Congressi SIGA
- Book of abstract
- Scientific Programme
- Session 1 - New breeding objectives and strategies
- Session 2 - Plant phenotyping
- Session 3 - Gene regulation in higher plants
- Session 4 - Plant metabolomics and crop improvement
- Session 5 - Biodiversity and Breeding
- Session 6 - Genome evolution and domestication
- Session 7 - Towards EXPO 2015: Genetics and physiology of biotic stresses
- Session 8 - Towards EXPO 2015: Climate change, abiotic stresses and crop yield
- Session 9 - Genetics and Biotechnology
- Special Communications
- Authors Index
- Keywords Index
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 Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura (CRA-CER) | Under the patronage of: |
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 Provincia di Foggia |
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 Comune di Foggia |
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Scientific Programme
| MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th
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| 13:00 – 14:30 | Registration and poster display | |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Opening ceremony Welcome address by Institutional and Local Authorities |
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| 14:45 – 15:00 | Official Opening Veronesi F., President of SIGA - Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics |
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| 15:00 – 17:00 | Session 1 – New breeding objectives and
strategies Chairpersons: Blanco A., Tuberosa R. |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Invited Lecture Crossa J., de los Campos G., Perez P. Genomic prediction and selection: why and how? |
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| 15:30 – 15:45 | Delledonne M., Acquadro A., Zamperin G.,
Tononi P., Minio A., Dal Molin A., Toppino L., Sala T., Fantini E.,
Scaglione D., Portis E., Barchi L., Lanteri S., Giuliano G., Rotino
G.L. An eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) high quality genome draft |
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| 15:45 – 16:00 | Giorgi
D., Farina A., Grosso V., Lucretti S. FISHIS: a way to make simpler complex genome genomics |
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| 16:00 – 16:15 | Frusciante
L., Sanseverino
W., Andolfo G., Ercolano M.R. Genome-wide identification and selection of candidate genes for disease resistance in tomato |
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| 16:15 – 16:30 | Milner
S.G., Maccaferri M., Salvi S., Frascaroli E., Corneti S., Stefanelli
S., Mantovani P., Gasparini G., Bovina R., Massi A., Tuberosa R. A multiparental cross population for mapping yield QTLs in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) |
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| 16:30 – 16:40 | Special
Communication Ravaglia S. The needs of private breeding: how to strengthen relationships with public research centers |
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| 16:40 – 17:00 | General Discussion | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Coffee break &
Poster presentation (Session 1 and Session 2) |
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| 18:00 – 20:10 | Session 2 –
Plant phenotyping (in collaboration with European Plant Phenotyping Network) Chairpersons: De Vita P., Fiorani F. |
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| 18:00 – 18:25 | Fiorani F., Jansen M., Wiese-Klinkenberg
A., Nagel K.A., Pieruschka R. The European Plant Phenotyping Network fosters an integrated approach to plant phenotyping, from technologies to best practice |
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| 18:25 – 18:45 | Doonan J.H., Gay A., Alcade-Barrios A.,
Draper J., Corke F., Camargo A. Automated and manual plant phenotyping across different scales |
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| 18:45 – 19:05 | Cseri A., Sass L., Torjek O., Pauk J.,
Vass I., Dudits D. Monitoring drought responses of barley genotypes with semi-robotic phenotyping platform and association analysis between recorded traits and allelic variants of some stress genes |
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| 19:05 – 19:25 | Cellini F. Plant phenotyping research and dvelopment at Metapontum Agrobios Research Center of ALSIA |
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| 19:25 – 19:40 | Gioia
T., Nagel K.A., Beleggia R., Ficco D.B.M., Mastrangelo A.M., Platani
C., De Vita P., Pieruschka R., Fiorani F., Papa R. Morpho-physiological evaluation of a collection of tetraploid wheats under different nitrogen levels |
