The full GPB 2019 scientific program across 3 days — keynotes, oral presentations, and posters. Talks are ordered by program prominence within each day.
Day 1
- Oral · In-Person
Vertically and horizontally transmitted genetic information in plant::Plant and plant::Microbe interactions
Jeff Bennetzen · University of Georgia, United States
Plants are inundated by seas of microbes in every tissue, in every environment and at every stage of development. Some of these microbes cause disease, while a few are known to enhance plant performance by preventing…
- Oral · In-Person
Improving Identification of Plant Pathogens by Molecular Analysis
Mohammad Babadoost · University of Illinois, United States
Using molecular analysis has helped to accurate identify plant pathogens and determining variation among their isolates. We have used molecular methods to identify species and variations among their isolates of…
- Oral · In-Person
Cullin 3 Plant E3 Ligases: A perspective on improving agricultural traits by controlling protein stability
Hanjo Hellmann · Washington State University, United States
Plant development depends on a complex and flexible regulatory network that integrates environmental cues with specific developmental programs. A mechanism that provides plants with the ability to quickly and precisely…
- Oral · In-Person
Two mechanisms of lincosamide tolerance function as nuclear and plastid markers in higher plants Massimo Bosacchi
Massimo Bosacchi · KWS Gateway Research Center, United States
Lincosamide antibiotics inhibit the regeneration of plants in tissue culture. Resistance to lincosamides can be conferred by a mutation that modifies the ribosomal target site in the plastid genome, or by a transgene…
- Oral · In-Person
Rice genome editing: a contribution to climate change mitigation and achievement of food security in Costa Rica Marta Valdez-Melara
Marta Valdez Melara · The University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica, United States
Abiotic factors, such as drought, salinity, and high temperatures are limiting agricultural production. Also, under the pressure of rapid population growth, climate change and evolution of agricultural pests and…
- Oral · In-Person
Cultivation, Market and Uses of Nepal’s Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Reflections on Local and National Policy
Joel T Heinen · Florida International University, United States
Nepal is a least-developed land-locked country with spectacular scenery and very high species diversity of many taxonomic groups. It is a center of adaptive radiation for many animal and plant families. The country…
- Oral · In-Person
Glomalin content of soil in relation to soil organic carbon under long term fertilizer studies in finger millet – maize cropping system
Basavaraja P K · University of Agricultural Sciences, India
An experiment conducted in an ongoing Long Term Fertilizer Experiment at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India to study the dynamics of soil organic carbon and glomalin content of…
- Oral · In-Person
Trichome formation and insect tolerance in tomato
Wei Deng · Chongqing University, India
Tomato trichomes, with unicellular and multicellular types, function as mechanical and chemical barrier against pests. Knock-down and over-expressed lines of SlARF4 were obtained to study the function in trichome…
- Oral · In-Person
Population status, soil properties and microbial colonization in Himalayan Silver Birch (Betula utilis D. Don)
Khashti Dasila · G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, India
The Himalayan silver birch ( Betula utilis D. Don), commonly known as bhojpatra, is a multipurpose and broadleaved deciduous tree. It grows up to 4500 m asl and represents one of the dominant species of the tree line in…
- Oral · In-Person
Qualitative analysis and anti-bacterial investigation of Plumbago zeylanica
Arpita Roy · Delhi Technological University, India
Plumbago zeylanica commonly known as ‘Chitrak’ is a medicinal plant which contains a wide range of phytocompounds like flavonoids, alkaloids, napthoquinones, saponins, steroids, tannins, tri-terpenoids, etc. Utilization…
- Oral · In-Person
Evolutionary epigenomics of mangroves reveals the homeostatic role of gene body methylation in stress adaptation
Tian Tang · Sun Yat-sen University, China
DNA methylation plays an important role in plant stress responses whereas little is known about its role in long-term stress adaptation. In this study, we used mangroves well-adapted to tropical intertidal environments…
- Oral · In-Person
Precision Nitrogen Management Through Crop Sensors on Growth and Yield of Aerobic Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Mudalagiriyappa · University of Agricultural Sciences, India
Aerobic rice is grown in well drained, non-puddled and non-saturated soils just like wheat and maize. Experimental results showed that water requirement of aerobic rice was 30 – 50 % less than flooded system which…
- Oral · In-Person
Towards C4 rice; Overexpression of C4 genes in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa Enhances Photosynthesis, Plant Productivity and Water Use Efficiency
B C Tripathy · School of Life Sciences, India
Plants with C4 photosynthesis are not only efficient in carbon assimilation, but they also have an advantage under unusual growth conditions. In C4 photosynthesis, the primary CO 2 fixation is catalyzed by…
- Oral · In-Person
Massive Growth of Super Dwarf Rice Plant in A Fully Closed Type Plant Factory for Poly Lactic Acid Production
Haruhiko Murase · Osaka Prefecture University, Japan
A natural strain of dwarf rice ( Oriza rufipogon G. subsp. nunus, M. N.) is discovered. It is just ordinary rice except its plant length. The length of the rice plant is about 20 cm. Since the size of the discovered…
- Oral · In-Person
In vitro multiplication of plum cultivars (Prunus domestica L.)
