LXIX SIGA Annual Congress

LXIX SIGA Annual Congress
“Genetic blueprints for next-generation crops”

 08-11 September 2026

Programme

Session 1 – From wild species to crops: de novo domestication and breeding of underutilized crops

Session 2 – Regulation of plant development, architecture, and in vitro regeneration  

Session 3 – Emerging strategies and future directions in plant breeding

Session 4 – Harnessing plant potential for food and health

Session 5 – Exploiting plant biodiversity to drive innovative plant breeding

Session 6 – Integrative genomics and regulatory networks for next-generation crop improvement

Session 7 – Improving the utilization efficiency of key resources, water and nutrients for crop productivity

Session 8 – Miscellaneous

Authors

Keywords

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 09

12:00 – 14:00Registration and poster setup GROUP I (Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 )
14:00 - 14:30Opening ceremony
Chairpersons: Stefania Masci, Raffaella Maria Balestrini

Welcome addresses by Institutional and Local Authorities
14:30 - 16:30Session 1 - From wild species to crops: de novo domestication and breeding of underutilized crops
Chairpersons: Stefania Masci, Marco Maccaferri
14:30 – 15:00Invited Lecture
Hakan Özkan - University of Çukurova, Turkey
From wild genomes to future crops: rethinking wheat domestication
15:00 – 15:15Usai G., Marino F.G., Simoni S., Rogo U., Colombo V., Castellacci M., Vangelisti A., Giordani T., Natali L., Cavallini A., Mascagni F.
Transposable element exaptation shapes gene innovation during wheat evolution and domestication
15:15 – 15:30Mazzucotelli E., Giunti M., Castorina G., Guerra D., Desiderio F., Liu C., Ceccato L., Carini E., Bozzoli M., Stefanelli S., Forestan C., Mastrangelo A.M., Marcotuli I., Gadaleta A., Tuberosa R., Maccaferri M., Cattivelli L.
Leveraging tetraploid wheat pangenomes to unlock agronomic diversity and resilience of wild and domesticated durum relatives
15:30 – 15:45Tekle W.K., Riccucci E., Di Santolo G., Caproni L., Castelletti S., Magris G., Scaglione D., Scalabrin S., Pè M.E., Chanyalew S., Tadele Z., Triacca A., Uauy C., Waweru B., Shorinola O., Dell’Acqua M.
Pangenome to accelerate genomic-assisted breeding in teff (Eragrostis tef), an ancient African underutilized crop
15:45 – 16:00Delvento C., Giudice G., Guerriero M., Di Marsico M., Pazienza G., Palumbo F., Curci P.L., Giancaspro A., Castorina G., Arcieri F., Losciale P., Tomaselli V., Forte L., Barcaccia G., Aiese Cigliano R., Ricciardi L., Lotti C., Pavan S.
Wild and cultivated genomes provide insights into almond evolutionary dynamics and a basis for de novo domestication of wild almond species
16:00 – 16:15Moine A., Bonini M.E., Nicotera M., Sportelli G., Boccacci P., Giannetti G., Cunha J., Menéndez Menéndez C., Teszlák P., Nerva L., Chitarra W.,Perrone I., Gambino G., Pagliarani C.
A blueprint for selecting stress adapted genotypes in grapevine: from regeneration bottlenecks to in vitro priming strategies
16:15 – 16:30General discussion
16:30 – 17:00Coffee break and poster viewing
(offered by Esse Costruzioni Srl)
17:00 – 18:45Session 2 - Regulation of plant development, architecture, and in vitro regeneration
Chairpersons: Laura Rossini, Raffaella Battaglia
17:00 – 17:30Invited Lecture
Maria Von Korff - Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany
Adaptation to thermal stress: decoding barley’s shoot meristem response
17:30 – 17:45Unterholzner S.J.
Role of brassinosteroid signaling in lateral root cap development
17:45 – 18:00Bozzoli M., Sakuma S., Golan G., Makhoul M., Forestan C., Tan K., Raza Khan A., De Sario F., Milner S.G., Sciara G., Liu C., Frascaroli E., Abe F., Hensel G., Feng J.-W., Mascher M., Ammar K., Kojima M., Okamoto M., Tuberosa R., Salvi S., Snowdon R., Maccaferri M., Schnurbusch T.
Characterization of GNI2, a gene associated to increased spike fertility in durum and bread wheat
18:00 – 18:15Callizaya Terceros G., Lombardo F., Niger A., Prina A., D'Alessandro V., Mare F., Gipli V., Shaaf S., Biswas A., Friel J., Horner D.S., Janiak A., Pouramini P., Salvi S., Vardanega I., Simon R., Hensel G., Hansson M., Rossini L.
Unraveling the genetic control of canopy architecture in barley
18:15 – 18:30Ciacciulli A., Pennisi F., Caruso M., Augugliaro M., Arlotta C., Licciardello C.
Transgene-free genome editing in Citrus via transient Agrobacterium-mediated delivery
18:30 – 18:45De Luca V., Fabriani M., Forte V., D'Orso F., Frugis G.
Deciphering WOX and TALE regulatory networks to improve in vitro regeneration in lettuce
19:00 - 21:00Welcome cocktail - Museum of Classical Art (Gypsoteca), Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Roma

