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

Session 2 – Regulation of plant development, architecture, and in vitro regeneration

Session 3 – Emerging strategies and future directions in plant breeding

Session 4 – Harnessing plant potential for food and health

Session 5 – Exploiting plant biodiversity to drive innovative plant breeding

Session 6 – Integrative genomics and regulatory networks for next-generation crop improvement

Session 7 – Improving the utilization efficiency of key resources, water and nutrients for crop productivity

Session 8 – Miscellaneous

Authors

Keywords

Keywords index

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-omics analysis	4.02
A
ABI5 INTERACTING PROTEINs	7.06
abiotic	6.07
abiotic stress	5.08, 5.14, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 6.20, 7.12
abscisic acid	7.06
Aegilops	4.04
agrivoltaics	6.15
Agrobacterium rhizogenes	3.07
agrobiodiversity	5.12, 5.51, 8.13
agrobiodiversity conservation	4.11
agroecosystems	1.07
agroforestry	3.13
agronomic management	4.07
agronomic trait loci	6.13
alfalfa	6.10
alien gene transfer	5.17, 5.19
alien introgression	5.14
Allele Specific PCR (ASP)	1.12
allelic variation	5.39
Allium cepa L	5.53
allometric allocation	2.03
almond	1.05, 5.25, 7.03
altered gravity	2.22
AM fungi	7.14
anther indehiscence	2.09
anthesis	2.29
anthocyanin pigmentation	2.15
anthocyanins	4.15, 4.19, 6.09
antioxidant activity	5.52
antioxidant response	6.03
apomixis	2.10
apospory	3.09
apple	2.25
apricot	5.24
Arabidopsis thaliana	2.29
ARF	2.13
Artificial Intelligence	3.16, 8.03
arundamine	4.17
Atropa belladonna	6.20
auxin	2.13
B
barley	2.11, 3.19, 5.01, 5.48
barley landraces	5.39
barley mutants	3.21
bell pepper	2.08
berry ripening	6.04
berry texture	5.05
beta-carotene	5.22
beta-glucan	4.04
bi-parental mapping	3.18
bioactive compounds	4.06
biodiversity	5.20, 5.28
biofortification	4.03
biosynthetic pathway	4.17
biotic stress	5.08, 5.13
biparental linkage analysis	3.12
blood orange	4.15, 6.05
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris	2.29
brassinosteroid signalling	2.02
brassinosteroids	2.12, 2.16
bread wheat	8.01
breeding	1.11, 3.18, 3.20, 5.11, 5.20, 8.04
broccoli rabe	8.11
broccoli-raab landraces	5.21
broomrape	5.22
browning	4.13
BSAseq	6.14
C
Camelina sativa	4.09
candidate genes	5.29, 5.42
Cannabis sativa	5.26, 8.04
Cannabis sativa L.	5.50
canopy architecture	2.04
Capsicum annuum	5.23
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum	5.56
carbon remobilisation	5.14
carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases	6.24
carotenoids	4.08
Cas9/RNP complex	2.25
cellular plasticity	2.27
characterization	5.11, 5.15
Chardonnay	2.07
chickpea	7.19
chlorogenic acid	4.13
chromatin remodeling	6.17
chromosome-level de novo genome assembly	1.10
Cichorium spp	2.24
cisgenesis	2.28, 3.08
Citrus	4.19
Citrus limon	5.38
Citrus sinensis	4.15, 6.05
climate adaptation	3.04, 5.47
climate change	5.20
climate resilience	1.07, 8.03
clinostat	2.22
CoCas9	8.07
cold	4.19
cold storage	4.15
coleoptile length	2.21
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)	5.03
comparative genomics	6.11, 6.12
complementation test	4.10
complex plant genomes	5.44
composite cross-population	5.36
computational genomics	3.05
conservation	5.15
conservation genetics	8.14
core collection	5.04
CRISPR	8.07
CRISPR-Cas	4.18
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing	2.04
CRISPR/Cas	2.20, 3.06
CRISPR/Cas system	2.18
CRISPR/Cas9	2.05, 2.08, 2.15, 2.16, 3.07, 8.04