Jiri Sedlak · Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd, Czech Republic
In 2016, a project has been started to preserve the diversity of older plum cultivars grown on the territory of the Czech Republic. The purpose of this study was to develop an efficient in vitro system for rapid…
- Oral · In-Person
LED technological possibilities: tool for management of metabolic changes in microgreens
Giedre Samuoliene · Giedre Samuoliene-Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Lithuania
Owing to high nutritional value and improved bioavailability of essential elements, microgreens are promising targets for nutrient enrichment using technological aspects of light-emitting diodes. This study determines…
- Oral · In-Person
Regeneration strategies in native woody species from disturbed South American dry tropical forests: the of aerial bud bank and soil seed bank
Sandra Josefina Bravo · National University of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
The resilience of dry tropical forests is one of most central goal for scientists, environmental managers and politicians in South American countries due to the climate and land-use changes and to the great human…
- Oral · In-Person
Green algae Cladophora in the Crimean hypersaline waters as an ecosystem engineer and valuable resource
Nickolai Shadrin · A O Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), Russian Federation
Hypersaline waters are among the most extreme habitats on Earth. To exist in such harsh environment organisms must develop different adaptations including biochemical. Due to this they have unique components in biomass.…
- Oral · In-Person
Plants and radionuclides: from hazard to biotechnology
Pierre Chagvardieff · CEA, France
Plant nutrition takes off various minerals from the soils; these minerals are necessary to growth but in some cases these minerals are radioisotopes of essential elements but may be also exotic elements derived from…
- Oral · In-Person
Plant proteomic responses to signal compounds lipo-chito-oligosaccharide and thuricin Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian
Sowmyalakshmi Subramanian · McGill University, Canada
Lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCO) and thuricin 17 (Th17) are bacterial signal compounds secreted by the rhizosphere bacteria of soybean, Bradyrhizobium japonicum 532C and Bacillus thuringiensis NEB17. At femtomolar…
- Keynote · In-Person
New table grapes varieties obtained in Spanish breeding program ITUM-IMIDA for the world
Manuel Tornel Martinez · Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, Spain
Murcia is the Spanish region that produces and exports the largest amount of table grapes with some European countries consuming a large proportion of the production. 30 years ago the vine growers of our region…
Day 2
- Oral · In-Person
Hormone Signaling and Alternative splicing in Moso Bamboo Shoot Growth
Jian Gao · International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, China
Moso bamboo is a large, woody bamboo with the highest ecological, economic and culturalvalue of all the bamboo types and accounts for up to 70% of the total area of bamboo grown. However, the spatiotemporal variation…
- Oral · In-Person
Cryotherapy: Cryogenic Technology for virus elimination from infected plants
Ergun Kaya · Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey
Plant viruses are the most harmful pathogens causing the most economically damages and harmful product loses in many plant species. Because of xylem and phloem vessels absence, plant meristem tissues used for meristem…
- Oral · In-Person
Molecular characterization of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGR) multigene family in legume crop Cicer arietinum
Renu Kumari · National Institute of Plant Genome Research, India
Isoprenoids, the largest and most varied class of plant secondary metabolites, are synthesized either via mevalonic acid pathway (MVA) or the methyl erythritol pathway (MEP) to help the plants to avoid or adapt to…
- Oral · In-Person
Cytokinins for immunity; Inside and beyond plants
Muhammad Naseem · Zayed University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Cytokinins are small molecule plant hormones that control every aspect of plant growth and development. Their function in mediating plant susceptibility to plant pathogens is well known. We studied the contrary and…
