XXVth EUCARPIA Maize and Sorghum Conference - Current Challenges and New Methods for Maize and Sorghum Breeding -
May 30th – June 2nd, 2022 Belgrade – Serbia
Monday, May 30th, 2022
12:00 – 15:00 – Registration
15:00 – 15:30 – Welcome and opening address
- Andreas Börner, EUCARPIA Executive Committee, President
- Marina Soković, Assistant Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, Republic of Serbia
- Nenad Delić, Director of R&D, Maize Reserah Institute Zemun Polje
- Alain Charcosset, Chairman of the EUCARPIA Maize and Sorghum Section
- Violeta Anđelković, Chair of the Scientific Committee
15:30 – 16:30 – Coctail
OPENING LECTURES
16:30 – 17:00 – Jose Crossa
Can machine learning models and methods enhance genome and phenome prediction accuracy in plant breeding?
17:00 – 17:30 – Sherry Flint Garcia
The genetics and consequences of maize domestication and breeding: can we make a better tasting corn?
17:30 – 18:00 – Ed Buckler
Tackling maize’s contributions to climate change by learning from all plant genomic diversity
18:00 – 18:30 – William F. Tracy
Experimental evolution: two divergent selection studies, 16 cycles for vegetative phase change and 7 cycles for endosperm starch synthesis
18:30 – 18:45 – Discussion
18:45 – 19:00 – SYNGENTA – sponsor presentation
Tuesday, May 31th, 2022
Chairs: Carlotta Balconi, Jean-Francois Rami
9:00 – 9:30 – Antoine Allier
Genetic diversity management and broadening in maize breeding programs using genomic selection
9:30 – 10:00 – Jose Luis Araus
Maize and sorghum phenotyping in a context of global change: what to measure and how to do it
10:00 – 10:30 – Claude Welcker
Novel maize breeding strategies are needed to face climate change
10:30 – 11:00 – Pedro Revilla
Breeding maize for stress tolerance
11:00 – 11:15 – Discussion
11:15 – 11:45 – Coffee break and poster presentations
11:45 – 11:55 – Manfred Mayer
Theoretical and experimental assessment of genome-based prediction in landraces
11:55 – 12:05 – Stéphane Nicolas
Presence/absence variation contributes to adaptation, agronomic traits variation and hybrid performances in maize
12:05 – 12:15 – Sandra Goritschnig
EVA – European evaluation network harnessing maize genetic diversity present in European genebanks
12:15 – 12:30 – Alain Murigneux
PROMAIS, fifty five years of collaborative research with INRAE
12:30 – 12:40 – Simona Jaćimović
Diversity of nutritional quality in IFVCNS grain sorghum collection
12:40 – 12:50 – Jan Bartoš
The sequence and geographical distribution of the mysterious B chromosome in maize
12:50 – 13:00 – Randall J. Wisser
Deconstructing maladaptation to mine diversity in maize
13:00 – 13:10 – Daljit Virk
Maintaining and broadening the genetic diversity of sorghum through novel pollination control bags
13:10 – 13:25 – Discussion
13:25 – 14:30 – Lunch
Chairs: Alain Murigneux, Silvio Salvi
14:30 – 15:00 – Viktoriya Avramova
Modulation of water use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination in maize
15:00 – 15:30 – Jurandir Magalhaes
Enduring stress: translational approaches to sorghum adaptation to tropical soils
15:30 – 16:00 – Antonio Logrieco
From MYCO-KEY to MYCO-TWIN: mycotoxin management along food/feed chain
16:00 – 16:10 – Manja Božić
circRNAs involved in chilling stress response during early developmental stages in maize
16:10 – 16:20 – Yacine Djabali
Drought response QTLs detected on phenotypic ratios contribute to the genotype x environment interaction
16:20 – 16:35 – Discussion
16:35 – 17:05 – Coffee break and poster presentations
17:05 – 17:35 – Pedro Mendes-Moreira
The programme VASO: A long-term participatory maize breeding for maize bread
17:35 – 18:05 – Natalia de Leon Gati
Maize endosperm vitreousness: genetic analysis and the impact in starch bioavailability during ensiling
18:05 – 18:15 – Ana López-Malvar
Genomic regions for maize cell wall hydroxycinnamates using a magic approach and their relationship with maize usages
18:15-18:25 – Noemi Gesteiro
Genomic vs phenotypic selection for resistance and tolerance of maize to stem borers
18:25-18:35 – Jorge Del Cueto
Fortifying and enhancing resilience in C4 crops for current and future climate change adversities
18:35-18:45 – Tobias Lanzl
Contributions of linkage disequilibrium to the genetic variance in plant breeding populations
18:45-19:00 – Discussion
Wednsday, June 1st, 2022
8:00 – 15:00 – Excursion to Viminacium (Departure from hotel Falkensteiner)
15:00 – Arrival to Belgrade
15:30-16:00 – Coffee break and poster presentations
Chair: Pedro Revilla
16:00 – 16:30 – Antonio Moretti
Biodiversity of and diagnostic tools for toxigenic Aspergillus and Fusarium species on maize
16:30 – 17:00 – Florina Palada
From seed science to ISTA rules for seed testing
17:00 – 17:30 – Rex Bernardo
Should maize breeders routinely do recurrent selection?
