DIGITAL BREEDING
GPZ general conference 2020 February 11-13, 2020
International Symposium of the Society for Plant Breeding (GPZ) in cooperation with Saatgut Austria. February 11-13, 2020 | Tulln – Austria, gathering around 250 researchers and breeders, discussion innovations in crop improvement.
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Oral Presentations
| Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | |||
| 09:00-13:00 | Registration, Poster Setup | ||
| 11:30-13:10 | Lunch, Registration, Poster Setup | ||
| Opening Ceremony | |||
| 13:10-13:15 | Christian Obinger | Vice Rector for Research, BOKU | Welcome to the Symposium DIGITAL BREEDING |
| 13:15-13:20 | Michael Gohn | President of Saatgut Austria | Welcome to the Symposium DIGITAL BREEDING |
| 13:20-13:30 | Andreas Graner | President of the GPZ | Opening of the Symposium DIGITAL BREEDING |
| Keynote Lecture | |||
| Chair: Andreas Graner | |||
| 13:30-14:10 | Theo Meuwissen | Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Past experiences and future directions for genomic selection in animal breeding |
| Phenomics & Breeding | |||
| Chair: Frank Ordon | |||
| 14:10-14:45 | Astrid Junker | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research | Using advanced digital phenotyping to identify novel breeding targets: stories about controlled environmental fluctuations, multi-trait dynamics and acclimation capacity |
| 14:45-15:05 | Ulrich Schurr | Forschungszentrum Jülich | Phenotyping for crop improvement - technologies - access - knowledge |
| 15:05-16:40 | Coffee Break & Poster Session 1 - Genomics & Breeding - odd numbers P1-P81 | ||
| Chair: Chris Schön | |||
| 16:40-17:00 | Karin Köhl | MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology | Can phenotypic marker-assisted selection for drought tolerance replace stress-trials in potato? |
| 17:00-17:20 | Tsu-Wei Chen | Leibniz University Hannover | Field phenotyping identifies the architectural and physiological functions determining canopy light interception and light use efficiency in winter wheat |
| 17:20-17:40 | Pernille Sarup | Nordic Seed | Using NMR metabolomics in breeding for malt quality in spring barley |
| Chair: Thomas Debener | |||
| 17:40-18:00 | Roland Geyer | lifespin GmbH Regensburg | Analysis of drought tolerance in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) with methods of metabolite profiling and systemic metabolite markers |
| 18:00-18:20 | Svenja Diehl | Wintersteiger | Sponsored Talk | Easy Breed - The flexible software solution for the entire breeding process |
| 18:20-20:30 | Reception with Snacks & GPZ General Assembly (UFT-Tulln) | ||
| Wednesday, February 12, 2020 | |||
| Biotechnology & Breeding | |||
| Chair: Christian Jung | |||
| 08:45-09:20 | Brigitte Poppenberger | Technical University Munich | Establishing tools for a fast-track genetic improvement of the wild crop species Crassocephalum crepidioides, to realize its potential as a nutritious, leafy vegetable |
| 09:20-09:40 | Nirosha L. Karunarathna | Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel | Mutations in SEED FATTY ACID REDUCER genes increase seed oil content in oilseed rape |
| 09:40-10:00 | Annaliese Mason | Justus Liebig University Giessen | Hybrid speciation in Brassica |
| 10:00-10:45 | Coffee Break & Poster Session 2 – all posters | ||
| Genomics & Breeding | |||
| Chair: Klaus Pillen | |||
| 10:45-11:20 | Cristobal Uauy | John Innes Centre Norwich, UK | Unlocking the polyploid potential of wheat through genomics |
| 11:20-11:40 | Laura Morales | School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Characterization of a large panel of maize nested association mapping near-isogenic lines (NAM NILs) |
| 11:40-12:00 | Maria Buerstmayr | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna | Progress in Fusarium head blight resistance breeding in wheat (2009-2019) – a review |
| 12:00-14:30 | Lunch Break & Poster Session 3 – Biotechnology & Breeding, Phenomics & Breeding, Predictive Breeding - even numbers P2-P82 | ||
| Chair: Albrecht Melchinger | |||
| 14:30-14:50 | Jenny HueyTyng Lee | Justus Liebig University Giessen | Genomic and epigenomic patterns in novel heterotic pools of winter rapeseed (Brassica napus) |
| 14:50-15:10 | Steven Dreissig | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Exploring natural genetic variation in meiotic recombination rates in barley |
| 15:10-15:30 | Ali Ahmad Naz | Universtiy of Bonn | A novel wild allele improves drought adaptation and yield sustainability in cultivated barley |
| 15:30-15:50 | Antonia Lisker | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Genetic interplay of yield, baking quality and resistance in the MAGIC winter wheat population WM-800 |
| 15:50-16:35 | Coffee Break & Poster Session 4 – all posters | ||
| Chair: Rod Snowdon | |||
| 16:35-16:55 | Ravi Koppolu | Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research | Tissue specific global transcriptomes of barley meristems |
