Program Overview
Program Overview
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | |
| 22 October - Morning | 23 October - Morning | 24 October - Morning | |
| S10. From Field to Consumers: Challenges and Approaches to High-Quality Agricultural Products S4. Zero-Pollution Solutions in Crop Protection |
S9. Farm Animal Production S5. Agricultural Water Management |
S3. Agricultural Systems and Management Flash Poster Session |
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| Break | |||
| 22 October - Afternoon | 23 October - Afternoon | 24 October - Afternoon | |
| Parallel Sessions | |||
| S1. Climate-Smart Agriculture: Practices, Determinants, Productivity, and Efficiency | S8. Crop Production | S6. Smart Farming: From Sensor to Artificial Intelligence S2. Ecosystem, Environment, and Climate Change in Agriculture |
S7. Agricultural Soil S11. Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding |
IOCAG2025 Program (Day 1)
Date: 22 October 2025 (Wednesday)
Morning Session
Session 10. From Field to Consumers: Challenges and Approaches to High-Quality Agricultural Products
Session 4. Zero-Pollution Solutions in Crop Protection
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 3:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| Session 10 | ||
| 09:00-09:05 | Prof. Dr. Isabel Lara Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:05-09:25 | Prof. Dr. Lluís Palou Invited Speaker |
Novel Antifungal Edible Coatings to Extend the Postharvest Life of Fresh Fruits |
| 09:25-09:40 | Md Rayhan Mahmud Oral Speaker |
Development of a Low-Cost, Solar-Powered Smart Evaporative Cooling Storage System to Extend the Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables in Tropical Regions |
| 09:40-09:55 | Suvanthini Terensan Oral Speaker |
Towards a Premium Curry Leaf Product: Evaluation of Murraya koenigii Variants in Jaffna for Market and Export Readiness |
| 09:55-10:10 | Samuel Alemayehu Lapiso Oral Speaker |
Impact of Environmental Conditions on Fungal Growth and Mycotoxin production in Stored Products |
| 10:10-10:25 | Mioara Mihaila Oral Speaker |
ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, CONSUMER SOCIETY AND FOOD WASTE—A COMPLEX DASHBOARD FOR ASSESSING QUALITY |
| 10:25-10:40 | Miroslava Kuzniarová Oral Speaker |
Quality control of food contamination with pesticides |
| Session 4 | ||
| 10:40–10:45 | Dr. Azucena González Coloma Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 10:45–11:15 | Dr. Nicoletta Ntalli Keynote Speaker |
Insects’ Frass as a nematicidal tool against Meloidogyne incognita. |
| 11:15–11:35 | Dr.
Jorge Rojas López-Menchero |
Multi-omics approach applied to the discovery of biopesticides from endophytic fungi |
| 11:35–11:50 | SABRINE SOLTANE Oral Speaker |
Allelopathy and Cover Crops: Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture in the Face of Climate Change |
| 11:50–12:05 | Alina BUTU Oral Speaker |
Botanical Extracts as Sustainable Alternatives to Conventional Pesticides in Crop Protection |
| 12:05–12:20 | Regan M Nyoni Oral Speaker |
OCCURRENCE AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA IN TANZANIAN MAIZE FARMS |
| 12:20–12:35 | Eliana Monteiro Oral Speaker |
The Effect of a new fungicide for downy mildew control on soil microbial communities: a metagenomic approach |
Afternoon Session (Parallel Sessions)
S1. Climate-Smart Agriculture: Practices, Determinants, Productivity, and Efficiency
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 8:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 14:00-14:05 | Prof. Dr. Sanzidur Rahman Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:05-14:25 | Dr. A. K. M. Abdulah Al-Amin Invited Speaker |
Economics of labour saving agri-tech for smallholder farms |
| 14:25-14:40 | Md. Anowar Hossain Oral Speaker |
Climate Resilience Through Climate Smart Agriculture: Understanding the Adoption Patterns Among Small Holding Farmers of Bangladesh |
| 14:40-14:55 | Kiran Kumar Mohapatra Oral Speaker |
Climate-Smart Rice Establishment Methods Using the Climate Smart Index for Sustainable Rice Production |
| 14:55-15:10 | Mahadi Hasan Monshi Oral Speaker |
Time-Series Forecasting of Maize Production in Bangladesh: Integrating ARIMA Models with Diagnostic Validation |
| 15:10-15:25 | Julija Rukaite Oral Speaker |
ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC AGRICULTURAL MACHINES |
| 15:25-15:40 | Najoua Khayati Oral Speaker |
Exploring the role of Rural Women in Sustainable Agriculture in Morocco |
| 15:40-15:55 | LAWRENCE Oluwagbenga Oyenpemi Oral Speaker |
Productivity Gains from Climate Adaptation: Micro-Level Insights from Rice Farmers in Southwest Nigeria |
| 15:55-16:05 | Manuel Felipe López Mora Oral Speaker |