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

09:00 – 10:45Session 3 - Emerging strategies and future directions in plant breeding Chairpersons: Silvia Giuliani, Emidio Albertini
09:00 – 09:30Invited Lecture Manuel Jamilena - University of Almería, Spain Developing and using TILLING resources for functional genomics and plant breeding in zucchini
09:30 – 09:45Mariani A., Bocchini M., Marconi G., Manilia G., Schiappa A., Albertini E. Genomic dissection of a novel resistance source to Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) in tomato
09:45 – 10:00Palombo V., Puglisi D., Fania F., Esposito S., Angione G., D’Andrea M., De Vita P. Multi-trait genome-wide association study reveals the genetic architecture of yield-component relationships in durum wheat
10:00 – 10:15Vieri W., Grinberg N., Belocchi A., Mastrangelo A.M., Maccaferri M., Bozzoli M., Forestan C., Paffetti D., Buti M. Integrating machine learning and GWAS to dissect genotype × environment interactions in durum wheat
10:15 – 10:30Dublino R., Carandente V., Sperlì G., Ercolano M. DREM: Teaching AI to uncover the hidden diversity of plant resistance genes
10:30 – 10:45General discussion
10:45 – 11:15Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11:15 – 13:00Round Table - Il contributo della genetica alle filiere agroalimentari italiane Discussant: Francesca Taranto Participants: Giorgio Gambino - CNR-IPSP Pasquale De Vita - CREA-CI Concetta Licciardello - CREA-OFA Tania Gioia - Università degli Studi della Basilicata Salvatore Parlato - Diagram Group Mario Marino - FAO Silvia Giuliani - Assosementi
13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:15Session 4 - Harnessing plant potential for food and health Chairpersons: Roberta Paris, Vincenzo D'Amelia
14:30 – 15:00Invited Lecture Dominique van der Straeten - Ghent University, Belgium Agriculture under global climate change: tackling challenges of stress resilience and nutritional losses
15:00 – 15:15Calderini O., Alagna F., Baldoni L., O'Connor S., Osbourn A., Rodriguez-Lopez C.E. Integrative analysis and co-expression networks uncover the biosynthetic machinery of iridoids and triterpenoids in olive (Olea europaea L.)
15:15 – 15:30Paolo D., Confalonieri M., Rossi C., Tamasi G., Megna S., Locatelli F., Galbiati M., Preite C., Sparvoli F., Cominelli E. Genome editing of GMSULTR3;3 by CRISPR/Cas9 provides a new strategy for managing phytic acid accumulation in soybean
15:30 – 15:45Marcotuli I., Caranfa D., Colasuonno P., Giove S.L., Gadaleta A. Deciphering β-glucan biosynthesis in wheat and its wild relatives using advanced genetic tools
15:45 – 16:00Esposito S., Liva M., Pasquariello M., Puglisi D., Paris R., Martinelli T., Magris G., Pecchioni N., Morgante M., De Vita P., Bassolino L. A chemotype B genome assembly identifies a DIRIGENT locus on chromosome 10 associated with silydianin-rich silymarin in milk thistle
16:00 – 16:15General discussion
16:15 – 17:45Poster Discussion GROUP I (Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8)
Coffee break
17:45 – 18:30Poster Dismount GROUP I (Sessions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8)
17:45 – 19:30SIGA General Assembly

