day 1 agenda
Scientific Program | |
5th Annual Congress on Plant Science and Biosecurity | |
Jun 23 - 24, 2025 at Prague, Czech Republic (Hybrid Event) | |
Day -1 (June 23, 2025) | |
08:30-09:15 | Registrations | |
09:15-09:30 | Opening Ceremony & Moderator Speech | |
Keynote Forum | |
09:30-10:00 | Title: Genomics and phenomics among and within extant populations of the trifecta Chrysanthemum arcticum L. species complex |
Neil O. Anderson, University of Minnesota, USA | |
10:00-10:30 | Title: The role of drought on the evolution of woodiness in flowering plants |
Frederic Lens, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, The Netherlands | |
10:30-11:00 | Epigenetic Modulation by Natural Metabolites: Enhancing Plant Resistance |
Marta Berrocal-Lobo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain | |
11:00-11:20 | Group Photo & Refreshment Break | |
Technical Session I | |
Session Chair: Neil O. Anderson, University of Minnesota, USA | |
Nandula Raghuram, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India | |
11:20-11:40 | Title: ABA-receptor agonist iSB09 decreases soil water consumption and increases tomato CO2 assimilation and water use efficiency under drought stress. |
Andrés A Borges, IPNA-CSIC, Spain | |
11:40-12:00 | Title: Comparative analysis of soil degradation and soil structure in croplands affected by erosion and soil dehydration treated with a biological soil crust forming algal culture |
Jozsef Kutasi, Albitech Biotechnology Ltd, Hungary | |
12:00-12:20 | Title: Cation transport for homeostasis and stress adaptation in plants |
Nobuyuki Uozumi, Tohoku University, Japan | |
12:20-12:40 | Title: Cross-talks between phytochromes and FIN219/JAR1 in regulating the photomorphogenic development of Arabidopsis seedlings |
Hsu-Liang Hsieh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan | |
12:40-13:00 | Title: New insights into legume diseases and the diversity of their causal agents |
Biruta Bankina, Latvia university of life sciences and technologies, Latvia | |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break | |
Technical Session II | |
Session Chair: Andres A Borges, IPNA-CSIC, Spain | |
14:00-14:20 | Title: Recent Progress in Understanding the Multifaceted Roles of RACK1 in Plant Growth and Stress Responses |
Jiansheng liang, Southern University of Science and Technology, China | |
14:20-14:40 | Title: A supplement that can be effective in coping with UV-B stress in plants |
Aysegul Akpinar, Bursa Uludag University, Turkey | |
14:40-15:00 | Title: Monitoring climate change in alpine regions through the evolutionary ecology of organisms adapted to cool environments |
Koji Tojo, Shinshu University, Japan | |
15:00-15:20 | Title: Multi-dimensional crop improvement to improve livestock productivity |
Padmakumar Varijakshapanicker, International Livestock Research Institute, Nepal | |
15:20-15:40 | Title: Microbes and microbial strategies in carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons remediation: a systematic review |
Sandipan Banerjee, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic | |
Title: Machine Learning Model for cost effective Vegetation Indexes Prediction | |
15:40-16:00 | Luciano Ortenzi, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy |
16:00-16:20 | Refreshment Break | |
16:20-16:40 | Title: Monitoring the distribution of banana bunchy top virus in South Africa: a country-wide survey |
Sinethemba Patience Fanelwe Ximba, Agricultural Research Council, Mbombela, South Africa | |
16:40-17:00 | Title: Building up the mechanical stability of a plant orgqanism |
Tatyana Gorshkova, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Russia | |
17:00-17:20 | Slot Available |
17:20-17:40 | Slot Available |
Day 1 Concludes |
day 2 agenda
Day -2 (June 24, 2025) | |
Keynote Forum | |
09:30-10:00 | Title: Reprogramming Lipid Biosynthesis: From Avocado to Moss for Sustainable Oil Production |
Aruna Kilaru, East Tennessee State University, United States | |
10:00-10:30 | Title: Enabling crop Improvement for Nitrogen Use Efficiency in rice: From phenotype to candidate genes/processes and the role of G-protein signalling |
Nandula Raghuram, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India | |
10:30-11:00 | Title: Minimizing operator exposure: field data analysis of three closed transfer systems for pesticide mixing and loading |
Juan Sasturain, BASF SE, Germany | |
11:00-11:20 | Refreshment Break | |
Technical Session III | |
Session Chair: Marta Berrocal-Lobo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain | |
11:20-11:40 | Title: Stigma secreted microRNA in pear and its potential role in fire blight control |
Yehoram Leshem, Israel Migal Galilee research center, Israel | |
