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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