Congressi SIGA

SIGA Young Web Meeting

7 July 2020

Scientific Programme

TUESDAY, JULY 7^th
09:00 – 09:20	Welcome address from the SIGA President
09:20 – 10:40	Session 1 Chairpersons: Stefano Pavan, Chiara Volpi
09:20 – 09:40	Chiara Delvento - Università degli Studi di Bari Genome-wide characterization of almond diversity/homozygosity defines structure, kinship, inbreeding and linkage disequilibrium in cultivated germplasm and reveals genetic associations with nut and seed weight
09:40 – 10:00	Ivano Forgione - CREA-Centro per l’Olivicoltura, la Frutticoltura e l’Agrumicoltura Comparative profiling of axillary buds from ‘ON’ and ‘OFF’ branches reveals a complex gene network in Olea europaea
10:00 – 10:20	Danara Ormanbekova - Università degli Studi di Bologna Durum wheat pan-transcriptome as a bridge to understand tetraploid and hexaploid wheat gene function and evolution
10:20 – 10:40	Giulia Castorina - Università degli Studi di Milano The drought-responsive ZmFDL1 gene regulates cuticle biosynthesis and cuticle-dependent leaf permeability
10:40 – 11:00	*Moka break*
11:00 – 12:00	Session 2 Chairpersons: Michela Janni, Alessandro Tondelli
11:00 – 11:20	Guglielmo Puccio G. - Università degli Studi di Palermo WRKY genes drive dormancy in onion bulbs (Allium cepa L.)
11:40 – 12:00	Matteo Dell'Acqua - Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Data-driven decentralized breeding increases genetic gain in challenging crop production environments
12:00 – 12:30	SIGA Young Research Award 2020 - Carlo Jucci Prize for Plant breeding Chairpersons: Mario Enrico Pè, Daniele Rosellini Leonardo Caproni - Università degli Studi di Perugia Genome-Wide Association study reveals candidate genes for flowering time variation in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
12:45 – 13:30	Discussion Chairperson: Michela Janni