- Oral · In-Person
Physiology and productivity of temperate vegetable crops exposed to sub-lethal heat stress
Lai Cheng Hsiang · National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Commercial cultivars Arugula Eruca sativa and lettuce Lactuca sativa (Canasta) were grown in aeroponics systems in tropical Singapore with root zone temperature (RZT) kept constantly chilled at 25°C. At 30 days after…
- Oral · In-Person
Impact of wild boar rooting on a soil seed bank of oak-linden-hornbeam forest in the Bialowieza Forest
Izabela Sondej · Forest Research Institute, Poland
The wild boar is an omnivorous animal, and by foraging (rooting) disturbs the topsoil layer. In some regions of Poland and Europe seasonal fluctuations in rooting have been observed. Wild boars not only eat plants but…
- Oral · In-Person
Inheritance of rootstock effects in fruit trees
Andres J Cortes · AGROSAVIA, Colombia
A fruit tree breeding program requires heritable variation at both, the rootstock and the scion level, upon which selection can act. Avocado trees (Persea americana) originated in the neotropics and do not exhibit the…
- Oral · In-Person
ThaliaDB, a tool for data management and genetic diversity data exploration
Steinbach Delphine · INRA, France
Diversity and association genetics studies lead to manipulate a large number of individual, lines, clones and/or populations. Moreover, emergence of high-throughput technologies for both genotyping and phenotyping…
- Oral · In-Person
Root morphology, productivity, and photosynthesis of aeroponically grown ice plants (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) with different nutrient spraying intervals
He Jie · National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (common name: ice plant) is a succulent plant native to South Africa. It has high nutritional values and has been successfully grown in the greenhouse in Japan and Taiwan undercooling…
- Oral · In-Person
Prediction of Plant Protein Subcellular Locations
Xiangjia Jack Min · Youngstown State University, United States
There are many thousands of proteins in a plant cell. The subcellular locations of proteins determine where the proteins play their biological roles. Prediction and curation of protein subcellular locations are…
- Oral · In-Person
Stability of synchronization in the process of biochemical substance exchange in a diffusively coupled ring-like arrangement of cells in plants
Dragutin T Mihailovic · University of Novi Sad, Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Understanding how local intra-cellular biochemical exchange processes and global features, like environment and system size, influence the robustness, adaptability and evolution of the collective behavior of multi-cell…
- Oral · In-Person
Effect of Boron fertilizer on sunflower seed yield and oil production
Basavaraja P K · University of Agricultural Sciences, India
Boron concentrations of dicotyledonous plants are several orders of magnitude higher than those of monocotyledonous plants. A study was taken to investigate the effect of different levels of boron application…
- Oral · Virtual
Plant biotechnology protecting crops against fungi and mycotoxins
Petr Karlovsky · Georg-August-University Goettingen, Germany
Biotechnology provides indispensable tools for plant protection. Plant cell cultures, in vitro selection for resistance, embryo rescue, protoplast fusion, double haploids and other techniques have advanced resistance…
- Oral · Virtual
AP-MS and organ growth in plants: from cells to tissues
Geert De Jaeger · Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB-Ghent University, Belgium
At the very basis of cellular structure and function lie networks of short- and long-term molecular interactions. My research team develops interactomic tools for plants and runs a state of the art AP-MS platform for…
- Poster · In-Person
Carbon flow mediated by brackish-water algal mats in Indian Sunderbans: A case study for environment-friendly and sustainable source of biodiesel
Prakash Chandra Gorain · University of Calcutta, India
High nutrient influxes through regional river systems strongly affect the algal populations in the heavily populated Sunderbans brackish-water ecozone. Twelve brackish-water sites in the Indian Sunderbans were surveyed…
- Poster · In-Person
Microbial endophytes and soil enzymes contribute to the growth and establishment of Ginkgo biloba L.