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

08:30 – 09:00Poster setup GROUP II (Sessions 5, 6 and 7)
09:00 – 11:00Session 5 - Exploiting plant biodiversity to drive innovative plant breeding
Chairpersons: Eleonora Cominelli, Francesco Cellini
09:00 – 09:30Invited Lecture
Mats Hansson - Lund University, Sweden
Exploiting historic barley mutants to drive next-generation crop improvement
09:30 – 09:45Forestan C., Ens J., Pancaldi L., Bozzoli M., Gallizioli B., Colombo M., Mazzucotelli E., Faccioli P., Giorgioni M., Fengler K., Llaca V., Wiebe K., Esposito S., Pirona R., Toegelová H., Moretti G., Scaglione D., Tafuri A., Farooq Muhammad A., De Vita P., Curci P.L., Faris J., Sonnante G., Pecchioni N., Xu S., Chantret N., Sen T., Bassi F.M., Walkowiak S., Šimková H., Ranwez V., Distelfeld A., Chawla H.S., Gadaleta A., Akhunov E., Baum M., Copetti D., Rusholme-Pilcher R., Hall A., Spannagl M., Ceriotti A., Zastrow-Hayes G., Sestili F., Masci S., Morgante M., Cattivelli L., Salvi S., Tuberosa R., Pozniak C., Maccaferri M.
Exploring the tetraploid wheat pangenome and pantranscriptome
09:45 – 10:00Cozzi P., Testone G., Russo C., Paolo D., Cominelli E., Galbiati M., Losa A., Sala T., Gaiti A., Avite E., Pozzi C., Sparvoli F.
Comprehensive mutation discovery in an EMS-based common bean TILLING platform using optimized whole-genome sequencing
10:00 – 10:15Sabato R., Marzario S., Morante V., Verrastro C., Placido G.P., Logozzo G., Pavan S., Taranto F., Nagel K.A., Di Vittori V., Bellucci E., Bitocchi E., Papa R., Gioia T.
Reducing complexity, preserving diversity: a validated global lentil core collection for genomic and phenotypic analysis
10:15 – 10:30Biselli C., Fricano A., Giacosa S., Garavelloni S., Valentini F.M., Epifani A.M., Espinosa-Roldán F.E., Rolle L.G.C., Crespan M.
High-throughput SPET-based genotyping and large-scale phenotyping to mine the genetic architecture of berry texture and seed development in grapevine
10:30 – 10:45Castellacci M., Usai G., Cavallini A., Natali L., Mascagni F., Giordani T.
Transposable element-induced structural variations in Ficus carica: a Genome-Wide Association Study revealing key determinants of fruit quality
10:45 – 11:00General discussion
11:00 – 11:30Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
11:30 – 13:15Session 6 - Integrative genomics and regulatory networks for next-generation crop improvement
Organized by Next Generation SIGA Group
Chairpersons: Anna Bertoncini, Matteo Martina
11:30 – 12:00Invited Lecture
Agnieszka Golicz - Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
Accessing crop genetic diversity with pangenomics and AI
12:00 - 12:15Luzzi I., Placentino A.M., Javier Ordoñez Trejo E., Esposito S., Dilmé Capó J., Radio S., Aiese Cigliano R., Batelli G., Varotto S.
Chromatin-mediated transcriptional memory shapes responses to recurrent drought in tomato
12:15 - 12:30Cimmino L., He X., Smimmo R., D'Alessandro R., Cirillo V., Docimo T., Termolino P., Santoro V., Piccinelli A.L.., D'Amelia V., Carputo D., Benhamed M., Aversano R.
Multi-layer regulatory profiling of salt tolerance in the wild potato relative Solanum commersonii
12:30 - 12:45Amato A., Bellon O., Santiago A., Pose D., Matus J.T., Zenoni S.
Toward the definition of the intra-family transcriptional network of NAC factors governing berry ripening in grapevine
12:45 - 13:00Di Guardo M., Cannizzaro G., Seminara S., Caycho E., Luca L.P., Catalano C., Giuffrida A., Cortese M., Las Casas G., Russo R., Di Silvestro S., Caruso M., Ferlito F., La Malfa S.G., Distefano G., Castanera R., Gentile A.
A sweet orange pangenome reveals novel insights on the genetic regulation of anthocyanins accumulation in pigmented orange
13:00 - 13:15Tagliabue A.G., Friel J., Chiozzotto R., Baccichet I., da Silva Linge C., Calastri E., Biffi G., Zaracho N., Gattolin S., Micali S., Eduardo I., Bassi D., Rossini L., Cirilli M.
Beyond-the-reference genomics reveals regulatory structural variation controlling fruit maturity timing in peach
13:15 – 14:45Lunch Break
14:45 – 16:15Poster Discussion GROUP II (Sessions 5, 6 and 7)
Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:45Round Table – Proteggere le innovazioni: brevetti, IPR e privative vegetali a confronto
Discussant: Massimiliano Beretta - Panora Seeds

Participants:
Emidio Albertini – SIGA
Silvia Giuliani - Assosementi
Corrado Lamoglie - CREA
Daniele Manzella - FAO
Francesco Mattina - CPVO
Valentina Predazzi - Società Italiana Brevetti
20:30Social Event - Cloister of San Giuseppe de Merode, Via San Sebastianello 3, Roma

