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Please note: this program is subject to change. All timings are in Australian Eastern Standard Time. 

 


Monday, September 30, 2024


Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Track 1
Track 2
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration and information desk open (Tuesday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Tuesday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 2
Welcome Day 2 from Prof Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland and sponsor acknowledgment of Pulse Grains Society of Australia
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited II: Evolution and diversity: Unusual mergers, acquisitions, and diversity in the legume family
Plenary Speaker: Dr Steven Cannon, Usda Agricultural Research Service
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited III: Structural genomics: Faba bean: From orphan crop to genomic trailblazer
Plenary Speaker: Prof Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Aarhus University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited IV. Legume end-uses: On the pulse - enhancing the quality of grain protein for future food
Plenary Speaker: Prof Michelle Colgrave CSIRO
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Structural Genomics: new genomes and pan genomes: Toward soybean molecular design breeding
Keynote speaker: Prof Zhixi Tian, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Evolution, Diversity and Domestication: One Century of Discovery in Mendel's Pea Genes
Keynote speaker: Prof Shifeng Cheng, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Structural Genomics: new genomes and pan genomes session Evolution, Diversity and Domestication session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Tuesday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Structural Genomics - bioinformatics and databases: Unravelling Chickpea’s Genetic Landscape with the Cicer Super-Pangenome
Keynote speaker: Dr Vanika Garg, Murdoch University
Legume Products: food, fuel, feedstocks and metabolism: Tailoring more nutrient and healthy beans: from lab to fork
Keynote speaker: Dr Francesca Sparvoli, National Research Council (CNR)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Structural Genomics - bioinformatics and databases session Legume Products: food, fuel, feedstocks and metabolism session
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM General Meeting of ICLGG Participants.
Vote on new IAB members and decide on ICLGG 2026 host and venue
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Tuesday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Tuesday poster presentation and viewing session
Sponsored by Arc Centre Of Excellence For Plant Success. Allocated poster presentation session, presenting authors available at their poster, see details for allocation
Track 1
Track 2
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration and information desk open (Tuesday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Tuesday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 2
Welcome Day 2 from Prof Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland and sponsor acknowledgment of Pulse Grains Society of Australia
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited II: Evolution and diversity: Unusual mergers, acquisitions, and diversity in the legume family
Plenary Speaker: Dr Steven Cannon, Usda Agricultural Research Service
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited III: Structural genomics: Faba bean: From orphan crop to genomic trailblazer
Plenary Speaker: Prof Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Aarhus University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited IV. Legume end-uses: On the pulse - enhancing the quality of grain protein for future food
Plenary Speaker: Prof Michelle Colgrave CSIRO
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Structural Genomics: new genomes and pan genomes: Toward soybean molecular design breeding
Keynote speaker: Prof Zhixi Tian, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Evolution, Diversity and Domestication: One Century of Discovery in Mendel's Pea Genes
Keynote speaker: Prof Shifeng Cheng, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Structural Genomics: new genomes and pan genomes session Evolution, Diversity and Domestication session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Tuesday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Structural Genomics - bioinformatics and databases: Unravelling Chickpea’s Genetic Landscape with the Cicer Super-Pangenome
Keynote speaker: Dr Vanika Garg, Murdoch University
Legume Products: food, fuel, feedstocks and metabolism: Tailoring more nutrient and healthy beans: from lab to fork
Keynote speaker: Dr Francesca Sparvoli, National Research Council (CNR)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Structural Genomics - bioinformatics and databases session Legume Products: food, fuel, feedstocks and metabolism session
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM General Meeting of ICLGG Participants.
Vote on new IAB members and decide on ICLGG 2026 host and venue
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Tuesday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Tuesday poster presentation and viewing session
Sponsored by Arc Centre Of Excellence For Plant Success. Allocated poster presentation session, presenting authors available at their poster, see details for allocation

