Soil bioremediation session
9h30-10h30: Keynote lectures Part I Moderators: Prof. Annamaria Ranieri/Antonella Castagna 9h30-10h00: Prof. Sergey Shabala, University of Tasmania- Australia Crop halophytism: a “silver bullet” for soil phytoremediation and global food security? 10h00-10h30: Dr. Ahmed Debez, CBBC- Tunisia Insights into the desalination potential of the succulent halophyte Sesuvium portulacastrum. 10h30-10h45: Coffee Break 10h45-12h15: Keynote lecture Part II Moderators: Prof. José Antonio Hernandez/Gregorio Barba Espin 10h45-11h15: Dr. Pedro Garcia Caparros, Almeria University- Spain Soil haloremediation 11h15-11h45: Dr. Tarek Slatni, FST/CBBC- Tunisia Biological improvement of plant productivity in saline soils: the case of halo-tolerant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (HT-PGPR). 11h45-12h15: Dr. Rafael Clemente, CSIC- Spain Phytoremediation of trace element contaminated soils. 12h15-12h45: Short oral presentations Moderator: Dr. Mohsen Hanana 12h15-12h25: Prof. José Antonio Hernandez, CEBAS-CSIC- Spain Effect of halophyte-based intercropping in the physiological and biochemical responses of tomato plants under saline conditions. 12h25-12h35: Dr. Maria Colgera Sciampagna, UNIPI- Italy Exploiting halophyte-based farming system: valorization of Salicornia europaea cultivated in monoculture or intercropped with tomato plants in saline soils. 12h35-12h45: Dr. Amira Dabbous, CBBC-Tunisia Key gene players in the soil phyoremediation potential of the halophyte Lobularia maritima. 12h45-13h: Closing Remarks 13h-14h30: Break