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

09:00 – 09:30Poster dismount GROUP II (Sessions 5, 6 and 7)
09:30 – 10:15SIGA Young Researcher Award 2026
Dedicated to Carlo Jucci
Chairpersons: Stefania Masci, Daniele Rosellini

Gaccione L.
Graph-based pangenomes and pan-phenome provide a cornerstone for eggplant biology and breeding

Puglisi D.
Genomic prediction models for morpho-phenological traits in durum wheat based on Vrn, Ppd, and Rht alleles

Ottaviani L.
A loss‑of‑function of ZmWRKY125 induced by CRISPR/Cas9 improves resistance against Fusarium verticillioides in maize kernels

Award ceremony
10:15 – 12:15Session 7 - Improving the utilization efficiency of key resources, water and nutrients for crop productivity
Chairpersons: Francesco Sunseri, Laura Toppino
10:15 - 10:45Invited Lecture
Gabriel Krouk - National Center for Scientific Research, Montpellier, France
Nitrogen signaling interactions (NxP) and a new kind of GWAS
10:45 - 11:00Misale L., Mauceri A., Vadalà V., Puccio G., Giuliano A., Gabriele C., Liuzzi S., Gaspari M., Abenavoli M.R., Mercati F., Sunseri F.
Integrated transcriptomics and proteomics tomato and eggplant responses to limited nitrogen availability
11:00 - 11:15Giudice G., Haider I., Conti L., Di Leo G., Losciale P., Pavan S.
Deciphering almond response to water deficit through integrated transcriptomic, morphological, and physiological profiling
11:15 - 11:30Massafra A., Ugolini L., Bassolino L., Malaguti L., Pecchioni N., Righetti L.
Evaluation of Eruca sativa protein hydrolysate as a plant biostimulant for growth and stress resilience
11:30 - 11:45Fasani E., Cozzaglio S., Visioli G., Furini A., DalCorso G.
Genetic and functional evolution of zinc transporter MTP1 underlies adaptation to distinct edaphic conditions in the Brassicaceae family
11:45 - 12:00Punzo P., Esposito S., Scalzi N., Ruggiero A., Costa A., Mango T., Grillo R., Petrozza A., Cellini F., Cardi T., Carriero F., Nicolia A., Grillo S., Batelli G.
Signal attenuation under stress: role of the AFP family in the regulation of tomato drought tolerance
12:00 - 12:15General discussion
12:15 – 12:30Closing Ceremony
Chairpersons: Stefania Masci

