LXVI SIGA Annual Congress
“Climate-smart plants to feed the future”

 05-08 September 2023

SESSION 1 - Omics to study and use genetic resources in plant breeding

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
1.01 Coe K., Bostan H., Rolling W., Turner-Hissong S., Macko-Podgórni A., Senalik D., Seth R., Liu S., Curaba J., Mengist Molla F., Grzebelus D., Van Deynze A., Dawson J., Ellison S., Simon P., Iorizzo M.
Omics approach to uncover the origin of high carotenoid orange carrots
1.02 Forestan C., Bozzoli M., Maccaferri M., Tuberosa R., Mazzucotelli E., Desiderio F., Faccioli P., Cattivelli L., Ens J., Sharpe A., Pozniak C., Chawla H., Walkowiak S., Pirona R., Ceriotti A., Morgante M., Masci S., Sestili F., Giuliano G., Gadaleta A., Pè M. E., Pecchioni N., Bassi F. M., Distelfeld A., Rusholme-Pilcher R., Hall A., Swarbreck D., Spannagl M., Navratilova P., Šimková H., Silvestri M., Zastrow-Hayes G., Llaca V., Fengler K., The Svevo Platinum Consortium , The Tetraploid Wheat Pangenome Consortium 
Upgrading the Durum wheat Genomic Resources: from the Platinum-quality Svevo genome assembly and annotation to the tetraploid wheat pangenome
1.03 Miculan M., Zuccolo A., Fabbian L., Zhou Y., Rivera L. F., Copetti D., Talag J. D., Mcnally K., Henry A., Wing R. A.
Disentangling the genome wide contribute of Structural Variations to drought stress resistance in the model species Oryza sativa
1.04 Gabelli G., Palumbo F., Boni A. G., Ferrari G., Beretta M., Barcaccia G.
Decifering the recombination spots scenario in a MAGIC population of cultivated and wild tomato
1.05 Tripodi P., Beretta M., Peltier D., Kalfas I., Vasilikiotis C., Laidet A., Briand G., Aichholz C., Zollinger T., Van Treuren R., Scaglione D., Goritschnig S.
Development and application of single primer enrichment technology (SPET) SNP assay for population genomics analysis and candidate gene discovery in lettuce
1.06 Gaccione L., Toppino L., Sulli M., Tumino G., Alonso D., Aprea G., Tassone M. R., Boyaci H. F., Lin Y., Lanteri S., Prohens J., Portis E., Rotino G. L., Giuliano G., Barchi L.
Genome-wide association study for agronomically relevant traits and fruit quality-related metabolites in a worldwide eggplant core collection
1.07 Americo S., Ferrari G., Desiderio F., Guerra D., Beretta M., Lo Piero A. R., Sicilia A., Morelli G., Cattivelli L., D'Orso F.
Unveiling the Position and Effects on Salt Stress Resilience of Wild S. pennellii Genome in S. pennellii x S. lycopersicum Introgression Lines through Integrated DNA and RNA Sequencing Approach
1.08 Tafuri A., Pirona R., Fricano A., Mazzucotelli E., Cagliani L. R., Gasser M., Giordano M., Zuccaro M., Ravaglia S., Consonni R., Thomas A., Gilardi F., Ceriotti A., Baldoni E.
Metabolite characterization of durum wheat grain for association studies: exploring the natural variation of free asparagine content
1.09 Delvento C., Arcieri F., Marcotrigiano A. R., Guerriero M., Fanelli V., Dellino M., Curci P. L., Bouwmeester H., Lotti C., Ricciardi L., Pavan S.
High-density linkage mapping and genetic dissection of resistance to broomrape (Orobanche crenata Forsk.) in pea (Pisum sativum L.)
1.10 Bono G. A., Giaume F., Vicentini G., Mineri L., Betagnon G., Fornara F., Brambilla V.
Molecular control of flowering at the rice shoot apex
1.11 Foresti C., Amato A., Fattorini C., D'Incà E., Vitulo N., Zenoni S.
NACs intra-family hierarchical regulatory network orchestrating grape berry ripening
POSTER COMMUNICATIONS
1.12 De Antoni L., Marcolungo L., Vincenzi L., Limongi A. R., Lucchini F., Delledonne M., Rossato M.
Innovative genomic library preparation methods for plant genotyping of large populations
1.13 Rossato M., Lopatriello G., Grosso V., Ferraris I., Cosentino E., Carlomagno M., Delledonne M.
Innovative approaches for RNAseq library preparation represent valuable tools to improve plant population studies
1.14 Riccucci E., Caproni L., Scaglione D., Schwope R., Miculan M., Mager S., Pè M. E., Dell'Acqua M.
Integrating pan-genomes with multiparent mapping populations: preliminary results from a Zea mays pan-genome developed from the MAGIC maize parental lines
1.15 Fattorini C., Licursi V., Foresti C., Farinati S., Magris G., Pezzotti M., Zenoni S.
Decoding gene regulation: NAC family investigation in grapevine
1.16 Guadagno A., Dublino R., Andolfo G., Ercolano M. R.
Genome-wide comparative and evolutionary study of xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase genes in four cultivated plant families.
