of Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing
Tuesday, 17 October 2023 08:30 – 08:45
Welcome Address by Director of Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chairman of PSILPH International Steering Committee

Part 1 Chair: Ren Fang Shen (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
08:45 – 09:30
Plenary talk
Molecular mechanisms of crops for high tolerance to mineral stresses in acid soils
Jian Feng Ma (Okayama University, Japan)
09:30 – 10:00
Keynote
Aluminium resistance, root exudates and the root microbiome
Peter R Ryan (CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia)
10:00 – 10:30
Keynote
Sensing of aluminum by a LRR receptor-like kinase ALR1 in Arabidopsis
Shao-Jian Zheng (Zhejiang University, China)
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break

Part 2 Chair: Claudia Teixeira Guimarães (Nucleus of Applied Biology, Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, Brazil)
11:00 – 11:15
Navigating plant nutrition: Insights into the roles of aluminum activated malate transporters (ALMTs) as anion channels
Min Yu (Foshan University, China)
11:15 – 11:30
OsOPT7 mediates xylem unloading of Fe for its preferential distribution in rice
Naoki Yamaji (Okayama University, Japan)
11:30 – 11:45
Rice resists magnesium deficiency by regulating chlorophyll degradation, photosynthetic carbon assimilation and circadian rhythms
Zhi-Chang Chen (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China)
11:45– 12:00
Upstream transcriptional regulation mechanism of root cell wall in response to aluminum stress in Arabidopsis thaliana
Xiao Fang Zhu (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch/Poster

Part 3 Chair: Jian Feng Ma (Okayama University, Japan)
14:00 – 14:45
Plenary talk
Using alkaline materials to reverse weathering and sequester carbon in low pH soils
Yong-Guan Zhu (Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
14:45 – 15:15
Keynote
Soil acidification and plant adaptations along 2-million year dune chronosequences in the southwest Australian biodiversity hotspot
Hans Lambers (University of Western Australia, Australia)
15:15 – 15:45
Keynote
STOP1-regulated system; Pleiotropic roles in stress tolerance and its possible origin in evolution
Hiroyuki Koyama (Gifu University, Japan)
15:45 – 16:15
Coffee Break

Part 4 Chair: Shao-Jian Zheng (Zhejiang University, China)
16:15 – 16:30
Aluminium induces faster stomatal responses in barley
Meixue Zhou (University of Tasmania, Australia)
16:30 – 16:45
Aluminum stress signaling and responses in Arabidopsis
Zhong-Bao Yang (Shandong University, China)
16:45 – 17:00
Posttranslational regulation of ART1 in rice
Noriyuki Konishi (Okayama University, Japan)
17:00 – 17:15
STOP1 activates NRT1.1-mediated nitrate uptake to create a favorable rhizospheric pH for plant adaptation to acidity
Jia Yuan Ye (Zhejiang University, China)
17:15 – 17:30
Bed soil acidification process and aluminum accumulation patterns in Panax ginseng-a perenial herb with storage fleshy root
Jiangfeng You (Jilin University, China)
18:00 – Dinner at the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing
Wednesday, 18 0ctober 2023 Part 5 Chair: Zdenko Lončarić (Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia)
08:30 – 09:15
Plenary talk
Omics-enabled modeling of soil microbial feedbacks in response to climate change
Jizhong Zhou (University of Oklahoma, USA)
09:15 – 09:45
Keynote
Domestication of soybean symbiotic N2 fixation towards low pH soils
Hong Liao (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China)
09:45 – 10:15
Keynote
Evidences of significant soil acidification across forest and agricultural ecosystems
Kazumichi Fujii (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan)
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break

Part 6 Chair: Xue Qiang Zhao (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
10:45 – 11:00
Microbial bioagents impact on micronutrients uptake by corn on acid soils
Zdenko Loncaric (Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Croatia)
11:00 – 11:15
Metabolic activity of rhizosphere microbiome in red soil and stress tolerance of crop
Yuting Liang (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
11:15 – 11:30
Rhizobial inoculation induces recruitment of beneficial microbes by metabolite to alleviate aluminum stress in soybeans
Tengxiang Lian (South China Agricultural University, China)
11:30 – 11:45
Harnessing the microbiome to control plant parasitic weeds
Francisco Dini-Andreote (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
11:45 – 12:00
Boron supply alleviates aluminum toxicity-inhibited polar auxin transport and pectin dynamics in root transition zone
Lin Tao (Foshan University, China)
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch/Poster

Part 7 Chair: Peter R Ryan (CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Australia)
14:00 – 14:30
Keynote
Scientific issues and strategies of acid soil use in China
Ren Fang Shen (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
14:30 – 15:00
Keynote
Aluminum signaling and post-transcriptional regulation of the STOP1 transcription factor
Chao-Feng Huang (Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
15:00 – 15:30
Keynote
Improving acid soil sustainability via of aluminum tolerance and phosphorus efficiency mechanisms in maize and sorghum
Claudia Teixeira Guimarães (Nucleus of Applied Biology, Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, Brazil)
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break