Keywords index

- A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y 6 9
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-omics analysis4.02
A
ABI5 INTERACTING PROTEINs7.06
abiotic6.07
abiotic stress5.08, 5.14, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 6.20, 7.12
abscisic acid7.06
Aegilops4.04
agrivoltaics6.15
Agrobacterium rhizogenes3.07
agrobiodiversity5.12, 5.51, 8.13
agrobiodiversity conservation4.11
agroecosystems1.07
agroforestry3.13
agronomic management4.07
agronomic trait loci6.13
alfalfa6.10
alien gene transfer5.17, 5.19
alien introgression5.14
Allele Specific PCR (ASP)1.12
allelic variation5.39
Allium cepa L5.53
allometric allocation2.03
almond1.05, 5.25, 7.03
altered gravity2.22
AM fungi7.14
anther indehiscence2.09
anthesis2.29
anthocyanin pigmentation2.15
anthocyanins4.15, 4.19, 6.09
antioxidant activity5.52
antioxidant response6.03
apomixis2.10
apospory3.09
apple2.25
apricot5.24
Arabidopsis thaliana2.29
ARF2.13
Artificial Intelligence3.16, 8.03
arundamine4.17
Atropa belladonna6.20
auxin2.13
B
barley2.11, 3.19, 5.01, 5.48
barley landraces5.39
barley mutants3.21
bell pepper2.08
berry ripening6.04
berry texture5.05
beta-carotene5.22
beta-glucan4.04
bi-parental mapping3.18
bioactive compounds4.06
biodiversity5.20, 5.28
biofortification4.03
biosynthetic pathway4.17
biotic stress5.08, 5.13
biparental linkage analysis3.12
blood orange4.15, 6.05
Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris2.29
brassinosteroid signalling2.02
brassinosteroids2.12, 2.16
bread wheat8.01
breeding1.11, 3.18, 3.20, 5.11, 5.20, 8.04
broccoli rabe8.11
broccoli-raab landraces5.21
broomrape5.22
browning4.13
BSAseq6.14
C
Camelina sativa4.09
candidate genes5.29, 5.42
Cannabis sativa5.26, 8.04
Cannabis sativa L.5.50
canopy architecture2.04
Capsicum annuum5.23
Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum5.56
carbon remobilisation5.14
carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases6.24
carotenoids4.08
Cas9/RNP complex2.25
cellular plasticity2.27
characterization5.11, 5.15
Chardonnay2.07
chickpea7.19
chlorogenic acid4.13
chromatin remodeling6.17
chromosome-level de novo genome assembly1.10
Cichorium spp2.24
cisgenesis2.28, 3.08
Citrus4.19
Citrus limon5.38
Citrus sinensis4.15, 6.05
climate adaptation3.04, 5.47
climate change5.20
climate resilience1.07, 8.03
clinostat2.22
CoCas98.07
cold4.19
cold storage4.15
coleoptile length2.21
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)5.03
comparative genomics6.11, 6.12
complementation test4.10
complex plant genomes5.44
composite cross-population5.36
computational genomics3.05
conservation5.15
conservation genetics8.14
core collection5.04
CRISPR8.07
CRISPR-Cas4.18
CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing2.04
CRISPR/Cas2.20, 3.06
CRISPR/Cas system2.18
CRISPR/Cas92.05, 2.08, 2.15, 2.16, 3.07, 8.04
crop improvement5.01
crop modelling3.11
crop stress detection8.03
crop wild relatives5.09, 6.09
Cucumis melo1.09
Cucurbita maxima4.08
Cucurbita pepo3.01
curcumin4.12
cuticle7.16
Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus (L.)5.12
D
DArT array5.55
ddPCR8.17
ddRADseq5.53
de novo domestication1.05
deep learning3.05, 3.15, 3.16, 6.01
development2.23
differentially expressed genes (DEGs)6.08
digital phenotyping3.14
disease resistance1.03, 3.12, 3.15, 5.45
disease resistance genes5.57
Dittrichia viscosa4.06
diversity1.08
DNA barcoding1.12
DNA integrity5.27
DNA methylation8.02
DNA methylome6.21
DNA-free genome editing2.17, 2.25
domesticated emmer1.03
domestication6.09
double-pruning8.06
Downy Mildew Resistance 68.10
DRO17.07
drought5.48, 6.07, 7.16, 7.18
drought adaptation5.49, 7.12
drought priming8.15
drought resilience5.34, 7.15
drought stress5.32, 5.39, 6.18, 7.08, 7.19, 8.10
drought stress memory6.02, 6.17
drought tolerance1.03, 5.07, 5.18, 5.19, 5.29, 7.09
dual-RNAseq1.13
Duplex-Specific Nuclease (DSN)5.44
durable resistance3.08
durum wheat2.16, 2.19, 3.03, 3.04, 3.08, 3.15, 4.07, 4.14, 5.08, 5.13, 5.35, 5.45, 5.49, 5.55, 6.23, 7.12, 8.16
E
E3 ubiquitin ligase7.09
eco-physiology8.15
ecogeographic sampling5.09