crop improvement	5.01
crop modelling	3.11
crop stress detection	8.03
crop wild relatives	5.09, 6.09
Cucumis melo	1.09
Cucurbita maxima	4.08
Cucurbita pepo	3.01
curcumin	4.12
cuticle	7.16
Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus (L.)	5.12
D
DArT array	5.55
ddPCR	8.17
ddRADseq	5.53
de novo domestication	1.05
deep learning	3.05, 3.15, 3.16, 6.01
development	2.23
differentially expressed genes (DEGs)	6.08
digital phenotyping	3.14
disease resistance	1.03, 3.12, 3.15, 5.45
disease resistance genes	5.57
Dittrichia viscosa	4.06
diversity	1.08
DNA barcoding	1.12
DNA integrity	5.27
DNA methylation	8.02
DNA methylome	6.21
DNA-free genome editing	2.17, 2.25
domesticated emmer	1.03
domestication	6.09
double-pruning	8.06
Downy Mildew Resistance 6	8.10
DRO1	7.07
drought	5.48, 6.07, 7.16, 7.18
drought adaptation	5.49, 7.12
drought priming	8.15
drought resilience	5.34, 7.15
drought stress	5.32, 5.39, 6.18, 7.08, 7.19, 8.10
drought stress memory	6.02, 6.17
drought tolerance	1.03, 5.07, 5.18, 5.19, 5.29, 7.09
dual-RNAseq	1.13
Duplex-Specific Nuclease (DSN)	5.44
durable resistance	3.08
durum wheat	2.16, 2.19, 3.03, 3.04, 3.08, 3.15, 4.07, 4.14, 5.08, 5.13, 5.35, 5.45, 5.49, 5.55, 6.23, 7.12, 8.16
E
E3 ubiquitin ligase	7.09
eco-physiology	8.15
ecogeographic sampling	5.09
EGFP transient expression	2.17
eggplant	4.13
electromagnetic waves	8.01
embryogenic callus	2.17
embryogenic niches	2.27
EMS mutations	3.01
enzyme discovery	4.02
epigenetic signature	8.15
epigenetics	6.02, 6.07, 6.17, 6.18
Eragrostis tef	1.04
Eruca sativa	1.10
ex situ conservation	5.12, 8.14
explainable AI	6.01
Extracellular vesicles	6.19
F
feruloyl esterase	8.12
Ficus carica	5.06
Flavescence dorée	2.07
FLC gene	4.09
floral transcriptomics	6.12
floret development	2.03
floret fertility	2.03
flower and fruit development	3.01
flowering time	4.09
frost resistance	5.30
fruit	2.23
fruit morphology	5.10
fruit pigmentation	8.09
fruit quality	3.01, 5.06, 5.23, 5.36
FST	5.55
full length cDNA sequencing.	7.04
functional foods	4.08
functional genomics	5.03, 6.25
functional variant prioritization	6.13
fungal diseases	3.08
Fusarium Head Blight	6.23
G
G × E Interaction	3.20
GA sensitivity	2.21
GATA7-like genes	2.16
GBLUP	3.20
gene bank	5.15
gene editing	4.03, 8.10
gene expression	5.27, 7.17
gene identification	5.01
gene innovation	1.02
gene regulatory network	6.04
Genebanks	5.31
genetic architecture	3.03, 5.47
genetic characterization	5.12, 8.08
genetic diversity	4.11, 5.01, 5.02, 5.24, 5.25, 5.41, 5.55, 6.11, 8.14
genetic resistance	3.02, 5.33
genetic resource	5.30
genetic resources	1.07, 5.15, 5.31, 5.54
genetic traceability	5.50
genetic transformation	2.10
Genetics	7.01
genome analysis	8.18
genome assembly	1.09
genome editing	2.07, 2.08, 2.14, 2.15, 2.28, 3.17, 7.07
Genome Sequencing	6.14
Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)	5.18
Genome-Wide Association Study	5.06, 5.08, 5.56, 6.05
Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS)	3.04
genomic diversity	5.51
genomic prediction	3.11, 3.20
genomic selection	5.30
genomics	1.05, 3.19, 6.06
genotype × environment	4.07
Genotype × environment interaction	3.04
genotype–environment association	5.37
genotyping	5.44
Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS)	3.12
germplasm characterization	5.09, 5.33
germplasm collection	8.11
germplasm univocal identification	3.10
Gibberellins (GA)	2.29
glossy	7.16
gluten peptides	4.07
GMO quantification	8.17
grain legumes	5.30
