Day III : September 23, 2026

Session 4: Genetics and Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance
10:00 – 13:50 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)

Moderators: Dr. Shams-eldeen  Eltaher, Dr. Amira Mourad

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 🎤 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: Beyond Conventional Breeding: Protoplast-Based Technologies and Genome Editing for                                             Sustainable Citrus Disease Management, Dr. Ahmad A. Omar, University of Florida, USA.

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12:00 – 12:20: ☕ Break​

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🧬 Oral & Poster Presentations

12:20 – 12:40: Identification and Validation of a Novel Stripe Rust Resistance Locus on Chromosome 6BL

                          Using Genome–Wide Association Analysis in Common Wheat,

                          Yirga Kindie Wasihun, CAAS, China.  Oral Presentations

12:40 – 13:00: Viral Discovery and Genomic Surveillance Reveal Emerging Plant Virus Threats in the                                              Southeastern United States,

                          Abdelaal H. A. Shehata, Auburn University, USA.  Oral Presentations

13:00 – 13:20: Exploring Genetic Variation and Stripe Rust Resistance in ICARDA's Rpring Bread Wheat

                          (Triticum aestivum L.) using GWAS in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) region,

                         Alaa Youssef, ICARDA, Egypt.  Oral Presentations

13:20 – 13:35:  Map-based Cloning and Functional Validation of the Adult-plant Resistance locus

                           QPmjbr.caas-6BL t to Powdery Mildew in Common Wheat,

                           Xiaowan Xu, (CAAS), China.  Poster Presentation 

13:35 – 13:50: Characterization and Fine Mapping of a Major Adult-plant Resistance Locus on Wheat

                          Chromosome  4BL for Powdery Mildew in Cultivar Zhongmai 30,

                          Bingyi Liu,  (CAAS), China.  Poster Presentation 

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