day 1 agenda
| Tentative Program | ||
| 6th ANNUAL CONGRESS ON PLANT SCIENCE AND BIOSECURITY June 22 - 23, 2026 at Barcelona, Spain |
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| Scientific Program | ||
| Day -1: June (22, 2026) | ||
| Meeting Hall | ||
| Registrations Open (08:00-08:40 ) | ||
| Opening Ceremony (08:40-09:00) | ||
| Keynote Talks | ||
| Jeffrey T. Hutchinson, University of Texas at San Antonio, United States |
09:00-09:30 | Vegetation composition and organic carbon content along right-of-ways on Interstate Highway 35 in Bexar County, Texas |
| Shuyu Liu, Texas A&M University-College Station, United States |
09:30-10:00 | Developing Wheat Cultivars Benefit to Human Health, Environment Sustainability, and Farmer Profitability |
| Zheng Zheng, Fudan University, China |
10:00-10:30 | Integrating Plant–Microbe–Water Interactions to Advance Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration and Biosecurity |
| 10:30-11:00 | Slot Available | |
| Group Photo & Refreshment Break (11:00-11:20) | ||
| Scientific Session I | ||
| Mary C. Wildermuth, University of California Berkeley, United States |
11:20-11:40 | RNAi biopesticides for control of grapevine powdery mildew in the field |
| Ana Paula Alonso, University of North Texas, United States |
11:40-12:00 | Integrating omics to improve specialty oil production in emerging crops |
| Silvia Castillo-Argüero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico |
12:00-12:20 | Plant species introduced into two natural ecosystems within Mexico City |
| Sha Liu, Sichuan University, China |
12:20-12:40 | Low CO2 concentration, a key environmental factor for developing plateau adapted rapeseed |
| Mina Momayyezi, University of California Davis, United States |
12:40-13:00 | Three dimensional leaf architectural dynamics across Populus balsamifera leaf profiles during drought and recovery |
| (13:00-14:00) Lunch Break @ Restaurant | ||
| Scientific Session II | ||
| Elliott Marston, Washington State University, United States |
14:00-14:20 | Late-maturity α-amylase (LMA) is a family of wheat quality traits, not a single phenotype |
| Lars Erik Olof Wiik, Hushallningssallskapet Skane, Sweden |
14:20-14:40 | Control of potato late blight without PFAS-pesticides |
| Fang-Di Hu, Lanzhou University, China |
14:40-15:00 | Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis of triterpenoid accumulation in the roots of Codonopsis pilosula var. modesta (Nannf.) L.T.Shen at different altitudes |
| Mehmet Hadi Aydin, Siirt University, Turkey |
15:00-15:20 | Potential Causes of Low Pistachio Yield in Turkey |
| Weizhen Zhang, Chengdu University of Technology, China |
15:20-15:40 | Multilevel Analysis of the Toxicity Mechanisms of Chlorinated Paraffins with Different Carbon Chain Lengths on Submerged Macrophytes |
| Stephen N. Wegulo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA |
15:40-16:00 | Effects of fungicide application timing on foliar fungal diseases, Fusarium head blight and economic returns in two winter wheat cultivars |
| Refreshment Break(16:00-16:10) | ||
| Erick Heredia Olea, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico |
16:20-16:40 | Characterization and Functionality of Hot?Press Wheat Tortillas Produced With Soybean Oil?Based Oleogels Structured With Candelilla Wax, Monogylcerides, and Hardfat |
| Barbara Wojcikowska, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland |
16:40-17:00 | Cracking the code of plant regeneration: MONOPTEROS at the heart of clonal propagation |