grain number	2.03
grain yield	2.03, 2.19
grape pomace biochar	8.16
grapevine	2.25, 6.04, 7.14
grapevine canopy management	8.06
grapevine defense	6.25
grapevine genomics	5.51
grapevine rootstock / 110R	5.29
graph	6.01
graph-based genomics	1.11
GREAT Atlas	6.12
GRF4-GIF1	3.17
group testing	8.17
growth rate	2.19
gummosis	5.38
GWAS	3.02, 4.05, 4.07, 4.12, 5.11, 5.35, 5.47, 5.48, 7.01, 8.08
H
HAIKU1 (IKU1)	2.05
hairy roots	2.18, 4.06, 8.07
halophyte	1.12
haplotype	1.04, 5.40
haplotype mining	5.32
haplotype sharing	5.33
haplotype-aware variant analysis	5.29
HD-ZIP I transcription factors	2.23
HD-ZIP II transcription factors	2.18
heat stress	6.16
Helianthus annuus L.	3.09
hemotype variation	4.05
hemp	2.20
Hieracium	2.10
High-resolution melting (HRM)	2.05
high-throughput methodology	3.16
high-throughput phenotyping	5.30, 5.41, 5.48
histone modifications	6.03
historic mutants	5.01
Hordeum vulgare	2.04, 7.09
host-pathogen interactions	5.57
hybrid capture sequencing	5.40
I
imaging	5.43
immune receptors	3.05
in vitro cultures	4.06
in vitro micropropagation	5.57
in vitro regeneration	2.10, 2.24
indole alkaloids	4.17
insect resistance mechanism	8.19
intercropping	8.13
Interkingdom plant–microbe signalling	6.19
Intra-cultivar variability	5.51
introgression lines	2.13
invasive species	4.17
Italian varieties	5.26
J
jasmonic acid	3.06
jasmonic acid signaling	8.19
K
k-mer	1.04
KASP	4.05, 5.26
KASP marker	2.21
knockout	3.07
Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP)	5.35
L
landraces	4.10, 4.11, 5.12, 5.28, 7.10
landscape genomics	5.34, 5.37
late blight	1.13
lateral organ development	6.22
lateral root cap	2.02, 2.12
leaf angle	2.26
leaf erectness	2.04
leaf vein transparency	3.14
Lens culinaris	5.04, 5.37
lettuce	2.06, 2.18
light acclimation	6.15
lignin and cellulose biosynthesis	2.28
lignin biosynthesis	2.09
linkage maps	3.18
lipidome	3.06
lipoxygenase	3.06
local adaptation	5.34, 5.37
local varieties	5.53
Long shelf-life (LSL)	8.05
long-read transcriptomics	4.04
LYCOPENE β-CYCLASE 2 (LCYb2)	2.05
M
machine learning	3.04, 7.01
MAGIC	5.13
MAGIC maize	5.43
MAGIC population	3.11, 5.23
maize	2.26, 3.11, 5.28, 5.31, 5.54, 7.10, 7.16
Malayan kumquat	2.15
male sterility	2.09
mapping by sequencing	7.11
mapping population	3.14, 7.08
Marker selection	3.10
Marker-Assisted BackCrossing	3.21
Marker-assisted breeding	5.45
Marker-assisted selection	3.02
marker-free vector	2.15
maternal-excess endosperm	8.02
maturity date	6.06
Medicago sativa	8.17
Mediterranean environments	2.21
Mesorhizobium	7.19
metabolic engineering	4.18
metabolites	1.13
metabolomic analysis	6.20
metabolomic profiling	5.21
metal transporter	7.05
metal-tolerant species	7.05
micronutrient homeostasis	7.05
microRNAs	6.03
miRNA	4.12
miRNA-seq	6.19
miRNAs	4.15
mitotic cell cycle	2.02
molecular markers	3.09, 5.36
molecular traceability	3.10
MTP1	7.05
multi-mapping population	5.10
multi-omics	6.02, 6.10, 6.17, 7.19
multi-omics integration	6.25, 7.13
multi-trait GWAS	3.03
Multiparental mapping population	5.46
multiparental population	5.11
mutant	2.26, 3.19, 5.22
mutant population	7.06
MYB60	7.17
mycorrhization	6.24
mycotoxins	5.52
N
NAC	6.06
NAC factors	6.04
NAM RILs	5.47
National Coordination Center for Conservation of the PGRFA	5.15
natural variation	5.32
New genomic techniques	2.24
New genomics techniques	1.06
new serotonergic drugs	4.17
Next Generation Sequencing	5.44
NIR analysis	4.14
nitrogen	7.01, 7.02, 7.10
nitrogen fertilization	5.28
Non-integrative DNA delivery	2.05
