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
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
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
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
15:20 Cornwall3: Improving maize lignocellulosic materials for the bioeconomy see abstract M. Pauly
15:40 RaPEQ3: RaPEQ: Rapeseed as a domestic protein source of excellent quality for human consumption see abstract O. Frank
16:00 Epibrass: Epigenetic control mechanisms of cold-induced flower induction and flower bud development in Brassica napus and Arabis alpina see abstract S. Duveneck
16:15 ViLHair: Vitis Leaf Hair - A new functional trait for sustainable and climate-adapted viticulture see abstract F. Kragler L. Hausmann
16:25 HOPTIMIZE: HOPTIMIZE – Optimizing water use efficiency in hops (Humulus lupulus L.) for a sustainable production see abstract S. Gresset
16:35 Q4F: Quinoa for future diversified agricultural systems (Q4F) see abstract K. Schmid
16:45 Coffee & Posters
17:15 EPIGENETIC MECHANISMS
17:15 episoma: Sources and consequences of somatic epigenetic diversity in trees (Second progress update) see abstract A. Moreno Pedraza
17:30 EPIDOM 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: 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 (MS-EpiPlant) see abstract F. Butter
18:30 Break
19:00 GROW TOGETHER - Young scientists evening
Registration via www.plant2030-academy.de
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
09:05 CEREAL (PAN-)GENOMICS
09:05 GeneBank3.0: Genomics-based exploitation of wheat genetic resources for plant breeding GeneBank3.0 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 (DRIVE) 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: 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
11:50 POSTER SESSION
13:00 Lunch
14:00 WORKSHOP PhytoProtect - Impulsvorträge und Plenumsdiskussion
15:30 Coffee & Posters
16:00 AWARDS ELEVATOR PITCH
16:10 KEYNOTE LECTURE 1 N. van Dam
16:10 Keynote: Learning from nature to sustainably protect our crops now and in the future see abstract
17:10 PEST PROTECTION
17:10 PrimedPlant3: Priming for enhanced defense as a strategy to optimize crop resistance and as a possible breeding target see abstract A. Schikora
17:30 BarEpiEdit: Profiling the epigenomic landscape of barley in response to biotic stress see abstract A. Göbel
17:45 barleyCOPA: Co-Pan-Genome: Computational inference of GxGxE interactions to identify climate-change resilient pathogen resistance in barley. see abstract R. Hueckelhoven
17:55 WHEATinterfere: RNAi-based epigenetic disease resistance in wheat see abstract B. Werner
18:10 INNO-TOM: Pangenomes and gene targeting to create disease resistant and biofortified cis- and intra-genic INNOvative TOMato varieties see abstract A. Tissier
18:20 RecREdit: 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
18:30 Res4StRes: Novel resources for resistance breeding against insect pests and heat stress under low cropping intensities in oilseed rape see abstract C. Obermeier
18:40 Break
19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER

Friday, March 7th 2025

09:00 Remarks
09:05 KEYNOTE LECTURE 2 E. Willerslev
09:05 Keynote: The Ancient Environmental Genomics Initiative for Sustainability (AEGIS) see abstract
10:05 BIG DATA FOR PLANT BREEDING
10:05 AVATARS: Advanced Virtuality and Augmented Reality Approaches in Seeds to Seeds see abstract T. Altmann
10:25 SelWineQ3: SelWineQ: Predictive Breeding for Wine Quality see abstract F. Schwander
10:45 SorBOOM: 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
11:35 MAZE3: Accessing the genomic and functional diversity of maize to improve quantitative traits see abstract C. Schön
11:55 EpiGlyc
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
13:15 Lunch