July 1-3 General biology session Horticultural Crop Research: 10 Years Ahead |
Xiaohan Yang |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, USA |
Biosystems design: the future promise of plant science |
Zachary Lippman |
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA |
Fine-tuning flowering, plant architecture, and crop productivity - lessons from tomato |
Harry J. Klee |
University of Florida, USA |
An integrated chemical and genetic approach to improve tomato flavor quality |
Jiankang Zhu |
Jiankang Zhu, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology (PSC), CAS, China/ CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), China/ Purdue University, United States |
Plant epigenetics and molecular breeding |
Sanwen Huang |
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China |
Topic to be announced |
Yi Li |
University of Connecticut, USA |
Dissection of auxin action in promoting graft union formation |
Shuhua Yang |
China Agricultural University, China |
Molecular mechanism of plant response to cold stress |
Yunde Zhao |
University of California San Diego, USA |
Marker-assisted plant transformation and genome editing |
July 6-8 Genomics session |
Dario Cantu |
University of California Davis, USA |
Comparative genomics of wild and cultivated grapes |
Amandine Cornille |
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), France |
Towards deciphering the genomic bases of adaptation in apples |
Yuepeng Han |
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Genetic basis of fruit quality in peach |
Timo Hytönen |
University of Helsinki, Finland |
Population genomics and gene functional analyses reveal the genetic basis of climate adaptation in woodland strawberry |
Zhaobo Lang |
Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, China |
Topic to be announced |
Concetta Licciardello |
CREA-Research Centre for Olive, Fruit and Citrus Crops of Acireale, Italy |
The genetic control of the anthocyanin pigmentation in leaves, flowers and fruit tissues along Citrus species |
Zhongjian Liu /Wenjie Cai |
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China |
The star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) omics provides new insights into genome evolution, cauliflory, and fruit flavor |
Sean Myles |
Dalhousie University, Canada |
Genomic consequences of apple improvement |
Stefano Pavan |
University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy |
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 |
Carsten Pedersen |
University of Copenhagen, Danmark |
GWAS using the Danish Apple collection – a resource as germplasm and for new apple-based products |
Rui Xia |
South China Agricultural University, China |
The genome of lychee reveals independent domestication events in early and late-maturing cultivars |
Liangsheng Zhang |
Zhejiang University, China |
The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants |
Zhonghua Zhang |
Qingdao Agricultural University, China |
Comparative genomics provide novel insights into the evolution and genetic basis of agronomic traits in cucurbits |
July 9-10 Development session |
Lailiang Cheng |
Cornell University, USA |
The signaling role of sorbitol in apple flower development and pollen tube growth |
Yongling Ruan |
The University of Newcastle, Australia |
Zooming in on sugar metabolism and signaling for development and defense |
Shengnan Wang |
China Agricultural University, China |
Chaperonin CCT assemble RNP complex and facilitate mRNA long-distance trafficking in phloem |
Juyou Wu |
Nanjing Agricultural University, China |
Molecular mechanisms of the pollen tube structural changes in self-incompatibility response of pear |
Jialong Yao |
Plant & Food Research, New Zealand |
Over-expression of MdBBM1 enhances apple shoot regeneration and alters plant development |
Dong Zhang |
Northwest A&F University, China |
Cytokinin-responsive MdTCP17 interacts with MdWOX11 to repress adventitious root primordia formation in apple rootstock |
Xiaolan Zhang |
China Agricultural University, China |
Auxin and fruit shape regulation in cucumber |
July 13-14 Fruit quality control session |
Eugenio Butelli |
John Innes Centre, UK |
Metabolic engineering for nutritionally enhanced tomatoes |
Michael Considine |
The University of Western Australia, Australia |
Genetic control of dietary flavonoid availability in apple germplasm |
Zhanwu Dai |