Track 1
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration and information desk open (Tuesday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Tuesday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 2
Welcome Day 2 from Prof Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland and sponsor acknowledgment of Pulse Grains Society of Australia
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited II: Evolution and diversity: Unusual mergers, acquisitions, and diversity in the legume family
Plenary Speaker: Dr Steven Cannon, Usda Agricultural Research Service
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited III: Structural genomics: Faba bean: From orphan crop to genomic trailblazer
Plenary Speaker: Prof Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Aarhus University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited IV. Legume end-uses: On the pulse - enhancing the quality of grain protein for future food
Plenary Speaker: Prof Michelle Colgrave CSIRO
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Structural Genomics: new genomes and pan genomes: Toward soybean molecular design breeding
Keynote speaker: Prof Zhixi Tian, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Structural Genomics: new genomes and pan genomes session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Tuesday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Structural Genomics - bioinformatics and databases: Unravelling Chickpea’s Genetic Landscape with the Cicer Super-Pangenome
Keynote speaker: Dr Vanika Garg, Murdoch University
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Structural Genomics - bioinformatics and databases session
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM General Meeting of ICLGG Participants.
Vote on new IAB members and decide on ICLGG 2026 host and venue
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Tuesday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Tuesday poster presentation and viewing session
Sponsored by Arc Centre Of Excellence For Plant Success. Allocated poster presentation session, presenting authors available at their poster, see details for allocation

Track 2
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration and information desk open (Tuesday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Tuesday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 2
Welcome Day 2 from Prof Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland and sponsor acknowledgment of Pulse Grains Society of Australia
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited II: Evolution and diversity: Unusual mergers, acquisitions, and diversity in the legume family
Plenary Speaker: Dr Steven Cannon, Usda Agricultural Research Service
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited III: Structural genomics: Faba bean: From orphan crop to genomic trailblazer
Plenary Speaker: Prof Stig Uggerhøj Andersen, Aarhus University
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited IV. Legume end-uses: On the pulse - enhancing the quality of grain protein for future food
Plenary Speaker: Prof Michelle Colgrave CSIRO
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tuesday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Evolution, Diversity and Domestication: One Century of Discovery in Mendel's Pea Genes
Keynote speaker: Prof Shifeng Cheng, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Evolution, Diversity and Domestication session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Tuesday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Legume Products: food, fuel, feedstocks and metabolism: Tailoring more nutrient and healthy beans: from lab to fork
Keynote speaker: Dr Francesca Sparvoli, National Research Council (CNR)
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM Legume Products: food, fuel, feedstocks and metabolism session
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM General Meeting of ICLGG Participants.
Vote on new IAB members and decide on ICLGG 2026 host and venue
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM Tuesday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Tuesday poster presentation and viewing session
Sponsored by Arc Centre Of Excellence For Plant Success. Allocated poster presentation session, presenting authors available at their poster, see details for allocation


Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Track 1
Track 2
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration and information desk open (Wednesday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Wednesday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 3
Welcome Day 3 from Prof Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland and sponsor acknowledgment of The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited V. Plant development and physiology: Three decades of playing around with legume genetics
Plenary Speaker: Prof Jim Weller, University of Tasmania and ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited VI. Abiotic stress tolerance: Climatic ambitions of neglected underused legumes
Plenary Speaker: Prof Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, UNL / ITQB NOVA
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited VII. Bioinformatics: From pangenomes to traits – linking genome variation with phenotype variation
Plenary Speaker: Prof Dave Edwards, University of Western Australia
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Wednesday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Plant Development and Physiology: Unveiling the mechanisms underlying photoperiod sensitivity
Keynote speaker: Prof Fanjiang Kong, Guangzhou University
Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Opportunities to improve grain legumes for future climates
Keynote speaker: Dr Millicent Smith, UQ-QAAFI, UQ-SAFS
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Plant Development and Physiology session Abiotic Stress Tolerance session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Wednesday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Plant Development: breeding applications: Mining alleles of agronomic value from wild Cicer species, with implications for soil health
Keynote speaker: Prof Douglas Cook, University Of California-Davis
Bioinformatics for research and breeding: Pan-genomes and graphs: new ways to explore genetic variability within Lens spp
Keynote speaker: Ms Larissa Ramsay, University Of Saskatchewan
2:00 PM - 3:05 PM Plant Development: breeding applications session Bioinformatics for research and breeding session
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Wednesday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Wednesday poster presentation and viewing session
Sponsored by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Allocated poster presentation session, presenting authors available at their poster, see details for allocation
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference dinner
Boulevard Room, Boulevard Level
Track 1
Track 2
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration and information desk open (Wednesday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Wednesday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 3
Welcome Day 3 from Prof Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland and sponsor acknowledgment of The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited V. Plant development and physiology: Three decades of playing around with legume genetics
Plenary Speaker: Prof Jim Weller, University of Tasmania and ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited VI. Abiotic stress tolerance: Climatic ambitions of neglected underused legumes
Plenary Speaker: Prof Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, UNL / ITQB NOVA
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited VII. Bioinformatics: From pangenomes to traits – linking genome variation with phenotype variation
Plenary Speaker: Prof Dave Edwards, University of Western Australia
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Wednesday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Plant Development and Physiology: Unveiling the mechanisms underlying photoperiod sensitivity
Keynote speaker: Prof Fanjiang Kong, Guangzhou University
Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Opportunities to improve grain legumes for future climates
Keynote speaker: Dr Millicent Smith, UQ-QAAFI, UQ-SAFS
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Plant Development and Physiology session Abiotic Stress Tolerance session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Wednesday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Plant Development: breeding applications: Mining alleles of agronomic value from wild Cicer species, with implications for soil health
Keynote speaker: Prof Douglas Cook, University Of California-Davis
Bioinformatics for research and breeding: Pan-genomes and graphs: new ways to explore genetic variability within Lens spp
Keynote speaker: Ms Larissa Ramsay, University Of Saskatchewan
2:00 PM - 3:05 PM Plant Development: breeding applications session Bioinformatics for research and breeding session
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Wednesday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Wednesday poster presentation and viewing session
Sponsored by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Allocated poster presentation session, presenting authors available at their poster, see details for allocation
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference dinner
Boulevard Room, Boulevard Level

Track 1
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration and information desk open (Wednesday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Wednesday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 3
Welcome Day 3 from Prof Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland and sponsor acknowledgment of The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited V. Plant development and physiology: Three decades of playing around with legume genetics
Plenary Speaker: Prof Jim Weller, University of Tasmania and ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited VI. Abiotic stress tolerance: Climatic ambitions of neglected underused legumes
Plenary Speaker: Prof Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, UNL / ITQB NOVA
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited VII. Bioinformatics: From pangenomes to traits – linking genome variation with phenotype variation
Plenary Speaker: Prof Dave Edwards, University of Western Australia
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Wednesday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Plant Development and Physiology: Unveiling the mechanisms underlying photoperiod sensitivity
Keynote speaker: Prof Fanjiang Kong, Guangzhou University
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Plant Development and Physiology session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Wednesday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Plant Development: breeding applications: Mining alleles of agronomic value from wild Cicer species, with implications for soil health
Keynote speaker: Prof Douglas Cook, University Of California-Davis
2:00 PM - 3:05 PM Plant Development: breeding applications session
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Wednesday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Wednesday poster presentation and viewing session
Sponsored by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Allocated poster presentation session, presenting authors available at their poster, see details for allocation
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference dinner
Boulevard Room, Boulevard Level

