TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Registration |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Opening ceremony Chairpersons: Filippone E., Ricciardi L., Lotti C. Welcome addresses by Institutional and Local Authorities |
| 14:50 - 15:00 | Communication from EIT-FOOD Projectmanager at UNIBA De Ruggeri B. EIT Food: Innovation for a healthy and sustainable food system |
| 15:00 - 16:45 | Session 1 - Omics to study and use genetic resources in plant breeding Chairpersons: Ambrosone A., Mazzucotelli E. |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Invited Lecture Iorizzo M. Omics approach to uncover the origin of high carotenoid orange carrots |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | 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 |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | 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 |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Gabelli G., Palumbo F., Boni A.G., Ferrari G., Beretta M., Barcaccia G. Deciphering the recombination spots scenario in a MAGIC population of cultivated and wild tomato |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | 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 |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | 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 |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 17:15 – 18:45 | Session 1 - (cont.) |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | 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 |
| 17:30 – 17:45 | 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 |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | 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.) |
| 18:00 – 18:15 | Bono G.A., Giaume F., Vicentini G., Mineri L., Betagnon G., Fornara F., Brambilla V. Molecular control of flowering at the rice shoot apex |
| 18:15 – 18:30 | Foresti C., Amato A., Fattorini C., D'Incà E., Vitulo N., Zenoni S. NACs intra-family hierarchical regulatory network orchestrating grape berry ripening |
| 18:30 – 18:45 | General Discussion |
| 19:00 - 20:30 | Welcome Cocktail |
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th
| 09:00 – 10:45 | Session 2 – Breeding for resilience: addressing climate change in plant genetics Organized by Next Generation SIGA Chairpersons: Broccanello C., Di Marsico M. |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Invited Lecture Dixon L. Adapting cereal development to changing climates |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | 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 |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | 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 |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | 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 |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | 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 |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | General Discussion |
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 11:15 – 13:15 | Session 3 - Innovative methods and tools in plant genetics and breeding Chairpersons: Lotti C., Pavan S. |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Invited Lecture Bai Y. Impaired plant susceptibility genes in resistance breeding: from concept to cultivars |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Bettinelli P., Bianco L., Fontana P., Moser M., Pindo M., Nicolini D., Costantini L., Stefanini M., Hausmann L., Vezzulli S. Black rot resistance of grapevine: from organ-specific QTL mapping to the sequencing of the donor towards candidate gene identification |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Li R., Cui L., Martina M., Moglia A., Bracuto V., Meijer-Dekens F., Wolters A.A., Bai Y., Acquadro A. Less is more: CRISPR/Cas9-based mutations in DND1 gene enhance tomato resistance to powdery mildew with low fitness costs |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Caproni L., Altman T., Ferguson J., Heuermann M., Kromdijk J., Pè M.E., Dell’Acqua M. Combining phenomics approaches from pot to plot to identify candidate genes for photosynthesis improvement in the multi parent MAGIC maize population |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Bozzoli M., Bruschi M., Fanelli Carvalho H., Isidro y Sánchez J., Ruggeri M., Meriggi D., Manstretta V., Bartoccetti E., Sgrelli S., Meriggi P., Tuberosa R., Maccaferri M. INNOVAR project: developing high-throughput phenotyping and genetic methods and technologies to improve accuracy in agriculture and in wheat varietal registration protocols |
| 12:45 – 13:00 | Michelotti V., Rossi R., Crosatti C., Mica E., Guerra D., Colombo M., Masiero S., Radchuk V., Cattivelli L., Battaglia R. Sporophytic control of male fertility, the role of the SWEET4 gene in barley |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | General Discussion |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | EUCARPIA: current progressive future opportunity for plant breeding Ercolano M.R. |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 – 16:45 | Session 4 - Underground genetics: roots and their interactions In memory of Marina Tucci Chairpersons: Beretta M., Salvi S. |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Invited Lecture Laplaze L. Targeting root traits to improve tolerance to vegetative drought episodes in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Puglisi D., Carletti G., Delbono S., Cattivelli L., Fricano A. Shovelomics and clear pot analyses highlight extensive natural genetic variation for root system architecture in barley |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Daddiego L., Bianco L., Alagna F., Lopez L., Panara F., Fantini E., Facella P. Differential expression patterns of cryptochrome and circadian clock genes between roots and leaves in Medicago truncatula |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Scintu D., Shtin M., Svolacchia N., Sabatini S., Dello Ioio R., Di Mambro R. Exploring root programmed cell death as a mechanism for heat stress resilience |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Invited Lecture Pieterse C.M.J. The root microbiome and plant immunity |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | General Discussion |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | SIGA Young Research Award 2023 Dedicated to Francesco D’Amato and Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza Chairpersons: Filippone E., Rosellini D. |
| Rotasperti L. The barley mutant happy under the sun 1 (hus1): An additional contribution to pale green crops |
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| Iohannes S.D. Data-driven, participatory characterization of farmer varieties discloses teff breeding potential under current and future climates |
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| Award ceremony | |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 17:45 – 19:30 | SIGA General Assembly |