Growth model for vertical towers in greenhouse based on use efficiency of radiation and plant position |
S8. Crop Production
Time: 14:35 (CEST, Basel) | 8:35 (EDT, New York) | 20:35 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 14:35-14:45 | Prof. Dr. Giovanni Dinelli Dr. Lorenzo Negri Session Chairs |
Welcome from Session Chairs |
| 14:45-15:00 | Alangelico Ortiz San Pascual Oral Speaker |
Reinvigoration of Deteriorated Seeds of Two Okra varieties (Abelmoschus esculentus var. ‘’Smooth Green’ and Var. ‘Red Ruby’) Using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma-Activated Water |
| 15:00-15:15 | Loukas Orfeas Orfeas Loukakis Oral Speaker |
Enhancing Nitrogen Efficiency and Reducing Carbon Footprint in Malting Barley through Ascophyllum nodosum Biostimulants and Optimized Fertilization Strategies |
| 15:15-15:30 | Amokelani Florah Maepa Oral Speaker |
DROUGHT TOLERANT TRAITS ON WINTER LEGUME COVER CROPS UNDER WATER REGIME ON SEMI-ARID CONDITIONS. |
| 15:30-15:45 | Álvaro Iglesias Ganado Oral Speaker |
Mycopriming with fungal extracts enhances quality in nursery tomato seedling |
| 15:45-16:00 | Lamia Jallal Oral Speaker |
Development of an Empirical Model for Estimating Quinoa Canopy Cover from NDVI under Different Irrigation and Fertilization Stress Conditions |
| 16:00-16:15 | Unius Arinaitwe Oral Speaker |
Corn Yield and Profitability Improved with Subsurface Drip Irrigation in the Mid-Atlantic United States |
| 16:15-16:30 | IDRISSA Diédhiou Oral Speaker |
Related Effects of Climate Change on Root System Dynamics and Symbiotic Activity in Local Bean Varieties (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in the Humid Tropics of Costa Rica |
IOCAG2025 Program (Day 2)
Date: 23 October 2025 (Thursday)
Morning Session
Session 9. Farm Animal Production
Session 5. Agricultural Water Management
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 3:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| Session 9 | ||
| 09:00-09:05 | Dr. Jalil Ghassemi Nejad Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:05-09:25 | Dr. AbdolReza Hosseindoust Invited Speaker |
The Role of Nutrigenomics in the Precision Feeding System
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09:25-09:40
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Akongte Peter Njukang
Oral Speaker
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Behavioral traits of honeybees (Apis mellifera) influence resistance against infestation of Varroa destructor mite
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09:40-09:55
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Qiujin Liu
Oral Speaker
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Effects of different lactic acid bacteria on growth performance, serum biochemical indexes, and fecal flora of Zi geese
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09:55-10:10
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Elina Leonova
Oral Speaker
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Relationship between slaughter yield of intensively fattened lambs and genomic loci in sheep breeds raised in Latvia |
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10:10-10:25
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Daniela Malakovska
Oral Speaker
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Expression of MTOR genes and its association with SNPs of gene and feed efficiency in intensive-fattened lambs in Latvia
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10:25-10:40
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Lucas Augustinho Trevisan
Oral Speaker
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Automated Diagnostic Approach in Swine Production with Focus on Locomotor Sensing
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Session 5
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10:40–10:45
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Prof. Dr. Antonio Paz-González
Dr. Xiaolin Yang
Session Chairs
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Welcome from Session Chairs
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10:45–11:05
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Dr. Xiaolin Yang
Invited Speaker
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Diversifying crop rotation increases food production, reduces net greenhouse
gas emissions and improves soil health
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11:05-11:20
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Md. Shariar Hossain Sazzad
Oral Speaker
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Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) tolerates short-term drought but shows
severe morpho-physiological and biochemical changes under prolonged drought
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11:20-11:35
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Pushpanjali Pushpanjali
Oral Speaker
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Characterizing preferential flow in soils of semi-arid Telangana, India
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11:35-11:50
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Mohamed Abdelhamid Dawoud
Oral Speaker
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The Future of Using Desalinated Water in Agricultural Production in MENA Region
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11:50-12:05
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Athanasios Gertsis
Oral Speaker
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An Evaluation of an electronic water treatment device (MAXGROW) for irrigation with fertigation in cucumbers (Cucumis sativus) grown under an NGS (New Growing System) in a commercial greenhouse
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12:05-12:20
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Abdelhafid Elallaoui
Oral Speaker
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Diurnal Dynamics of C-Band Radar Backscatter Over an Olive Orchard in a Semi-Arid Region
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Afternoon Session
Session 6. Smart Farming: From Sensor to Artificial Intelligence
Session 2. Ecosystem, Environment, and Climate Change in Agriculture
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 8:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| Session 6 | ||
| 14:00–14:05 | Dr. Rui Costa Martins Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:05–14:35 | Dr. Rick van de Zedde Keynote Speaker |
Plant Phenotyping technology adoption and our quest to cope with climate change. |
| 14:35–15:05 | Prof. Dr. Leo Marcelis Keynote Speaker |
The Future of Controlled Environment Agriculture for Managing Plant Physiology and Optimizing Photosynthesis by Sensor Systems and Models |
| 15:05–15:20 | R. G. Rejith Oral Speaker |
A hybrid Machine learning approach for monitoring wheat crop traits using Proximal Hyperspectral remote sensing |
| 15:20–15:35 | Marian BUTU Oral Speaker |
Integrating IoT Sensors and Artificial Intelligence for Irrigation Optimization in Organic Farming Systems |
| 15:35–15:50 | Lebogang Phahlane Oral Speaker |
UAV-Based Nitrogen and Phosphorus Content Estimation for Early-Season Nutrient Mapping Using Vegetation Indices and Machine Learning Techniques |
| 15:50–16:05 | Rahool Dembani Oral Speaker |
Symbiotic AI for Resilient Agriculture: A Federated Co-learning Framework with Interactive Counterfactual Explanations for Crop Disease Management |
| 16:05–16:20 | Farook Sattar Oral Speaker |
AI Audio-Based Poultry Behavior Monitoring Using Vocal Sound Analysis |
| Session 2 | ||
| 16:20–16:25 | Prof. Dr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude Session Co-Chair |
Welcome from Session Co-Chair |
| 16:25–16:55 | Prof. Dr. Veera Gnaneswar Gude Keynote Speaker |
Ecocentric Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural and Energy Systems |
| 16:55–17:10 | Heltan M. Mwalugha Oral Speaker |
Physiological and biochemical responses of maize to Aspergillus flavus under irrigation and nitrogen regimes |
| 17:10–17:25 | Inês Mansinhos Oral Speaker |
Role of Chitosan in Enhancing Secondary Metabolism and Stress Tolerance in Rosemary under Drought/Heat Combined Stress |
| 17:25–17:40 | Lucia Escalante Ortiz Oral Speaker |
Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from the Furrow and the Bed in Furrow-irrigated Soybean on a Silt loam Soil in Southeast Arkansas |
| 17:40–17:55 | Irina Patricia Tirado-Ballestas Oral Speaker |
Bioprospecting for promising native plant species from Mampuján, Colombia: Application of the circular economy for the benefit of farmers |
IOCAG2025 Program (Day 3)
Date: 24 October 2025 (Friday)
Morning Session
Session 3. Agricultural Systems and Management
Flash Poster Session
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 3:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| Session 3 | ||
| 09:00-09:05 | Prof. Dr. Luca Regni Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:05-09:25 | Prof. Dr. Cristian Silvestri Invited Speaker |
Adapting Olive Cultivation to Climate and Market Pressures: The Role of Breeding Innovation |
| 09:25-09:45 | Prof. Dr. Tommaso Frioni Invited Speaker |
Vineyards at the Crossroads: Growing Wine Grapes Amid Climate Shifts and Changing Consumer Demands |
| 09:45-10:00 | Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco Oral Speaker |
