TENTATIVE PROGRAMME MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th 13:00

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th 13:00

58TH SIGA ANNUAL CONGRESS
15-18 September 2014
Quarté Sayàl, Alghero (SS)
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th
13:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 14:45
14:45 – 15:00
15:00 – 19:30
Registration and poster display
Opening ceremony
Welcome address by Institutional and Local Authorities
Official opening
Veronesi F., President of SIGA - Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics
Session 1 – Next Generation Sequencing for next generation
agriculture and breeding
Chiarpersons: Delledonne M., Valè G.
15:00 – 15:30
Invited Lecture
Stein N.
Next generation barley genomics – Impact on future
barley breeding
15:30 – 15:45
Scaglione D., Cattonaro F., Morgante M., Reforgiato G.,
Valle G., Vitulo N., Licciardello C., Caruso M., Catara A.F.
Nucleotide and structural variation in Citrus genomes:
resequencing and de novo approaches
15:45 – 16:00
Troggio M., Bianco L., Cestaro A., Di Guardo M.,
Micheletti D., Banchi E., Costa F., Gardner K.,
Sargent D.J., Myles S., Van de Weg E., Velasco R.
SNP discovery and high-throughput genotying in
heterozygous fruit crops
16:00 – 16:15
Barabaschi D., Magni F., Volante A., Prazzoli M.L.,
Bagnaresi P., Lacrima K., Michelotti V., Desiderio F.,
Orrù L., Cattivelli L., Stanca A.M., Simkova H., Dolezel J.,
Cattonaro F., Scalabrin S., Morgante M., Francia E.,
Fricano A., Mastrangelo A.M., Gadaleta A., Blanco A.,
Tononi P., Delledonne M., Vitulo N., Valè G.
An integrated approach for the physical mapping of
chromosome 5A in bread wheat
16:15 – 16:30
Zenoni S., Massonnet M., Tornielli G.B., Altieri M.,
Dal Santo S., Fasoli M., Delledonne M., Pezzotti M.
Berry transcriptome comparison of ten Italian
grapevine varieties
16:30 – 16:45
Acquadro A., Scaglione D., Portis E., Tirone M., Mauro R.,
Lo Monaco A., Mauromicale G., Froenicke L.,
Reyes Chin Wo S., Michelmore R., Lanteri S.
The globe artichoke genome sequence
16:45 – 17:00
D’Esposito D., Diretto G., Barone A., Ferriello F., Sacco A.,
Dal Molin A., Giuliano G.,Venturini L., Ferrarini A.,
Delledonne M., Frusciante L., Ercolano M.R.
Environment drives tomato transcriptional and
metabolomic changes affecting organoleptic quality
17:00 – 17:30
Coffee break
17:30 – 17:45
17:45 – 18:00
18:00 – 18:15
18:15 – 18:30
18:30 – 18:45
18:45 – 19:00
19:00 – 19:30
Facella P., Bianco L., Carbone F., Daddiego L., Lopez L.,
Perrotta G.
NGS and proteomic approaches to identify microbial
enzymes potentially involved in decomposition of
reeds
Contaldi F., Aversano R., Aiese Cigliano R., Bradeen J.M.,
Buson G., Dal Molin A., Delledonne M., Ercolano M.R.,
Ferrarini A., Frusciante L., Iorizzo M., Sanseverino W.,
Venturini L., Zamperin G., Carputo D.
The draft genome sequence of Solanum commersonii
Dun., a valuable source of resistant genes for potato
breeding
Bertolini E., Mingrino A., Horner D.S., Inzè D., Pè M.E.,
Mica E.
Molecular networks controlling cell differentiation
along the proximo-distal axis during drought stress in
Brachypodium distachyon
Sanseverino W., Henaff E., Pinosio S., Vives Cobo C.,
Ramos Onsins S., Morgante M., Casacuberta J., GarciaMas J.
Genetic variability in melon resequenced varieties
Di Giacomo E., Testone G., Arnesi G., Schiappa A.,
Biancari T., Desplanches C., Roobeek I., De Boer G.J.,
Giannino D., Mele G., Frugis G.
Tale transcription factors and flowering time: from
model species to leafy crops
Michelotti V., Lamontanara A., Buriani G., Cellini A.,
Donati I., Vanneste J., Cattivelli L., Orrù L., Spinelli F.,
Tacconi G.
