To showcase the latest achievements and research progress in the field of horticulture, and promote communication and cooperation among world experts, the 7th International Horticulture Research Conference will be held online from July 1st to 30th.The conference is hosted by Horticulture Research (which published by Springer Nature in partnership with Nanjing Agricultural University) and Northwest A&F University, convened by Prof. Fengwang Ma (Northwest A&F University) and Prof. Zong-Ming (Max) Cheng (Editor-in-Chief of Horticulture Research), locally organized by College of Horticulture and State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas of Northwest A&F University.
Date
July 1st to 30th, 2020
Schedule: www.hortres-conference.org/schedule.php
Registration
Conference website: www.hortres-conference.org/
Free registration during the conference month, but will be charged with small fees if playback the specific or entire conference seminars.
Session
Development, Abiotic and Biotic Stress Resistance, Breeding, Genomics, Postharvest Physiology, Fruit Quality Control of Horticultural Plants
Poster Award
First prize 2000 RMB × 1
Second prize 1000 RMB × 2
Third prize 500 RMB × 3
Poster submission: www.hortres-conference.org/poster.php
Deadline: June 30th, 2020
Certificate of participation
Application link: http://fb4qsddih08q3qem.mikecrm.com/8ZJDWH7
Speakers
July 1-3 General biology session Horticultural Crop Research: 10 Years Ahead | |||
July 17:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Xiaohan Yang | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, USA | Biosystems design: the future promise of plant science |
July 18:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Zachary Lippman | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA | Fine-tuning flowering, plant architecture, and crop productivity - lessons from tomato |
July 19:30 PM - 10:30 PM | Harry J. Klee | University of Florida, USA | An integrated chemical and genetic approach to improve tomato flavor quality |
July 2 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM | Sanwen Huang | Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China | The genomic roadmap of vegetable breeding |
July 2 8:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Shuhua Yang | China Agricultural University, China | Molecular mechanism of plant response to cold stress |
July 2 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM | 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 |
July 3 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Yunde Zhao | University of California San Diego, USA | Marker-assisted plant transformation and genome editing |
July 6-8 Genomics session | |||
July 6 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Sean Myles | Dalhousie University, Canada | Genomic consequences of apple improvement |
July 6 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Carsten Pedersen | University of Copenhagen, Danmark | GWAS using the Danish Apple collection – a resource as germplasm and for new apple-based products |
July 6 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Amandine Cornille | French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), France | Towards deciphering the genomic bases of adaptation in apples |
July 6 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | 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 |
July 7 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Timo Hytönen | University of Helsinki, Finland | Population genomics and gene functional analyses reveal the genetic basis of climate adaptation in woodland strawberry |
July 7 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Liangsheng Zhang | Zhejiang University, China | The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants |
July 7 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | 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 |
July 8 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Rui Xia | South China Agricultural University, China | The genome of lychee reveals independent domestication events in early and late-maturing cultivars |
July 8 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Xiyin Wang | North China University of Science and Technology | Cases to analyze the structures of complex plant genomes |
July 8 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM | Yuepeng Han | Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | Genetic basis of fruit quality in peach |
July 8 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Zhonghua Zhang | Qingdao Agricultural University, China | Comparative genomics provide novel insights into the evolution and genetic basis of agronomic traits in cucurbits |
Zhaobo Lang | Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, China | Topic to be announced | |
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 | |
July 9-10 Development session | |||
July 9 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Yongling Ruan | The University of Newcastle, Australia | Zooming in on sugar metabolism and signaling for development and defense |
July 9 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Jialong Yao | Plant & Food Research, New Zealand | Over-expression of MdBBM1 enhances apple shoot regeneration and alters plant development |
July 9 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM | Shengnan Wang | China Agricultural University, China | Chaperonin CCT assemble RNP complex and facilitate mRNA long-distance trafficking in phloem |
July 9 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Songling Bai | Zhejiang University | Towards the understanding of the dormancy cycle of pear |
July 9 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | Lailiang Cheng | Cornell University, USA | The signaling role of sorbitol in apple flower development and pollen tube growth |
July 9 9:20 PM - 10:00 PM | Yi Li | University of Connecticut, USA | Preliminary dissection of auxin action in promoting graft union formation |
July 10 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Dong Zhang | Northwest A&F University, China | Cytokinin-responsive MdTCP17 interacts with MdWOX11 to repress adventitious root primordia formation in apple rootstock |
July 10 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Xiaolan Zhang | China Agricultural University, China | Auxin and fruit shape regulation in cucumber |
July 10 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM | Juyou Wu | Nanjing Agricultural University, China | Molecular mechanisms of the pollen tube structural changes in self-incompatibility response of pear |
July 13-14 Fruit quality control session | |||
July 13 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Zhanwu Dai | Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | Fruit quality and environments: modeling from a fruit to the whole plant |
July 13 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Eugenio Butelli | John Innes Centre, UK | Metabolic engineering for nutritionally enhanced tomatoes |