EGFP transient expression2.17
eggplant4.13
electromagnetic waves8.01
embryogenic callus2.17
embryogenic niches2.27
EMS mutations3.01
enzyme discovery4.02
epigenetic signature8.15
epigenetics6.02, 6.07, 6.17, 6.18
Eragrostis tef1.04
Eruca sativa1.10
ex situ conservation5.12, 8.14
explainable AI6.01
Extracellular vesicles6.19
F
feruloyl esterase8.12
Ficus carica5.06
Flavescence dorée2.07
FLC gene4.09
floral transcriptomics6.12
floret development2.03
floret fertility2.03
flower and fruit development3.01
flowering time4.09
frost resistance5.30
fruit2.23
fruit morphology5.10
fruit pigmentation8.09
fruit quality3.01, 5.06, 5.23, 5.36
FST5.55
full length cDNA sequencing.7.04
functional foods4.08
functional genomics5.03, 6.25
functional variant prioritization6.13
fungal diseases3.08
Fusarium Head Blight6.23
G
G × E Interaction3.20
GA sensitivity2.21
GATA7-like genes2.16
GBLUP3.20
gene bank5.15
gene editing4.03, 8.10
gene expression5.27, 7.17
gene identification5.01
gene innovation1.02
gene regulatory network6.04
Genebanks5.31
genetic architecture3.03, 5.47
genetic characterization5.12, 8.08
genetic diversity4.11, 5.01, 5.02, 5.24, 5.25, 5.41, 5.55, 6.11, 8.14
genetic resistance3.02, 5.33
genetic resource5.30
genetic resources1.07, 5.15, 5.31, 5.54
genetic traceability5.50
genetic transformation2.10
Genetics7.01
genome analysis8.18
genome assembly1.09
genome editing2.07, 2.08, 2.14, 2.15, 2.28, 3.17, 7.07
Genome Sequencing6.14
Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)5.18
Genome-Wide Association Study5.06, 5.08, 5.56, 6.05
Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS)3.04
genomic diversity5.51
genomic prediction3.11, 3.20
genomic selection5.30
genomics1.05, 3.19, 6.06
genotype × environment4.07
Genotype × environment interaction3.04
genotype–environment association5.37
genotyping5.44
Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS)3.12
germplasm characterization5.09, 5.33
germplasm collection8.11
germplasm univocal identification3.10
Gibberellins (GA)2.29
glossy7.16
gluten peptides4.07
GMO quantification8.17
grain legumes5.30
grain number2.03
grain yield2.03, 2.19
grape pomace biochar8.16
grapevine2.25, 6.04, 7.14
grapevine canopy management8.06
grapevine defense6.25
grapevine genomics5.51
grapevine rootstock / 110R5.29
graph6.01
graph-based genomics1.11
GREAT Atlas6.12
GRF4-GIF13.17
group testing8.17
growth rate2.19
gummosis5.38
GWAS3.02, 4.05, 4.07, 4.12, 5.11, 5.35, 5.47, 5.48, 7.01, 8.08
H
HAIKU1 (IKU1)2.05
hairy roots2.18, 4.06, 8.07
halophyte1.12
haplotype1.04, 5.40
haplotype mining5.32
haplotype sharing5.33
haplotype-aware variant analysis5.29
HD-ZIP I transcription factors2.23
HD-ZIP II transcription factors2.18
heat stress6.16
Helianthus annuus L.3.09
hemotype variation4.05
hemp2.20
Hieracium2.10
High-resolution melting (HRM)2.05
high-throughput methodology3.16
high-throughput phenotyping5.30, 5.41, 5.48
histone modifications6.03
historic mutants5.01
Hordeum vulgare2.04, 7.09
host-pathogen interactions5.57
hybrid capture sequencing5.40
I
imaging5.43
immune receptors3.05
in vitro cultures4.06
in vitro micropropagation5.57
in vitro regeneration2.10, 2.24
indole alkaloids4.17
insect resistance mechanism8.19
intercropping8.13
Interkingdom plant–microbe signalling6.19
Intra-cultivar variability5.51
introgression lines2.13
invasive species4.17
Italian varieties5.26
J
jasmonic acid3.06
jasmonic acid signaling8.19
K
k-mer1.04
KASP4.05, 5.26
KASP marker2.21
knockout3.07
Kompetitive Allele-Specific PCR (KASP)5.35
L
landraces4.10, 4.11, 5.12, 5.28, 7.10
landscape genomics5.34, 5.37
late blight1.13
lateral organ development6.22
lateral root cap2.02, 2.12
leaf angle2.26
leaf erectness2.04
leaf vein transparency3.14
Lens culinaris5.04, 5.37
lettuce2.06, 2.18
light acclimation6.15
lignin and cellulose biosynthesis2.28
lignin biosynthesis2.09
linkage maps3.18
lipidome3.06
lipoxygenase3.06
local adaptation5.34, 5.37
local varieties5.53
Long shelf-life (LSL)8.05
long-read transcriptomics4.04
LYCOPENE β-CYCLASE 2 (LCYb2)2.05
M
machine learning3.04, 7.01
MAGIC5.13
MAGIC maize5.43
