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)
08:30-09:30 | Registrations
09:30-09:45 | Opening Ceremony & Moderator Speech
 
Keynote Forum
09:45-10:15 Title: Genomics and phenomics among and within extant populations of the trifecta Chrysanthemum arcticum L. species complex
Neil O. Anderson, University of Minnesota, USA
 
10:15-10:45 Title: The role of drought on the evolution of woodiness in flowering plants
Frederic Lens, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, The Netherlands
 
10:45-11:15 Epigenetic Modulation by Natural Metabolites: Enhancing Plant Resistance
  Marta Berrocal-Lobo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
11:15-11:30 | Group Photo & Refreshment Break
Technical Session I
11:30-11:50 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
11:50-12:10 Title: Minimizing operator exposure: field data analysis of three closed transfer systems for pesticide mixing and loading
Juan Sasturain, BASF SE, Germany
 
12:10-12:30 Title: Cation transport for homeostasis and stress adaptation in plants
Nobuyuki Uozumi, Tohoku University, Japan
   
12:30-12:50 Title: Cross-talks between phytochromes and FIN219/JAR1 in regulating the
photomorphogenic development of Arabidopsis seedlings
Hsu-Liang Hsieh, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
   
12:50-13:10 Title: New insights into legume diseases and the diversity of their causal agents
  Biruta Bankina, Latvia university of life sciences and technologies, Latvia
13:10-14:10 | Lunch Break
Technical Session I
14:10-14:30 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
   
14:30-14:50 Title: A supplement that can be effective in coping with UV-B stress in plants
Aysegul Akpinar, Bursa Uludag University, Turkey
 
14:50-15:10 Title: Monitoring climate change in alpine regions through the evolutionary ecology of organisms adapted to cool environments
Koji Tojo, Shinshu University, Japan
   
15:10-15:30 Title: Multi-dimensional crop improvement to improve livestock productivity
Padmakumar Varijakshapanicker, International Livestock Research Institute, Nepal
 
15:30-15:50 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 
15:50-16:10 Luciano Ortenzi, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Italy
16:10-16:30 | Refreshment Break
16:30-16:50 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
 
16:50-17:10 Title: Building up the mechanical stability of a plant orgqanism
Tatyana Gorshkova, Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Russia
   
17:10-17:30 Slot Available
Day 1 Concludes

day 2 agenda

Day -2 (June 24, 2025)
Keynote Forum
09:40-10:10 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
 
10:10-10:40 Slot Available
 
 
10:40-11:10 Slot Available
   
11:10-11:30 |  Refreshment Break
Technical Session III
11:30-11:50 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
   
11:50-12:10 Title: Stigma secreted microRNA in pear and its potential role in fire blight control
Yehoram Leshem, Israel Migal Galilee research center, Israel 
 
12:10-12:30 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
   
12:30-12:50 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
   
12:50-13:10 Slot Available
   
13:10-14:00 | Lunch Break
Technical Session IV
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 Slot Available
 
 
16:40-17:00 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)
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: Growth, Structural Adaptations, and Physiological Fluctuations of Alternanthera tenella Colla. Towards Cadmium Stress
Resmi Mohankumar Saraladevi, Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College, India
 
12:00-12:20 Title: Pulp colour in guava: Trait genetics and molecular background
MADHUBALA THAKRE, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India
 
12:20-12:40 Title: Screening for drought-tolerant mungbean root nodule bacteria with multiple plant growth promoting traits in Aridisol
Hemanta Kumar Mondal, Parul university, India
 
12:40-13:00 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
 
13:00-13:20 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
 
13:20-13:40 Title: The N-region sequence context impacts the chloroplast import efficiency of multi-TMD protein
Namitha Nayak, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India
 
13:40-14:00 TBA
Ch Bhanupriya, IIT Kharagpur, India
 
14:00-14:20 Title: First description and conservation implications of a unique stand of the Caucasian wingnut in Lapankuri (Georgia)
Nino Davitashvili, Ilia State University, Georgia
 
14:20-14:40 Title: The impact of ATBC 2019 in Madagascar scientific community
Hajanirina Rakotomanana, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
 
14:40-15:00 Title: Environmental DNA as a tool for improving plant pathogen surveillance in forest systems
Kirsty McLaughlin, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Uk
 
15:00-15:30 Keynote: Dietary transition from animal to plant-based foods: Are there risks to health
David Ian Givens, University of Reading, UK
 
15:30-16:00 Keynote: Biocentrism, Forests and Climate Change
Robin Attfield, Cardiff University, UK
 
16:00-16:30 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
 
16:30-16:50 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
 
16:50-17:10 Title: Bioenergy feedstock production on marginal lands using sewage sludge
Yaroslava B. Mosiichuk, Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation of NAAS , Ukraine
   
17:10-17:30 Title: Cicer pinnatififdum- A wild reservoir for introgression of valuable economic traits and disease resistance into cultivated chickpea
Sonia Salaria, Clemson University, United states
 
17:30-17:50 Title: Cortical cell size regulates root metabolic cost
Jagdeep Sidhu, South Dakota State University, United states
 
17:50-18:10 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
 
18:10-18:30 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
   
   
18:30-18:50 Slot Available
 
   
18:50-19:10 Slot Available
 
   
19:10-19:30 Slot Available
 
   
19:30-19:50 Slot Available
 
End of the session
This program is purely tentative and subject to changes. We are still accepting abstracts

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