Program Overview
Program Overview

2nd December
2024

3rd December
2024

4th December
2024

5th December
2024

Welcome and Opening Remarks Convening Chair
(09
:00 CET|03:00 EDT|16:00 CST)



Keynote Talks
(09:10 CET|03:10 EDT|16:10 CST)
Keynote Talks
(09:10 CET|03:10 EDT|16:10 CST)
Keynote & Plenary Talks
(09:10 CET|03:10 EDT|16:10 CST)
Keynote Talks
(09:10 CET|03:10 EDT|16:10 CST)
Session 1. Crops (Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations)
(10:20 CET|04:20 EDT|17:20 CST)
Session 3. Sustainable Soil Management and Farming Systems (Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations)
(10:20 CET|04:20 EDT|17:20 CST)
Session 5. Biostimulation and Biocontrol Microbial-Based Strategies (Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations)
(10:20 CET|04:20 EDT|17:20 CST)
Session 7. Water Use and Irrigation (Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations)
(10:20 CET|04:20 EDT|17:20 CST)
Break
(1h 40min)
Break
(1h 40 min)
Break
(1h 40 min)
Break
(40 min)
Keynote Talks
(13:30 CET|07:30 EDT|20:30 CST)
Keynote Talks
(13:30 CET|07:30 EDT|20:30 CST)
Keynote Talks
(13:30 CET|07:30 EDT|20:30 CST)
Closing Remarks/ Awards Ceremony
Convening Chair
(12:30 CET|06:30 EDT|19:30 CST)
Session 2. Breeding/Selection Technologies and Strategies (Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations)
(14:20 CET|08:20 EDT|21:20 CST)
Session 4. Precision and Digital Agriculture (Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations)
(14:20 CET|08:20 EDT|21:20 CST)
Session 6. Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry (Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations)
(14:20 CET|08:20 EDT|21:20 CST)

*CET - Central European Time
EDT -
Eastern Daylight Time
CST -
China Standard Time

IECAG 2024 Program (DAY1)
IECAG 2024 Day 1

S1. Crops

Date: 2nd December 2024 (Monday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CET)
Speaker Title

09:10-09:20

Prof. Dr. Oscar Vicente
(UPV, Spain)

Welcome by Session Chair
09:20-09:40 Prof. Dr. Oscar Vicente
(UPV, Spain)
Keynote Speaker
“Alternative” crops to enhance Mediterranean agrodiversity and fight the climate emergency
09:40-10:00 Prof. Dr. Ana Fita
(UPV, Spain)
Keynote Speaker
Neglected and Underutilized Plants as a Source of Resilient Crops with Bio-Functional Properties
10:00-10:15 Dr. Amarjeet Singh
(NU, India)
Invited Speaker
Understanding the molecular mechanism of K+ deficiency tolerance in chickpea

Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 1: Crops
10:15-10:30 Maria Carpena
(UVigo, Spain)
Selected Speaker
Biopesticides from marine macroalgae against bacterial and fungal pathogens towards crop disease management
10:30-10:45 Asad Muhammad
(NAU, China)
Selected Speaker
Effect of Inoculation Techniques on Production of Potential of Soybean Varieties Intercropped in Spring Maize

10:45-11:00

Kawtar Abselam
(UAlicante, Spain)
Selected Speaker
Assessment of organic substrates derived from marine and food waste for the growth of tomato plants
11:00-11:15

Raju Mondal
(MTCL, India)
Selected Speaker

Decoding the effect of polyploidization on Morus species complex: an integrated transcriptomic and phenomic approach
11:15-11:30 Savanah Senn
(LAPC, USA)
Selected Speaker
Significance and Interaction of CaCl2 treatments and genetic background in Primula greenhouse crop improvement efforts
11:30-11:45 Thyago Rodrigues do Carmo Brito
(UTAD and UÉvora, Brazil)
Selected Speaker
Input costs and volatility price of soybean produced in the state of Pará, Brazil
11:45-13:30
Break

S2. Breeding/Selection Technologies and Strategies

Date: 2nd December 2024 (Monday)
Time: 13:30 (CET, Basel) | 07:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CET)
Speaker Title
13:30-13:40

