Program
Annual Meeting of Plant Research funded by BMBF, March 28-30, 2022
Monday, March 28th 2022
| 09:00 | Helpdesk is open |
| 10:40 | OPENING SESSION |
 M. Arlt |
| 10:40 | Welcome address by BMBF | A. Noske |
| 10:50 | Welcome address by PLANT 2030 Managing Office |
M. Arlt |
| 11:00 | PLANT 2030 ACADEMY: Upcoming Activities |
 A. Graf |
| 11:10 | Introduction: Break Out Tool HyHyve |
A. Graf |
| 11:20 | KEYNOTE LECTURE |
M. Arlt |
| 11:20 | Keynote lecture: Transposable Elements Drive Developmental Innovations and Plant Speciation see abstract | C. Köhler |
| 12:20 | Lunch Break |
| 13:20 | POSTER SESSION |
Go to Poster Session (HyHyve)
| 13:20 | Poster Session 1 |
| 13:50 | Coffee & Posters |
| 14:20 | TRAITS & MECHANISMS |
 L. Frenzke |
| 14:20 | SelWineQ: SelWineQ: Predictive Breeding for Wine Quality see abstract | F. Schwander |
| 14:40 | MAZE: Accessing the genomic and functional diversity of maize to improve quantitative traits see abstract | C. Schön |
| 15:00 | EpiGlyc: Glycation of core histones as an epigenetic mechanism behind drought tolerance in plants see abstract | A. Frolov |
| 15:10 | EpiPotato: EpiC - Epigenetics to design heat-tolerant potato genotypes for sustainable potato production under conditions of climate change see abstract | U. Sonnewald |
| 15:20 | EpicBeet: Stability and heritability of DNA methylation patterns in sugar beet: impact on phenotypic plasticity, influence on TE activity and potential for beet breeding see abstract |
 T. Heitkam |
| 15:30 | Epibrass: Epigenetic regulation of cold-induced flowering in Brassica napus and diploid relatives see abstract | S. Melzer |
| 15:40 | EPIDOM: The contribution of epigenetic mechanisms to dominance variance in plant populations see abstract |
 J. de Meaux |
| 15:50 | EpiChrom: Epigenetic consequences of chromosome restructuring see abstract | A. Houben |
| 16:00 | End of day 1 |
Tuesday, March 29th 2022
| 09:00 | Remarks |
M. Arlt |
| 09:05 | KEYNOTE LECTURE |
 S. Beier |
| 09:05 | Keynote lecture: Nanoscale tools for plant research and protection see abstract | S. Kruss |
| 10:05 | DATA TOOLS & INFRASTRUCTURE |
S. Beier |
| 10:05 | AVATARS: Advanced Virtuality and Augmented Reality Approaches in Seeds to Seeds see abstract | T. Altmann |
| 10:25 | de.NBI: The pitfalls of project-funded development of bioinformatics tools and databases - How de.NBI can help overcome these challenges see abstract |
 U. Scholz |
| 10:40 | DataPLANT: The NFDI DataPLANT. Making plant data FAIR and sustainable without being unfair to the scientists. see abstract | B. Usadel |
| 10:55 | ACCESS: DPPN-ACCESS - Providing access to state-of-the art phenotyping infrastructures see abstract | S. Gatzke |
| 11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:40 | DOUBLE HAPLOIDS & HYBRID BREEDING | S. Weber |
| 11:40 | BreedPatH: BreedPatH: Breeding Value Pattern Recognition in Hybrid Crops see abstract | R. Snowdon |
| 12:00 | Tomaitech: Development of Innovative Artificial Intelligence-driven Technology for Efficient Microspore-Derived Embryogenesis in Tomato see abstract | H. Lasok |
| 12:15 | EpiHAP: Speeding up plant breeding by overcoming epigenetic barriers to doubled haploid line production see abstract |
 F. Turck |
| 12:25 | Phasi_EPMS: Environment-sensitive phasiRNA-dependent male sterility (EPMS) in maize see abstract |
 T. Dresselhaus |