17:30 – 17:45 – Discussion
17:45 – 18:00 – WINTERSTEIGER – sponsor presentation
18:00 – 18:30 – EUCARPIA meeting
19:30 – Conference dinner (Departure from hotel Falkensteiner to Yachting club “Kej”)
20:00 – 23:00 – Conference dinner on boat including cruise on Danube and Sava river
Thursday, June 2nd, 2022
Chair: Domagoj Šimić
9:00 – 9:30 – Torbert Rochford
Transitioning from selection of maize grain for high provitaminA carotenoids for sub-Saharan Africa to selection for high macular and total carotenoids for USA
9:30 – 10:00 – Thomas Lübberstedt
Recent advances in maize doubled haploid technology
10:00 – 10:30 – Laurence Moreau
Improving genomic predictions with inbreeding and non-additive effects in two admixed maize hybrid populations in single and multi-environment contexts
10:30 – 10:45 – Discussion
10:45 – 11:15 – Coffee break and poster presentations
11:15 – 11:45 – Guillaume Paul Ramstein
Current limitations in quantitative genetics, and potential solutions for robust genomic prediction and biological inference
11:45 – 11:55 – Silvio Salvi
QTL mapping identifies novel major loci for ear fasciation, ear prolificacy, and tillering in maize
11:55 – 12:05 – Vlatko Galić
Efficient flowering classification based on deep learning and marker data in maize inbred lines
12:05 – 12:15 – Alizarine Lorenzi – Genomic prediction of hybrid performance: comparison of the efficiency of factorial and tester designs used as training sets in a multiparental connected reciprocal design for maize silage
12:15 – 12:25 – Marko Mladenović
Identification of SNP markers associated with phenotypic traits in ZP elite maize inbred lines
12:25-12:35 – Aurelien Beugnot
Identifying QTLS involved in heterotic group complementarity: new GWAS models applied to a factorial and an ADMIXED diallel maize hybrid panel
12:35 – 12:50 – Discussion
12:50 – Closing remarks
SCHEDULE OF DIGITAL POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, May 31st, 2022, from 11:15 to 11:45
LCD 1
1.
11:15 – 11:25 – Vojka Babić et al.
IDENTIFICATION OF NEW SOURCES FOR EARLINESS AND LOW GRAIN MOISTURE AT HARVEST THROUGH MAIZE LANDRACES TEST-CROSS PERFORMANCE
2.
11:25 – 11:35 – Carlotta Balconi et al.
CREA MAIZE GENEBANK: GERMPLASM ENRICHMENT AND INNOVATION THROUGH ITALY – BOLIVIA COOPERATION PROJECT
3.
11:25 – 11:35 – Anna Maria Mastrangelo et al.
GENETIC DIVERSITY WITHIN A COLLECTION OF ITALIAN MAIZE INBRED LINES: A RESOURCE FOR MAIZE GENOMICS AND BREEDING
LCD 2
4.