Dr. Dilip Panthee
(NCSU, USA)

Welcome by Session Chair

13:40-14:00

Dr. Dilip Panthee
(NCSU, USA)
Keynote Speaker

Improving Crops Using Genomic and Biotechnological Resources

Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 2: Breeding/Selection Technologies and Strategies
14:00-14:15 Mirone Francesco
(UP, Italy)
Selected Speaker
Canopy management as a short-term adaptation strategy to counteract heatwaves' impacts on grapevine
14:15-14:30 Rahul Sharma
(YSPU, India)
Selected Speaker
Identification of Novel Bacterial Blight Resistance in Wild Punica granatum L. from North-Western Himalayas using SSR Markers and Hybridization for Developing Resistant F1 Hybrids
14:30-14:45 Noureddine Chaachouay
(HFUS, Morocco)
Selected Speaker
Exploring how Moroccan farmers in Khemisset province adapt to climate change: perceptions and strategies.
14:45-15:00 Fahim Reza Jhelom
(MAD, Bangladesh)
Selected Speaker
Impact of Auxin and Cytokinin Concentrations on the Induction of Callus and the Regeneration of in vitro Plantlets in Aromatic Rice Katarivogh (Oryza sativa L.)
15:00-15:15 Ana Paula dos Santos Melo
(UEFS, Brazil)
Selected Speaker
The Jatropha curcas as a substitute for Ricinus communis in biodiesel production in the semi-arid region of Brazil
15:15-15:30 Darwish Saleh
(UCairo, Egypt)
Selected Speaker
Stability Analysis of Egyptian Faba Bean Varieties and their Resilience to Variable Environmental Conditions and Orobanche Parasitic Weed Infestation

IECAG 2024 Program (DAY2)
IECAG 2024 Day 2

S3. Sustainable Soil Management and Farming Systems

Date: 3rd December 2024 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CET)
Speaker Title

09:10-09:20

Professor Mirza Hasanuzzaman
(SBAU, Bangladesh)

Welcome by Session Chair
09:20-09:40 Professor Mirza Hasanuzzaman
(SBAU, Bangladesh)
Keynote Speaker
Harnessing Biostimulants for Improved Metal/Metalloid Stress Tolerance in Plants.

09:40-10:00 Dr. Emanuele Radicetti
(UF, Italy)
Keynote Speaker
The use of hairy vetch as cover crop subjected to different biomass management for the cultivation of processing tomato under organic farming system
10:00-10:20 Prof. Dr. Carlo Leifert
(UPV, Spain)
Keynote Speaker
Impact of organic farming systems on food quality and safety
10:20-10:35 Prof. Dr. Amitava Rakshit
(BHU, India)
Invited Speaker
Societal relevance of soil health in defining ecosystem services that contribute to the UN SDGs

Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 3: Sustainable Soil Management and Farming Systems
10:35-10:50 Ronald Kuunya
(UDebreten, Hungary)
Selected Speaker
Examining the correlation between the consolidation coefficient and impact value of dry humus-rich surface soils
10:50-11:05 Piergiorgio Romano
(USalento, Italy)
Selected Speaker
MSW-Compost and Mycorrhizae Interaction in Grapevine Roots
11:05-11:20 Gabrijel Ondrasek
(UZagreb, Croatia)
Selected Speaker
Sewage Sludge as a Valuable Resource of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: Long-Term Monitoring Data from a Wastewater Treatment Plants
11:20-11:35

Olena Dorosh
(PP, Portugal)
Selected Speaker

Eco-Friendly Fertilizer Solutions: Production and Optimization of Biochars from Vineyard Pruning
11:35-11:50 Elisa Domínguez-Hernández
(NAUM, Mexico)
Selected Speaker
Circular and agroecological practices to improve integrated systems
11:50-13:30
Break

S4. Precision and Digital Agriculture

Date: 3rd December 2024 (Tuesday)
Time: 13:30 (CET, Basel) | 07:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CET)
Speaker Title
13:30-13:40

Prof. Dr. Mario Cunha
(UPorto, Portugal)

Welcome by Session Chair

13:40-14:00 Dr. Yongliang Qiao
(AIML, Australia)
Keynote Speaker
Applications of AI and Robotics in Modern Agriculture
14:00-14:20 Dr. Franco Meggio
(UPadova, Italy)
Keynote Speaker
Use of Satellite Imagery Time-series to Assess Grapevine Productivity Anomalies.

Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 4: Precision and Digital Agriculture
14:20-14:35 Marian Butu
(NIRDBS, Romania)
Selected Speaker
Comparative Analisys of Precision and Digital Agriculture Adoption in Romania And Western Europe
14:35-14:50 Antanas Juostas
(VMU, Lithuania)
Selected Speaker
Analysis of the Working Efficiency of Telematics Data of Combines Harvester
14:50-15:05 Tommaso Orusa
(DISAFA, Italy)
Selected Speaker
Assessing Dendrometric Parameters Using GIS and LiDAR Flight Data: A Tree-by-Tree Study in Mont Avic Regional Park, Aosta Valley, NW Italy
15:05-15:20 Benmahmoud Salah
(UG, Tunisia)
Selected Speaker
Use of Convolution Neural Networks for classification of time series of Sentinel-1 chronological data
15:20-15:35 Luiz Carlos Marques Jr.
(UNESP, Brazil)
Selected Speaker
EfficientNet Network, Mish Activation Function and Ranger Optimizer Implementation for Plant Leaf Disease Classification
15:35-15:50 Sam Wilson
(MU, New Zeeland)
Selected Speaker
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and Normalized Difference Red Edge could be useful tools for optimising grazing management in mixed pastures.
IECAG 2024 Program (DAY3)
IECAG 2024 Day 3

S5. Biostimulation and Biocontrol Microbial-Based Strategies

Date: 4th December 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CET)
Speaker Title

09:10-09:20

Dr. Mariateresa Cardarelli
(UTuscia, Italy)

Welcome by Session Chair
09:20-09:50 Dr. José David Flores-Félix
(USalamanca, Spain)
Plenary Speaker
Bacterial biostimulant as a tool to improve secondary metabolites in crops


09:50-10:10 Dr. Catello Pane
(CREA, Italy)
Keynote Speaker
Innovative strategies to improve biological control of soil-borne fungal diseases in vegetable crops
10:10-10:30 Dr. Sara Di Lonaro
(IRET-CNR, Italy)
Keynote Speaker
From Soil to Sustainability: Microbial-based Strategies for Plant Growth and Defense
10:30-10:45 Dr. Arianna Grassi
(UPisa, Italy)
Invited Speaker
Functional diversity of beneficial bacteria associated with mycorrhizal fungi and their biostimulation strategies

Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 5: Biostimulation and Biocontrol Microbial-Based Strategies
10:45-11:00 Eva Sanchez-Hernandez
(UValladolid, Spain)
Selected Speaker
Aromadendrane Sesquiterpenoids from Santolina chamaecyparissus L. Flowers: Chemical Profiling and Antifungal Activity Against Neocosmospora Species
11:00-11:15 Praveen Thangaraj
(KARE, India)
Selected Speaker
Bio-Potential Activity of Bacillus sp. from Tomato Rhizosphere Soil against Fungal Growth of Pythium aphanidermatum and Fusarium oxysporum
11:15-11:30 Ileana Vera Reye
(CIQA, Mexico)
Selected Speaker
Biochemical responses induced by SiO2-ZnO nanoparticles in Zea mays plants under water deficit conditions
11:30-11:45

Matilde Rodrigues
(CIMO, Portugal)
Selected Speaker

Biofortification and Increased Heat Stress Resistance of Pea Microgreens through Selenium Seed Priming
11:45-12:00 Mariano Maestro
(FuEDEI, Argentina)
Selected Speaker
Intraspecific variability in nematicidal response of Arthrobotrys oligospora, a natural enemy of plant-parasitic nematodes, and how it is affected by availability of prey.
12:00-13:30
Break

S6. Plant–Crop Biology and Biochemistry

Date: 4th December 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 13:30 (CET, Basel) | 07:30 (EDT, New York) | 20:30 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CET)
Speaker Title
13:30-13:40

Dr. Monica Boscaiu
(UPV, Spain) and
Dr. Mercedes Verdeguer
(UPV, Spain)