novel nuclease	8.07
NRT1.1B	7.07
NUE	7.02, 7.07, 7.10, 7.15
nutrients uptake	7.11
nutritional composition	4.14
nutritional quality	5.52
O
oilseed crop	4.09
Olea europaea	3.12, 5.33, 5.57
olive	4.02, 8.08
ONT	1.10
ONT sequencing	4.05, 5.46
Organogenesis	2.24
orthology	6.12
Oryza sativa	7.18
Oryza sativa ssp. indica	7.15
Oryza sativa ssp. japonica	7.15
outcrossing species	5.53
Outlier SNP	5.16
P
P. coccineus	4.11
PacBio	1.10
Paclobutrazol (PAC/PBZ)	2.29
pale green	3.19
pangenome	1.03, 1.04, 1.08, 5.02, 6.01
pangenome graph	5.32
pangenome-based breeding	6.13
pangenomics	5.46
pantranscriptome	5.02
participatory plant breeding	5.36
Paspalum simplex	8.02
peach	6.06
Phaseolus vulgaris L.	6.22
phenotypic absorbance spectra data	8.11
phenotypic characterization	8.11
phenotypic diversity	5.04
phenotypic field data	8.11
phenotypic plasticity	5.39
phenotyping	5.10, 5.27, 5.38, 6.18
Phosphorus	7.01
photosynthesis	3.19
phylogenetic analysis	2.14
phylogenomics	1.09
physiological adjustments	6.21
physiological profiling	7.03
phytic acid	4.03
phytocannabinoids	2.20, 8.04
phytohormone signaling	6.25
Phytophthora infestans	8.10
pigmentation	4.19
Pisum sativum	6.24
plant architecture	2.16, 2.26, 2.28
plant breeding	3.09, 4.08
plant cell cultures	4.16
plant development	2.18
plant disease resistance	3.05
plant genetic resources	5.04
plant growth-promoting bacteria	7.12, 7.13
plant growth-promoting microorganisms	8.16
plant metabolic engineering	4.16
plant molecular farming	8.12
plant phenomics	3.15
plant phenotyping	3.16
plant regeneration	2.06, 2.14, 2.27
plant tissue architecture	2.27
plant tissue culture	2.10
plants memory	8.01
plant–microbe interactions	7.13
plastid transformation	8.12
pleiotropy	3.03
pollen germination	2.22
polyploid wheat	6.11
polyploidy	3.09
poplar	2.28
population genomics	5.09, 5.21, 6.11, 8.18
population structure	5.25, 5.37, 5.56, 8.14
pre-breeding	5.04, 5.21, 5.23, 5.32
prebreeding	5.31, 5.54
precision agriculture	8.03
precision breeding	6.01
Presence/Absence Variants	5.06
priming	6.18
protein hydrolysates	7.04
proteomic	7.02
proteomics	6.19
protoplast regeneration	2.17
protoplasts	2.24, 2.25
Prunus dulcis	5.25
Prunus persica L. Batsch	3.18
pseudogamy	8.02
PSY1	3.07
pumpkins	4.08
Q
qPCR	8.17
QTL mapping	4.04, 5.05, 5.10, 5.43, 5.45, 6.23, 8.05, 8.09
QTLs	5.38
Quantitative trait loci (QTL)	5.35
Quantitative traits	5.46
R
radial growth	2.12
recalcitrance	2.08, 8.04
Recombinant Imbred Lines	7.08
Recombinant Inbred Intercross (RIX)	3.11
Recombinant Inbred Lines	6.14
reduced soil fertility	8.16
regeneration	2.20
regulatory networks	2.27
remote sensing	5.11, 8.03
repeat depletion	5.44
reproductive development	6.12
resilience to multiple stress factors	1.06
Resistance genes	6.14
Rht25	5.40
rice (Oryza sativa)	5.18
Ricinus communis	6.13
RNA-seq	2.09, 5.38, 5.42, 6.08, 6.15, 6.18, 6.22, 6.23
RNA-seq transcriptomics	6.20
RNASeq	6.14
RNAseq	6.05, 8.06
root anatomy	5.41
root development	2.12
root hair	7.11
root microbiota	7.15
root phenotyping	5.17
root system architecture	5.19, 5.41, 5.49
Root System Architecture (RSA)	5.39
root traits	5.08
root-associated microbes	7.14
roots	5.54
S
Salicornia	1.12
salinity	5.18, 7.04
salinity stress	6.03, 6.10
salt stress	6.08
salt tolerance	5.17
salt-response	5.42
Sarcocornia	1.12
Scanning Electron Microscopy	7.11
sea rocket	5.42
secondary metabolism	4.13, 4.16
secondary metabolite	4.02
seed development	2.11, 5.05
seed priming	7.04
seed quality	1.07, 7.18
seedling emergence	7.18