| Petr Sedlak, Czech University of Life Sciences, Czech Republic |
17:00-17:20 | Practical aspects of developing and utilising ddPCR-based systems for the detection and quantification of potato pathogens |
| 17:20-17:40 | Slot Available | |
| Aamir Hamid Khan, University of Lodz, Poland |
17:40-18:00 | GhAOS Integrates Circadian Rhythm and Jasmonic Acid Signaling to Regulate High Temperature Stress Responses in Cotton and Arabidopsis |
| Pannel Discussions | ||
| Please note that this program is tentative, and the timings are subject to change. | ||
| If any one interested to attend the conference or to book your speaker slot, please send an email to peter_griffin@acpsb.com | ||
day 2 agenda
| Tentative Program: | ||
| 6th ANNUAL CONGRESS ON PLANT SCIENCE AND BIOSECURITY June 22 - 23, 2026 at Barcelona, Spain |
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| Scientific Program | ||
| Day -2: June (23, 2026) | ||
| Meeting Hall | ||
| Technical Session-III | ||
| Cesar Augusto Murad Rodriguez, University of Southampton, United Kingdom |
09:00-09:20 | Multitemporal monitoring of paramos as critical water sources in Central Colombia |
| Wei-Zhen Liang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Unites States |
09:20-09:40 | An Edge AI Camera Platform for Multi-Species Weed Detection in Sugar Beet Production |
| Lorenzo Raggi, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy |
09:40-10:00 | Towards a Rational and Efficient Protection of Crop Wild Relatives in Lebanon |
| Kaisa Lehosmaa, University of Oulu, Finland |
10:00-10:20 | Biomineralized gold nanoparticles and associated endophytic bacteria in Norway spruce needles (Picea abies) |
| Savvina A. Chowdhury, The Evergreen State College, Unites States |
10:20-10:40 | Plant Humanities Pedagogy: Teaching at the Intersection of Feminist Economics & Economic Botany |
| 10:40-11:00 | Slot Available | |
| Refreshment Break (11:00-11:20) | ||
| Christopher John Matocha, University of Kentucky, Unites States |
11:20-11:40 | Transformation of Organic Matter Under Anoxic Conditions in Soils |
| April Z. Gu, Cornell university, Unites States |
11:40-12:00 | Leveraging Plant-Microbe Interactions to Enhance Phosphorus Bioavailability Through the Forgotten Polyphosphate Metabolism in Polyphosphate-Accumulating Organisms |
| Hayat Khan, NDSU, Unites States |
12:00-12:20 | Phenotypic Evaluation and Genome-Wide Association Mapping for Bacterial Leaf Streak Resistance in a Worldwide Cultivated Emmer Wheat Collection |
| 12:20-12:40 | Slot Available | |
| Andres Cruz Hernández, Universidad Lasalle Bajio, Mexico |
12:40-13:00 | Molecular tools for approaching the prickly pear genoma |
| (13:00-14:00) Lunch Break @ Restaurant | ||
| Eunsook Park, University of Wyoming, United States |
14:00- 14:20 | Autophagy-emerging target biological process for new fungicide development |
| 14:20- 14:40 | Slot Available | |
| Christian Nansen, UC Davis, United States |
14:40- 15:00 | Active Learning, Hyperspectral imaging and Sustainable Crop Production in the 21st Century - Applications and Perspectives |
| Poster Session & Refreshment Break(15:00-16:00) | ||
| Pannel Discussions | ||
| Please note that this program is tentative, and the timings are subject to change. | ||
| If any one interested to attend the conference or to book your speaker slot, please send an email to peter_griffin@acpsb.com | ||
posters agenda
Will be updated soon...
