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

 05-08 September 2023

SESSION 2 - Breeding for resilience: addressing climate change in plant genetics

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
2.01 Gauley A., Lacey I., Taylor H., Hirsz D., Cheng S., Griffiths S., Dixon L.
Adapting cereal development to changing climates
2.02 Persello A., Rotasperti L., Torricella V., Ballabio F., Betti A., Tadini L., Camilloni C., Hansson M., Rossini L., Horner S. D., Salvi S., Pesaresi P.
Pale-green crops for a new sustainable agriculture
2.03 Bubici G., Batelli G., Cellini F., Costa A., De Palma M., Grillo S., Melillo M. T., Petrozza A., Prigigallo M. I., Ruocco M., Sportelli G., Stavolone L., Summerer S., Veronico P., Cillo F.
A phenomics approach to drought and pathogen responses in a tomato genotype collection
2.04 De Sario F., Liu C., Bozzoli M., Forestan C., Ratti C., Bruschi M., Novi J. B., Campana M., Sciara G., Ormanbekova D., Corneti S., Confortini A., Viviani A., Stefanelli S., Giulini A., Bardelli T., Novarina E., Gadaleta A., Mazzucotelli E., Desiderio F., Viola P., Invernizzi C., Oliveri F., Mastrangelo A. M., Marone D., Roncallo P., Bassi F., Perovic D., Cattivelli L., Tuberosa R., Maccaferri M.
The Global Durum Genomic Resource in use: a collaborative genomics initiative to leverage genetic resources for increasing and characterizing the breeding value of durum varieties
2.05 Colanero S., Martignago D., Loukili I., Sutti A., Landoni B., Cioffi S., Bosc A., Tonelli C., Galbiati M., Conti L.
Engineering water use in tomato by generating SlMyb60 mutants using a CRISPR-Cas9- based approach
POSTER COMMUNICATIONS
2.06 Anderson A., Gull U., Benes S. E., Singh S., Hutmacher R. B., Brummer E. C., Putnam D. H.
Salinity effects on alfalfa forage yield and quality in the San Juaquin Valley of California
2.07 Santoro D. F., Anderson A. W., Del Regno C., Cappetta E., Leone A., Vastakaite-Kairiene V., Battisti I., Aversano R., Garramone R., Ambrosone A., Carputo D., Rosellini D.
Polyploidy and stress: does chromosome doubling affect stress tolerance in alfalfa?
2.08 Sangiorgio S., Cassani E., Ghidoli M., Giupponi L., Pedrali D., Coatti G., Giorgi A., Pilu R.
The Fagio.Lo project
2.09 Santoro G., Marzario S., Morante V., Verrastro C., Latorraca A., Galante M., Logozzo G., Gioia T.
Breeding potentials of Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) for food and nutrition security in the face of climate change
2.10 Confortini A., Ceccato L., Stefanelli S., Bozzoli M., Mazzucotelli E., Raupp J., Steffenson B., Olivera P., Wulff B. B., Tuberosa R., Maccaferri M.
Exploiting a low-linkage disequilibrium, highly diverse collection of wild emmer (T. dicoccoides) for GWAS targeted to traits of adaptive and agricultural value
2.11 Mastrangelo A. M., Lanzanova C., Pagnotta E., Mascheroni S., Zanini S., Ficco D. B., Laidò G., Matteo R., Montanari M., Russo M. A., Cassol H., Giovanniello V., Paone S., Pellegrino M., Morcone L., Marone D.
Identification of new sources of resistance to fungal diseases in bread wheat
2.12 Fasani E., Furini A., Franceschi C., Modena A., Dalcorso G.
Development of fertilization approaches for efficient mineral nutrition in bread wheat
2.13 Giancaspro A., Gadaleta A., Mathlouthi N., Hamdi K., Yacoubi I.
Involvement of Abscisic acid-stress-ripening (ASR) gene in response to high salinity and water deficit in wheat
2.14 Petralia R., Miceli C., Campanella V.
In vitro assessment of resistance of durum wheat landraces to Fusarium foot rot
2.15 Marra M., Pirona R., Montemurro C., Ceriotti A., Baldoni E., Accotto G. P.
Testing a subset of the Global Durum Wheat Panel collection for resistance to soil-borne cereal mosaic virus
2.16 Giovenali G., Di Romana M. L., Kuzmanović L., Capoccioni A., Ceoloni C.
Early selection of stress tolerant durum wheat recombinant lines: targeted introgressions of Thinopyrum spp. chromatin improve seedlings response to heat and water stress
2.17 Tafuri A., Palombieri S., Santino A., Mita G., Sestili F., Botticella E.
Enhancing drought tolerance in durum wheat targeting epicuticular waxes content through Genome Editing
2.18 Angione G., Esposito S., De Vita P., Lotti C., Taranto F., Natoli V.
Harnessing Genetic Diversity to Enhance Cold Tolerance in Durum Wheat through Genome-wide Association Approach: A Pathway for Climate-Adaptive Cultivar Development
2.19 Rotasperti L., Tadini L., Pesaresi P., Rossini L., Tondelli A., Torricella V., Persello A., Horner D. S., Hansson M., Weber A., Frebort I., Cattivelli L., Crosatti C., Marè C., Morosinotto T., Kollist H., Houston K., Waugh R., Halpin C.
