Keynote Presentation (In-Person)
Manuel Tornel Martinez, Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, Spain
About thirty years ago, table grape growers grew traditional grapes with seeds, soft texture and low productivity. Currently, the main characteristics are seedless grapes, crunchy texture, good color and extraordinary flavor, available throughout the year in supermarkets. By sati [....] » Read More
Title : Impaired plant volatiles profile and terpenoid biosynthesis in two stone fruit cultivars with different susceptibility to brown rot
Marta Balsells Llaurado, IRTA, Spain
Brown rot is the most economically important disease of stone fruit worldwide. Monilinia laxa is the main responsible of this pathology in Europe and can infect fruit at any growth stage. The disease cycle is mainly triggered when both favourable host and environmental factors oc [....] » Read More
Title : Genomics a tool in conifer breeding: Norway spruce a case study
M Rosario Garcia Gil, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Norway spruce is a boreal forest tree species of significant ecological and economic importance. Hence there is a strong imperative to dissect the genetics controlling important wood quality traits in the species. We performed a functional Genome-Wide Association Mapping (GWAS) a [....] » Read More
Title : The negative effect of compaction on the physical properties of chernozem
Marta Jankovicova, Private researcher and consultant, Czech Republic
Monitoring of changes in the physical properties of soil and soil compaction is a modern vine-growing problem. Many of the companies does not secure an adequate level of producer deliveries of organic matter into the soil, and increasing the number of operations provided by the m [....] » Read More
Title : Leaves’ response from Woody Species as an Indicator of Environmental Pollution
Lacramioara Carmen Ivanescu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
We are presenting the results of our research on 20 both spontaneous and cultivated woody species (Gymnosperms and Angyosperms) found near several industrial areas in Romania: Borzesti, Bacau county where the pollutants are mainly gaseous (SO2, Cl, NH3) but also solid (coal and s [....] » Read More
Title : A novel ubiquitin-independent role of MATH-BTB protein family in RNA-directed DNA methylation
Dunja Leljak Levanic, Faculty of Science University of Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
MATH-BTB protein family is encoded by the genomes of nearly all eukaryotes. The best known function of MATH BTB proteins is their role as substrate-specific adaptors of cullin3-based E3 ligases in the ubiquitin proteasome pathway. BTB domain enables assembly with the cullin while [....] » Read More
Title : How much can some wild plant species accumulate chemical elements and why is this important to us?
Zvjezdana Stancic, University of Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
During 2014, the wild plant species were collected along the railways in northwestern Croatia. In habitats with different management types (under more or less influence of railway traffic), the seven most common herbaceous species were selected: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., Equise [....] » Read More
Title : Agro-morphological changes caused by the accumulation of lead in Corchorus olitorius, a leafy vegetable with phytoremediation properties
Nontuthuko Rosemary Ntuli, University of Zululand, South Africa
Lead (Pb) can enter food chain through the consumption of contaminated plants and can cause serious health issues. However, research on how Pb accumulation affects morphology of leafy vegetables in the country is minimal. This study tested the effect of lead accumulation on veget [....] » Read More
Title : Effect of exogenous treatment with nitric oxide (NO) on redox homeostasis in barley seedlings (Hordeum vulgare L.) under copper stress
Marouane Ben Massoud, University College Cork, Ireland
The present research investigates the protective mechanism of nitric oxide (NO) in regulating tolerance to Cu-induced toxicity in shoots of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). After 10 days, treatment with 200 μM CuCl2 caused a significant reduction in growth and photosynthetic effic [....] » Read More
Title : Impact of Air Pollution on Environment and Human Health
Sushan Chowhan, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture,, Bangladesh
Bangladesh is an overpopulated country with a population density of greater than 1200/km2; and current ranking is 8th in the world. To feed the continuously increasing mouths there’s a big challenge ahead to create employment; thus, more industrialization is under [....] » Read More
Title : Development of Disease and Insect Resistant Capsicums
Benigno Villalon, Texas A & M University, United States
Viruses are ultramicroscopic particles of different shapes and sizes that can only be observed under an electron microscope. They are made up of genetic RNA (ribonucleic acid) and or DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) bundles wrapped up in a protein coat. They are neither alive nor d [....] » Read More
Title : Breeding (peppers) from a farmer’s perspective
Edward Curry Owner, Curry Farms, United States
Growth of the green/ red chile industry in the United States has significantly increased in the last 40 years. Phil Villa, Evert Wood, and Dr. Ben Villalon, were working simultaneously, to improve yield, flavor, size, color, flavor, pungency,resistance to insects and diseases, an [....] » Read More
Title : Phenolic profile and in vivo anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous seed extract of date fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L.)
Hadjer Chenini Bendiab, Mostaganem University, Algeria
Different diseases provide multiple examples of inflammatory reactions, this process is very variable depending on theiretiology. Usually steroidal and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs treat the inflammation, however these treatments most often cause undesirable effect. We ar [....] » Read More
Title : Biological features of Maclura pomifera (Rafin.) Schneider in the southern European part of Russia
Tatyana Latsko, Moscow State University, Russian Federation
Maclura Orange was introduced into the Russian southern regions in the middle of the nineteenth century. At first it grew on the southern coast of the Crimea near Yalta, and in the middle of the twentieth century the maclura was transferred to the steppe zone. The plants have alr [....] » Read More
Title : Preliminary data regarding the karyotype of some spontaneous medicinal plants from North-East of Romania
Gabriela Vochita, NIRDBS, branch Institute of Biological Research Iasi, Romania
The karyotype studies represent the first and useful step that provides the cyto-taxonomic status of the species in order to establish the phylogeny. With this technique it may be possible to discover installation of some numerical and morphological aberrations on the chromosome [....] » Read More
Title : Applications of the (Z)-3-hexenyl butyrate in agriculture
Celia Paya Montes, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Spain
In response to biotic stress, plants synthesize defense proteins and metabolites. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) belong to this defensive compounds group. Some esters of (Z)-3-hexenol were identified to be differentially emitted by tomato cv. Rio Grande plants upon infection w [....] » Read More
Title : Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Vaccinium myrtillus L. fruits extract: characterization of particles and study of fungi effect
Oprica Lacramioara, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania
The production of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) fruits extract was studied. The aqueous 10mM AgNO3 solution when subjected to V. myrtillus extract was bio-reduced and ensued in green synthesis of AgNPs. The aqueous bilberry solution was enri [....] » Read More
Title : Molecular study of several taxa of the genus Iris L. based on SSR markers and chloroplast DNA barcodes – phylogenetic implications
Tim Weber, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Iris L. is a very diverse genus with over 300 taxa distributed worldwide. It is an important horticultural genus of vascular plants long present in European wild habitats and home gardens. Recently, several species have been identified to contain potential pharmacological compoun [....] » Read More