seeds	7.18
selection signature	2.19
selection signatures	5.55
selective sweeps	5.56
self-compatibility	1.05
semi-dwarf	2.21
Septoria tritici blotch	3.15
sequence classification	3.05
Silymarin biosynthesis	4.05
Single nucleotide polymorphism	5.16
smart canopy	3.21
SmHQT	4.13
SNP	4.12, 5.24
SNP linkage map	6.23
SNP panel optimization	3.10
SNPs	5.26
soil microbiome	3.13
soil–plant molecular crosstalk	8.16
Solanaceae	7.02
Solanum lycopersicum	3.14, 6.21
Solanum lycopersicum L.	8.05, 8.10
Solanum melongena	2.09, 6.09, 7.08, 8.09
somaclonal variation	5.29
somatic embryogenesis	1.06
Sorghum bicolor	5.52
Southern green stink bug	8.19
soybean	7.17
space agriculture	2.22
spatial genetic structure	5.53
SPET	5.24
SPET genotyping	5.05
Spike fertility	4.14, 5.14
SSR markers	4.11, 8.14
stomata	5.43, 5.48, 7.16, 7.17
storage proteins	5.52
Streptomyces violaceoruber	7.13
stress adaptation	6.21
strigolactones	6.24
structural variants	5.46, 6.05, 6.06
structural variation	1.11
structural variations	6.09
subspecies	1.08
SULTR	4.03
summer truffle	8.18
susceptibility genes	2.08
sustainability	8.13
sustainable agriculture	4.03, 7.04, 7.13
sustainable production	4.06
sustainable viticulture	6.15
Sweet basil	2.14
symbiosis	7.14
SynCom	7.14
T
TALE	2.06
taxonomy	8.13
teff pangenome	1.11
temporal dynamics	3.13
terpenes	2.20
tetraploid wheat	5.02, 5.40, 5.41
tetraploidy	6.10
thermophilic enzyme production	8.12
thermotolerance	6.16
thousand-seed weight	4.09
TILLING	2.04, 6.22, 7.11
TILLING-by-Sequencing	3.01
ToBRFV	3.02
tomato	2.13, 2.23, 3.07, 4.18, 5.22, 5.36, 6.02, 6.07, 6.17, 8.07
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)	6.16
tomato hybrids	3.20
tomato landraces	8.19
transcriptional memory	6.07
transcriptional networks	6.25
transcriptional regulation	2.06
transcriptional remodelling	8.06
transcriptome	3.06, 8.02
transcriptome analysis	6.16
transcriptome reprogramming	6.21
transcriptomic	7.02, 7.10
transcriptomic landscape	7.12
transcriptomic profiling	8.19
transcriptomics	4.19, 6.02, 6.24, 7.03, 7.06
transgenerational stress effects	8.01
transposable element exaptation	1.02
transposable elements	5.06
trascriptome reprogramming	8.15
Triticum aestivum	1.08
Triticum durum	5.14, 5.17
Triticum durum Desf.	6.08
Triticum monococcum	5.09
Tuber aestivum	8.18
turmeric	4.12
U
UAV-based phenotyping	5.07
underutilized crops	1.09
underutilized legumes	1.07
untargeted metabolomics	4.16
uORFs	2.23
V
vanillin	4.16
variant calling optimization	5.03
varietal identification	5.50
vegetable melons	1.09
veins	5.43
VIGE	3.17
vitamin A deficiency	4.10
Vitamin D	4.18
Vitis vinifera	2.07, 5.05, 6.15
Vitis vinifera L	5.16
volatile organic compounds	5.23
volatilome	5.27
W
water deficit	7.03
water use efficiency	7.09
WGCNA	4.18, 6.20
WGS	8.08
wheat	3.17, 4.04, 5.42
wheat breeding	1.08
wheat genome evolution	1.02
white grain sorghum	5.20
White maize	4.10
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)	5.50
whole-genome duplication	6.10
whole-genome resequencing	5.56
whole-genome sequencing	5.26
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS)	5.03
Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS)	6.22
wild beet germplasm	5.07
wild emmer	1.03
wild relatives	1.05
wild species	1.13
WOX	2.06, 2.14
WUE	7.07
X
Xylella fastidiosa	2.17, 5.33, 5.57, 8.08
Y
y1	4.10
yeast two hybrid	7.06
yellow rust resistance	5.35
yield components	3.03
yield improvement	5.47
yield-related traits	8.09
6
60K Almond SNP Array	5.25
9
90K SNP array	4.14