Crops for the future – breeding for resilience 2023

The Crops for the future – breeding for resilience 2023 is an International Scientific Conference, co-organized by University of Vienna and National Institute of Biology (NIB) to ensure interconnectness and boost research performance across several H2020 project linked to sustainable agriculture of the future.

This is a preliminary programme, a more detailed programme will be announced shortly.

Tuesday, October 24th 2023 Conference DAY 1

• 13:00 - 13:45 Registration
• 14:00 Welcome and Opening (Kristina Gruden & Marcus Teige) Overview of presented H2020 EU projects: ADAPT (Markus Teige), UNTWIST (Claudia Jonak), PhotoBoost (Stefan Schillberg), Gain4Crops (Andreas Weber)
• 14:20 - 16:20 Session 1 – Signaling and Stress Physiology (Chair: Sophia Sonnewald)

1. Novel genetically-encoded sensors in crops reveal insights into molecular mechanisms in stress acclimation Ute Vothknecht (University of Bonn, Bonn, DE)
2. Flooding responses in potato Rashmi Sasidharan (Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL)
3. Germin and drought tolerance in potato Rob Hancock (The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK)
4. Gain4Crops – Developing synthetic photorespiration bypasses for application in agriculture Andreas Weber (Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, DE)

• 2 talks selected from abstracts
• 16:20 Coffee break
• 16:45 - 18:30 Session 2 – Molecular Mechanisms of acclimation (Chair: Rashmi Sasidharan)

1. Molecular players regulating tuberization in potato Salomé Prat (Centre for research in agricultural Genomics, Barcelona, SP)
2. Regulation of flowering in tomato Sebastian Soyk (University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH)
3. Heat and drought stress responses in potato Sophia Sonnewald (Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen, DE)
4. Photo Boost – Improving the photosynthetic performance and productivity in potatoes and rice Stefan Schillberg (RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, DE)

2 talks selected from abstracts

• 18:30 - 20:00 Beer & Posters – informal discussions
• 20:15 Self-organised dinner (restaurants close by - ask for advice @ registration)

• 08:30 - 10:30 Session 3 – Data Integration, Modelling & Engineering (Chair: Anže Županič)

1. The Stress Knowledge Network App Kristina Gruden (National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, SI)
2. The UNTWIST Knowledge hub (to be confirmed) Björn Usadel (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, DE)
3. Modelling of abiotic stress responses in Camelina Sylvain Prigent (INRAE Centre de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Villenave d'Ornon, FR)
4. Synthetic Biology approaches for future agriculture Matias Zurbriggen (Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, DE)
5. 2 talks selected from abstracts

• 10:30 Coffee break
• 11:00 - 13:00 Session 4 – Phenotyping & Crop Management (Chair: Alexandra Ribarits)

1. Automated High-Throughput Phenotyping Klará Panzarová (Photon Systems Instruments, Brno, CH)
2. Drought Phenotyping in cereals Kerstin Neumann (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, DE)

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2 talks selected from abstracts

• 13:00 Lunch (organised in a nearby restaurant)
• 14:00 - 17:00 Session 5 – From regulators to markers and breeding (Chair: Christian Bachem)
• Breeding for stress resilient potato Guus Heselmans (Meijer potato, Rilland, NL)

1. Molecular approaches in future potato breeding Stan Oome (HZPC Research, Mitselwier, NL)

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• 15:30 Coffee break

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• 17:00 - 18:00 Plenary lecture: Crops for the future: What we need to do (Chair: Markus Teige)

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• 18:00 Closing of the conference
• 19:00 Conference dinner (organised ouside of the hotel Slon)