Ashish Dhyani · Microbial endophytes and soil enzymes contribute to the growth and establishment of Ginkgo biloba L, India
Ginkgo biloba L. (English name- Maidenhair tree), often referred to as the "living fossil", is the only living member of the family Ginkgoaceae. While the species has been interesting from its evolutionary viewpoint, it…
- Poster · In-Person
Development of high yield and stress-tolerant crops via the regulation of splicing patterns of chloroplast genes
Su Jung Park · Chonnam National University, Korea, Republic of
Chloroplasts are the most important small organ of plants, play an essential role in adapting to environmental stress as well as plant growth and development. The expression of chloroplast gene is influenced by…
- Poster · In-Person
Over-expression of OsASR confers drought tolerance in rice
Dipali Srivastava · CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, India
Rice ( Oryza sativa L.), a staple food for more than half of the global population; being as a paddy crop is particularly susceptible to water stress which reduces its yield drastically. Thus, developing strategies…
- Poster · In-Person
Hull-splitting is caused by a mutation of the gene Os04g0447100 in rice
Hee Jong Koh · Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of
Rice hull, consisted of lemma and palea, is an important organ that helps protect seeds, determines seed shape, and ensures grain filling. We identified the split-hull ( sph ) mutant in rice through chemical…
- Poster · In-Person
Improvement of phosphorus utilization and growth in maize (Zea mays) seedlings by synergistic biofertilizer application on eastern Indian Oxisol
Ishita Paul · Indian Institute of Technology, India
Prevalence of aluminium and ferric cations limits the mobilization of phosphorus (P) in the acidic Oxisol of eastern India. Maize ( Zea mays ) is cultivable in this region due to its symbiotic association with…
- Poster · In-Person
A novel protein interaction between RCI2s and PIP2;1 reducing water transport activity in Camelina under NaCl stress
Hyun Gyu Lim · Chonnam National University, Korea, Republic of
Abiotic stresses are major limiting factors for crop growth and productivity. Plants show various adaptations to overcome or avoid abiotic stresses. Rare cold inducible 2 (RCI2) proteins are localized at the plasma…
- Poster · In-Person
Evaluation of incompatibility at germplasm of late sweet cherry cultivars at molecular level
Frantisek Paprstein · Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd, Czech Republic
Sweet cherries Prunus avium from Rosaceae family are non-climacteric stone fruit, mainly grown in colder temperate climate countries. Lower temperatures (usually below 8 °C) are necessary to provide chilling requirement…
- Poster · In-Person
Diversity of phototrophs in the Crimean hypersaline lakes and lagoons and their biotechnological potential Elena Anufriieva
Elena Anufriieva · A O Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), Russian Federation
Widespread, including in Crimea, hypersaline water bodies are among the most polyextreme habitats on the planet. To live in polyextreme environment, organisms has led to the development of a variety of adaptive…
- Poster · In-Person
Transcriptomic analysis of Moso bamboo seeds during the germination process by RNA-seq
Juan Li · International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, China
For advanced plant, germination is start point for growth and development, where life activity is most intense. Changing law in germination will contribute to controlling the processing. Moso bamboo is a large, woody…
- Poster · In-Person
Polymorphism in SSR-loci associated with E genes in soybean mutant lines perspective for breeding Chebotar Sabina
Chebotar Sabina · Odesa National I.I. Mechnikov University, Ukraine
Detection of alleles of E genes, that are involved in the control of plant response to photoperiod and determination the time to flowering and maturation, with SSR markers could help in the evaluation of adaptive…
- Poster · In-Person
The determination how tobacco plants receipt the signal about Zinc level in apoplast
Aleksandra Weremczuk · University of Warsaw, Poland
Based on the experiments performed on the AtHMA4 – expressing tobacco plants ( AtHMA4 encodes protein that exports Zn to the apoplast), it was proposed that apoplast may be regarded as a site of perception of the Zn…
- Poster · In-Person
A qPCR-HRM assay (high-resolution melting-curve analysis) to discriminate between pathotypes of Synchytrium endobioticum
Jaroslaw Przetakiewicz · National Research Institute, Poland
Synchytrium endobioticum (Shilb.) Perc. is an obligate biotrophic, soil-borne fungus which causes the potato wart disease. S. endobioticum originated from Andean zone in South America and is currently present almost all…
- Poster · In-Person
Attributes of wheat cultivars for late autumn sowing in genes expression and field estimates
Anna Wenda Piesik · UTP University of Science and Technology, Poland
Due to the growing interest in Central and Eastern Europe on the cropping of wheat in optional late autumn terms, called facultative, genetic research and field evaluation were taken on four spring cultivars…
- Poster · In-Person
Volatile organic compounds released by maize following herbivory or insect extract application and communication between plants