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| 19:40 – 19:55 | Rizza
F., Afshari Behbahanizadeh S., Reggiani F., Zaldei A., Miglietta F.,
Marè C., Mazzucotelli E., Cattivelli L., Badeck F.W. Comparison of chlorophyll and flavonoid content in ambient and elevated CO2 in 12 durum wheat genotypes under field conditions |
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| 19:55 – 20:10 | General Discussion | |
| 20:30 |
Welcome Cocktail |
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| TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th
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| 08:30 – 12:30 | Session 3 – Gene regulation in higher plants Chairpersons: Morelli G., Varotto S. |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Invited Lecture Ostergaard L. The developmental history of a fruit |
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| 09:00 – 09:15 | Gregis V., Simonini S., Colombo L., Kater
M.M. Mining regulatory pathways controlling early stages of flower development in Arabidopsis |
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| 09:15 – 09:30 | Turchi
L., Carabelli M., Ruzza V., Possenti M., Sassi M., Peñalosa A.,
Sessa G., Salvi S., Forte V., Morelli G., Ruberti I. Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper II family of transcription factors control apical embryo development, meristem function and organ polarity |
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| 09:30 – 09:45 | Gomez-Ariza
J., Shrestha R., Brambilla V., Fornara F. Molecular adaptation of rice to long-day conditions in Europe |
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| 09:45 – 10:00 | De
Paoli E., Del Fabbro C., Celii M., Pinosio S., Miculan M., Marroni F.,
Di Gaspero G., Morgante M. Single-base resolution of the grapevine methylome reveals the epigenomic landscape of a perennial fruit crop |
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| 10:00 – 11:30 | Coffee break &
Poster presentation (Session 5) |
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| 11:30 – 11:45 | Crosatti C., Quansah L., Marè C.,
Giusti L., Roncaglia E., Atienza S.G., Cattivelli L., Fait A. Cytoplasmic genome substitution in wheat alters the nucleous-cytoplasm crosstalk leading to transcript and metabolite alterations |
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| 11:45 – 12:00 | Rosellini
D., Ferradini N., Zago E., Capomaccio S., Allegrucci S., Veronesi F. Polyploidization and the transcriptome of Medicago sativa |
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | General discussion | |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | SIGA Awards Chairpersons: Filippone E., Veronesi F. |
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| 12:30 – 12:45 | "E. Ottaviano" Award for Agricultural
Genetics Bitocchi E. Mesoamerican origin of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is revealed by sequence data |
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| 12:45 – 13:00 | "N. Strampelli" Award for Plant Breeding Longhi S. Comprehensive QTL mapping survey dissects the complex fruit texture physiology in apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) |
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| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch break | |
| 14:30 – 16:45 | Session 4 – Plant metabolomics and crop
improvement Chairpersons: Grando M.S., Papa R. |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 | Invited Lecture Hall R.D. Metabolomics - from the breeder to the kitchen table |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Invited Lecture Beleggia R., Platani C., Fragasso M., Nigro F., Papa R. Metabolomics applications in durum wheat improvement |
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| 15:30 – 15:45 | Zamperin
G., Da Silva C., Ferrarini A., Minio A., Dal Molin A., Venturini L.,
Buson G., Boido E., Dellacassa E., Gaggero C., Pezzotti M., Carrau F.,
Delledonne M. The high polyphenol content of Vitis vinifera cv. Tannat berries is conferred mostly by the private and dispensable portion of the genome |
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| 15:45 – 16:00 | Di
Giacomo E., Sobolev A.P., Testone G., Nicolodi C., Arnesi G., Schiappa
A., Biancari T., Capitani D., Mannina L., Giannino D. A bottom-up approach aimed to traceability and value increase of endive cultivars: from the NMR carbohydrate metabolic profiling to expression analysis and allele diversity of inulin genes |
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| 16:00 – 16:15 | Costantini
L., Malacarne G., Emanuelli F., Battilana J., Coller E., Lorenzi S.,
