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The 5th International Electronic Conference on Agronomy
Announcements
The IECAG 2025 Conference Closed
The Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards of IECAG 2025 will be announced soon.
You can direcly download your electronic Certificate of Attendance HERE.
Accepted abstracts are eligible for publication in the Special Issue of published in Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395, Impact Factor 3.4), with a 15% discount on the publication fee.
the chair
Dear colleagues, distinguished agronomists, and plant scientists,
We are thrilled to welcome you to the upcoming 5th International Electronic Conference on Agronomy (IECAG 2025), proudly sponsored by the MDPI open access journal Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395, Impact Factor 3.4). In line with our commitment to fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, this electronic conference provides a unique platform for researchers to showcase their work, discuss groundbreaking findings, and engage in meaningful conversations with fellow experts.
This virtual conference will be held on www.sciforum.net, a platform developed and sponsored by MDPI to organize and provide technical support for electronic conferences. The virtual format offers the distinct advantage of eliminating the need for travel and its associated expenses, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the conference without any logistical constraints.
Key Themes: The conference will span various key themes, including the following:
- Biostimulation and Biocontrol Strategies;
- Breeding and Selection Technologies;
- "New" Crops for Adaptation to Climate Change;
- Crop Water and Nutrient Management;
- Crop Biotic Interactions;
- Basic Plant Science;
- Precision and Digital Agriculture;
- Sustainable Farming Systems and Soil Management.
We are pleased to inform you that participation in this conference is entirely free of charge for both authors and attendees. The accepted abstracts will be published for free in MDPI’s Biology and Life Sciences Forum. Extended versions of the accepted abstracts can be published in a Special Issue of Agronomy: Selected Papers from the 5th International Electronic Conference on Agronomy (IECAG 2025) with a 15% discount on the article processing charge (ISSN: 2073-4395). Both abstracts and Special Issue submissions will go through the standard peer review process. However, paper submission is not a requirement for active conference participation. The best oral presentation and best poster awards will receive an award of CHF 200, along with an offer to publish an extended paper for free, in the Special Issue of Agronomy.
We encourage you to explore the conference platform and guidelines provided in advance for a seamless experience. Should you have any queries or require assistance, our dedicated support team is available to ensure your participation is smooth and rewarding.
We look forward to engaging in exciting discussions and hearing new ideas and perspectives from experts in the field. All participants are welcome to join the online conference and contribute to the vibrant intellectual exchange that makes events like IECAG 2025 truly exceptional.
Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Oscar Vicente
Institute for the Conservation and Improvement of Valencian Agrodiversity (COMAV), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineSep 22, 2025
- Abstract acceptance notificationOct 22, 2025
- Registration end dateDec 08, 2025
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Fernando J. C Magalhães Filho
Department of Hydraulic Works of the Hydraulic Research Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;
Adjunct Professor in the field of Environmental Sanitation at the Hydraulic Research Institute (IPH/UFRGS), Productivity Research Fellow (CNPq, 2019–2025), and Executive Coordinator of the National Institute of Science and Technology in Nature-Based Solutions – INCT SbN (CNPq/CAPES/FAPERGS).
He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Sanitation and Water Resources (UFMS), with Postdoctoral research (UFMS) involving academic mobility at Aarhus University (Denmark) and Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira (Colombia).
He is a Sanitary Engineer and Specialist in Project Management (USP).
He has served as a faculty member and researcher at S-INOVA/UCDB (2013–2022), as a Visiting Professor at UFMS (2022), and as a consultant for several institutions (WWF, DNIT, AEGEA, FAPEC, municipalities, among others).
He was President of the Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering in Mato Grosso do Sul (ABES-MS, 2021–2023) and reactivated the Young Water Professionals Program (JPS).
Prof. Jay Wang
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada;
Prof. Jie (Jay) Wang is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba, where he leads the Robot Autonomy Lab. His research focuses on field robotics, learning-based control, and safe autonomy for harsh and uncertain environments, with current applications in agriculture and Arctic field operations. His team develops AI-enhanced ground robots that can navigate soft soil, ruts, and variable weather while maintaining precise control and safety guarantees. Before joining the University of Manitoba, he worked on autonomous mobile robots and vehicle control in academic and industrial settings in Canada.
