SASUF Goes Digital: 2020 Edition

13:00-13:05  GENERAL INTRODUCTION  - Welcome words by ProfessorAnita Sellstedt (UmU, Sweden), 
                      Professor Ntebogeng Mokgalaka (NTU, South Africa)
13:05-13:30  Overview of plant research at UPSC, includingapplicationof CRISPR cas9 technology
                     on plants- lectureby Professor Stefan Jansson, Dept of Plant physiology, UPSC, Umeå university, 
                     Umeå, Sweden 

13:30-14:00 Phytoremediation of agricultural soils with economically valuable plants–Professor Ntebogeng
                     Mokgalaka, Dept of  Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

14:00-14.10  Short break

14:10-14:15  Nitrogen fixation by Frankiain free-living and in symbiosis -Professor Anita Sellstedt
                     Dep of f Plant physiology, UPSC, Umeå university, Umeå, Sweden 

14.15-14:30  Effect of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria on maize (ZeaMays L) seedlings under 
                     combined drought and heat stress: Consequential effects on maizes tress response genes - 
                     Dr. Rasheed Adekele (Dpt of Microbiology, North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa)  

14:30-14:45  Phototrophs in astrobiotechnology– Natuschka Lee, Dept of Ecology and environmental sciences,
                     Umeå university, Sweden

14:45-15:00 DISCUSSION