1.17 Marzario S., Sica R., Morante V., Verrastro C., Taranto F., Fania F., Esposito S., De Vita P., Gioia T., Logozzo G.
Phenotypic evolution in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) based on SNPs, morphological traits, UPOV descriptors and kernel-related traits
1.18 Velimirović V., Jovović Z., Perović D., Lehnert H., Mikić S., Mandić D., Pržulj N., Mangini G., Finetti-Sialer M.
SNP genotyping to explore genetic diversity: the case of Montenegrin durum wheat landraces
1.19 Terracciano I., Bassolino L., Nicoletti F., Balconi C., Taviani P., Rea R., Redaelli R.
Genetic characterization of Italian Zea mays L. landraces, originally cultivated in Lazio Region – MAREVAL
1.20 Procino S., Villano C., Carputo D., D'Agostino N., Di Serio E., Fanelli V., La Notte P., Miazzi M. M., Montemurro C., Taranto F., Aversano R.
Investigation on the genetic diversity of grapevine clones from Apulian and Campanian varieties
1.21 Marzario S., Sabato R., Morante V., Verrastro C., Santoro G., Bellucci E., Logozzo G., Gioia T., Papa R.
Common bean intelligent collection evaluation and identification of climate-resilient cultivars for European agrofood systems
1.22 Natale R., Martina M., Vergnano E., Milani A. M., Prina A., Paffetti D., Andrenelli L., Portis E.
RESToRE Project: REcovery and valorization of traditional Solanum tuberosum varieties at Risk of Extinction
1.23 Zuluaga D. L., Curci P. L., Blanco E., D'Agostino N., Sonnante G.
Molecular characterization of Brassica oleracea landraces based on SNP markers
1.24 Rabboni D., Farina A., Giorgi D., Lucretti S., Corinzia S. A., Crapio E., Barbanti L., Salvi S.
Study of the genetic variability in a collection of Italian ecotypes of Saccharum spontaneum by SSR markers
1.25 Scariolo F., Draga S., Farinon B., Rea R., Taviani P., Barcaccia G., Mazzucato A.
Two different genotyping methods suggest uncommon reproductive behaviour in Apium graveolens L. local populations from the Lazio region
1.26 Cocozza A., Angelini P., Leteo F., Platani C., Dattoli M. A., Fabrizi S., Tripodi P., Natalini A.
Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Cichorium endivia for breeding purposes
1.27 D'Alessandro R., Cocozza A., Nicolia A., Tripodi P.
Genetic and genomic resources to dissect the variation of rocket salad: integrative approaches for cultivar fingerprinting and germplasm management.
1.28 Taranto F., Esposito S., Fania F., Sica R., Marzario S., Logozzo G., Gioia T., De Vita P.
GWAS and haplotype block analysis reveal QTNs and candidate genes for morpho-phenological traits in durum wheat
1.29 Bonarrigo M., Metelli G., Sestili F., Geisslitz S., Scherf K., Messina B., Russo G., Masci S.
The CIRCE project: molecular traceability and technological/nutritional quality characterization for the valorisation of Sicilian durum wheat landraces
1.30 Osnato M., Cereijo U., Pelaz S.
UnRAVelling the role of floral regulators in plant response to environmental stressors
1.31 Gabrieli F., Zumajo-Cardona C., Cavalleri A., Albertini E., Ezquer Garin J., Colombo L.
Genetic control of post-zygotic reproductive barrier in interploidy hybrids
1.32 Beretta V. M., Franchini E., Ud Din I., Lacchini E., Van Den Broeck L., Sozzani R., Orozco-Arroyo G., Caporali E., Adam H., Jouannic S., Gregis V. J., Kater M.
Characterisation of ALOG genes controlling rice inflorescence development for yield improvement
1.33 Tassinari A., Forestan C., Bertolini E., Emanuelli F., Tuberosa R., Salvi S.
Insights into the regulatory mechanisms of a major flowering time QTL in maize
1.34 Terenzi A., Fiorelli L., Lamprillo M., Giannino D., Testone G., Pajoro A.
Translational biology approach to inhibit anthesis in Brassica rapa susp. sylvestris
1.35 Chiatti V., De Carolis C., Del Bufalo A., De Luca V., Di Milia A., Fabriani M., Gentile D., Iannelli M. A., Iori V., Marano V., Mosconi P., Samperna S., Sestili F., Desplanches C., Suidgeest F., Roobeek I., Frugis G.