Dariusz Piesik · UTP University of Science and Technology, Poland
To protect themselves from herbivory, plants have evolved an arsenal of physical and chemical defences and release a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). By releasing these VOCs, a signalling plant can both…
- Poster · In-Person
Endophytic bacteria Bacillus subtilis and salicylic acid: Biotic strategy to control postharvest diseases of Solanum tuberosum L
Oksana Lastochkina · Bashkir Research Institute of Agriculture, Russian Federation
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a valuable food crop with great importance in ensuring food security worldwide. One of the most acute problems of modern agriculture and food industry is the loss of potato tubers (about…
- Poster · In-Person
Destroying weed seeds with exhaust gas from a combine harvester
Zahra Bitarafan · University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Weeds are significant constraints getting high yields of crop plants on arable land. We investigated if exhaust gas from a combine harvester could be used to kill or harm weed seeds . Centaurea cyanus L. was chosen as a…
- Poster · In-Person
Arabidopsis SRFR1 dampens defenses against herbivory by Spodoptera exigua and parasitism by Heterodera schachtii
Ellie Nguyen · Oklahoma State University, United States
Plants are constantly exposed to a variety of pathogenic microbes and pests. Thus, plants have developed diverse mechanisms to fine-tune defense responses to different types of enemies. Cross-regulation between these…
- Poster · In-Person
Seed shattering of Bromus hordeaceus L. during the growing season of winter wheat
Christian Andreasen · University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Bromus hordeaceus ssp. hordeaceus L. is native to Eurasia, where it is most common in the Mediterranean region. It has naturalized in all other continents except Antarctica. It is annual or biennial. The culms are erect…
- Poster · Virtual
Physical mutagenesis application in selection of Sesamum indicum L
Alexander Rushchuk · Pridnestrovian state university named after T.G. Shevchenko, Moldova, Republic of
Relevance of carrying out researches on selection of tropical culture – (Sesamum indicum L.) is caused by warming of climate in general and in Pridnestrovie, in particular, and also wide use of seeds in the food…
- Poster · Virtual
Physical mutagenesis application in selection of Sesamum indicum L.
Nina Chavdar · Pridnestrovian state university named after T.G. Shevchenko, Moldova, Republic of
Relevance of carrying out researches on selection of tropical culture – (Sesamum indicum L.) is caused by warming of climate in general and in Pridnestrovie, in particular, and also wide use of seeds in the food…
Day 3
- Oral · In-Person
Researches on the radiation induced non-targeted effects in Arabidopsis thaliana
Ting Wang · Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Radiation induced non-targeted effects, which include bystander effects and adaptive effects, have been extensively studied using cell system, multicellular tissues in vitro as well as whole organism in vivo, our aims…
- Oral · In-Person
Biodiscovery of secondary metabolites from beneficial microbes for potential application against oil palm pests & diseases using metabolomics approach
Ahmad Radhzlan Rosli · FGV R&D Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia
Oil palm is the primary industry leader amongst crop commodities in Malaysia. However, despite the rapid growth of the industry, oil palm remains prone to threats by a variety of pests such as insects, vertebrates and…
- Oral · In-Person
New strategies in clonal micropropagation of fruit crops
Sergey A Kornatskiy · Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Russian Federation
Traditionally, clonal micropropagation of fruit crops is implemented in 5 stages: introduction to culture, bud proliferation, elongation of shoots, rooting of micrografts, and adaptation of microplants to non-sterile…
- Oral · In-Person
Growth, yield and anthocyanin content in black rice (Oryza sativa L ‘Cempo Ireng’) treated with paclobutrazol and methyl jasmonate
Kumala Dewi · Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
Black rice (Oryza sativa L.’Cempo Ireng’) is getting popular because of its low glychemic index and anthocyanin content that can functions as an antioxidant. Paclobutrazol is a growth retardant that reduce the plant…
- Oral · In-Person
Characterization of Nano-Structured Siliceous Frustules of Amphora sp. and Application in Nanodevices
Rahul Bose · University of Calcutta, India
Diatoms are unicellular photosynthesizing algae having unique shells made up of siliceous materials covering the cell, called “Frustule”. Chemically the frustules are inert being made up of silicon dioxide–mainly…
- Oral · In-Person
Strategies for improving artemisinin content in the engineered Artemisia annua plant
Kexuan Tang · Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Artemisinin, an endoperoxide-containing sesquiterpene lactone isolated from Artemisia annua L., is extensively used in treating malaria. The artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended by World Health…
- Oral · In-Person
An Investigation on Cyanobacteria based Nano-iron production and their characterization