The barley mutant happy under the sun 1 (hus1): An additional contribution to pale green crops
2.20 Gipli V., Rossi R., Shaaf S., Nesi F., Maurer A., Pillen K., , Daszkowska-Golec A., Gruszka D., Chmielewska B., Gajecka M., Zbieszczyk J., Rosignoli S., Salvi S., Cattivelli L., Rossini L.
Forward and reverse genetics analyses of culm morphology in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
2.21 Torricella V., Rotasperti L., Tadini L., Pinnola A., Braidotti R., Alberti G., Peressotti A., Pesaresi P.
Non-Photochemical Quenching (NPQ) barley mutants: a valuable source of allelic variants to improve photosynthesis efficiency and yield in crops
2.22 Mirone F., Rossoni A., Martinotti M., Mineri L., Fornara F., Brambilla V.
Improving Italian elite rice varieties for different agronomic traits
2.23 Macharia M. W., Solemanegy M., Takele R., Caproni L., Amane M., Benedito C., Buizza R., D'Amico V., Aderito A., Mabica R., Pè E., Zucule J., Munisse P., Dell'Acqua M.
Genomic, agronomic, and bioclimatic characterization of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and rice (Oryza sativa) landraces combined with seasonal weather forecasting to enhance climate adaptation for smallholder farming communities in Mozambique
2.24 D'Amico V., Solemanegy M., Macharia M., Takele R., Caproni L., Pe' E., Buizza R., Mabica R., Amane M., Munisse P., Conguara B., Occelli M., Dell'Acqua M.
Research across disciplinary boundaries: tailoring crop genetics and climate services to smallholder farming systems in northern Mozambique
2.25 Pettenuzzo S., Cappellin L., Lorenzi S., Bellin D., Vervalle J., Faralli M., Biasioli F., Grando M. S., Costantini L.
Genetic control of physiological responses to heat stress in grapevine
2.26 Bellon O., Fattorini C., Faralli M., Shmuleviz R., Tornielli G. B., Moser C., Amato A., Fasoli M., Zenoni S.
Expression profiling of ripening-associated master regulators in grapevine berries with altered maturation time
2.27 Maggiolini F. A. M., L'Abbate A., Alagna F., Bergamini C., Ventura M., Catacchio C. R., Cardone M. F.
Identification of cis-regulatory elements associated with differentially expressed genes under drought stress in grapevine
2.28 Di Serio E., Villano C., Napolitano F., Gallucci A., Sicilia A., Lo Piero A. R., Aversano R.
The role of small non-coding RNAs (small ncRNAs) in phenotypic plasticity of grapevine
2.29 Paladini F., De Palo F., Patono D. L., Ferrandino A., Milani A. M., Comino C., Lanteri S., Lovisolo C., Acquadro A.
Phenoplant: an innovative plant phenotyping platform for drought stress analysis in rootstock/scion grapevine combinations
2.30 Scialò E., Rotondo A., Sicilia A., Continella A., Lo Piero A. R.
Analysis of leaf transcriptome in two Citrus varieties under PEG-induced drought stress
2.31 Mascio I., Falek W., Montemurro C., Fanelli V., Savoia A. M., Bechkri S., Khelifi D., Miazzi M. M.
Correlation between morphological/molecular variation and ecogeographic distribution of Algerian wild olives
2.32 Ghidoli M., Geuna F., Frazzini S., De Benedetti S., Landoni M., Sangiorgio S., Scarafoni A., Rossi L., Pilu R.
Genetic study and constitution of new varieties of Camelina sativa L.: agronomic comparison between spring and winter cultivation in North Italy
2.33 Lezzi A., Stagnati L., Joost S., Lanubile A., Busconi M., Marocco A.
Highlighting adaptive potential to increase sustainability of maize crop through landscape genomics
2.34 Colombo F., Sangiorgio S., Ghidoli M., Cassani E., Landoni M., Pilu S. R.
Exploring the variability of phytic acid in a panel of traditional maize varieties: implications for nutritional enhancement
2.35 Bertoncini A., Ferrari F., Ghidoli M., Macovei A., Pilu S. R., Rossi G., Balestrazzi A., Landoni M. V.
Characterization of traditional polenta maize varieties from Lombardy region: an opportunity to face climate change.