11:40-12:00 | Title: Spatiotemporal Insights into Plant Defense: Integrating Untargeted Metabolomics and Mass Spectral Imaging to Unveil Eucalyptus Responses to Gonipterus platensis Herbivory |
Andy J. Perez, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile | |
12:00-12:20 | Title: CFD-Based dynamic analysis of the flow evolution of multiple pesticide droplets impacting onto a vibrating leaf-surface |
Lin Zhu, Anhui Agricultural University, China | |
12:20-12:40 | Title: Cell wall dynamics in the parasitic plant (Striga) and rice pathosystem |
Sylvia Mutinda, University of Toronto, Canada | |
12:40-13:00 | Title: Genome-wide and functional characterization of the enzymes involved in the two-step last stage of sulfur assimilation in Beta vulgaris |
Sergio Chevilly Tena, Universitat Politecncia de Valencia-CSIC, Spain | |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break | |
Technical Session IV | |
Session Chair: Galina Brychkova, University of Galway, Ireland | |
14:00-14:20 | Title: Recent Progress in Understanding the Multifaceted Roles of RACK1 in Plant Growth and Stress Responses |
Amir Sharon, Tel Aviv University, Israel | |
14:20-14:40 | Title: Fungal microbiomes associated with soil, root and nodules of food-quality winter peas in the Pacific Northwest, USA |
Svetlana N. Yurgel, USDA-ARS, United States | |
14:40-15:00 | Title: Improving Fusarium Wilt Race 2 Resistance and Brix Content in Watermelon Using Genomic Selection |
Anju Biswas, USDA-ARS, United States | |
15:00-15:20 | Title: The nature of biogenic Si and its potential role in Si supply in agriculture |
Richard John Haynes, The University of Queensland, Australia | |
15:20-15:40 | Slot Available |
15:40-16:00 | Slot Available |
16:00-16:20 | Refreshment Break | |
16:20-16:40 | Title: Regulation pathway of photosynthetic glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
Simona Fermani, Unversity of Bologna, Italy | |
16:40-17:00 | Title: Fusarium Head blight resistance breeding in Triticum aestivum by means of Gamma irradiation mutation breeding |
Eben Von Well, ARC-Small Grain, South Africa | |
17:00-17:20 | Slot Available |
17:20-17:40 | Slot Available |
Panel Discussion & Closing Ceremony | |
This program is purely tentative and subject to changes. We are still accepting abstracts. To book your slot, contact: peter_griffin@acpsb.com |
posters agenda
Will be updated soon.
posters agenda
5th Annual Congress on Plant Science and Biosecurity | |
Virtual Program | |
Day-02 (June 24, 2025) Time Zone: Central European Summer Time (CEST) |
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09:00-09:20 | Title: Increasing sugarcane productivity and environmental improvement in acid sulphate soils: a win win system |
Robert Graham Quirk, Australian Cane Farmers Association, Australia | |
09:20-09:40 | Title: Phylogeography and chromosome number variation in Micranthes nelsoniana and related species (Saxifragaceae) in Northeast Asia |
Tomoko Fukuda, Mie University, Japan | |
09:40-10:00 | Title: Molecular phenology reveals the influence of climate change on dormancy break timing in 'Somei-yoshino' flowering cherry tree |
Atsuko Miyawaki-Kuwakado, Kyushu University, Japan | |
10:00-10:20 | Title: Arabidopsis AGB1 participates in salinity response through bZIP17-mediated unfolded protein response |
Yueh Cho, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan | |
10:20-10:40 | Title: Suppressing wheat sucrose phosphate synthase 1-B protects wheat against stripe rust |
Jin-Ying Gou, China Agricultural University, China | |
10:40-11:00 | Title: Prediction of plant complex traits via integration of multi-omics data |
Peipei Wang, Kunpeng Institute of Modern Agriculture at Foshan, China | |
11:00-11:20 | Title: BEACH domain-containing protein SPIRRIG facilitates microtubule cytoskeleton- associated trichome morphogenesis in Arabidopsis |
Lijun An, Northwest A&F University, China | |
11:20-11:40 | Title: Special phenomena and mechanism in Lilium breeding |
Shujun Zhou, Jiangxi Agricultural University, China | |
11:40-12:00 | Title: Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse gas emissions and improves soil health |
Xiaolin Yang, China Agricultural University, China | |
12:00-12:20 | Title: Identification of CEP and CLE peptides encoded by the tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) genome and characterization of their roles in osmotic and salt stress responses |
Yongfeng Guo, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Acedemy of Agricultural Sciences, China | |
12:20-12:40 | Title: Breeding for low-Cd and high-Zn crops to enhance mineral security and grain quality |