RNAseq analysis of the molecular interaction between
Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (PSA) and the
kiwifruit
General discussion
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th
08:30 – 12:30
Session 2 – Genomic Resources for evolutionary studies and
crop breeding
Chairpersons: Attene G., Porceddu A.
08:30 – 09:00
Invited Lecture
Giovannoni J.
Genetic regulation of tomato fruit ripening: genes to
genome to epigenome
09:00 – 09:15
Scintu A., Rodriguez M., Rau D., Giovannoni J.J., Attene G.
Characterization of a wide collection of tomato
(Solanum lycopersicum L.) for morpho-phenological,
quality and resistance traits
09:15 – 09:30
Dell’Acqua M., Gatti D.M., Pea G., Cattonaro F.,
Coppens F., Magris G., Hlaing A.Y., Aung H.H., Baute J.,
Frascaroli E., Churchill G.A., Inzé D., Morgante M.,
Pè M.E.
The advanced recombinant maize population: a new
tool for gene-level QTL dissection in maize
09:30 – 09:45
Laidò G., Papa R., Marone D., Russo M.A.,
Mastrangelo A.M., Blanco A., Gadaleta A., De Vita P.
Population structure, linkage disequilibrium and
genome wide association mapping in a tetraploid
wheat collection
09:45 – 10:00
10:00 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:45
Maccaferri M., Ricci A., Salvi S., Ammar K., Akhunov E.,
Blanco A., Cattivelli L., Distelfeld A., Dubcovsky J.,
Dvorak J., Fahima T., Korol A.B., Massi A., Morgante M.,
Papa R., Pozniak C., Xu S.S., Faris J., Tuberosa R.
A gene-based, high-density SNP consensus map
specific for tetraploid wheat
17:00 – 17:30
17:30 – 18:30
Coffee break
Poster presentation and discussion
(Session 1 and Session 3)
11:45 – 12:00
Milia G., Camiolo S., Melito S., Porceddu A.
The dynamic of intron gain/loss during Brassicaceae
evolution
12:00 – 12:15
Bellucci E., Bitocchi E., Ferrarini A., Benazzo A., Biagetti E.,
Rau D., Rodriguez M., Attene G., Jackson S.A., Nanni L.,
Fernie A.R., Nikoloski Z., Bertorelle G., Delledonne M.,
Papa R.
Decreased nucleotide and expression diversity and
modified co-expression patterns characterize
domestication in the common bean
12:15 – 12:30
General discussion
EUCARPIA Keynote Lecture
Boller B.
Breeding of forages: more art than science?
Lunch break
Session 3 – Genomics and breeding for food security and safety
Chairpersons: Barcaccia G., Maci S.
15:00 – 15:30
Invited Lecture
Langridge P.
Role of genomics in boosting crop yields
15:30 – 15:45
Sciacca F., Allegra M., Brambilla M., Leonardi A.,
Licciardello S., Pesce A., Puleo A., Roccuzzo G.,
Romano E., Torrisi B., Virzì N., Palumbo M.
Bran and semolina of Sicilian durum wheat landraces:
study of micronutrient concentration
15:45 – 16:00
Frusciante S., Diretto G., Bruno M., Ferrante P.,
Pietrella M., Prado-Cabrero A., Rubio-Moraga A.,
Beyer P., Gomez-Gomez L., Al-Babili S., Giuliano G.
A novel carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase catalyzes
the first dedicated step in saffron crocin biosynthesis
16:00 – 16:15
Mengistu K.D., Kidane Y., Catellani M., Dell’Acqua M.,
Mancini C., Fadda C., Pè M.E.
Characterization of a novel collection of Ethiopian
wheat: association mapping through diversity
16:15 – 16:30
Testone G., Mele G., Nicolodi C., Gonnella M., Serio F.,
Renna M., Santamaria P., Sobolev A., Capitani D.,
Mannina L., Di Giacomo E., Frugis G., Iannelli A.,
Giannino D.
Valorisation and traceability of made in Italy
products: transcriptome assembly and marker
development of 'puntarelle' - chicory stems
16:30 – 16:45
Assosementi Presentation
16:45 – 17:00
General discussion
Coffee break
Poster presentation and discussion
18:30 – 20:00
SIGA General Assembly
12:30 – 13:00
13:00 – 15:00
15:00 – 17:00
(Session 2)
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th
08:30 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:45
10:45 – 12:00
12:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 15:00
15:00 – 17:30
Session 4 – Plant nutrition
(in collaboration with SICA)
Chairpersons: Morgante M., Pinton R.
