LXIX SIGA Annual Congress

Genetic blueprints for next generation crops

 

 08-11 September 2026

Session 1 - From wild species to crops: de novo domestication and breeding of underutilized crops

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
1.01 Özkan H.
From wild genomes to future crops: rethinking wheat domestication
1.02 Usai G., Marino F. G., Simoni S., Rogo U., Colombo V., Castellacci M., Vangelisti A., Giordani T., Natali L., Cavallini A., Mascagni F.
Transposable element exaptation shapes gene innovation during wheat evolution and domestication
1.03 Mazzucotelli E., Giunti M., Castorina G., Guerra D., Desiderio F., Liu C., Ceccato L., Carini E., Bozzoli M., Stefanelli S., Forestan C., Mastrangelo A. M., Marcotuli I., Gadaleta A., Tuberosa R., Maccaferri M., Cattivelli L.
Leveraging tetraploid wheat pangenomes to unlock agronomic diversity and resilience of wild and domesticated durum relatives
1.04 Tekle W. K., Riccucci E., Di Santolo G., Caproni L., Castelletti S., Magris G., Scaglione D., Scalabrin S., Pè M. E., Chanyalew S., Tadele Z., Triacca A., Uauy C., Waweru B., Shorinola O., Dell'Acqua M.
Pangenome to accelerate genomic-assisted breeding in teff (Eragrostis tef), an ancient African underutilized crop
1.05 Delvento C., Giudice G., Guerriero M., Di Marsico M., Pazienza G., Palumbo F., Curci P. L., Giancaspro A., Castorina G., Arcieri F., Losciale P., Tomaselli V., Forte L., Barcaccia G., Aiese Cigliano R., Ricciardi L., Lotti C., Pavan S.
Wild and cultivated genomes provide insights into almond evolutionary dynamics and a basis for de novo domestication of wild almond species
1.06 Moine A., Bonini M. E., Nicotera M., Sportelli G., Boccacci P., Giannetti G., Cunha J., Menéndez Menéndez C., Teszlák P., Nerva L., Chitarra W., Perrone I., Gambino G., Pagliarani C.
A blueprint for selecting stress adapted genotypes in grapevine: from regeneration bottlenecks to in vitro priming strategies
POSTER COMMUNICATIONS
1.07 Macovei A., Pagano A., Gaonkar S., Dueñas C. J., Calvio C., Dondi D., Vadivel D., Balestrazzi A.
Orphan legumes at the crossroad of biodiversity, agroforestry, and resilient agrifood systems: the FORECAST and PROPER experience
1.08 Barabaschi D., Volante A., Mazzucotelli E., Faccioli P., Povesi A., Tagliaferri I., Varshney R., Cattivelli L.
Back to the future of wheat: unlocking the hidden genetic wealth of underutilized Triticum aestivum subspecies for bread wheat improvement
1.09 Guerriero M., Delvento C., Giudice G., Arcieri F., Pérez De Los Cobos Arnao F., Schiavinato M., Ricciardi L., Lotti C., Pavan S.
Chromosome-level genome assemblies of two underutilized Mediterranean vegetable melons
1.10 Tripodi P., Carletti G., Colombo M., Cattivelli L., Rossato M., Delledonne M., Fricano A.
A chromosome-level genome assembly of Eruca sativa provides a framework to unravel the genetic basis of key agricultural traits in rocket
1.11 Sisti S., Bianca G., Coggi M., Bruno G., Branchini B., Riccucci E., Caproni L., Scalabrin S., Castelletti S., Dell'Acqua M., Scaglione D., Di Donato G. W.
Exploring the genomic diversity of Eragrostis tef through pangenome graph analysis
1.12 Giancaspro A., Ricatti G., Conversa G., Duri L. G., Elia A., Pavan S., Lotti C.
DNA barcoding and allele-specific PCR discrimination of glasswort ecotypes from Apulia Region (Southern Italy)
1.13 De Curtis C. E., Cimmino L., Carputo D., Castoria R., D'Alessandro R., De Curtis F., Di Virgilio F., Docimo T., Ianiri G., Piccinelli A. L., Santoro V., D'Amelia V.
Unlocking the genetic potential of wild potato species for tolerance to Phytophthora infestans

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