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2024 Speakers

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Mohammad Babadoost
Keynote Presentation (In-Person)
Mohammad Babadoost, University of Illinois, United States

Three fruit rots of apples have been reported in the Midwest of the United States, which are bitter rot, black rot, and white rot caused by Colletotrichum spp., Botryosphaeria obtusa, and Botryosphaeria dothidea, respectively. In the past 10 years, outbreaks of bit [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Edward Curry Owner
Keynote Presentation (In-Person)
Edward Curry Owner, President, Curry Farms, United States

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Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Carlos Ruiz Garvia
Keynote Presentation (In-Person)
Carlos Ruiz Garvia, UN Climate Change Global Innovation Hub (UGIH), Mitigation Division, UNFCCC, Germany

The global housing crisis, particularly acute in developing and least developed countries, calls for innovative and sustainable solutions. The construction sector, a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is ripe for transformation. Bamboo, traditionally employed as [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Paulo Cesar Baleeiro
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Paulo Cesar Baleeiro, The University of Queensland, Australia

Island biogeography and landscape genetics offer valuable insights into species evolution during extended periods of isolation. In this study, we applied these concepts to explore genetic diversity and gene flow among populations of Eriocaulon species in isolated springs associat [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Munisath Khandoker
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Munisath Khandoker, Rothamsted Research, United Kingdom

Aggregate stability refers to the ability of soil aggregates to remain stable against external forces such as water movement and rainfall. Stable aggregates can improve soil structure, water-holding capacity, and protect organic matter accumulation, aggregate stability is therefo [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Nisha Singh
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Nisha Singh, Gujarat Biotechnology University, India

Pigeonpea is an important legume crop with high protein content and nutritional attributes for more than a billion-people living in South Asia. Ever-increasing pigeonpea consumption as a major source of protein necessitates the improvement of varieties for more efficient producti [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Rajeev Kumar
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Rajeev Kumar, Lovely Professional University, India

The leaf extracts of different weed plant such as (Cannabis sativa, Lantana camara, Ageratum conzoides, Parthenium hysterophorus) in different organic solvents (methanol, acetone, ethanol and aqueous) were assessed in-vitro for fungitoxic activity against phyto-pathogenic , Phyto [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Navneeti Chamoli
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Navneeti Chamoli, H.N.B. Garhwal University, India

The Himalayan region of India boasts a vast french bean diversity that remains unexplored. The use of molecular and agromorphological markers to obtain information on landrace could facilitate future breeding improvements. To assess genetic polymorphism and differentiation among [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Sandeep Sharma
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Sandeep Sharma, Indian Agriculture Research Institute New Delhi, India

Rice crop productivity is an important area of research under the current climate scenario, with rising temperature and low nutrient availability, particularly phosphorus. The interactive effects of high temperature and P starvation on growth, flowering, yield, and signalling com [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Minoo Divakaran
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Minoo Divakaran, University of Calicut, India

Protecting plant genetic resources is essential given the effects of climate change, habitat loss, and the growing demand for food security worldwide. Plant species' genetic diversity can be preserved through the use of effective and adaptable in vitro conservation procedures [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Geetika Singh
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Geetika Singh, Aryans Group of Colleges, India

Background: The aim of the study was to correlate membrane integrity and enzyme analysis with seed viability or physiology during storage for upto 18 months in 3 species of bamboo seeds, i.e Dendrocalamus strictus, bambusa bambos and dendrocalamus hamiltonii. Flowering& [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Harithas Aruchchunan
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Harithas Aruchchunan, JICA, Sri Lanka

Super Napier grass is a newly introduced cultivar of Napier grass that has shown promise in increasing the productivity and sustainability of dairy farming in Sri Lanka. In this study, we collected yield data from May 2021 to December 2022 from a dairy farmer in Karachchi Veterin [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Theresa Bapela
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Theresa Bapela, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, African Centre for Crop Improvement, South Africa

Terminal drought is one of the most complex abiotic stress affecting wheat production and productivity in arid and semi-arid regions globally. Thus, there is an increasing need to increase wheat productivity in a resilient and sustainable way. This can be achieved by de [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Daniel Dompreh
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Daniel Dompreh, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Talbotiella gentii, a Ghanaian endemic and critically endangered tree species is severely threatened to extinction from over exploitation for fuelwood and charcoal production, wildfire, farming, habitat loss, construction, mining, quarrying, climate change and pollution. The few [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Muhammad Ijaz Tabassum
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Muhammad Ijaz Tabassum, Farmers Field/Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Pakistan