11:15 – 11:25 – Olivera Đorđević Melnik et al.
RECIPROCAL EFFECT ON GRAIN YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS IN SINGLE-CROSS MAIZE HYBRIDS
5.
11:35 – 11:45 – Nikola Grčić et al.
POPULATION STRUCTURE AND DIVERSITY IN FORMER ZP MAIZE BREEDING PROGRAM ASSESSED WITH SNP MARKERS
6.
11:35 – 11:45 – Aleksandar Popović et al.
MOLECULAR VARIABILITY OF MAIZE LANDRACES ESTIMATED BY SSR MARKERS
LCD 3
7.
11:15 – 11:25 – Valentina Nikolić et al.
CHARACTERIZATION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE GRAIN OF NEW MAIZE INBRED LINES
8.
11:25 – 11:35 – Valentina Nikolić et al.
SUITABILITY OF MAIZE HYBRIDS FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF MARINATED BABY CORN WITH ANTHOCYANINS EXTRACTED FROM BLACK SOYBEAN
9.
11:35 – 11:45 – Marijana Simić et al.
POTENTIAL AND ADVANTAGES OF COLORED MAIZE HYBRIDS APPLICATION IN BAKERY PRODUCTS
LCD 4
10.
11:15 – 11:25 – Slađana Žilić et al.
ENCAPSULATION OF ANTHOCYANINS FROM BLUE MAIZE IN ORDER TO CREATE FUNCTIONAL CARRIERS WITH APPLICATION IN THE FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
11.
11:25 – 11:35 – Milan Brankov et al.
THE RESPONSE OF MAIZE LINES TO FOLIAR HERBICIDES
12.
11:35 – 11:45 – Dragana Branković-Radojčić et al.
NON-PARAMETRIC YIELD STABILITY ANALYSIS OF ZP MAIZE HYBRIDS IN SERBIA
Tuesday, May 31st, 2022, from 16:35 to 17:05
LCD 1
13.
16:35 – 16:45 – Marian Brestič et al.
MORPHOMETRIC AND COLOR ANALYSIS OF PLANTS IN RESPONSES TO DROUGHT USING HIGH-THROUGHPUT PHENOTYPING
14.
16:45 – 16:55 – Marek Živčák et al.
HIGH-THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS OF BIOMASS ACCUMULATION AND GEOMETRY TO ASSESS STRESS RESPONSES AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY OF SORGHUM GENOTYPES
15.
16:55 – 17:05 – Marek Kovár et al.
SALINITY-INDUCED RESPONSES OF PRIMARY PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF SWEET SORGHUM GENOTYPES
LCD 2
16.
16:35 – 16:45 – Ana Butrón et al.
INBRED SELECTION FOR INCREASED RESISTANCE TO KERNEL CONTAMINATION WITH FUMONISINS
17.
16:45 – 16:55 – Vesna Dragičević et al.
THE IMPACT OF CROP DENSITY ON GRAIN FILLING AND WATER RETENTION IN MAIZE GRAINS
18.
16:55 – 17:05 – Snežana Gošić-Dondo et al.
BIORESPONSE OF MAIZE GENOTYPES TO European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hbn) ATTACK AND INSECTICIDE TREATMENTS
LCD 3
19.
16:35 – 16:45 – Mima Ilchovska et al.
ECOLOGICAL STABILITY AND PLASTICITY ASSESSMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL MAIZE HYBRIDS
20.
16:45 – 16:55 – Aleksandar Kovačević et al.
STABILITY OF SOME ZP MAIZE HYBRIDS IN FAO MATURITY GROUP 700 BASED ON THE GENOTYPE × ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
21.
16:55 – 17:05 – Natalja Kravcov et al.
SorgEnloS: SORGHUM FOR GRAIN USE IN HESSE: ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW, LOCALLY ADAPTED VARIETIES
LCD 4
22.
16:35 – 16:45 – Natalija Kravić et al.
DROUGHT-INDUCED ADJUSTMENT OF PRIMARY METABOLITES IN MAIZE HYBRIDS
23.