MAGIC population3.11, 5.23
maize2.26, 3.11, 5.28, 5.31, 5.54, 7.10, 7.16
Malayan kumquat2.15
male sterility2.09
mapping by sequencing7.11
mapping population3.14, 7.08
Marker selection3.10
Marker-Assisted BackCrossing3.21
Marker-assisted breeding5.45
Marker-assisted selection3.02
marker-free vector2.15
maternal-excess endosperm8.02
maturity date6.06
Medicago sativa8.17
Mediterranean environments2.21
Mesorhizobium7.19
metabolic engineering4.18
metabolites1.13
metabolomic analysis6.20
metabolomic profiling5.21
metal transporter7.05
metal-tolerant species7.05
micronutrient homeostasis7.05
microRNAs6.03
miRNA4.12
miRNA-seq6.19
miRNAs4.15
mitotic cell cycle2.02
molecular markers3.09, 5.36
molecular traceability3.10
MTP17.05
multi-mapping population5.10
multi-omics6.02, 6.10, 6.17, 7.19
multi-omics integration6.25, 7.13
multi-trait GWAS3.03
Multiparental mapping population5.46
multiparental population5.11
mutant2.26, 3.19, 5.22
mutant population7.06
MYB607.17
mycorrhization6.24
mycotoxins5.52
N
NAC6.06
NAC factors6.04
NAM RILs5.47
National Coordination Center for Conservation of the PGRFA5.15
natural variation5.32
New genomic techniques2.24
New genomics techniques1.06
new serotonergic drugs4.17
Next Generation Sequencing5.44
NIR analysis4.14
nitrogen7.01, 7.02, 7.10
nitrogen fertilization5.28
Non-integrative DNA delivery2.05
novel nuclease8.07
NRT1.1B7.07
NUE7.02, 7.07, 7.10, 7.15
nutrients uptake7.11
nutritional composition4.14
nutritional quality5.52
O
oilseed crop4.09
Olea europaea3.12, 5.33, 5.57
olive4.02, 8.08
ONT1.10
ONT sequencing4.05, 5.46
Organogenesis2.24
orthology6.12
Oryza sativa7.18
Oryza sativa ssp. indica7.15
Oryza sativa ssp. japonica7.15
outcrossing species5.53
Outlier SNP5.16
P
P. coccineus4.11
PacBio1.10
Paclobutrazol (PAC/PBZ)2.29
pale green3.19
pangenome1.03, 1.04, 1.08, 5.02, 6.01
pangenome graph5.32
pangenome-based breeding6.13
pangenomics5.46
pantranscriptome5.02
participatory plant breeding5.36
Paspalum simplex8.02
peach6.06
Phaseolus vulgaris L.6.22
phenotypic absorbance spectra data8.11
phenotypic characterization8.11
phenotypic diversity5.04
phenotypic field data8.11
phenotypic plasticity5.39
phenotyping5.10, 5.27, 5.38, 6.18
Phosphorus7.01
photosynthesis3.19
phylogenetic analysis2.14
phylogenomics1.09
physiological adjustments6.21
physiological profiling7.03
phytic acid4.03
phytocannabinoids2.20, 8.04
phytohormone signaling6.25
Phytophthora infestans8.10
pigmentation4.19
Pisum sativum6.24
plant architecture2.16, 2.26, 2.28
plant breeding3.09, 4.08
plant cell cultures4.16
plant development2.18
plant disease resistance3.05
plant genetic resources5.04
plant growth-promoting bacteria7.12, 7.13
plant growth-promoting microorganisms8.16
plant metabolic engineering4.16
plant molecular farming8.12
plant phenomics3.15
plant phenotyping3.16
plant regeneration2.06, 2.14, 2.27
plant tissue architecture2.27
plant tissue culture2.10
plants memory8.01
plant–microbe interactions7.13
plastid transformation8.12
pleiotropy3.03
pollen germination2.22
polyploid wheat6.11
polyploidy3.09
poplar2.28
population genomics5.09, 5.21, 6.11, 8.18
population structure5.25, 5.37, 5.56, 8.14
pre-breeding5.04, 5.21, 5.23, 5.32
prebreeding5.31, 5.54
precision agriculture8.03
precision breeding6.01
Presence/Absence Variants5.06
priming6.18
protein hydrolysates7.04
proteomic7.02
proteomics6.19
protoplast regeneration2.17
protoplasts2.24, 2.25
Prunus dulcis5.25
Prunus persica L. Batsch3.18
pseudogamy8.02
PSY13.07
pumpkins4.08
Q
qPCR8.17
QTL mapping4.04, 5.05, 5.10, 5.43, 5.45, 6.23, 8.05, 8.09
QTLs5.38
Quantitative trait loci (QTL)5.35
Quantitative traits5.46
R
radial growth2.12
recalcitrance2.08, 8.04
Recombinant Imbred Lines7.08
Recombinant Inbred Intercross (RIX)3.11
Recombinant Inbred Lines6.14
reduced soil fertility8.16
regeneration2.20
regulatory networks2.27
remote sensing5.11, 8.03
repeat depletion5.44
reproductive development6.12
resilience to multiple stress factors1.06
Resistance genes6.14
Rht255.40
rice (Oryza sativa)5.18
Ricinus communis6.13
RNA-seq2.09, 5.38, 5.42, 6.08, 6.15, 6.18, 6.22, 6.23