Novel genetic tools for the fine-tuning control of important agronomical traits in leafy crop species (ENDI-FiT)
1.36 Draga S., Palumbo F., Magon G., Gabelli G., Soria Garcia F., Vannozzi A., Farinati S., Scariolo F., Lucchin M., Barcaccia G.
MIK2 is the candidate female determinant of the sporophytic self-incompatibility (SSI) locus in chicory (Cichorium intybus, Asteraceae)
1.37 Magnanimi F., Testone G., Sobolev A., Lamprillo M., Aturki Z., Lambreva M., Fiorentino L., Arnesi G., Pajoro A., Serino G., Giannino D.
Transcriptomic and metabolic analyses reveal pathways responding to lavender oil treatments that delay anthesis in Brassica rapa sylvestris (broccoli-raab/rabe, “cime di rapa”)
1.38 De Pinto R., Marcotuli I., Giove S. L., Maccaferri M., Gadaleta A.
Study of spike fertility in durum wheat genotypes
1.39 Liu C., De Sario F., Bozzoli M., Forestan C., Milner Sara G., Frascaroli E., Sakuma S., Gabay G., Snowdon R., Salvi S., Tuberosa R., Schnurbursch T., Maccaferri M.
The Grain number increase 2 (GNI-2) allele in Altar_C84 durum wheat and its derivatives as an additional option to genetically increase grain yield potential in wheat
1.40 Sansoni F., Volante A., Pozzi V., Bianchi E., Pecchioni N., Vaccino P.
Unraveling seed morphology in wheat for future breeding
1.41 Pesaresi P., Horner D., Rossini L., Cattivelli L., Tondelli A., Mare C., Crosatti C., Morosinotto T., Gava S., Larocca S., Daniotti S., Groli E.
BEST-CROP: Boosting photosynthESis To deliver novel CROPs for the circular bioeconomy
1.42 Barabaschi D., Mazzucotelli E., Tondelli A., Cattivelli L., Burt C., Çelik Oğuz A., Costa R., Mantovani P., Scarano D., Solis Martel I., Mylonas I., Ozkan H., Pinton E., Randazzo B., Timpanaro S., Viola P., Finetti-Sialer M., Orford S., Reif J. C., Goritschnig S.
EVA Wheat & Barley Network – Southern zone dataset
1.43 Mastrangelo A. M., Roncallo P., Matny O., , Steffenson B., Echenique V., Šafář J., Battaglia R., Barabaschi D., Cattivelli L., Ozkan H., Mazzucotelli E.
A new wild emmer wheat panel allows to map new loci associated with resistance to stem rust at seedling stage
1.44 Gadaleta A., Giancaspro A., Marcotuli I., Giove S.
Identification of QTLs with a key role in resistance against Fusarium Head Blight in durum wheat
1.45 Nigro D., Blanco A., Piarulli L., Signorile M. A., Colasuonno P., Blanco E., Simeone R.
Fine mapping of the powdery mildew resistance locus Pm36 in durum wheat
1.46 Tamburino R., Sannino L., Porcelli M., Monaco F., Sacco A., Napolitano A., Ruocco M., Scotti N.
Selection of Solanum tuberosum cultivars in response to water deficit
1.47 Palombieri S., Quagliata G., Sestili F., Astolfi S.
Physiological and transcriptomic characterization of drought stress in three different durum wheat genotypes
1.48 Webber-Birungi M. T., Alexandersson E., Gisel A., Stavolone L.
Insight into the gene expression profile of four cassava (Manihot esculenta) genotypes over the seasonal transition
1.49 Amoroso C. G., D'Esposito D., Starace E., Ercolano M. R.
Identification of genes responsive to multiple-stress by comparative tomato transcriptomic analysis
1.50 Curci P. L., Blanco E., Zuluaga D. L., Mangini G., Manconi A., Sonnante G.
An in-depth study of R2R3-MYB transcription factors and transcriptomic resources to enhance durum wheat stress response
1.51 Raggi L., Ciancaleoni S., Caproni L., D'Amato R., Businelli D., Negri V.
Genome-wide associations of salinity tolerance traits in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
1.52 Blanco E., Musio B., Todisco S., Zuluaga D. L., Curci P. L., Gallo V., Sonnante G.
Metabolomic characterization of pepper landraces from Puglia Region by means of non-targeted NMR spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis.