Part 8 Chair: Hong Liao (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China)
16:00 – 16:15
A clade of receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases and 14-3-3 proteins coordinate the lipid-originated inositol hexaphosphate biosynthesis and phosphate homeostasis
Zhong Jie Ding (Zhejiang University, China)
16:15 – 16:30
Genetic improvement of legume roots for adaption to acid soils
Xinxin Li (Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China)
16:30 – 16:45
Functional characterization of two novel phosphorus transporters in barley
Hengliang Huang (Okayama University, Japan)
16:45 – 17:00
OsPHO1;3 mediates redistribution of phosphorus in rice
Jing Che (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
17:00 – 17:15
Rice OsRPY1 plays a negative role in P accumulation and grain yield
Gui Jie Lei (Yunnan University, China)
17:15 – 17:30
The mechanism of boron modulates root elongation and restores aluminum toxicity by modulating auxin carriers in root apical transition zone
Zhishan Guo (Foshan University, China)
18:00 – Dinner at the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing
Thursday, 19 October 2023 Part 9 Chair: Prakash Nagabovanalli B (University of Agricultural Sciences, India)
08:30 – 09:00
Keynote
Activation of solid Al and its inhibition during soil acidification
Ren Kou Xu (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
09:00 – 09:30
Keynote
Soil acidification: the Challenge of the 21st century
Yakov Kuzyakov (University of Göttingen, Germany)
09:30 – 09:45
Effect of biodegradable plastics on soil acidity, greenhouse gas emission and plant growth under aerobic and flooding conditions
Kazuyuki Inubushi (Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan)
09:45 – 10:00
Influence of LD slag and potassium feldspar fertilizer formulations on pH, potassium availability and performance of maize in low pH soil
Pallavi Thimmappa (University of Agricultural Sciences, India)
10:00 – 10:15
Effectiveness and mechanisms of organic materials in alleviating red soil acidification
Zejiang Cai (Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China)
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee Break

Part 10 Chair: Kazumichi Fujii (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan)
10:45 – 11:00
Enhancing growth performance of Amaranthus viridis on moderately saline soil through organic amendments application
Abdullah Abdul Rahman (Sime Darby Plantation Research Sdn Bhd, Malaysia)
11:00 – 11:15
More attention should be paid to the acidification of purple soil in China
ZhongYi Li (Southwest University, China)
11:15 – 11:30
Biochar retards Al toxicity to maize (Zea mays L.) during soil acidification: The effects and mechanisms
Renyong Shi (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
11:30 – 11:45
Long-term moderate P fertilization increases the complexity of soil microbial community and promotes synergistic regulation of P cycling genes to improve the availability of P in acid soil
Ming Lang (Southwest University, China)
11:45 – 12:00
Bacterial and fungal denitrifiers abundance, composition and activity in arable acid soils
Huifang Xu (Jiangxi Agricultural University, China)
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch/Poster

Part 11 Chair: Ren Kou Xu (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
14:00 – 14:30
Keynote
Unraveling the benefits of gypsum for sustainable management and utilization of acid soils
Prakash Nagabovanalli B (University of Agricultural Sciences, India)
14:30 – 14:45
The mechanisms of enhancing peanut yield in continuous cropping on acidic red soil by organic fertilizers containing effective microbes
Ying Teng (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
14:45 – 15:00
pH-induced changes in fungal abundance and composition affects soil heterotrophic nitrification
Yi Zhang (Nanjing Normal University, China)
15:00 – 15:15
Organo-mineral associations through polyvalent cation bridges are vulnerable to soil acidification in grassland ecosystems
Chenglong Ye (Nanjing Agricultural University, China)
15:15 – 15:30
Dissection of root architectural traits and fundamental mechanisms in response to individual and combined aluminium-phosphorus stress in lentil
Dharmendra Singh (Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India)
15:30 – 15:45
Effects of seed pelletization on improving rapeseed growth in acidic soils
Wenhao Ran (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)
15:45 – 16:00
The fluctuation patterns in the microbiome of soybean with varying phosphorus efficiency as affected by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation with phosphorus fertilization in an acidic soil
Zhongling Wen (Nanjing University)
16:00 – 16:15
Physiological, transcriptomic and molecular characterization of cadmium uptake in Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis), a non-timber forest species
Fan Yang (Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, China)
16:15 – 16:45
Coffee Break

Part 12 Chair: Ren Fang Shen (Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
16:45 – 17:00
Poster Awards
17:00 – 17:30
Closing ceremony by Local organizer and Chairman of PSILPH International Steering Committee
18:00-
Banquet at banquet hall on the second floor of the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing
Friday, 20 October 2023 Field trip:
8:30 -12:00, Departure from the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing to Yixing city, which is famous for Chinese teapot, a handmade ceramic that is only found in China
12:00 -13:30, Lunch
13:30 -17:30, Transportation from Yixing city to Liyang city to visit a typical Chinese acid soil profile where tea is cultivated
17:30 - , Back to the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing
18:00- Dinner
Other Information For registration on site, contact Dr. Xiaoying Dong (cell phone, 13813848229).

Plenary, keynote, and oral presentations will be held at banquet hall (A hall) on the second floor of the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing.

Plenary presentation is a 45-min slot, a talk for 36 min and discussion for 8 min 30 sec, followed by a 30-sec interval for the next speaker. Keynote presentation is a 30-min slot, a talk for 25 min and discussion for 4 min 30 sec, followed by a 30-sec interval for the next speaker. Oral presentation is a 15-min slot, a talk for 12 min and discussion for 2 min 30 sec, followed by a 30-sec interval for the next speaker. To keep the session on time, please strictly follow the time limits.

Please pass your presentation file to our staff at the registration desk one day before your presentation. For any problem, contact Jing Che (jche@issas.ac.cn, 15094301559), Lu Wang (wl@issas.ac.cn, 18994012401).

Poster presentations and coffee break will be arranged at banquet hall (C hall) on the second floor of the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing.

Posters should be prepared in English. The poster panel should not exceed 80 cm (width) x 120 cm (height). Pushpins for mounting your poster are provided by the Meeting Committee.

Lunch and dinner buffet during meeting will be provided at the Grand Metropark Hotel Nanjing.