Study on impact of voices in wheat crop was conducted in the farmer‘s field in Tandalianwala, Faisalabad-Pakistan during 2020-21. Eleven (11) various voices were applied in eleven different experiments located on various sites as main treatments like voice of soft music (T1 [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Islam Zeb
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Islam Zeb, University of Agriculture, Pakistan

The contamination of leafy vegetables with microbes and heavy metal toxicity is one of the world's most serious environmental issues. Despite the fact that leafy vegetables are well known around the world for their many health benefits. A study was done to determine the micro [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Carmen Jacinto Hernandez
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Carmen Jacinto Hernandez, INIFAP, Mexico

In Mexico, part of the bean production is stored for months to satisfy the demand during the year. The environmental conditions of the warehouse and the storage time influence the quality of the grain. In light-colored bean varieties, the darkening of the seedcoat [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Ramon Garza Garcia
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Ramon Garza Garcia, INIFAP, Mexico

In the High Valleys of the Central Table of Mexico, the cultivation of native beans is very common, and in the Mezquital Valley, in the state of Hidalgo, beans of this origin are used, of the so-called San Franciscano type, which are generally of Indeterminate growth habit and la [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Agilandeswari Devarajan
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Agilandeswari Devarajan, MVM College of Pharmacy, India

The ingredients used in the preparation of rasam are medicinally claimed for various ailments, which makes it a traditional functional food. The standardized procedure provided tremendous opportunity to study the pharmaceutical potential in a systematic scientific way beyond its [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Prajna Priyadarshini Das
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Prajna Priyadarshini Das, University of Hyderabad, India

The wild rice accessions containing variant alleles for the resistant genes can be used for developing new lines for disease resistance. Nucleotide diversity analysis helps to study the diverse function of the genes and their role in disease resistance enhancement. To support cro [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Saul Brenes Gamboa
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Saul Brenes Gamboa, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica

The characterization of uses and coverage of the land is currently an important element for the management and monitoring of agricultural territories and natural resources with the aim of facilitating the decision-making of governmental and non-governmental entities. Given this, [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Fiston Masudi
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Fiston Masudi, Makerere University, Uganda

The development of maize varieties combining Provitamin A (PVA), high yield, and Striga resistance is an effective and affordable strategy to contribute to food security in sub-Saharan Africa where maize is a staple food crop. There has been limited research on introgressing PVA [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Egamberdiev Akmal Ergashevich
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Egamberdiev Akmal Ergashevich, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan

In the article, Ajuga turkestanica (Regel) Briq the biomorphological properties of the area, and its role in resource and plant communities have been cited by the results of a scientific study on the areas of modern distribution and raw material reserves. A. turkestanica the mode [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Edgar Omar Rueda Puente
Keynote Presentation (Virtual)
Edgar Omar Rueda Puente, University of Sonora, Mexico

Abiotic factors such as salinity, drought, high and low temperatures and heavy metal toxicity reduce crop productivity. Climate change increases the frequency and severity of these abiotic factors. Mainly, high temperatures and low precipitation cause droughts of increasing sever [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Tiziana M Sirangelo
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Tiziana M Sirangelo, Council for Agricultural Research and Economy Analysis, Italy

Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) belongs to the Cannabaceae family and is one of the earliest cultivated crops, being of particular interest due to its multiple uses. In fact, it is characterized by an extensive set of compounds used in medicinal products and being a source of food [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Neeraj Bainsal
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Neeraj Bainsal, Chandigarh University, India

Introduction: Anxiety is a fearful state expressed as common mental issue that witness by population as a part of everyday life. The reason for fear and worries may be imagined or real. These feelings affect mentally or physically both and considered as anxiety disorder, if persi [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Shumaila Shahid
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Shumaila Shahid, ICAR- Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India

Fusarium wilt is a devastating disease of cucurbits which are an important group of vegetable crops. Fusarium wilt is primarily a soil-borne disease and is responsible for causing great yield losses and quality decline in cucurbits. It is currently a major limitati [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - K R Aneja
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
K R Aneja, Kurukshetra University, India

In the past few decades, the control of pests, weeds and diseases of cultivated plants using biocontrol agents has drawn increasing attention in the quest to reduce the level of dependence on chemical products for agriculture production.Weeds are the most severe and wide spread b [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Muhammad Atif Wahid
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Muhammad Atif Wahid, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan

Present study was designed to find diversity patterns among fourteen lines of hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Nine quantitative traits were determined phenotypically. Moreover the grain properties were also determined by laboratory procedures. Cluster analysis categorized [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Soroor Khorramdel
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Soroor Khorramdel, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