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Fruit quality and environments: modeling from a fruit to the whole plant |
Yuanyuan Li |
Shandong Agricultural University, China |
Forward understanding the molecular mechanism underlying coloration of apple fruit |
Chuanyou Li |
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Why tomato flesh is red but not purple? |
Mario Pezzotti |
University of Verona, Italy |
How the genotype and the environment can direct grape berry ripening |
Jun Wu |
Nanjing Agricultural University, China |
The new gene mining and regulation roles in red skin coloration of pear |
Rui Zhai |
Northwest A&F University, China |
Flavonoid biosynthesis and 4 related MYB transcription factors in pear fruit |
July 15-16 Abiotic stress session |
Zhenhai Han |
China Agricultural University, China |
Possible regulation of RNA signal transition between scion and rootstock of apple under Fe deficient stress |
Zhengguo Li |
Chongqing University, China |
SlGRAS4 mediates a novel regulatory pathway promoting chilling tolerance in tomato |
Changhai Liu |
Northwest A&F University, China |
Identification and functional analysis of Malus genes involved in abiotic stress response |
Jihong Liu |
Huazhong Agricultural University, China |
MYC2 of Poncirus trifoliata regulates glycine betaine accumulation under cold conditions |
Pei Xu |
China Jiliang University, China |
A universal pipeline for mobile mRNA detection and insights into heterografting advantages under chilling stress |
Shuangxi Zhou |
Plant & Food Research, New Zealand |
Crop stress ecophysiology: a trait perspective |
July 17 Biotic stress session |
Yongping Duan |
U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA |
Dissecting the Citrus HLB complex |
Mickael Malnoy |
Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy |
Application of genome editing in apple for improving disease resistance or functional study |
Jianjun Zhao |
Hebei Agricultural University, China |
Identification of candidate genes for important traits based on EMS mutants in Chinese cabbage |
July 20-21 Breeding session |
Vincent Bus |
Plant & Food Research, New Zealand |
Genetic mapping of fire blight resistance QTLs in two rootstock families |
David Chagné |
Plant & Food Research, New Zealand |
A new method for fine mapping non-domesticated alleles and marker development in apple |
Fadi Chen |
Nanjing Agricultural University, China |
Chrysanthemum germplasms innovation and breeding |
Wenwu Guo |
Huazhong Agricultural University, China |
Assembly of citrus mitochondrial genomes and molecular mechanism of male sterility in a somatic cybrid of pummelo |
Fengwang Ma |
Northwest A&F University, China |
Apple breeding for high fruit quality and stress resistance |
Daniel Sargent |
NIAB EMR, UK |
Identification of genes associated with polyphenol biosynthesis in cultivated strawberry |
Xiaofeng Wang |
Northwest A&F University, China |
Establish tomato male-sterile lines with a marker for hybrid production by CRISPR/Cas9 system |
Qiang Xu |
Huazhong Agricultural University, China |
Genome assisted breeding in Citrus |
July 22 Postharvest biology session |
Yunjiang Cheng |
Huazhong Agricultural University, China |
Fruit postharvest biology and its application in Citrus Industry |
Junping Gao |
China Agricultural University, China |
Senescence physiology and postharvest handling of roses |
Giovanni Battista Tornielli |
University of Verona, Italy |
From ripening to post-ripening: the restless third age of the grape berry |
Aide Wang |
Shenyang Agricultural University, China |
The mechanism of auxin-induced fruit ripening in apple |
July 27-30 Journal session |
Xiaofeng Cui |
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Plant |
Introduction of Molecular Plant |
Blake C. Meyers |
Editor-in-Chief of The Plant Cell |
Introduction of The Plant Cell |
Shuangxia Jin |
Associate Editor of Plant Biotechnology Journal |
Introduction of Plant Biotechnology Journal |
Zong-Ming (Max) Cheng |
Editor-in-Chief of Horticulture Research |
Introduction of Horticulture Research |
Qingmei Guan |
Associate Editor of Journal of Integrative Agriculture |
Introduction of Journal of Integrative Agriculture |
Xiaowu Wang |
Editor-in-Chief of Horticultural Plant Journal |
Introduction of Horticultural Plant Journal |
Yunde Zhao |
Editor-in-Chief of aBIOTECH |
Introduction of aBIOTECH |
Seishi Ninomiya |
Editor-in-Chief of Plant Phenomics |
Introduction of Plant Phenomics |