Gui Jie Lei, School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming, China | |
12:40-13:00 | Title: Growth, Structural Adaptations, and Physiological Fluctuations of Alternanthera tenella Colla. Towards Cadmium Stress |
Resmi Mohankumar Saraladevi, Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College, India | |
13:00-13:20 | Title: Pulp colour in guava: Trait genetics and molecular background |
MADHUBALA THAKRE, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India | |
13:20-13:40 | Title: Screening for drought-tolerant mungbean root nodule bacteria with multiple plant growth promoting traits in Aridisol |
Hemanta Kumar Mondal, Parul university, India | |
13:40-14:00 | Title: Evaluation of genetic variability and trait correlations among landraces and traditional varieties of small millets from the hilly regions of Tamil Nadu |
Lydia Pramitha, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India | |
14:00-14:20 | Title: Comparative Uptake, Translocation, and Accumulation of Chlorpyrifos in Two Varieties of Withania somnifera Under Hydroponic Conditions |
Deepika Yadav, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, India | |
14:20-14:40 | Title: The N-region sequence context impacts the chloroplast import efficiency of multi-TMD protein |
Namitha Nayak, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India | |
14:40-15:00 | Title: Callus?mediated organogenesis and regeneration of Sorghum bicolor |
Ch Bhanupriya, IIT Kharagpur, India | |
15:00-15:20 | Title: Physical map of QTL for agronomic traits, corresponding genes, and KASP markers with emphasis on terminal heat stress tolerance in wheat |
Sachin Kumar, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, India | |
15:20-15:40 | Title: Ethnomedicinal study of medicinal plants used by different tribes in Mizoram, India |
Awadhesh Kumar, Mizoram Uinversity, India | |
15:40-16:00 | Title: First description and conservation implications of a unique stand of the Caucasian wingnut in Lapankuri (Georgia) |
Nino Davitashvili, Ilia State University, Georgia | |
16:00-16:20 | Title: The impact of ATBC 2019 in Madagascar scientific community |
Hajanirina Rakotomanana, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
16:20-16:40 | Title: Environmental DNA as a tool for improving plant pathogen surveillance in forest systems |
Kirsty McLaughlin, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Uk | |
16:40-17:10 | Keynote: Dietary transition from animal to plant-based foods: Are there risks to health |
David Ian Givens, University of Reading, UK | |
17:10-17:40 | Keynote: Selecting for short-strawed winter wheat varieties with less Fusarium head blight in the presence of two reduced height (Rht) genes |
Thomas Miedaner, University of Hohenheim, Germany | |
17:40-18:00 | Title: Critical periods for waterlogging effects on yield and grain components in sunflower (Helianthus annuus), soybean (Glycine max) and Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor): a comparative study |
Miqueas Sandoval, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), Argentina | |
18:00-18:20 | Title: Outdoor and indoor detection of plant ultrasonic emissions with a contactless microphone |
Luca Bonisoli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy | |
18:20-18:40 | Title: Behind phyllotaxis, within the meristem: a REM-ARF complex shapesinflorescence in Arabidopsis thaliana |
Veronica Gregis, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy | |
18:40-19:00 | Title: Bioenergy feedstock production on marginal lands using sewage sludge |
Yaroslava B. Mosiichuk, Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of NAAS , Ukraine | |
19:00-19:20 | Title: Cicer pinnatififdum- A wild reservoir for introgression of valuable economic traits and disease resistance into cultivated chickpea |
Sonia Salaria, Clemson University, United states | |
19:20-19:40 | Title: Cortical cell size regulates root metabolic cost |
Jagdeep Sidhu, South Dakota State University, United states | |
19:40-20:00 | Title: Effects of combining soil-applied insecticide and Bt corn for integrated pest management and resistance management of western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) |
John B McCulloch, University of Georgia, United states | |
20:00-20:20 | Title: Evolution history and the importance of genomic diversity facing climate change. The case of Agave marmorata Roezl., an agave used for mezcal production in México |
Karen Yazmin Ruiz Mondragon, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico | |
20:20-20:40 | Slot Available |
20:40-21:00 | Slot Available |
20:50-21:10 | Slot Available |
End of the session | |
This program is purely tentative and subject to changes. We are still accepting abstracts |