The Sunn pest (Eurygaster integriceps Put.), known for causing severe decreases in wheat growth, yield and flour quality, is one of the most destructive insects in Iran. So, efforts had been made to identify wheat genotypes that are resistant to this pest. To investigate the resp [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Zemach Sorsa Lakore
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Zemach Sorsa Lakore, Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia

Less attention had been given to the performances of three-way crosses and its comparative advantages of these hybrids over single crosses. This study was carried out to evaluate the performances of three-way crosses in comparison to single crosses for yield and related agronomic [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Bahram Heidari
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Bahram Heidari, Shiraz University, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Evaluation of genetic variation and the interrelationship of grain yield and micronutrients accommodate development of verities for improvement of the malnutrition in human diets. The current study was performed to investigate the genetic diversity in 42 bread wheat genotypes, in [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Mansha Nisar
Poster Presentation (Virtual)
Mansha Nisar, University of Kashmir, India

Global warming and climate change increase the stressors that weaken plant resilience. The normal temperature and precipitation shift leads the plants to allocate more resources toward their survival and adjustment to the changing environment which in turn compromises their norma [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Husniya
Poster Presentation (Virtual)
Husniya, Sumgait State University, Azerbaijan

Of the 15 species of the genus Pastinaca L. (Chimi) belonging to the family Apiaceae Lindl, distributed in Eurasia and the Caucasus, 4 species are known in Azerbaijan: P. umbrosa, P.armena, P. pimpinellifolia, P. glandulosa. In the flora of Azerbaijan, these species are found in [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Mostafa Hamad
Poster Presentation (Virtual)
Mostafa Hamad, Cairo university, Egypt

The Pliocene-Pleistocene succession along the Red Sea coast is subdivided in the Marsa Alam area into the Gabir, Shagra and Samadai formations in addition to the Pleistocene raised beaches and coral reefs. The coralline algal limestone of  Shagra and Samadai formations conta [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Smita Rajput
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Smita Rajput, Mata Gujri Mahila Mahavdyalay, India

The present documentation studies have various ethnobotanical uses of different species of plants used by bhil tribe of Ratlam and Neemach district (M.P.). The tribal were contacted and the information on different species belonging to their genera and families from differen [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Likeng Li Ngue Benoit Constant
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Likeng Li Ngue Benoit Constant, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon

Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is a Malvaceae with multiple economic and pharmacological potential, little or poorly known and under-exploited in Cameroon. The aim of this study was to assess the genetic diversity of 36 collections from several countries in the Central African sub [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Pandukur Sunday Garba
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Pandukur Sunday Garba, University of Jos Nigeria, Nigeria

Currently the production of cocoyam in Nigeria is threatened by the attack of many diseases and pests globally among which is Taro leaf blight caused by destructive fungus; phytophthora colocasiae racib. Due to the devastating nature and wide spread of this pathogen, causing up t [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Ayman Anter Saber Abdullah
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Ayman Anter Saber Abdullah, National Research Centre, Egypt

Background: Induced mutations played great role in plant improvement. Soil loss, due to salinity, is expected to become extremely dangerous for global agricultural production. Conservation agriculture (CA) represents a concept of crop production to a high and sustained production [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Furqan Mueen
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Furqan Mueen, Punjab University Lahore, Pakistan

The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a notorious polyphagous pest. Within a short period, this pest has ability to cause a significant damage to maize. Farmers are using widely synthetic pesticides to control fall armyworm. Further, [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - B N Hazarika
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
B N Hazarika, Central Agricultural University, India

The North-East India the richest reservoir of plant diversity in India and is one of the ‘biodiversity hotspots’ of the world supporting about 50 % of India’s biodiversity. Northeastern region occupy 7.7 % of total geographical area of country and harbours 50 % [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Maryam Salami
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Maryam Salami, Shiraz University, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), which is the second leading oil crop in the world accumulates flavonoids and provides valuable nutrients for human health. Development of drought tolerance rapeseed characterized by high flavonoids content and high yield is an important goal of [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Bahram Heidari
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Bahram Heidari, Shiraz University, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Grain filling is an important developmental process associated with the yield and quality of rapeseed (Brassica napus L.). However, the molecular mechanisms of grain filling are rarely reported in rapeseed. Drought impedes rapeseed performance at all growth stages which is more c [....] » Read More

Speaker at PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY 2024 - Maryam Salami
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Maryam Salami, Shiraz University, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Drought is one of the major environmental stress conditions affecting the growth of rapeseed across the globe. Understanding the genetic architecture of drought stress tolerance in rapeseed at the seedling stage is crucial for developing drought-tolerant varieties. In the present [....] » Read More

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