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th
| 09:00 – 10:15 | Session 5 - Exploring the plant epigenomes Chairpersons: Comino C., Varotto S. |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Invited Lecture Zilberman D. Long-term epigenetic inheritance and phenotypic diversity in natural populations |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Bevilacqua I., Moffa L., Varotto S., Chitarra W., Nerva L. Harnessing genome editing to elucidate the role of histone variant H2A.Z in grapevine |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Liva M., Magris G., Di Gaspero G., Schwope R., Catacchio C.R., Daponte A., Ventura M., Morgante M. Analysis of genetic and epigenetic structure and variability of grapevine centromeres through the use of long read sequencing and T2T assemblies |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | General Discussion |
| 10:15 – 11:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Session 6 – Fruit and forest trees genomics, genetics and breeding Chairpersons: Giannino D., Montemurro C. |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Invited Lecture Gonzalez Martinez S. Population vulnerability of a keystone Mediterranean tree under future climate – an ecological genomics approach |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Garosi C., Vettori C., Bajc M., Kraigher H., Westergren M., Dovč N., Damjanić R., Sever K., Breznikar A., Gregoric A., Lanšćak M., Ivankovic M., Bogunović S., Paffetti D. Genome-wide SNP association analysis reveals genomic signature of local adaptation in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Alicandri E., Sebastiani B., Paolacci A.R., Sorgonà A., Manti F., Bosignore C.P., Badiani M., Ciaffi M. Terpenoids and the expression of terpene synthase genes are coherently and selectively modulated in Calabrian pine (Pinus nigra subs. laricio) in response to pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) infestation |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30 – 17:15 | Session 6 - (cont.) |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Invited Lecture Decroocq V. Genetic diversity and use of stone fruit tree wild relatives for a more sustainable fruit production |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Cominelli E., Beritognolo I., Cardoni S., Forti C., Cherubini M., Leonardi L., Leone P.A., Sparvoli F., Biffani S., Stella A., Toschi I., Cesari V., Chiozzotto R., Cirilli M., Pozzi C., Mattioni C. Chestnut cultivation development in Lombardy: leveraging native genetic resources in two pilot areas |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Costa F., Busatto N., Sayantan P., Vittani L., Populin F., Khomenko I., Biasioli F., Vrhovsek U., Aharoni A., Zanella A. System genetics approach disclosed the genetic architecture of the chilling injury disorder superficial scald in apple |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Simoni S., Castellacci M., Usai G., Giordani T., Natali L., Cavallini A., Besnard G., Mascagni F. Genomic dynamics of olive trees in the Mediterranean basin: insights from the repetitive component evolution |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Bonghi C., Canton M., Joseph J., Marconi G., Forestan C., Varotto S. The bud peach dormancy dilemma |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | da Silva Linge C., Baccichet I., Chiozzotto R., Gasic K., Fu W., Byrne D., Rawandoozi Z., Worthington M., Bassi D., Cirilli M., Hardner C., Rossini L. Unlocking genetic diversity for peach fruit acidity through global GWAs and genomic prediction-based selection |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | Michelotti V., Gentile A., Scortichini M., Lucioli S., Caboni E., Tacconi G. Applyication of a CRISPR/CAS9 vector in A. chinensis var. chinensis to induce Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae resistance/tolerance |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Sicilia A., Villano C., Di Serio E., Aversano R., Ferlito F., Nicolosi E., Lo Piero Angela R. Transcriptome analysis reveals plasticity of gene expression in wine grape cultivars grown at different latitudes in southern Italy |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Bolognesi G., Crespan M., Broccanello C., Delfino P., Mora R., Marini M., Gardiman M., Giust M., Tomasi D., Bellin D. Genome wide association analysis of phenology related traits in Vitis vinifera L. |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | General Discussion |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 17:45 – 19:45 | Parallel Poster Sessions |
| 20:30 | Social Event (Sala Zonno, Molo S. Nicola 3, Bari) |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th
| 09:30 – 12:15 | Session 7 - Updates and upgrades in genome editing Chairpersons: Lanubile A., Nigro D. |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Invited Lecture Cereseto A. Expanding the genome editing toolbox by unlocking RNA guided nucleases using massive metagenomic data |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Vicentini G., Bertagnon G., Giaume F., Fornara F., Brambilla V. Controls of stem elongation by the flowering pathway in rice |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Vaccino P., Sansoni F., Volante A., Zampieri E., Salvi S., Camerlengo F., Pierbattista S., Valè G., Crosatti C., Toppino L., Bono G.A., Fornara F., Pecchioni N. A new rice plant ideotype through genome editing: the SUSRICE project |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Maioli A., De Marchi F., Valentino D., Gianoglio S., Patono D., Miloro F., Bai Y., Comino C., Lanteri S., Lovisolo C., Acquadro A., Moglia A. New insights on the role of SlDMR6-1 in drought avoidance in tomato |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Nicolia A., D'Agostino N., Tamburino R., Festa G., Sannino L., Aufiero G., Paparo R., Arimura S., Scotti N., Cardi T. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of potato plants edited in the mitochondrial genome by mitoTALEN and mitoTALECD approaches |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Salvagnin U., Giacomelli L., Scintilla S., Rouppe van der Voort J., Zeilmaker T., Moser C. Reduced susceptibility to downy mildew of DMR6 gene-edited grapevine plants and development of DNA-free edited mutants |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Moffa L., Bevilacqua I., Pagliarani C., Gambino G., Perrone I., Velasco R., Lovisolo C., Nerva L., Chitarra W. Improving grape resilience to drought exploiting the CRISPR/Cas technology: functional characterization of the target gene through Spray Induced Gene Silencing (SIGS) |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Invited Lecture Granell A. Genome editing for better, healthier tomatoes |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | General Discussion |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Closing Ceremony Chairpersons: Filippone E., Salvi S. |