| 16:55-17:15 | Max Haupt | University of Hohenheim | Landscape genomics identifies the genetic architecture of soybean environmental adaptation and genetic resources suitable for Central European soybean breeding |
| 17:15-17:35 | Harmeet Singh Chawla | Justus Liebig University Giessen | Widespread gene-scale structural variants revealed by long-range sequencing |
| 17:35-17:55 | Dietmar F. Schulz | Leibniz University Hannover | Association studies in roses reveal robust markers for flower traits |
| 17:55-18:15 | Matteo Schiavinato | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna | Analysis of subgenome structure and evolution in allopolyploid plants |
| 18:15-19:30 | Recreation Break | ||
| 19:30-20:15 | Günter and Anna Wricke prize awarding to Martin Mascher, IPK Gatersleben for his exceptional achievements in bioinformatics and genomics of crop plants | ||
| 20:15-24:00 | Symposium Dinner at Atrium Tulln Minoritenplatz 1, 3430 Tulln | ||
| Thursday, February 13, 2020 | |||
| Predictive Breeding | |||
| Chair: Jens Leon | |||
| 09:00-09:35 | Timothy Beissinger | Georg-August-University Göttingen | Reverse genomic prediction: identifying important traits in breeding populations |
| 09:35-09:55 | Rodrigo Jose Gala¡n | State Plant Breeding Institute, University of Hohenheim | Integration of genotypic, hyperspectral, and phenotypic data to improve biomass yield prediction in hybrid rye |
| 09:55-10:40 | Coffee Break & Poster Session 5 – all posters | ||
| Chair: Timothy Beissinger | |||
| 10:40-11:00 | Christian Werner | The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh | The relevance of dominance to genomic selection in clonal breeding programs |
| 11:00-11:20 | Sebastian Michel | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna | Ten years of genomic selection in an applied wheat breeding program - from expectations to experience |
| 11:20-11:40 | Tobias Schrag | University of Hohenheim | Omics-based prediction of hybrid performance in maize |
| 11:40-12:00 | Stefanie Griebel | Georg-August-University Göttingen | Quantifying the contribution of epistasis to quantitative trait variation with Epistasis Mapping Populations |
| 12:00-12:20 | Dilan S.R. Patiranage | Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel | Genome-wide association mapping of agronomically important traits in quinoa |
| 12:20-14:20 | Lunch & Farewell | ||
Poster Presentations
| Genomics & Breeding, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 15:05-16:40 | |||
| P-1 | Stjepan Vukasovic | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Increasing root biomass production in European winter wheat for improved drought-stress tolerance and nitrogen use efficiency |
| P-3 | Oyiga Benedict | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | hap3A.1 is a novel genetic determinant for grain yield and stability performance in wheat |
| P-5 | Manuel Geyer | Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Freising | Genetic basis of the trade-off between grain yield and baking quality in winter wheat |
| P-7 | Saida Zulfuqarova | Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnologies, Baku | Determination of HSP16.9 gene using allele-specific primer and membrane thermal stability in different wheat genotypes |
| P-9 | Samira Rustamova | Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnologies, Baku | Expression divergence of the DREB transcription factor among contrasting wheat genotypes under drought stress |
| P-11 | Salma Benaouda | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | A stable and novel QTL on chromosome 3A induces early heading in winter bread wheat |
| P-13 | Said Dadshani | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | Sustainable increase of nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency in winter wheat through effective root-soil interactions |
| P-15 | Dominic Dennenmoser | University of Kassel, Section Organic Plant Breeding and Agrarbiodiversity | Association analysis in lines derived from winter wheat CCPs—comparing four different populations stratification methods |
| P-17 | Benjamin Wittkop | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | High‑resolution mapping of rachis nodes per rachis, a critical determinant of grain yield components in wheat |
| P-19 | Turana Isgandarova | Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnologies, Baku | Changes in some antioxidant enzymes activity of wheat genotypes under drought stress during leaf senescence |
| P-21 | Leonhard Sommer | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Plant Breeding | MAGIC-RESIST - Identification and mapping of resistances against fungal diseases in the MAGIC-WHEAT population WM-800 |
| P-23 | Maria Buerstmayr | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Fine-mapping Qfhs.ifa-5A revealed two tightly linked QTL both affecting resistance against initial infection and anther extrusion |