2.36 Torri A., Passera A., Redaelli R., Lanzanova C., Locatelli S., Teli I., Castorina G., Zaccheo P., Crippa L., Consonni G., Pilu R., Casati P., Balconi C.
GEMMA: exploring maize biodiversity and microbiome in Italian local varieties as strategic tools to face abiotic and biotic stresses in climate change
2.37 Balconi C., Torri A., Redaelli R., Troccoli A., Mastrangelo A. M., Eddine Hammami M. D., Karmous C., Sahri A., Essamadi A. K., Malvar R. A., Álvarez-Iglesias L., Maafi O., Mekliche A., Azzedine C., Erdal S., Mazzinelli G., Motta A., Frascaroli E., Charcosset A., Welcker C., Revilla P.
PRIMA-DROMAMED: exploring maize genetic resources of adaptation to heat and drought within Mediterranean to be introduced in breeding programs for resilience
2.38 Alicandri E., Paolacci A. R., Catarcione G., Del Lungo A., Iacoponi V., Pati F., Scarascia Mugnozza G., Ciaffi M.
Recovery, morphological, molecular, and nutritional characterization of the globe artichoke “Carciofo Ortano”, a landrace with a high risk of genetic erosion cultivated in Central Italy
2.39 Staiti A., Ruocco M., Monti M., Santomassimo L., Cimmino L., Smimmo R., Carputo D., D'Amelia V.
High levels of anthocyanins in potato reduce susceptibility to Rhizoctonia solani infection
2.40 Del Regno C., Garramone R., D'Amelia V., Docimo T., Santoro D. F., Anderson A. W., Rosellini D., Battisti I., Masi A., Arrigoni G., Vaštakaitė-Kairienė V., Cappetta E., Leone A., Ambrosone A., Aversano R., Carputo D.
Impact of polyploidization on abiotic stress tolerance in the tuber-bearing potato species Solanum commersonii
2.41 Baldoni E., Cominelli E., Locatelli F., Sparvoli F., Galbiati M.
Ectopic expression of AtMYB90 in tomato results in increased anthocyanin accumulation and defective pollen development.
2.42 Sayhai N., Sportelli G., Mechichi T., Hanin M., Stavolone L., Cillo F.
Molecular and physiological mechanisms of tolerance induced by the rhizobacterium Siccibacter sp. Strain C2 in tomato plants under single and combined abiotic and biotic stresses
2.43 Campo E., Trasoletti M., Cardinale F., Schubert A.
Role of CXE15 in strigolactone degradation under drought stress in tomato
2.44 Graci S., Aiese Cigliano R., Ruggieri V., Barone A.
Combined genomic and transcriptomic approach to uncover candidate genes for heat stress response of a thermotolerant tomato genotype
2.45 Cuccurullo A., Francesca S., Granell A., Rambla J. L., Yoneyama K., D'Agostino N., Festa G., Cardi T., Rigano M. M., Nicolia A.
Exploring the multifaceted nature of DWARF27 (D27) genes in tomato
2.46 Carlo S., Pagano L., Bonanni V., Gianoncelli A., Marmiroli M., Marmiroli N.
The role of SiO2-based nanoparticles in tomato plants salt stress mitigation
2.47 Pane M., Calstaldo C., Gentile D., Lantieri S., Comino C., Moglia A., Chiaiese P., Di Matteo A.
Functional characterization of a tomato GST gene under different abiotic stresses
2.48 Farinon B., Olivieri F., Fumelli L., Picarella M. E., Mazzucato A.
A BSA-seq approach to identify candidate genes controlling stigma position in cultivated tomato
2.49 Castaldo C., Pane M., Gentile D., Molisso M., Cirillo V., Maggio A., D'Agostino N., Iorizzo M., Di Matteo A.
Investigating the nucleotide diversity in the glutathione S-transferase gene family across the tomato gene pool and its significance in controlling plant response to stress
2.50 Olivieri F., Farinon B., Picarella M. E., Mazzucato A.
Seed germination in the global warming era: strategies to investigate the heat tolerance in tomato during germination stage
2.51 Landoni B., Conti L.
Exploring the impact of domestication and polyploidization on phenotypic plasticity in cotton
2.52 D'Ambrosio G., Renzullo L. P., Miele C., Di Lecce R., Rao M. A., Di Natale A., Pollio A., Filippone E., Chiaiese P.
Exploring the potential of microalgae as mitigation agents for plastic pollution