From Policy to Plow: Navigating Farmer Decisions and Structural Barriers to Biopesticide Adoption in the Mediterranean |
| 10:00-10:15 | Sabrina BenGhida Oral Speaker |
Agrophotovoltaics in Practice: Six Lessons from Dual-Use Land Innovation for Food, Energy, and Policy Resilience |
| 10:15-10:30 | Stathis Devves Oral Speaker |
A multi-model assessment of Greece’s agricultural Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems Nexus under future scenarios |
| Flash Poster Session - 3 minutes per presenter (without Q&A) | ||
| 10:30–10:33 | TUYEN THI DUONG Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 1 IS LOTUS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE CROP IN LOW-LYING AGRICULTURAL AREAS? EVIDENCE FROM THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE, CENTRAL VIETNAM |
| 10:33–10:36 | LAWRENCE Oluwagbenga Oyenpemi Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 1 Causal Impact of Approved Pesticide Use on Cocoa Farmers' Welfare in Nigeria |
| 10:36–10:39 | Arya PS Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 2 Exploring the Biochemical Dynamics of Rice and Rice Leaf Folder (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) Under Elevated CO₂ Conditions |
| 10:39–10:42 | Marwa Zerrouk Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 2 Integrated Wetland Mapping and Surface Water Quality Assessment Using Sentinel-1/2 and Machine Learning: A Case Study from Sidi Moussa–Oualidia, Morocco |
| 10:42–10:45 | Soukayna Jarjini Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 2 Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria: A Sustainable Response to Agricultural Challenges and Health Issues |
| 10:45–10:48 | Daniel BONDESAN Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 3 Effect of cannon sprayer configuration and adjustment on spray deposit and ground drift in high-tunnel strawberry cultivation |
| 10:48–10:51 | Havva Uyar Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 3 Reframing the Value of Agricultural Data: Stakeholder Perceptions |
| 10:51–10:54 | Aleksandr N. Ignatov Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 3 Latent viruses of greenhouse vegetables identified by NGS in Russian Federation |
| 10:54–10:57 | Lei Liu Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 4 From Singular to Systemic: The Transformative Trajectory of Zero-Pollution Crop Protection Strategies |
| 10:57–11:00 | Olga Glushenkova Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 4 Integrated biological control approach for lettuce pathogens: combining beneficial microbes and cultivation practices |
| 11:00–11:03 | Natalija Atanasova-Pancevska Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 4 Utilization of Agricultural Waste in Biofertilizer Production: A Sustainable Procedure for Supporting Zero-Waste Approach |
| 11:03–11:06 | Konstantinos Zoukidis Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 5 Growing Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa L.) in Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) hydroponic systems under a range of saline water conditions by using innovative technologies (agro-nanobubbles and an electronic water treatment system) |
| 11:06–11:09 | Panchali Sengupta Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 5 Irrigating farms the smarter way—a study on the utilization of precision irrigation by vegetable farmers from South 24-Parganas district, West Bengal, India |
| 11:09–11:12 | Aureliano C. Malheiro Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 5 Optimizing Deficit Irrigation in Wine Grapes in Portugal’s Douro Region: Impacts on Vine Physiology, Yield, and Must Quality |
| 11:12–11:15 | Patricia Iweka Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 6 Influence of Cow Parity on the Precision of Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Sensing System for Assessing Milk Quality During Milking |
| 11:15–11:18 | Andrea Apicella Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 6 Smart Farming and Digital Divide: Structural Inequalities in Access to AI and Digital Technologies among Smallholder Farmers |
| 11:18–11:21 | Maria Feka Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 6 A Telemetry-Based Precision Agriculture System for the Sustainable Cultivation of Stevia rebaudiana |
| 11:21–11:24 | Hanane EL Wazziki Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 7 Impact of cropping practices on dry root rot and soil microbial diversity in durum wheat in semi-arid regions of Morocco |
| 11:24–11:27 | AMEER HAMZA Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 7 Effect of organic and inorganic amendments on composition and stability of aggregates, and on soil organic carbon fractions in Lithuanian Retisol |