| P-25 | Barbara Steiner | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Isolating the wheat gene enhancing mycotoxin detoxification at the major Fusarium resistance QTL Fhb1 – a progress report |
| P-27 | Christian Wagner | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Fusarium head blight resistance in winter wheat: Insights from genome-wide transcriptome analysis |
| P-29 | Rizky Pasthika Kirana | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Improving Fusarium head blight resistance in durum wheat through introgression of resistance alleles from relatives |
| P-31 | Rizky Pasthika Kirana | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Fusarium graminearum and deoxynivalenol resistance in Aegilops tauschii |
| P-33 | Magdalena Ehn | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Common bunt resistance in winter wheat – a cross-chromosome journey |
| P-35 | Andreas Maurer | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Plant Breeding | Insights into the genetic control of flowering time based on a worldwide series of field trials with the barley NAM population HEB-25 |
| P-37 | Timm Bernhard | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Broadening the genetic basis for hybrid breeding in winter barley |
| P-39 | Ehsan Fatemi | Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Plant Breeding Institute | Quantification of root lesion nematodes by RT-qPCR in the roots of cereal plants |
| P-41 | Nazanin Pesaran Afsharyan | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | A systemic approach to identify the gene underlying flowering-delaying epistatic QTL “Hvheading” |
| P-43 | Smit Shah | Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Plant Breeding Institute | QTL mapping and Genome wide association mapping of root lesion nematode resistance genes in barley |
| P-45 | Nikolaj Meisner Vendelbo | Nordic Seed A/S & Aarhus University | Analysis of population structure and genetic diversity within hybrid rye elite breeding component lines |
| P-47 | Julia Mauser | University of Hohenheim | Exploring molecular markers in conjunction with traditional DUS traits for managing reference collections in European rye varieties |
| P-49 | Subhadra Chakrabarty | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | PEGASUS: Prediction and exploitation of gene bank accessions – a study in Ugandan sorghum |
| P-51 | Jan E. Neuweiler | University of Hohenheim, State Plant Breeding Institute | Long-term trends and genetic architecture of seed characteristics and grain yield components in triticale (×Triticosecale Wittmack) |
| P-53 | Mauricio Orantes Bonilla | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Assembling the restructured genome of a novel synthetic Brassica napus with diverse genome donors |
| P-55 | Elizabeth Ihien | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Can resynthesized rapeseed be genomically stable? |
| P-57 | Paul Vollrath | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Quantitative blackleg resistance and gene presence-absence variation in elite Brassica napus |
| P-59 | Daniela Quezada-Martinez | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Towards a stable and diverse Brassica hexaploid crop |
| P-61 | Isabelle Deppé | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Genetic variation for seed protein traits in diverse Brassica napus germplasm |
| P-63 | Miroslav Poláček | Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna | Annual tree-ring detection and segmentation using deep learning |
| P-65 | Sandra Färber | Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Institute for Breeding Research on Horticultural Crops, Quedlinburg | Mapping of resistance genes against Aphanomyces euteiches in pea |
| P-67 | Nathaly Maldonado | Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Plant Breeding Institute | Towards understanding the phenological development of quinoa by expression analysis of putative flowering time genes |
| P-69 | Elena Pestsova | Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany | Transcriptome resources for successful breeding of non-food bioenergy crop Silphium perfoliatum |
| P-71 | Avneesh Kumar | Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Plant Breeding Institute | Characterizing a wild beet translocation in sugar beet conferring resistance to the beet cyst nematode |
| P-73 | Vinicius Vilperte | Leibniz University Hannover, Institute of Plant Genetics | Glutathione S-transferase as a potential marker for mutation breeding in poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima Wiild. ex Klotsch) |
| P-75 | Felix L. Wascher | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Population analysis of sugar beet and wild beets |
| P-77 | Heinz Himmelbauer | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Quinoa sequencing and detection of haplotype blocks for genome scaffolding |
| P-79 | Lisa Blazek | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Evolutionary dynamics of the repeat landscape in sugar beet and its wild relatives |
