Oak-related Presentations and Posters at IBC 2024 in Madrid

The XX International Botanical Congress (IBC) was held in Madrid from July 21 to July 27, 2024. Over 6 days some 1,500 oral presentations were presented in concurrent sessions, while a similar number of posters were shared with participants, either physically in the poster hall or in electronic format in a separate space with several screens where posters could be browsed. A total of 3,168 abstracts were published in the abstract book.

Several of these presentations or posters dealt with topics related to oaks, directly or indirectly. They are listed below, each linked to a page showing author(s), affiliation(s), and the abstract published on the IBC website. In the case of posters, most of them include a link to the PDF of the poster.

The presentations and posters are grouped according to subject matter. It was interesting to see that many of the abstracts dealt with genomics and the evolution of oaks, while conservation, including cryopreservation, was another popular topic. This was the first time the International Botanical Congress was held in the Mediterranean region, and, as was to be expected, many of the abstracts deal with oaks of the Western Mediterranean (what we might call, borrowing a term from two of the presentations, the “home-field” effect!).

Many of the authors are IOS members and will be familiar to those who have attended our Conferences or read our Journal. For the others, we hope they will consider sharing their research in our publications or at the next IOS Conference to be held in Oaxaca next year.

Presentations

Genomics and evolution

 ⇒ Landscape genomic and introgressive hybridization in bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) - R. Mohn et al.

 ⇒ Evolution in plant function and ecological niches in the oak adaptive radiation inform community assembly at continental scale - Cavender-Bares et al.

 ⇒ Advancing our understanding of oak evolution in the genomic era - D. Larson et al.

 ⇒ Genetic integration of species diagnostic characters and their evolutionary responses to selection within hybridizing oaks - I.M. Porth

Conservation

 ⇒ Conservation gap analysis of Mesoamerican oaks: establishing priorities for conservation - K. Good et al.

 ⇒ Establishing ex-situ conservation collections through collaborative partnerships - A. Byrne et al.

 ⇒ Conservation of oak species by biotechnological tools - E. Corredoira and M.T. Martínez

 ⇒ The above- and below-ground segregation of functional space of oak seedlings - M. Arenas-Navarro et al.

Oaks of the western Mediterranean

 ⇒ The widespread Quercus ilex L. dieback in Mediterranean forests: investigation of the causes at plant and ecosystem level - C. Brunetti et al.

 ⇒ Elevated spring temperatures promote premature germination in range-wide cork oak populations - M. Benita Garzón

 ⇒ The Iberian Peninsula as a major hotspot for white oak conservation and analysis of species syngameons - C. Vila-Viçosa et al.

 ⇒ Nutritional status of Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pyrenaica is improved in heterospecific neighbourhoods - M. Tallón et al.

 ⇒ Quercus faginea Lam. s.l. in North Africa, an ongoing taxonomic challenge - A. Abdeldjalil

 ⇒ Microbial effects on holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) germination - F. Pugnaire et al.

 ⇒ Microbial communities and seeds: Home-field advantage effects in holm oak germination -  R.M. Ugarte and F.I. Pugnaire

Posters

Genomics and evolution

 ⇒ Convergent evolution in Mediterranean oaks - R. Martín Sánchez et al.

 ⇒ Into Mesoamerica: convergence of Quercus functional traits across environmental gradients - M. Kaproth et al.

 ⇒ The nature of oak species - A.L. Hipp and A.T. Whittemore

 ⇒ Why do oaks (Quercus spp.) have lobed leaves? - K. van Zuijlen and T. Denk

 ⇒ Updated global maps for the oak (Quercus spp.) sections - K. van Zuijlen et al.

 ⇒ Genomic structure and diversity of Quercus suber across its complete latitudinal distribution - M. Viveiros-Moniz et al.

 ⇒ Enhancing Quercus cerris identification via DNA barcoding and new PCR primers - D. Fantozzi et al.

Cryopreservation

 ⇒ Stress tolerance and longevity of oak pollen: basis for the creation of a Global Oak Pollen Bank (GOPB) - D. Ballesteros et al.

 ⇒ Maturity is a determining factor of post-thaw survival in the cryopreservation of Quercus ilex - A. Fernández T. and D. Ballesteros

Conservation

 ⇒ Biodiversity conservation assessment to protect two micro-endemic oaks from western Mexico: Quercus cualensis and Q. tuitensis - M. Arenas-Navarro et al.

 ⇒ Population census of oak Quercus humboldtii Bonpl. (Fagaceae) in the Botanical Garden of Popayán-Colombia - L.G. Chilito López and J.A. Chacón Paja

Oak-microbe interactions

 ⇒ Do ectomycorrhizal fungi enable the productivity of oaks in inhospitable environments of the tropical montane cloud forest? - S. Moledor et al.

 ⇒ Oak-microbe interactions at the leaf surface: Do light, season and functional traits matter? - X. Yin et al.

Oaks of the western Mediterranean

 ⇒ Macrofungi and lichenised fungi as biological indicators: the case of Pyrenean oak and chestnut forests in Castilla y León (Spain) - S. Perfecto Arribas et al.

 ⇒ Nutritional status of Pinus sylvestris and Quercus pyrenaica is improved in heterospecific neighbourhoods - M. Tallón et al.

 ⇒ Nutrient resorption efficiency in Quercus ilex along a north-south gradient and its relation with climate - E. Manrique et al.

 ⇒ Cell division patterns during early cork development in two Quercus spp. - D. Botticelli et al.

 ⇒ Effect of canopy damage in Quercus ilex due to the storm Juliette on three epiphytic mosses - P.M. Mir-Rosselló et al.

 ⇒ Photosynthetic response of Quercus suber. L seedlings - Z. Mhalhli et al.

 ⇒ Photosynthesis in sessile oak and common beech provenances under drought in relation to different soil phosphorus concentrations - A. Vukmirovic et al.

 ⇒ Desiccation in Mediterranean oak acorns: does morphology influence germination rate? - D.A. Oropesa-Olmedo et al.