Masuero D., Troggio M., Vrhovsek U., Mattivi F., Moser C., Grando M.S. The fine genetic regulation of anthocyanin and flavonol content in grapes |
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| 16:15 – 16:45 | General Discussion | |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Special Communication Kater M.M. The Fascination of Plants Day in Italy |
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| 17:00 – 18:00 | Coffee break &
Poster presentation (Session 3 and Session 4) |
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| 18:00 – 20:00 | Poster dismount (from Session 1 to Session 5) |
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| 18:00 – 20:00 | SIGA General Assembly | |
| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th |
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| 08:30 – 10:30 | Session 5 – Biodiversity and breeding Chairpersons: Mazzucato A., Sonnante G. |
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| 08:30 – 09:00 | Invited Lecture Pascual L., Xu J., Sauvage C., Bauchet G., Desplat N., Bouchet J.P., Brunel D., Lepaslier M.C., Causse M. Valorisation of the natural variation available in tomato accessions to decipher the genetic control of quantitative traits |
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| 09:00 – 09:15 | Sciacca
F., Allegra M., Brambilla M., Licciardello S., Roccuzzo G., Romano E.,
Torrisi B., Virzì N., Intrigliolo F., Palumbo M. Mineral elements concentration in durum wheat Sicilian landraces and in improved varieties |
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| 09:15 – 09:30 | Kuzmanovic
L., Gennaro A., Virili M.E., Dodd I., Benedettelli S., Quarrie S.A.,
Ceoloni C. Chomosomally engineered durum wheat-Thinopyrum ponticum recombinant lines: valuable tools for dissection of yield-contributing traits |
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| 09:30 – 09:45 | Ruggieri
V., Sacco A., Francese G., D'Alessandro A., Rigano M.M., Parisi M.,
Milone M., Cardi T., Mennella G., Barone A. An association mapping approach to identify new alleles for tomato fruit quality breeding |
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| 09:45 – 10:00 | Paffetti
D., Buonamici A., Travaglini D., Labriola M., Bottalico F., Fiorentini
S., Materassi A., Vettori C. Potential hazard due to breeding between poplar cultivations and wild relatives in Mediterranean environment |
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| 10:00 – 10:30 | General Discussion | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Coffee break &
Poster presentation (Session 6 and Session 9) |
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| 11:30 – 13:30 | Session 6 – Genome evolution and domestication Chairpersons: Attene G., Reforgiato Recupero G. |
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Invited Lecture Schlötterer C. The power of Pool-Seq for genetic analysis |
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| 12:00 – 12:15 | Sonnante
G. Two crops from one progenitor: new insights into the domestication of artichoke and cardoon |
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| 12:15 – 12:30 | Aversano
R., Fasano C., Di Matteo A., Diretto G., Frusciante F., Giuliano G.,
Carputo D. Changing by doubling: impact of whole genome duplication in potato |
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| 12:30 – 12:45 | Iovene
M., Zhang T., Lou Q., Buell C.R., Jiang J. Copy number variation in potato – An asexually propagated autotetraploid species |
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| 12:45 – 13:00 | Scrocca
V., Johnson K., Schwarzacher T., Heslop-Harrison P., Gornall R.J. Allopolyploidy and evolution in the wetland plant genus Callitriche: a molecular cytogenetic approach |
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| 13:00 – 13:30 | General Discussion | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Lunch break | |
| 15:00 – 17:30 | Session 7 – Towards EXPO 2015: Genetics and
physiology of biotic stresses (in collaboration with SIBV) Chairpersons: Bellincampi D., Ercolano M.R. |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Invited Lecture L'Haridon F., Binda M., Serrano M., Abou-Mansour E., Lehmann S., Benikhlef L., Metraux J.-P. Plant defenses to pathogens - more refined than expected |
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| 15:30 – 15:45 | Marone
D., Russo M.A., Laidò G., De Vita P., Papa R., Blanco A.,
Gadaleta A., Cattivelli L., Mastrangelo A.M. Revealing the genetic architecture of powdery mildew resistance in wheat by the construction of a consensus map and subsequent meta-QTL analysis |