| 12:35 | SEEDMAKER: Deciphering the epigenetic mechanisms necessary to engineer apomictic endosperm development in crops see abstract | D. Figueiredo |
| 12:45 | Lunch Break |
| 13:40 | POSTER Session |
Go to Poster Session (HyHyve)
| 13:40 | Poster Session 2 |
| 14:10 | Coffee & Posters |
| 14:35 | OMICS FOR BREEDING | N. Kamal |
| 14:35 | GeneBank2.0: Genomics-based exploitation of wheat genetic resources for plant breeding GeneBank2.0 see abstract | J. Reif |
| 14:55 | SHAPE: SHAPE-P2: Structural genome variation, haplotype diversity and the barley pan-genome - Exploring structural genome diversity for barley breeding see abstract |
 N. Stein |
| 15:15 | TEOSINTE: Extensive sequencing and comparative genomics of eight selected candidates of approx. four thousand Teosinte accessions aiming to generate knowledge to support maize breeding, particularly with regard to climate change see abstract | A. Hallab |
| 15:30 | p-epBar: The pan-epigenome of barley - p-epBAR see abstract |
N. Stein |
| 15:40 | episoma: Sources and consequences of somatic epigenetic diversity in trees see abstract |
 F. Johannes |
| 15:50 | MS-EpiPlant: Systematic identification of interaction proteins with epigenetic modifications in plants see abstract | M. Levin |
| 16:00 | End of day 2 |
Wednesday, March 30th 2022
| 09:00 | Remarks |
M. Arlt |
| 09:05 | KEYNOTE LECTURE | N. Bziuk |
| 09:05 | Keynote lecture: Challenges in crop health research - a pledge for a science-based approach see abstract | A. von Tiedemann |
| 10:05 | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 | PEST PROTECTION | N. Bziuk |
| 10:35 | PrimedPlant: Priming for enhanced defense as a strategy to optimize crop resistance and as a possible breeding target see abstract | A. Schikora |
| 10:55 | IdeMoDeResBar: From Genetics to Genome Editing: Enhancing Resistance Breeding in Barley see abstract |
 R. Hoffie |
| 11:15 | Bio-Fun: In-silico Design and Experimental Validation of Bio-Fungicides Targeting Chitin and Chitosan Biosynthesis for Sustainable Plant Disease Protection see abstract |
 R. Singh |
| 11:30 | InFuProts: Rainfasten Insecticidal Fusion Proteins for Plant Protection see abstract | U. Schwaneberg |
| 11:45 | WHEATinterfere: RNAi-based epigenetic disease resistance in wheat see abstract | P. Schäfer |
| 11:55 | BarEpiEdit: Epigenetic Editing of Immunity Genes to Enhance Fungal Disease Resistance of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) see abstract |
 A. Koch |
| 12:05 | END OF SESSION |
| 12:05 | Lunch Break |
| 13:05 | POSTER SESSION |
Go to Poster Session (HyHyve)
| 13:05 | Poster Session 3 |
| 13:35 | Coffee & Posters |
| 14:05 | BIOMASS & CONTENT | I. Deppé |
| 14:05 | EnCroPho: Enhancing crop photosynthesis see abstract | P. Westhoff |
| 14:25 | RaPEQ: “Rapeseed as a domestic protein source of excellent quality for human consumption” see abstract |
 F. Wolter |
| 14:45 | CornWall: Improving maize lignocellulosic materials for the bioeconomy see abstract |
 M. Pauly |
| 15:05 | MARVEL: Establishment of Yam as a potential crop in Europe see abstract |
 J. Epping |
| 15:25 | Thio-As-Rice: Challenges and chances associated with the detection of novel arsenic species in paddy soils for producing arsenic-safe rice see abstract |
 S. Clemens |
| 15:40 | POSTER VIDEO AWARDS |
| 15:50 | Award winner presentation |
A. Graf |
| 15:50 | Closing Remarks |
M. Arlt |
| 16:00 | End of conference |