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

                        Genetic dissection of grain zinc concentration reveals novel QTL on chromosome 6AS                                from synthetic hexaploid wheat, Mr. Youshaa Danyal, (CAAS), China.

                       Genetic diversity of Azerbaijani wild cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.): molecular                               characterization, Mr. Shahmar R. Hajiyev, Azerbaijan State Agricultural University, Ganja,                            Azerbaijan.

🧾 Poster Session

                       Characterization and fine mapping of a major adult-plant resistance locus on wheat                                  chromosome 4BL for powdery mildew in cultivar Zhongmai 30, Ms. Bingyi Liu,  (CAAS),                          China.

                     Map-based cloning of the grain zinc concentration gene TaNAS10-6D in common wheat,                           Mengjing Sun, (CAAS), China.

                     Genome-wide identification of Zn/Fe homeostasis genes and association mapping for the                           candidate gene TaZIP14-3A in common wheat, Ms. Huichun Ye,  (CAAS), China.

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