Welcome by Session Chairs

13:40-14:00 Prof. Dr. Yongfeng Guo
(CAAS, China)
Keynote Speaker
Fine-tuned regulation of leaf senescence by peptide signals

14:00-14:20 Dr. Mario Ruiz González
(UPV, Spain)
Keynote Speaker
Agrodiversity in the 21st century: challenges and strategies for conservation
14:20-14:35 Dr. Agnieszka Hanaka
(MCSU, Poland)
Invited Speaker
Exploring plant responses to metal contamination
14:35-14:50 Prof. Dr. Fabrizio Araniti
(UMilano, Italy)
Invited Speaker
The metabolic changes induced by Cuscuta campestris Yunck. on the host species Artemisia campestris subsp. variabilis (ten.) Greuter are a strategy aimed to increase the parasitization success

Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations Session 6: Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry
14:50-15:05 Sabrine Soltane
(MKB, Algeria)
Selected Speaker
Allelopathy and plant gene expressions under Climate Change and Arid Conditions in Africa: A Systematic Review
15:05-15:20 Mauro Commisso
(UVerona, Italy)
Selected Speaker
Unravelling the mystery of the roles of tryptamine and serotonin in Solanum lycopersicum.
15:20-15:35 Tarik Mohammed
(ABBU, Algeria)
Selected Speaker
Phenolic Compounds, Evaluation of Alpha-Amylase Inhibitory Activity, and Antioxidant Effects of Phoenix dactylifera L. Date Seeds
15:35-15:50 Tomas Martins
(UEvora, Portugal)
Selected Speaker
Genome-wide identification, structural characterization and expression profile of AUX/LAX genes during the development of adventitious roots in Juglans regia L.
15:50-16:05 Mikel Anibarro-Ortega
(CIMO, Portugal)
Invited Speakers
Post-Harvest Sweet Pepper Plants as a Potential Source of Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Ingredients for Food and Dietary Supplements

IECAG 2024 Program (DAY4)
IECAG 2024 Day 4

Session 7. Water Use and Irrigation

Date: 5th December 2024 (Thursday)
Time: 9:00 (CET, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 16:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)

Time
(CET)
Speaker Title

09:10-09:20

Prof. Dr. Sofia Pereira
(UCP, Portugal) and
Prof. Dr. Cristina Calheiros
(UPorto, Portugal)

Welcome by Session Chairs
09:20-09:40 Prof. Dr. Spyridon Ntougia
(DUT, Greece)
Keynote Speaker
Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Water Efficiency, Sanitation, and Sustainable Soil Fertilization towards Climate Resilience
09:40-10:00 Prof. Dr. Ana Cristina Rodrigues
(proMetheus, Portugal)
Keynote Speaker
Electricity production in plant-microbial fuel cells – A new green infrastructure ecosystem service

Invited and Contributed Oral Presentations

Session 7: Water Use and Irrigations

10:00-10:15 Azdem Driss
(MVU, Morocco)
Selected Speaker
Seawater Desalination for Agricultural Watering
10:15-10:30 Poonam Biswal
(IITK, India)
Selected Speaker
Drip Irrigation and Nitrogen Management Effects on Rice Yield, Nitrogen Use Efficiency, and Water Productivity Under Varied Irrigation
10:30-10:45 Ana Paula Melo
(UEF, Brazil)
Selected Speaker
Expansion of Agricultural Irrigation in the State of Bahia, Brazil, from 1985 to 2023
10:45-11:00 Pelin Soyertas Yapicioglu
(HU, Turkey)
Selected Speaker
Greywater treatment using agro-industrial biochar: A novel water reuse approach
11:00-11:15

Mian Muhammad Ahmed
(UA, Pakistan)
Selected Speaker

Optimizing Water Use Efficiency in Precision Agriculture for Enhanced Crop Productivity
11:15-11:30 Sonia Purin da Cruz
(UFSC, Brazil)
Selected Speaker
Thermotolerant coliforms and their resistance to antibiotics in water from rivers used for agricultural purposes
11:30-12:00

Break

12:00-12:30 Dr. José David Flores-Félix
(USalamanca, Spain)
Convening Chair
Closing Remarks/ Awards Ceremony

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