Sreemanti Banerjee · University of Calcutta, India
Biogenic production of gold, silver and some other metal nanoparticles have been extensively explored using algae and cyanobacteria. However, these photosynthetic organisms have been less investigated for their nano…
- Oral · In-Person
Importance of Plant Growth Regulators in Table Grape Production
S D Ramteke · ICAR-National Research Centre for grapes, India
Use of plant growth regulators has become a very common practice for the grape growers of India for achieving high-quality export grape production. To increase export quality grape production proper management of…
- Oral · In-Person
Phycoremediation of tannery waste using cyanobacteria as bioreagent with special reference to Nano Chromium formation
Iman Dey · University of Calcutta, India
Tannery wastewater carries heavy pollution load due to high organic and inorganic contents, highly colored compounds and toxic metallic substances. Characterization of this water from inlet point showed high level of…
- Oral · In-Person
The Effect of enhanced solar UV-B (280-320 nm) radiation on morphology, photosynthetic pigment synthesis, and accumulation of bioactive compounds in some medicinal plants
N Shanthi · Pachaiyappas College, India
UV-B is the primary environmental factor in tropical region to stimulate growth, development and induction of secondary pigment synthesis in medicinal plants. The studies on UV- in medicinal plants are very less…
- Oral · In-Person
Phytoplankton diversity of two different ecological niches in relation to physico-chemical parameters
Partha Talukdar · University of Calcutta, India
The ‘Phytoplanktons’, floating or drifting organisms of plant origin, constitute the basis of nutrient cycle of aquatic ecosystem. Being primary producers they play an important role in maintaining the equilibrium…
- Oral · In-Person
An Optimistic Foresight of Microalgal Biotechnology
Ruma Pal · University of Calcutta, India
Microalgae are most primitive oxygen evolving photosynthetic organisms appeared 3.2 billion years ago growing in almost all environmental conditions. They are with simplest morphology, without having root, stems or…
- Oral · In-Person
Studies on effect of herbal extract Samved Fugall (CO2) absorbent on Cotton
Hemangee Abhay Jambhekar · Vasumitra Life Energies Pvt. Ltd, India
An experiment entitled, “Studies on effect of herbal extract Samved Fugall (CO 2 ) absorbent on Cotton.” cv. Bunny Bt BG II at Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad, Karnataka, India was carried out with objectives to…
- Oral · In-Person
Defense-related reprogramming in Sorghum bicolor against infection by Burkholderia andropogonis : a metabolomics study
Ian Dubery · University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Background: Burkholderia andropogonis is the causal agent of bacterial leaf stripe, one of the three major bacterial diseases affecting Sorghum bicolor . However, the biochemical aspects of the pathophysiological host…
- Oral · In-Person
How harvest date affect physiological status of Miscanthus x giganteus and Miscanthus seed-based hybrids cultivated on heavy metal contaminated arable land?
Szymon Rusinowski · Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, Poland
Renewable energy and bioeconomy targets are set to increase market demand for lignocellulosic biomass in Europe. Different environments and end uses, i.e. combustion vs. conversion to liquid fuel, will require the…
- Oral · In-Person
Probiotic microorganisms in the rhizosphere of agricultural plants
Nadezhda Verkhovtseva · Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
Microbial metabolites and plant exudates are the main regulatory mechanisms of the relationship between agricultural plants and the community of soil microorganisms. The presentation of the report will present…
- Oral · In-Person
A novel approach to enhancing grain yield in acid soils prone to extreme water regimes
Hossein Khazab Saberi · University of Western Australia, Australia
Toxicities of Al, Mn and Fe in acidic soils (40% of global arable land) are major constraints to growing intolerant crops. The transiently induced high-to-toxic concentrations of Al, Mn and Fe under reduced soil…
- Oral · In-Person
Fibrillarin sinteny evolution and viral interactions
Enrique Castano de la Serna · Centro de Investigacion Cienfica de Yucatan, Mexico
Fibrillarin known as a RNA methyl transferase that has recently been shown to also methylate Histone H2A. Besides the escential role in the cell, Fibrillarin is also highjack by several virus and it is required for…
- Oral · In-Person
Omics approaches to plant genetics and crop improvement
Yinghua Huang · Oklahoma State University, United States
Omics sciences represent new disciplines for comprehensive studies of an organism at various molecular levels, and these newly developing omics technologies primarily focus analysis of DNA, mRNA, proteins and…
- Oral · Virtual
Plant Biotechnology: Progress and Prospects
Sadasivam Sankaranarayanan · Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India
Demographic prediction is that by 2050, nine billion people will inhabit this planet and there is an urgent need to plan for food security. Since the beginning of the 20th century, various tools have been introduced to…
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