posters agenda
Tentative Program:
| Day-2, June-23, 2026 (Virtual Through ZOOM) Barcelona Time |
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| Keynote Talk: Is the jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) forest under threat from a changing climate? | |
| Frank Batini, Natural Resource Management, Australia | |
| Effects of on-orchard biodiverse plantings on invertebrate communities and their provision of ecosystem services | |
| Jacqui Todd, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science, NewZealand | |
| Microclimate, forest edges, and climate change shape risk for the invasive plant pathogen, Austropuccinia psidii | |
| Rebecca Campbell, New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science, New zealand | |
| Slot Available | |
| Deciphering maize multiple disease resistance mechanisms via disease lesion mimic mutants | |
| Mingyue Gou, Henan Agricultural University, China | |
| Biochar enhances sustainability by boosting multiple-dimension optimization of production-economy-environment in maize-alfalfa intercropping system | |
| Zhixin Zhang, Northwest A & F University, China | |
| Hourly Rainfall Variability and Extreme Events: Impacts on Rice Growth and Yield in China | |
| Jin Fu, Hohai university, China | |
| Slot Available | |
| ERECTA genes and their ligands regulate shoot and inflorescence architecture in maize | |
| Fang Xu, Shandong University, China | |
| Nicomics, a user friendly bioinformatic server for high quality Nicotiana reference genomes | |
| Feng Li, Huazhong Agricultural University, China | |
| Chloroplast vesiculation fine-tunes seed germination by antagonizing ABA signaling through dual degradation of ABI5 and XIW1 | |
| Ting Pan, Northwest A&F University, China | |
| Slot Available | |
| Poster: Investigation of the Effects of Foliar Application of Azelaic Acid on Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Leaves Under Salt Stress | |
| Burcu Seckin Dinler, Sinop University, Turkey | |
| Slot Available | |
| A Sustainable Integrated Agroforestry System | |
| Luis Raul Comolli, Independent - El Rocio SA, Italy | |
| Tracing the first stage of tree growth under arsenic pollution – dynamic changes of metalloid forms during seed germination | |
| Sylwia Budzy?ska, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland | |
| Eco-Friendly Seed Priming Approaches for Breaking Dormancy in Albizia julibrissin | |
| Ghulam Mustafa, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia | |
| Poster: Trichoderma atroviride-mediated activation of antioxidant defenses system to enhance wheat resistance against Fusarium crown rot | |
| Fayza Belhadj Benyahia, Ecole nationale superieure agronomique, Algeria | |
| Poster: CHV1 infection reduces virulence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1 | |
| Laura Arango Palacio, Politecnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid, Colombia | |
| Grain yield and quality traits variability in bread wheat under contrasting nitrogen availability: leverage points for resilient production systems | |
| Leonor Gabriela Abeledo, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Keynote Talk: Detection of Florida red scale and parasitoid Aphytis melinus in protected citrus production system and potential for biological control | |
| Jawwad Alam Qureshi, University of Florida, USA | |
| Chelator enhanced phytormediation of metals contaminated solutions | |
| Lin Guo, East Texas A&M University, United States | |
| Lessons Learned from 50+ Years of Corn Performance Test: Trends, Changes, and Yields | |
| Osler Ortez, The Ohio State University, United States | |
| Corn stunt in the United States: Current status and future perspectives | |
| Maira Rodrigues Duffeck, Oklahoma State University, USA | |
| Mendel’s seven factors: What they tell us about mutations in garden pea and perhaps other organisms with large genomes | |
| Norman F. Weeden, Montana State University, United States | |
| A multifunctional citrus-derived antimicrobial peptide controls bacterial pathogens and fungal pathogens | |
| Huang Chien-Yu, Louisiana State University, United States | |
| BioWatch: a computer vision system for community-based identification and reporting of spotted lanternfly life stage | |
| Yanqiu Yang, University of Tennessee, USA | |
| Maximizing soybean yield while minimizing risk across Louisiana | |
| David Moseley, LSU AgCenter, USA | |
| Emerging bacterial pathogens causing rice panicle blight in the southeastern United States | |
| Jong Hyun Ham, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, United States | |
| Agricultural Extension in Transition Across Legacy Models Digital Transformation and Future Pathways | |
| A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Michigan State University, USA | |
| Millet seed in poultry diets – a North American Perspectiv | |
| Sheila Purdum, University of Nebraska, USA | |
| Dehydrated Organic Remnants as a source for the anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD) in California strawberry | |
| Oleg Daugovish, University of California Cooperative Extension, USA | |
| Tolerance of native papaya accessions to the PRSV-P under field conditions in Veracruz, Mexico | |
| Juan A. Villanueva-Jimenez, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Veracruz, Mexico | |
| Phosphorus mobility and microbial P transfer across a riparian wetland buffer strip | |
| Susan Glasauer, University of Guelph, Canada | |
| Day-2 Virtual Concludes | |
| Note: This is a tentative program, subject to change | |
| If any one interested to attend the conference or to book your speaker slot, please send an email to: peter_griffin@acpsb.com |
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