International Plant Genetics and Genomics Conference
Preliminary Conference Program
Day I: September 21, 2026
Session 1: Genetics and Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance
14:00 – 20:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)
Moderators
🎤 Keynote Lectures
14:00 – 14:40: Recent advances in developing salt-tolerant crop varieties: Linking genetic identity to nutritional traits, Prof. Dr. Jutta Papenbrock: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
14:40 – 15:20: Peduncle Trait Variation and Its Genetic and Phenotypic Association with Spike Productivity
in Wheat under Contrasting Water Regimes, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Sallam, Assiut University, Egypt
15:20 – 16:00: Dr. Yasser Moursi, University of Fayoum, Egypt
16:00 – 16:10: ☕ Break
🧬 Oral Presentations
- To be determined
🧾 Poster Session
- To be determined
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Day II : September 22, 2026
Session 2: Advances in Molecular Plant Breeding and Genetics
10:00 – 16:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)
🎤 Keynote Lectures
10:00 – 10:40 : Plant Genetic Resources for Genetic Studies on Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Prof. Dr. Andreas
Boerner, IPK, Germany
10:40 – 11:20: Translational Genomics for Wheat Breeding. Dr. Awais Rasheed, CAAS, China
11:20 – 12:00 : Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat, Dr. Reyazul Rouf Mir, CCFI, Western Australia.
12:00 – 12:10 : ☕ Break
🧬 Oral Presentations
- To be determined
🧾 Poster Session
- To be determined
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Session 3: Legume Breeding and Genetics Session
16:00 – 20:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)
🎤 Keynote Lectures
16:00 – 16:40: Integrating Breeding and Omics Tools to Address Dry Bean Productivity and Quality,
Prof. Dr. Juan M. Osorno, North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA
16:40 – 17:20: Faba bean pan-omics. Prof. Dr. Stig Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark
17:20 – 18:00: Dr. Anu Chitikineni, Murdoch University, Australia
18:00 – 18:10: ☕ Break
🧬 Oral Presentations
- To be determined
🧾 Poster Session
- To be determined
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Day III : September 23, 2026
Session 4: Genetics and Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance
10:00 – 16:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)
🎤 Keynote Lectures
10:00 – 10:40 : Map-based cloning of TaRLCK-2B conferring adult-plant resistance to powdery mildew in
common wheat, Prof. Dr. Yuanfeng Hao, CAAS, China
10:40 – 11:20: Advances in disease and pest resistance in faba bean. Prof. Dr. Diego Rubiales. Sustainable
Agriculture Institute, Spain
11:20 – 12:00 : Integrated genetic dissection of Trichoderma asperellum T34-induced resistance to wheat
rusts and its impact on yield and kernel quality in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
Dr. Amira Mourad, Assiut University, Egypt
12:00 – 12:10 : ☕ Break
🧬 Oral Presentations
- To be determined
🧾 Poster Session
- To be determined
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Day IV : September 24, 2026
Session 5: AI-Accelerated Precision Plant Breeding
14:00 – 20:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)
🎤Keynote Lectures
14:00 – 14:40: AI-Accelerated Data-Driven Breeding: Integrating Genomics, Phenomics, and Optimization.
Prof. Dr. Hiroyoshi Iwata, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
14:40 – 15:20: From Data to Seeds: Digital Technologies Driving Innovation in Plant Breeding and Farming
Dr. Ana Garcia-Oliveira, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária
(INIAV), Portugal
15:20 – 16:00 : Dr. Diego Jarquin, University of Florida, USA
16:00 – 16:10 : ☕ Break
🧬 Oral Presentations
- To be determined
🧾 Poster Session
- To be determined
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Day V : September 25, 2026
Session 6: Gene Editing for Crop Improvement
10:00 – 16:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)
🎤Keynote Lectures
10:00 – 10:40 : CRISPR-based Genome Editing for Climate-smart Agriculture, Prof. Kailash Bansal,
National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India
10:40 – 11:20: Dr. rer. nat. Diaaeldin Daghma, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Germany
11:20 – 12:00 : New Breeding Tools to Enhance Crop Quality and Sustainability, Dr. Domenica Nigro,
University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy.
12:00 – 12:10 : ☕ Break
🧬 Oral Presentations
- To be determined
🧾 Poster Session
- To be determined
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