| 11:27–11:30 | Irina Konstantinovna Kravchenko Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 7 Temperature Impact on Soil Bacterial Diversity During Early Decomposition Stage of Aspen Litter |
| 11:30–11:33 | Ana Luísa Ferreira Faustino Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 8 Fungal community composition across different organs in two distinct almond tree cultivars |
| 11:33–11:36 | Olga Shevchuk Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 8 Endophytic mycoflora associated with winter wheat grain |
| 11:36–11:39 | Darko Jovanović Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 8 Yield of Sweet Corn as Influenced by Sowing Date, Production Method, and Hybrid |
| 11:39–11:42 | Taofik Adam Ibrahim Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 9 In Vitro Gas Production, Methanogenesis, Dry Matter Degradability and Rumen Metabolites of Ripe and Abscised Unripe Mango Fruits of Three Varieties |
| 11:42–11:45 | Qiujin Liu Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 9 Screening of lactic acid bacteria inhibiting xanthine oxidase and safety evaluation |
| 11:45–11:48 | Edrian Airwin Silang Olpindo Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 10 EVALUATION OF KAMIAS (Averrhoa bilimbi) FRUIT AND LEAF EXTRACTS AGAINST POST-HARVEST ROTTING FUNGI ON TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.) FRUITS |
| 11:48–11:51 | Teodora Basile Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 10 Grant sparkling wines an identity: a strategy to address the wine sector crisis |
| 11:51–11:54 | Sumaiya Hassan Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 10 Formulation and Evaluation of Biodegradable Edible Coating from Pleurotus ostreatus Polysaccharides Integrated with Green-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles for Postharvest Preservation |
| 11:54–11:57 | Fishua José Upuere Dango Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 11 Distinguishability Homogeneity Stability in sweet potato genotypes |
| 11:57–12:00 | Isabel Marques Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 11 Bigger Pods, Smaller Gene Pools? Trade-offs in Inga edulis Cultivation Systems |
| 12:00–12:03 | Zine El Abidine Fellahi Flash Poster Presenter |
Session 11 Enhancing Multi-Trait Genetic Gains in Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) Using Ideotype-Based Selection Indices |
Afternoon Session
Session 7. Agricultural Soil
Session 11. Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 8:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| Session 7 | ||
| 14:00–14:05 | Dr. Margarita Ros Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 14:05-14:25 | Dr. Ruben Lopez-Mondejar Invited Speaker |
Feeding crops, steering microbes: How recycled fertilizers reshape soil nitrogen dynamics in agroecosystems |
| 14:25-14:45 | Dr. Jose Antonio Pascual Invited Speaker |
Understanding soil suppressiveness. Microorganisms, the biological barrier against plant pathogens |
| 14:45-15:00 | Vasileios Stylianos Kyriatzis Oral Speaker |
Vineyard Restructuration Using Organic- Inorganic Fertilizers and Biostimulants |
| 15:00-15:15 | Abo Bakr Alsedik Youssef Oral Speaker |
Agronomic Influence and Cost Assessment of Natural Rocks and Biological Inoculants in Potato Production |
| 15:15-15:30 | Carmen Mª Granados-Carrera Oral Speaker |
Sodium Alginate-Based Bioplastic Matrices Applied for Soil Regeneration |
| 15:30-15:45 | Lalo Villacorta Garcia Oral Speaker |
Precision Fertilization of Zea mays L. Using an Autonomous UGV: Real-Time Soil Nutrient Mapping with Embedded Sensors and AI |
| Session 11 | ||
| 15:45-15:50 | Prof. Dr. Rodomiro Ortiz Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 15:50-16:10 | Prof. Dr. Aakash Chawade Invited Speaker |
Data-Driven Strategies for Accelerated Genetic Gain |
| 16:10-16:30 | Prof. Dr. Carlos Arbizu Invited Speaker |
Leveraging the promise of the forgotten crops of the Peruvian Andes |
| 16:30-16:45 | Nguyen Van Tuan Anh Oral Speaker |
A pangenome of Vietnamese rice landraces identifies indica–japonica shared variable genes associated with agronomic traits |
| 16:45-17:00 | Tanya Ahmed Sheik Oral Speaker |
The polyploid paradox in mulberry: enlarged genome exhibits loss of growth superiority |
| 17:00-17:15 | Ifeoluwa Simeon Odesina Oral Speaker |
QTL Mapping for Plant Height in the CML52 × B73 Maize RIL Subpopulation: Insights from a Nested-Association Mapping Approach |
| 17:15-17:30 | Germán F. De la Cruz Lapa Oral Speaker |
Morphological Characterization and Phytochemical Profiling of Specimens from the Peruvian Solanum muricatum Aiton Germplasm Bank at the UNSCH |