| P-81 | Sebastian Urzinger | Technical University Munich (TUM) | Fine mapping of a genomic segment associated with the traits carbon isotope composition, water use efficiency and drought sensitivity in maize (Zea mays L.) |
| P-83 | Giedrius Petrauskas | Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry | Red clover: breeding strategy based on plant phenotyping and cpDNA genotyping |
| P-85 | Jose Moreno-Amores | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Plant height and heading date as covariates to predict Fusarium head blight in durum wheat |
| P-87 | Rebecca Tacke | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Fine-mapping of two bi-parental crosses to zoom into the genomic vicinity of the major QTL for very low vicine & convicine seed content in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) |
| Phenomics & Breeding, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 12:00-14:30 | |||
| P-2 | Paul Herzig | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Plant Breeding | Genetic dissection of grain elements predicted by hyperspectral imaging associated with yield-related traits in a wild barley NAM population |
| P-4 | Laura Schmidt | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Plant Breeding | MAGIC-EFFICIENCY: Genetic analysis of nitrogen efficiency regulation and selection of efficient winter wheat varieties from the MAGIC-WHEAT population WM-800 | |
| P-6 | Gwendolin Wehner | Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Quedlinburg | Breeding for priming triggered leaf rust resistance in barley | |
| P-8 | Ulrike Beukert | Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Institute for Resistance Research and Stress Tolerance, Quedlinburg | Automated phenotyping to identify leaf and stripe rust resistances in wheat genetic resources | |
| P-10 | Aydinli Lale | Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnologies, Baku | Ascorbate-glutathione cycle for scavenging H2O2 in bread wheat genotypes (Triticum aestivum) during drought stress and following recovery | |
| P-12 | Julia Hagenguth | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Abteilung für Zuchtmethodik der Pflanze | Breeding tomatoes with improved flavour using a breeders’ sensory test | |
| P-14 | Thanh Chi Tran | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Abteilung für Zuchtmethodik der Pflanze | Improving pea production – Yield and nitrogen content of pea cultivars with different leaf types | |
| P-16 | Johann Vollmann | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Soybean stem termination gene Dt2 affecting agronomic characters and stress tolerance in early maturity genotypes | |
| P-18 | Sandra Cvejić | Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia | Use of digital image analysis for the flower color evaluation in ornamental sunflower | |
| P-20 | Andreas Eckert | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Assessment of plant architectural traits by processing 3D scanned point clouds of Brassica napus | |
| P-22 | Peter Stasnik | AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, Center for Health and Bioresources, Tulln | Exploring Camelina sativa stress tolerance mechanisms for future breeding approaches | |
| P-24 | Karl Schmid | University of Hohenheim | Genetic contributions to tolerance for downy mildew pathogen Peronospora variabilis in a South American panel of quinoa. | |
| P-26 | Christoph Korte | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | Laying a cornerstone for cup plant breeding | |
| P-28 | Ronja Schmitz | Julius Kühn-Institut für Rebenzüchtung | Establishment of an image-based, high-throughput phenotyping system to monitor grapevine root architecture | |
| P-30 | Sara Francesconi | Department for Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy | FHB early detection by in-field phenomics | |
| P-32 | Wiebke Sannemann | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Genetic dissection of anther extrusion in the MAGIC-WHEAT population WM-800 | |
| Biotechnology & Breeding, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 12:00-14:30 | ||||
| P-34 | Sara Francesconi | Department for Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy | Effectiveness of chitosan hydrochloride on organic control of Fusarium head blight of wheat | |
| P-36 | Manar Makhoul | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Challenges in converting single nucleotide polymorphisms into KASP markers in polyploid wheat | |
| P-38 | Almuth Müllner | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Identification of common bunt resistance gene Bt12 in wheat | |
| P-40 | Almuth Müllner | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Comparative mapping of bunt resistance QTL in wheat | |
| P-42 | Srijan Jhingan | Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Plant Breeding Institute | Breeding oilseed rape (B. napus) with lower glucosinolate content through functional analysis and mutagenesis | |