1.53 Nonna L., Hartings H., Lanzanova C., Balconi C., Torri A., Consonni G., Redaelli R.
Chemical and genetic characterization of maize traditional landraces from Northern Italy
1.54 Caranfa D., Marcotuli I., Mastrangelo A. M., Marone D., Mazzucotelli E., Maccaferri M., Atienza S., Gadaleta A.
Study of variability of β-glucan in wheat genotypes
1.55 Manco A., Bruno G., D'Amico L., Durante M., Milano F., Palombieri S., Volpato M., Giuberti G., Calabriso N., Massaro M., Scoditti E., Carluccio M. A., Sestili F., Laddomada B.
The use of high amylose Svevo to improve the nutritional properties of durum wheat products in MEDWHEALTH project
1.56 Marcotuli I., Soriano J. M., Gadaleta A.
A consensus map for quality traits in durum wheat based on genome-wide association studies and detection of ortho-meta QTL across cereal species
1.57 Marone D., Mastrangelo A. M., De Simone V., Giovanniello V., Pecchioni N., Marcotuli I., Gadaleta A., Atienza S. G., Mazzucotelli E., Barabaschi D., Ficco D. B.
Common and durum wheat genetic materials for studying grain quality-related traits
1.58 Nigro D., Sgaramella N., Signorile M. A., Laddomada B., Mangini G., Simeone R., Blanco A.
Relationships between grain protein content and yield-related traits in durum wheat by QTL mapping
1.59 Esposito S., Palombieri S., Vitale P., Angione G., Taranto F., Sestili F., De Vita P.
Unraveling the genetic mechanism of purple grain pigmentation in durum wheat
1.60 Bassolino L., Fulvio F., Pastore C., Pasini F., Toschi Gallina T., Filippetti I., Paris R.
When Cannabis sativa L. turns purple: biosynthesis and accumulation of anthocyanins
1.61 De Marchi F., Gaccione L., Moglia A., Milani A. M., Valentino D., Portis E., Prohens J., Acquadro A., Comino C.
Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of eggplant’s fruits peel differing in anthocyanins content
1.62 Farinon B., Felli M., Sulli M., Diretto G., Savatin D., Merendino N., Costantini L.
Tomato peel fruit variants as a source of added-value food waste
1.63 Dougué Kentsop R. A., Testone G., Da Silva Linge C., Delledonne A., Galasso I., Genga A., Biffani S., Frugis G., Giannino D., Mattana M.
MeJA elicitation of secondary metabolites in industrial hemp: biochemical and RNA-Seq surveys
1.64 Savoia M. A., Montemurro C., Miazzi M. M., Bottalico G., Nigro F., Campanale A., Alagna F., Lopez L., Benincasa C., Nicoletti R., Panara F.
Development of an in vitro callus culture system to study the induction of secondary metabolites in olive (Olea europaea L.)
1.65 Principio L., Vitiello A., Termolino P., Grandillo S., Cammareri M.
Biotechnological strategies to enhance antioxidant capacity of sweet pepper
1.66 Liberatore C., Mallardi A., Dougué Kentsop R., Mattana M., Lauria M.
Characterization of maize root culture for the production of nutraceutical compounds
1.67 Alberghini B., Piergiovanni A. R., Zanetti F., Brambilla I. M., Ponzoni E., Galasso I.
Relationships between antinutritional compounds and the nutritional quality of Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz meal.
1.68 Fulvio F., Mandolino G., Citti C., Pecchioni N., Cannazza G., Paris R.
Phytocannabinoids biosynthesis during early stages of development of young Cannabis sativa L. seedlings: integrating biochemical and transcriptional data
1.69 Fabene E., Sandri C., Ricci D., Sulli M., Nardi L., Bennici E., Demurtas O. C., Diretto G.
Promotion of Mediterranean lifestyle and healthy diet: the PRIMA project PROMEDLIFE
1.70 Pagliarello R., Bennici E., Frusciante S., Demurtas O. C., Schwachenwald M., Carola C., Diretto G., Massa S.
Harnessing the potential of Basil and Perilla cell culture technology for cosmetic applications
1.71 Mascio I., Dellino M., Miazzi M. M., Fanelli V., Montemurro C., De Giovanni C.
One for all: insect-based functional ingredient for global nutrition
1.72 Busatto N., Cebulj A., Populin F., Masuero D., Vrhovsek U., Angeli L., Morozova K., Scampicchio M., Costa F.
Unveiling the molecular mechanisms behind non-browning phenotype in the apple cultivar 'Majda' (Malus domestica Borkh.) by a comprehensive investigation
1.73 Vittani L., Populin F., Stuerz S., Buehlmann A., Khomenko J., Biasioli F., Bühlmann-Schütz S., Vrhovsek U., Masuero D., Zanella A., Busatto N., Costa F.
Comparative investigation of superficial scald disorder in ‘Granny Smith’ and ‘Ladina’ apple varieties