July 13 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | Yuanyuan Li | Shandong Agricultural University, China | Forward understanding the molecular mechanism underlying coloration of apple fruit |
July 14 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Chuanyou Li | Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | Why tomato flesh is red but not purple? |
July 14 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Michael Considine | The University of Western Australia, Australia | Genetic control of dietary flavonoid availability in apple germplasm |
July 14 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Sara Zenoni | University of Verona, Italy | Grape berry development and ripening: a molecular perspective |
July 14 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | Rui Zhai/Zhigang Wang | Northwest A&F University, China | Flavonoid biosynthesis and 4 related MYB transcription factors in pear fruit |
July 15-16 Abiotic stress session | |||
July 15 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Shuangxi Zhou | Plant & Food Research, New Zealand | Crop stress ecophysiology: a trait perspective |
July 15 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Changhai Liu | Northwest A&F University, China | Identification and functional analysis of Malus genes involved in abiotic stress response |
July 15 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Zhenhai Han | China Agricultural University, China | Possible regulation of RNA signal transition between scion and rootstock of apple under Fe deficient stress |
July 15 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | Jihong Liu | Huazhong Agricultural University, China | MYC2 of Poncirus trifoliata regulates glycine betaine accumulation under cold conditions |
July 16 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Pei Xu | China Jiliang University, China | A universal pipeline for mobile mRNA detection and insights into heterografting advantages under chilling stress |
July 16 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Zhengguo Li | Chongqing University, China | SlGRAS4 mediates a novel regulatory pathway promoting chilling tolerance in tomato |
July 17 Biotic stress session | |||
July 17 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Yongping Duan | U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA | Dissecting the Citrus HLB complex |
July 17 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Jianjun Zhao | Hebei Agricultural University, China | Identification of candidate genes for important traits based on EMS mutants in Chinese cabbage |
July 17 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | Mickael Malnoy | Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy | Application of genome editing in apple for improving disease resistance or functional study |
July 20-21 Breeding session | |||
July 20 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Dario Cantu | University of California Davis, USA | Comparative genomics of wild and cultivated grapes |
July 20 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Jun Wu | Nanjing Agricultural University, China | Genetic variation and molecular breeding in pear |
July 20 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM | David Chagné | Plant & Food Research, New Zealand | A new method for fine mapping non-domesticated alleles and marker development in apple |
July 20 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Daniel Sargent | NIAB EMR, UK | Identification of genes associated with polyphenol biosynthesis in cultivated strawberry |
July 20 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | Qiang Xu | Huazhong Agricultural University, China | Genome assisted breeding in Citrus |
July 21 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Vincent Bus | Plant & Food Research, New Zealand | Genetic mapping of fire blight resistance QTLs in two rootstock families |
July 21 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Wenwu Guo | Huazhong Agricultural University, China | Assembly of citrus mitochondrial genomes and molecular mechanism of male sterility in a somatic cybrid of pummelo |
July 21 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM | Xiaofeng Wang | Northwest A&F University, China | Establish tomato male-sterile lines with a marker for hybrid production by CRISPR/Cas9 system |
July 21 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | Fadi Chen | Nanjing Agricultural University, China | Chrysanthemum germplasms innovation and breeding |
Fengwang Ma | Northwest A&F University, China | Apple breeding for high fruit quality and stress resistance | |
July 22 Postharvest biology session | |||
July 22 9:00 AM - 9:40 AM | Aide Wang | Shenyang Agricultural University, China | The mechanism of auxin-induced fruit ripening in apple |
July 22 9:40 AM - 10:20 AM | Yunjiang Cheng | Huazhong Agricultural University, China | Fruit postharvest biology and its application in Citrus Industry |
July 22 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM | Yamei Ren | Northwest A&F University, China | Study on nutrition, storage characteristics and fresh cut processing of spaghetti squash |
July 22 8:00 PM - 8:40 PM | Junping Gao | China Agricultural University, China | Senescence physiology and postharvest handling of roses |
July 22 8:40 PM - 9:20 PM | Giovanni Battista Tornielli | University of Verona, Italy | From ripening to post-ripening: the restless third age of the grape berry |
Editor of Nature Plants | Introduction of Nature Plants | ||
July 29 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Xiaofeng Cui | Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Plant | Introduction of Molecular Plant |
July 30 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Blake C. Meyers | Editor-in-Chief of The Plant Cell | Introduction of ThePlant Cell |
July 29 9:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Shuangxia Jin | Associate Editor of Plant Biotechnology Journal | Introduction of Plant Biotechnology Journal |
July 29 8:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Zong-Ming (Max) Cheng | Editor-in-Chief of Horticulture Research | Introduction of Horticulture Research |
July 29 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Qingmei Guan | Associate Editor of Journal of Integrative Agriculture | Introduction of Journal of Integrative Agriculture |
July 30 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Xiaowu Wang | Editor-in-Chief of Horticultural Plant Journal | Introduction of Horticultural Plant Journal |
July 30 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Yunde Zhao | Editor-in-Chief of aBIOTECH | Introduction of aBIOTECH |
July 30 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Seishi Ninomiya | Editor-in-Chief of Plant Phenomics | Introduction of Plant Phenomics |
Sponsor
Sponsorship：www.hortres-conference.org/sponsor.php
Contact: Huan Yin，+86 159 9636 1370，hortres-conference@njau.edu.cn
Contact information
Qingmei Guan, qguan@nwafu.edu.cn
Huan (Rainbow) Yin, hortres-conference@njau.edu.cn
Li Yuan, lyuan@nwsuaf.edu.cn
Ting Zhang, sophia@nwafu.edu.cn