RNA-seq transcriptomics6.20
RNASeq6.14
RNAseq6.05, 8.06
root anatomy5.41
root development2.12
root hair7.11
root microbiota7.15
root phenotyping5.17
root system architecture5.19, 5.41, 5.49
Root System Architecture (RSA)5.39
root traits5.08
root-associated microbes7.14
roots5.54
S
Salicornia1.12
salinity5.18, 7.04
salinity stress6.03, 6.10
salt stress6.08
salt tolerance5.17
salt-response5.42
Sarcocornia1.12
Scanning Electron Microscopy7.11
sea rocket5.42
secondary metabolism4.13, 4.16
secondary metabolite4.02
seed development2.11, 5.05
seed priming7.04
seed quality1.07, 7.18
seedling emergence7.18
seeds7.18
selection signature2.19
selection signatures5.55
selective sweeps5.56
self-compatibility1.05
semi-dwarf2.21
Septoria tritici blotch3.15
sequence classification3.05
Silymarin biosynthesis4.05
Single nucleotide polymorphism5.16
smart canopy3.21
SmHQT4.13
SNP4.12, 5.24
SNP linkage map6.23
SNP panel optimization3.10
SNPs5.26
soil microbiome3.13
soil–plant molecular crosstalk8.16
Solanaceae7.02
Solanum lycopersicum3.14, 6.21
Solanum lycopersicum L.8.05, 8.10
Solanum melongena2.09, 6.09, 7.08, 8.09
somaclonal variation5.29
somatic embryogenesis1.06
Sorghum bicolor5.52
Southern green stink bug8.19
soybean7.17
space agriculture2.22
spatial genetic structure5.53
SPET5.24
SPET genotyping5.05
Spike fertility4.14, 5.14
SSR markers4.11, 8.14
stomata5.43, 5.48, 7.16, 7.17
storage proteins5.52
Streptomyces violaceoruber7.13
stress adaptation6.21
strigolactones6.24
structural variants5.46, 6.05, 6.06
structural variation1.11
structural variations6.09
subspecies1.08
SULTR4.03
summer truffle8.18
susceptibility genes2.08
sustainability8.13
sustainable agriculture4.03, 7.04, 7.13
sustainable production4.06
sustainable viticulture6.15
Sweet basil2.14
symbiosis7.14
SynCom7.14
T
TALE2.06
taxonomy8.13
teff pangenome1.11
temporal dynamics3.13
terpenes2.20
tetraploid wheat5.02, 5.40, 5.41
tetraploidy6.10
thermophilic enzyme production8.12
thermotolerance6.16
thousand-seed weight4.09
TILLING2.04, 6.22, 7.11
TILLING-by-Sequencing3.01
ToBRFV3.02
tomato2.13, 2.23, 3.07, 4.18, 5.22, 5.36, 6.02, 6.07, 6.17, 8.07
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)6.16
tomato hybrids3.20
tomato landraces8.19
transcriptional memory6.07
transcriptional networks6.25
transcriptional regulation2.06
transcriptional remodelling8.06
transcriptome3.06, 8.02
transcriptome analysis6.16
transcriptome reprogramming6.21
transcriptomic7.02, 7.10
transcriptomic landscape7.12
transcriptomic profiling8.19
transcriptomics4.19, 6.02, 6.24, 7.03, 7.06
transgenerational stress effects8.01
transposable element exaptation1.02
transposable elements5.06
trascriptome reprogramming8.15
Triticum aestivum1.08
Triticum durum5.14, 5.17
Triticum durum Desf.6.08
Triticum monococcum5.09
Tuber aestivum8.18
turmeric4.12
U
UAV-based phenotyping5.07
underutilized crops1.09
underutilized legumes1.07
untargeted metabolomics4.16
uORFs2.23
V
vanillin4.16
variant calling optimization5.03
varietal identification5.50
vegetable melons1.09
veins5.43
VIGE3.17
vitamin A deficiency4.10
Vitamin D4.18
Vitis vinifera2.07, 5.05, 6.15
Vitis vinifera L5.16
volatile organic compounds5.23
volatilome5.27
W
water deficit7.03
water use efficiency7.09
WGCNA4.18, 6.20
WGS8.08
wheat3.17, 4.04, 5.42
wheat breeding1.08
wheat genome evolution1.02
white grain sorghum5.20
White maize4.10
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)5.50
whole-genome duplication6.10
whole-genome resequencing5.56
whole-genome sequencing5.26
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS)5.03
Whole-Genome Sequencing (WGS)6.22
wild beet germplasm5.07
wild emmer1.03
wild relatives1.05
wild species1.13
WOX2.06, 2.14
WUE7.07
X
Xylella fastidiosa2.17, 5.33, 5.57, 8.08
Y
y14.10
yeast two hybrid7.06
yellow rust resistance5.35
yield components3.03
yield improvement5.47
yield-related traits8.09
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60K Almond SNP Array5.25
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90K SNP array4.14

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