Prof. Dr. Sonoko D. Bellingrath-Kimura
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) & Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
Dr. Andrea Arrones
Plant Biology Group, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA;
Prof. Alessandra Carruba
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy;
Prof. Fabrizio Araniti
Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria: Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy; University of Milan, Milan, Lombardy, Italy;
Dr. John Kirkegaard
CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australia;
Prof. Ricardo Mir Moreno
Institute for the Conservation and Improvement of Valencian Agrodiversity, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain;
Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Bilalis
Agriculture University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
His main research interests are Organic Agriculture, New Crops and Innovation, Certification, Soil Management, Weed Management, and Environmental Impact of Agriculture. He has published more than 180 papers, including more than 135 papers in refereed international scientific journals, book chapters (invited) and many other papers in congress proceedings.
Prof. Bilalis studied Crop Science at Agricultural University of Athens. He obtained his PhD degree in Organic Agriculture from the same university. In
September 2017, Prof. Bilalis received the honorary title of Doctor Honoris Causa of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca.
In addition, he was the Greek National Representative in the IFOAM EU group (2007-2011) and is a member of editorial board in 5 international scientific journals. Coordinator in more than 35 projects and partner in more than 65 projects from National , EU and Organizations and Private sector.
Dr. Huajian Liu
Australian Plant Phenomics Network The Plant Accelerator, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia;
In 2018, I finished my PhD study of machine vision for invertebrate detection on crops at the University of South Australia. In the same year, I joined The Plant Accelerator, the Adelaide node of the Australian Plant Phenomic Facility, located at the Waite campus of The University of Adelaide, as a post-doctoral researcher. Since then, I have been specialising in machine vision and machine learning for plant phenotyping and precision agriculture, especially for hyperspectral imaging-based plant phenotyping. I am currently a grant-funded researcher and my research interests include plant nutrient estimation, plant disease detection, drought and salt stress tolerance, plant growing status estimation, invertebrate pest detection, machine learning and deep learning, optical sensing system design, bio-inspired machine vision system, bird vision, insect vision, high-dimensional colour space, 3D model reconstruction and object recognition.
Dr. Claudia Jonak
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Vienna, Austria;
Principal Scientist at Center for Health and Bioresources at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. Plants are frequently challenged by unfavorable environmental conditions. Drought, temperature extremes or pathogen infections limit plant growth and development. Research in her team focuses on the mechanisms that plants use to cope with stress and explore their potential for new crop improvement strategies. Emphasis is placed on how signal transduction cascades regulate the coordinated responses of cellular metabolism and chromatin-related processes.
Dr. Dong Zhou
Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China;
Dong Zhou received the Ph.D. degree from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, in 2014. He is currently working with the School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University.,His current research interests include fabrication and characterization of III–V and 4H-SiC optoelectronic devices
Prof. Dr. Jorge Poveda Arias
Department of Plant Production and Forest Resources, Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering of Palencia, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain;
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On behalf of the Chair of IECAG 2025 Conference, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Awards:
Best Oral Presentation:
Author: Josephine Tafadzwa Pasipanodya
ID: sciforum-152572
Title: Population genetic and diversity analysis in Selected Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc] diversity panel accessions for drought-prone areas”
Author: Maria Andrea Reyes Reyes
ID: sciforum-145695
Title: Pleurotus ostreatus (Orellana) as a sustainable alternative crop: insights from cultivation and postharvest management
Author: Mauro Commisso
ID: sciforum-152212
Title: Molecular Responses of Lettuce to Phosphate-Limiting Conditions: Roles of Microbial Communities and Melatonin Regulation
Best Poster Award:
Author: Alejo Oliva
ID: sciforum-144890
Title: Biocompatibility between biopolymers and Trichoderma virens
Author: Fahim Shakil Rahman
ID: sciforum-147365
Title: Pocket Agronomist: Smart Card-Based Precision Farming System
Author: Sebbah Tarik
ID: sciforum-151210
Title: Revalorization of vineyard pruning by-products from different Vitis vinifera varieties: Evaluation of the phenolic profile across two defoliation seasons
Day 1
S5. Crop Biotic Interactions
S6. Basic Plant Science
Day 2
S1. Biostimulation and Biocontrol Strategies
S2. Breeding and Selection Technologies
Day 3
S7. Precision and Digital Agriculture
Day 4
S4. Crop Water and Nutrient Management
S3. "New"Crops for Adaptation to Climate Change
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