08:30 – 09:00
Invited Lecture
Hawkesford M.
Genetic diversity of nutrient use efficiency in wheat
09:00 – 09:15
Zamboni A., Astolfi S., Zuchi S., Pii Y., Guardini K.,
Tononi P., Varanini Z.
Nitrate induction triggers different transcriptional
changes in a high and a low nitrogen use efficiency
inbred line
09:15 – 09:30
Nigro D., Fortunato S., De Pinto M.C., Paradiso A.,
Giove S.L., Anderson O.D., Blanco A., Gadaleta A.
Glutamine synthetase and glutamate synthase gene
expression and enzyme activity in durum wheat
genotypes under three nitrogen regimes
09:30 – 09:45
Ruiu F., Chiaiese P., Ruotolo G., De Biasi M.G.,
Palomba F., Di Salvatore M., Salluzzo A., Rimauro J.,
Filippone E.
Integration of ionomic and transcriptomic data of
Solanum lycopersicum x S. pennellii introgression lines
reveals traits for tomato fruit mineral content
09:45 – 10:00
Albertini E., Pezzolla D., Turchetti B., Marconi G.,
Benucci G.M.N., Onofri A., Agnelli A., Zadra C.,
Gigliotti G., Veronesi F., Buzzini P.
Influence of exogenous organic matter on
prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiota in an
agricultural soil
10:00 – 10:15
General discussion
Coffee break
Poster presentation and discussion
(Session 4, Session 5 and Session 6)
SIGA Awards
Chairpersons: Veronesi F., Filippone E.
"M. Devreux" Award for Plant Breeding
Kuzmanovic L.
Structural-functional dissection and characterization of yieldcontributing traits originating from a group 7 chromosome of the
wheatgrass species Thinopyrum ponticum after transfer into durum wheat
"D. Mariotti" Award for Agricultural Genetics
Dal Santo S.
The plasticity of the grapevine berry transcriptome
Lunch break
Session 5 – Genetics and breeding of plant resistance to pests and
pathogens
(in collaboration with SIPaV)
Chairpersons: Gallitelli D., Mastrangelo A.M.
15:00 – 15:30
SIGA Invited Lecture
Parker J.
Reprogramming of cells for defence in plant
immunity
15:30 – 15:45
15:45 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:15
16:15 – 16:30
16:30 – 16:45
16:45 – 17:15
17:30 – 18:00
20:00
Urso S., Biselli C., Desiderio F., Bagnaresi P.,
Crispino L., Piffanelli P., Abbruscato P., Assenza F.,
Guarnieri G., Cattivelli L., Valè G.
Integration of genetic mapping and RNA-seq
analysis allowed dissection of a durable blast
resistance in rice
Villano C., Aversano R., Carputo D., Dry I.
What’s on in a grapevine epidermal cell after
powdery mildew infection?
Finetti-Sialer M.M., Catalano D., De Paola D., Tecce T.,
Cillo F.
Two Potato virus Y isolates have different effects on
expression of RNA silencing genes and small RNA
profiles in Solanum lycopersicum
Giancaspro A., Giove S.L., Zito D., Lionetti V.,
Zacheo S.A., Ravaglia S., Blanco A., Bellincampi D.,
Gadaleta A.
Identification of QTL and candidate genes for
Fusarium head blight resistence in durum wheat
Bagnaresi P., Bertazzon N., Cattivelli L., Crespan M.,
Filippin L., Forte V., Mazzucotelli E., Angelini E.
Comparison between Vitis vinifera varieties
susceptible and tolerant to flavescence dorèe by
means of RNA-sequencing analysis
SIPaV Invited Lecture
Gallitelli D.
The newly discovered replication of plant viruses in
filamentous fungi: implications in the genetics of
plant-fungi interactions
General discussion
17:15 – 17:30
Coffee break
Social event and Poster SIGA Awards
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th
09:00 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:30
Symposium “New technologies for genetic modifications”
Chairpersons: Morgante M., Veronesi F.
Invited Lectures
09:00 – 09:45
Puchta H.
Double strand break induced genome engineering in
plants
09:45 – 10:30
D'Halluin K.
Directed genome engineering: technologies and
applications
10:30 – 11:15
Cigan M.
Double strand break technologies to advance trait
development and yield potential in crop plants
11:15 – 12:00
Morgante M.
Utilizing naturally occurring genetic modifications:
Breeding with rare defective alleles
Closing ceremony
Veronesi F., President of Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics