Program
Annual Meeting of Plant Research funded by BMBF, March 5-7, 2025
Wednesday, March 5th 2025
| 11:00 | Registration is open |
| 13:00 | OPENING SESSION |
 M. Arlt |
| 13:00 | Welcome address by BMBF | C. deWit |
| 13:10 | Welcome address by PtJ | R. Büschges |
| 13:20 | Welcome address by PLANT 2030 Managing Office |
M. Arlt |
| 13:30 | DOUBLE HAPLOIDS & HYBRID BREEDING | D. Kulaar |
| 13:30 | BreedPatH3: Breeding Value Pattern Recognition in Hybrid Crops see abstract | A. Abbadi |
| 13:50 | EpiHAP: Characterizing transcriptomic drivers of microspore reprogramming see abstract |
 C. Alcaide Cabello |
| 14:05 | Phasi_EPMS: Towards Understanding and Utilizing Environment-Sensitive PhasiRNA-Dependent Male Sterility (EPMS) in Maize see abstract | L. Ho |
| 14:20 | SEEDMAKER: Deciphering the epigenetic mechanisms necessary to engineer apomictic endosperm development in crops see abstract |
 D. Figueiredo |
| 14:35 | Photo & Coffee Break |
| 15:00 | SCIENCE RESOURCES |
 D. Krüger |
| 15:00 | ACCESS: DPPN-ACCESS - Providing access to state-of-the art phenotyping infrastructures see abstract |
S. Gatzke  N. Ganga Raju |
| 15:10 | DataPLANT: The services and offerings of the NFDI DataPLANT in a nutshell see abstract | B. Usadel |
| 15:20 | TRAITS & GENETIC RESOURCES | F. Achatz |
| 15:20 | Cornwall3: Improving maize lignocellulosic materials for the bioeconomy see abstract |
 M. Pauly |
| 15:40 | RaPEQ3: Rapeseed as a domestic protein source of excellent quality for human consumption ***VORTRAG ENTFÄLLT*** see abstract | O. Frank |
| 15:40 | Epibrass: Epigenetic control mechanisms of cold-induced flower induction and flower bud development in Brassica napus and Arabis alpina see abstract | S. Duveneck |
| 15:55 | ViLHair: Vitis Leaf Hair - A new functional trait for sustainable and climate-adapted viticulture see abstract | F. Kragler L. Hausmann |
| 16:05 | HOPTIMIZE: Optimizing water use efficiency in hops (Humulus lupulus L.) for a sustainable production see abstract | S. Gresset |
| 16:15 | Q4F: Quinoa for future diversified agricultural systems see abstract |
 K. Schmid |
| 16:25 | Coffee & Posters |
| 17:15 | EPIGENETIC MECHANISMS |
 L. Teschke |
| 17:15 | episoma: Sources and consequences of somatic epigenetic diversity in trees see abstract | M. Berdugo Moreno |
| 17:30 | EPIDOM: The contribution of epigenetic mechanisms to non-additive variance in plant populations see abstract | L. Abraham |
| 17:45 | EpiChrom: Epigenetic state and gene expression remain stable after CRISPR/Cas-mediated chromosomal inversions see abstract | S. Khosravi |
| 18:00 | 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 |
| 18:15 | MS-EpiPlant: Systematic identification of interaction proteins at epigenetic modifications in the plant kingdom see abstract | F. Butter |
| 18:30 | Break |
| 19:00 |
GROW TOGETHER - Young scientists evening Registration via www.plant2030-academy.de |
 H. Berger |
| 19:00 | Food (and drinks) for thought |
| 19:30 | PLANT 2030 ACADEMY - What's up in 2025? |
| 19:45 | Science in a nutshell - how to communicate your work in seconds. |
Thursday, March 6th 2025
| 09:00 | Remarks | T. Worzewski |
| 09:05 | CEREAL (PAN-)GENOMICS |
 M. Pupke Marone |
| 09:05 | GeneBank3.0: Genomics-based exploitation of wheat genetic resources for plant breeding see abstract | J. Reif |
| 09:25 | DRIVE: Data-driven and genome-edited breeding of locally-adapted wheat varieties to enhance agricultural biodiversity, sustainable climate resilience, and resource efficiency see abstract | J. Reif |
| 09:35 | RYE-HUB: Harnessing the Unexplored Diversity of Rye by Genome-based Breeding for a Climate-Resilient Grain Production RYE-HUB see abstract | D. Siekmann |
| 09:45 | RYESILIENCE: Unravelling Drought Tolerance Mechanisms of Winter Rye for Climate-Resilient Agriculture see abstract |
 E. Ebrahimi |
| 09:50 | SHAPE3: Structural genome variation, haplotype diversity and the barley pan-genome - Exploring structural genome diversity for barley breeding see abstract |
 N. Stein |
| 10:10 | p-epBar: The pan-epigenome of barley reveals epigenetic consequences of structural variations see abstract |
 Z. Zhu |
| 10:25 | PREBreed: PangenomeREsource-based Breeding research in barley see abstract |
N. Stein |
| 10:35 | PROGRESS: Novel Approaches for more Precision and Efficiency in Genome Editing of Crop Plants see abstract |
 R. Hoffie |
| 10:40 | Coffee & Posters |
| 11:10 | ELEVATOR PITCH |
 A. Graf |
| 11:50 | POSTER SESSION |
| 12:50 | Lunch |
| 13:40 | WORKSHOP PhytoProtect - Impulsvorträge und Plenumsdiskussion | S. Rauschen E. Leiritz |
| 15:10 | Coffee & Posters |
| 15:40 | AWARDS ELEVATOR PITCH |
A. Graf |
| 15:50 | KEYNOTE LECTURE |
| 15:50 | Keynote: Learning from nature to sustainably protect our crops now and in the future see abstract |
 N. van Dam |
| 16:50 | PEST PROTECTION | S. Raetz |
| 16:50 | PrimedPlant3: Priming for enhanced defense as a strategy to optimize crop resistance and as a possible breeding target see abstract |
 A. Schikora |
| 17:10 | BarEpiEdit: Profiling the epigenomic landscape of barley in response to biotic stress see abstract | A. Göbel |
| 17:25 | barleyCOPA: Co-Pan-Genome: Computational inference of GxGxE interactions to identify climate-change resilient pathogen resistance in barley. see abstract |
 R. Hueckelhoven |
| 17:35 | WHEATinterfere: RNAi-based epigenetic disease resistance in wheat see abstract | B. Werner |
| 17:50 | INNO-TOM: Pangenomes and gene targeting to create disease resistant and biofortified cis- and intra-genic INNOvative TOMato varieties see abstract |
 A. Tissier |
| 18:00 | RecREdit: Generation of recessive resistance against aphid transmitted viruses in sugar beet using new breeding technologies – a case study for the establishment of precise genome modification in a multiuse crop. see abstract | M. Varrelmann |
| 18:10 | Res4StRes: Novel resources for resistance breeding against insect pests and heat stress under low cropping intensities in oilseed rape see abstract | C. Obermeier |
| 18:20 | Break |
| 19:00 | CONFERENCE DINNER |
Friday, March 7th 2025
| 09:00 | Remarks |
H. Berger |
| 09:05 | KEYNOTE LECTURE |
| 09:05 | Keynote: The Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability (AEGIS) see abstract |
 E. Willerslev |
| 10:05 | BIG DATA FOR PLANT BREEDING | R. Shi |
| 10:05 | AVATARS: Advanced Virtuality and Augmented Reality Approaches in Seeds to Seeds see abstract | T. Altmann |
| 10:25 | SelWineQ3: Predictive Breeding for Wine Quality see abstract |
 F. Schwander |
| 10:45 | SorBOOM: Sorghum – boosting breeding by multilevel modelling see abstract | S. Windpassinger |
| 10:55 | POMORROW: Potatoes for tomorrow: Improving genetic traits using potato genetic resources and new breeding techniques see abstract | B. Stich |
| 11:05 | Coffee & Posters |
| 11:35 | CLIMATE AND SITE ADAPTATION | M. Takou |
| 11:35 | MAZE3: Accessing the genomic and functional diversity of maize to improve quantitative traits see abstract | C. Schön |
| 11:55 | EpiGlyc: Glycation of core histones as an epigenetic mechanism behind drought tolerance in plants see abstract | J. Shumilina |
| 12:10 | EpiPotato: Epigenetics to design heat-tolerant potato genotypes for sustainable potato production under conditions of climate change see abstract | U. Sonnewald |
| 12:25 | INTEGRA: Implementing Novel Technologies to Enhance Genetic gain towards resilient Rapeseed see abstract | T. Altmann |
| 12:35 | AIM4GEM: Introducing AIM4GEM see abstract | S. Weber |
| 12:40 | FABALOUS: Faba bean abiotic stress tolerance for improved yield stability see abstract |
 S. Schiessl-Weidenweber |
| 12:50 | BeetAdapt: Adapting sugar beet for climate resilience see abstract | K. Kempe |
| 13:00 | BIMOTEC: Buckwheat Improvement by Modern Technologies for the Establishment of a Dual-Use Crop see abstract | L. Junker-Frohn |
| 13:10 | CLOSING REMARKS |
M. Arlt |
| 13:15 | Lunch |