16:45 – 16:55 – Luisa Neitzert et al.
SOBINEN: INSECT FRIENDLY ENERGY CROPPING SYSTEMS: COMBINATION OF SORGHUM WITH FLOWERING UNDERSOWN CROPS
24.
16:55 – 17:05 – Ana Nikolić et al.
TRANSCRIPTOME PROFILING OF MAIZE SEEDLINGS RESPONSE TO LOW TEMPERATURES
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022, from 15:30 to 16:00
LCD 1
25.
15:30 – 15:40 – Ana Obradović et al.
TOXICOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATHOGENIC SPECIES ON MAIZE IN SERBIA
26.
15:40 – 15:50 – Chrysanthi Pankou et al.
EXPLOITATION OF STRESS TOLERANCE INDICES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF PROMISING MAIZE GENOTYPES
27.
15:50 – 16:00 – Fokion Papathanasiou et al.
EVALUATING MAIZE GENOTYPES UNDER TWO INPUT REGIMES AFTER MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION
LCD 2
28.
15:30 – 15:40 – Tanja Petrović et al.
IDENTIFICATION OF EARLY DECLINE OF SEED QUALITY BY VIGOR TESTS
29.
15:40 – 15:50 – Stefan Vulchinkov et al.
DYNAMICS OF GRAIN YIELD AND MOISTURE AT HARVEST AND PROGRESS OBSERVED IN AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR TESTING OF MAIZE HYBRIDS FROM 4 FAO GROUPS
30.
15:50 – 16:00 – Stefan Vulchinkov et al.
EVALUATION OF THE STABILITY OF EARLY MAIZE HYBRIDS BY PARAMETRIC AND NONPARAMETRIC METHODS
LCD 3
31.
15:30 – 15:40 – Dušan Stanisavljević et al.
FACTOR ANALYTIC APPROACH FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MAIZE EARLY TESTING MULTI-ENVIRONMENT TRIALS
32.
15:40 – 15:50 – Sofija Božinović et al.
ESTIMATION OF PHENOLIC CONTENT IN YELLOW, RED, BLUE AND REDBLUE MAIZE BY NEAR-INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY
33.
15:50 – 16:00 – Marija Kostadinović et al.
NUTRITIONAL AND COST EFFECTS OF ADAPTED QUALITY PROTEIN MAIZE ON BROILER FEEDING
LCD 4
34.
15:30 – 15:40 – Rosa Ana Malvar et al.
LOCAL VARIETIES OF MAIZE FOR BREAD
35.
15:40 – 15:50 – Rogelio Santiago et al.
SEARCHING FOR MAIZE PRE-BREEDING MATERIALS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE BOTH ANIMAL DIGESTIBILITY AND ETHANOL PRODUCTION
36.
15:50 – 16:00 – Jelena Srdić et al.
VARIABILITY OF ANTIOXIDANTS IN WHITE KERNEL MAIZE VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS
Thursday, June 2nd, 2022, from 10:45 to 11:05
LCD 1
37.
10:45 – 10:55 – Mile Sečanski et al.
DONORS OF FAVOURABLE ALLELES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE EAR LENGTH IN MAIZE HYBRIDS
38.
10:55 – 11:05 – Heike Gnad et al.
GENOTYPING OF MAIZE USING OPTIMIZED SNP ARRAYS
LCD 2
39.
10:45 – 10:55 – Italo Granato et al.
DO GENETIC ARCHITECTURE OF TRAITS MEASURED IN PHENOTYPING PLATFORM FACILITATE YIELD PREDICTION?
40.
10:55 – 11:05 – Anika Kovinčić et al.
GENETIC DIVERSITY OF MAIZE INBRED LINES ASSESSED BY SNP MARKERS
LCD 3
41.
10:45 – 10:55 – Snežana Mladenović Drinić et al.
MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF POPCORN INBREDS USING 25K SNP ARRAY
42.
10:55 – 11:05 – Sanja Perić et al.
GENETIC DISTANCE OF MAIZE INBREDS BASED ON SSR MARKERS FOR PREDICTION OF HETEROSIS