| P-44 | Asis Shrestha | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | The role of ABA-responsive element binding factors in proline biosynthesis in Arabidopsis and barley | |
| P-46 | Aylin Kabas | Akdeniz University, Turkey | Morphological and molecular characterization of some wild tomato genotypes | |
| P-48 | Sebastian Schultheiss | Computomics GmbH | The power of big data integration in phenotype predictions | |
| P-50 | Martin Greve | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | Towards speeding up the breeding process of the perennial cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) | |
| P-52 | Adebimpe N. Adedeji-Badmus | TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops, | Natural variation in seed development and germination capacities of Crassocephalum species and their implication for the domestication of these orphan crops | |
| P-54 | Victoria Armario-Najera | University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, Lleida, Spain | Experimental field trial of a triple combination anti-HIV microbicide produced in rice endosperm | |
| P-56 | Johannes Wanner | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Abteilung für Zuchtmethodik der Pflanze | The ProFaba project in SusCrop (ERA-NET) started: Improving Vicia faba breeding practices and genotypes to promote climate-friendly and vegetable protein production in the European Union | |
| P-58 | Tahmina Islam | Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Plant Breeding Institute | CRISPR-Cas-mediated genome editing for the improvement of oilseed rape | |
| P-60 | Norman Warthmann | IAEA Laboratory Seibersdorf | Mutation breeding creates desired traits in African sorghum – semi-dwarf and early maturing | |
| Predictive Breeding, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 12:00-14:30 | ||||
| P-62 | Ana Marjanović Jeromela | Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia | Dealing with HTTP data in modern crop breeding programs | |
| P-64 | Mathias Gemmer | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Plant Breeding | Genomic prediction of flowering time and yield through SNP and metabolite analysis in the barley NAM population HEB-25 | |
| P-66 | Sebastian Michel | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Improving and maintaining winter hardiness and frost tolerance in bread wheat by genomic selection | |
| P-68 | Jakob Seereiter | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) | Molecular-genetic analysis of FHB resistance in a CIMMYT spring wheat line | |
| P-70 | Stephan Greiner | Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology | Dissection of the cytoplasmic effects of chloroplasts and mitochondria uncovers a remarkable contribution of the chloroplast to plant reproductive traits | |
| P-72 | Iulian Gabur | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | Genome-wide association studies and genomic selection for disease resistance in Brassica napus | |
| P-74 | Katharina Tyson | Justus Liebig University Giessen, Department of Plant Breeding | High-throughput phenotyping and genetic analysis to promote breeding for enhanced nitrogen use efficiency in winter oilseed rape | |
| P-76 | Norman Warthmann | IAEA Laboratory Seibersdorf | kWIP: the k-mer weighted inner product, a de novo estimator of genetic similarity | |
| P-78 | Vichai Puripunyavanich | Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology, Nakhon Nayok, Thailand | On the first step of tropical tulip breeding in hot and humid country as Thailand | |
| P-80 | Vuk Djordjevic | Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad, Serbia | Different approaches to genomic prediction model validation in soybean | |
| P-82 | Charlotte D. Robertsen | Sejet Plant Breeding, Denmark | Perspectives on genomic selection and marker-assisted selection of malt quality traits in winter barley | |
| P-84 | Daniel Valle Torres | Technical University Munich (TUM) | Optimizing the construction of haplotype blocks to increase genomic prediction accuracy across maize landraces | |
| P-86 | Carla Colque-Little | University of Copenhagen | Developing image analysis for phenotyping quinoa-downy mildew pathobiome | |
Organizing Committee
Scientific Committee
Andreas Graner, IPK Gatersleben
Frank Ordon, JKI Quedlinburg
Tim Beissinger, University Göttingen
Rod Snowdon, University Giessen
Klaus Pillen, University Halle
Chris Schön, TU Munich
Albrecht Melchinger, University Hohenheim
Jens Leon, University Bonn
Christian Jung, University Kiel
Thomas Debener, University Hannover
Beat Keller, University Zürich
Organizing Committee
Hermann Buerstmayr
Susanne Weber
Johann Vollmann
Sebastian Michel
Barbara Steiner
Heinrich Grausgruber
Maria Buerstmayr
Christian Wagner
Jose Esteban Moreno Amores
Rizky Pasthika Kirana
Magdalena Ehn
Eva Stöger
Heinz Himmelbauer
Juliane Dohm
Gerhard Adam
Michael Gohn
Josef Fraundorfer
Anton Brandstetter
Michael Oberforster
Susanne Kirchmaier
Elisabeth Zechner
Franziska Löschenberger
Angelika Weiler
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