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| 15:45 – 16:00 | Woodrow
P., Kafantaris I., Iannuzzi F., Mirto A., Fuggi A., Carillo P. cDNA-NBS profiling of hortensia RGA-like genes responsive to leaf spot fungal infection |
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| 16:00 – 16:15 | Paparella
C., Marti L., Savatin D., De Lorenzo G., Ferrari S. An Arabidopsis thaliana LYSM receptor-like kinase regulates resistance to pathogens and abscisic acid responses |
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| 16:15 – 16:30 | Pavan
S., Schiavulli A., Zuluaga D.L., Marcotrigiano A.R., Zonno V.,
Ricciardi F., Bracuto V., Abdelaziz S., Zaza C., Bardaro N., Lotti C.,
Bouwmeester H., Ricciardi L. Characterization of the first pea (Pisum sativum L.) natural strigolactone-deficient mutant resistant to crenate broomrape (Orobanche crenata Forsk.) |
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| 16:30 – 16:45 | Mazzamurro
V., Laviano L., Marcel C.T., Milc J., Francia E., Niks R.N., Vozabova
T., Garvin D.F., Roncaglia E., Tagliazucchi Malagoli G., Bicciato S.,
Tagliafico E., Pecchioni N. Transcriptome analysis in the interaction Brachypodium – Puccinia brachypodii |
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| 16:45 – 17:00 | Bassolino
L., Zhang Y., Schoonbeek H.-J., Kiferle C., Perata P., Martin C. Skin-specific accumulation of anthocyanins in tomato extends shelf life |
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| 17:00 – 17:30 | General Discussion | |
| 17:30 – 18:30 | Coffee break &
Poster presentation (Session 7, Session 8 and related SIBV posters) |
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| 19:00 | Bus departure for Orsara | |
| 21:00 | Social Dinner -
Ristorante Villa Jamele di Peppe Zullo, Orsara |
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| THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th |
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| 09:00 – 12:30 | Session 8 – Towards EXPO 2015: Climate
change, abiotic stresses and crop yield (in collaboration with SIBV) Chairpersons: Carillo P., Pecchioni N. |
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| 09:00 – 09:30 | Invited Lecture Sulpice R., Pyl E.-T., Piques M., Ivakov A., Schulze W.X., Ishihara H., Stitt M. Cold stress does not necessarily inhibit plant growth: it depends on when it occurs during the day |
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| 09:30 – 09:45 | Longo
C., Lupini A., Mercati F., Princi M.P., Miller A.J., Abenavoli M.R.,
Sunseri F. Nitrogen use efficiency in tomato involves a high affinity long-distance nitrate trasporter |
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| 09:45 – 10:00 | Trono
D., Laus M.N., Soccio M., Pastore D. How plant mitochondria may contribute to cell resistance to abiotic stresses. The case study of durum wheat |
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| 10:00 – 10:15 | Verrillo
F., Rocco M., Occhipinti A., Maffei M.E., Marra M. Plasmodesmata are involved in abiotic stress signalling |
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| 10:15 – 10:30 | Faã M., Biggiogera M., Sabatini M.E., Donà M., Balestrazzi A., Carbonera D. Understanding the dynamics of stress sensing within the plant nucleolus: investigation of the role played by the MtTdp gene family encoding Tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase enzymes |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break &
Poster dismount (from Session 6 to Session 9) |
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| 11:00 – 11:15 | Lunardon
A., Del Fabbro C., De Paoli E., Hardcastle T., Forestan C., Farinati
S., Varotto S. Analysis of small RNA populations of maize leaves following abiotic stress treatments |
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| 11:15 – 11:30 | Marconi
G., Pace R., Raggi L., Traini A., Lutts S., Guiducci M., Falcinelli M.,
Benincasa P., Chiusano M.L., Albertini E. DNA methylation influence rapeseed (Brassica napus var. oleifera Del.) gene expression in response to salt stress conditions |
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Invited Lecture Sreenivasulu N. Systems biology perspectives to unravel global abiotic stress response |
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | General Discussion | |
| 12:30 – 12:50 | Special Communication Gennaro A. Risk assessment of genetically modified plants – An EFSA perspective |
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| 12:50 – 13:00 | Closing ceremony Veronesi F., President of SIGA - Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics |
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