Track 2
7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration and information desk open (Wednesday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Wednesday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 3
Welcome Day 3 from Prof Michael Udvardi, The University of Queensland and sponsor acknowledgment of The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited V. Plant development and physiology: Three decades of playing around with legume genetics
Plenary Speaker: Prof Jim Weller, University of Tasmania and ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited VI. Abiotic stress tolerance: Climatic ambitions of neglected underused legumes
Plenary Speaker: Prof Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, UNL / ITQB NOVA
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited VII. Bioinformatics: From pangenomes to traits – linking genome variation with phenotype variation
Plenary Speaker: Prof Dave Edwards, University of Western Australia
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Wednesday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Abiotic Stress Tolerance: Opportunities to improve grain legumes for future climates
Keynote speaker: Dr Millicent Smith, UQ-QAAFI, UQ-SAFS
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Abiotic Stress Tolerance session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Wednesday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Bioinformatics for research and breeding: Pan-genomes and graphs: new ways to explore genetic variability within Lens spp
Keynote speaker: Ms Larissa Ramsay, University Of Saskatchewan
2:00 PM - 3:05 PM Bioinformatics for research and breeding session
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Wednesday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Wednesday poster presentation and viewing session
Sponsored by Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. Allocated poster presentation session, presenting authors available at their poster, see details for allocation
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference dinner
Boulevard Room, Boulevard Level


Thursday, October 3, 2024

Track 1
Track 2
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM Registration and information desk open (Thursday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Thursday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 4
Welcome Day 4 from Assoc Prof Brett Ferguson, The University of Queensland
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited VIII. Beneficial symbiosis: Mechanisms of plant-microbe symbiosis and applications
Plenary Speaker: Prof Ertao Wang, Institute Of Plant Physiology And Ecology
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited IX. Plant defence: Breeding pea for improved disease resistance
Plenary Speaker: Prof Tom Warkentin University of Saskatchewan
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited X. Genomic and predictive breeding: From Sequence to Selection: Genomic and Predictive Breeding for Pulse Crop Improvement
Plenary Speaker: Dr Sukhjiwan Kaur Agriculture Victoria
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation I: A genetic strategy to enhance nitrogen fixation in legumes
Keynote speaker: Dr Dugald Reid, La Trobe University
Genomic and Predictive Breeding: Advancing predictive breeding methods and capacity building to develop future pulse crops
Keynote speaker: Prof Lee Hickey, The University of Queensland
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation II: The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) –Rhizobium etli N-fixing symbiosis: unraveling novel plant regulators through genetic/genomic approach
Keynote speaker: Prof Georgina Hernández, Center For Genomic Sciences, Unam
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Genomic and Predictive Breeding session
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Thursday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Beneficial Symbioses and Microbiomes: Getting to the root of symbiotic root nodule development in legumes
Keynote speaker: Dr Katharina Schiessl, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University
Plant Defence I: Pathogen fitness, disease dynamics and host plant resistance under the changing climate scenario with special reference to legumes (chickpea and pigeonpea)
Keynote speaker: Dr Mamta Sharma, ICRISAT
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Beneficial Symbioses and Microbiomes session Plant Defence I session
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Thursday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM Metabolism and Quality Traits: Legume nutrition and quality in the context of climate change
Keynote speaker: Asst Prof Marta Vasconcelos, UCP
Plant Defence II: Progress in understanding the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pathosystem
Keynote speaker: Assoc Prof Mehdi Kabbage, University of Wisconsin
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Metabolism and Quality Traits session Plant Defence II session
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Closing plenary
Boulevard Auditorium, Boulevard Level
Track 1
Track 2
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM Registration and information desk open (Thursday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Thursday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 4
Welcome Day 4 from Assoc Prof Brett Ferguson, The University of Queensland
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited VIII. Beneficial symbiosis: Mechanisms of plant-microbe symbiosis and applications
Plenary Speaker: Prof Ertao Wang, Institute Of Plant Physiology And Ecology
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited IX. Plant defence: Breeding pea for improved disease resistance
Plenary Speaker: Prof Tom Warkentin University of Saskatchewan
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited X. Genomic and predictive breeding: From Sequence to Selection: Genomic and Predictive Breeding for Pulse Crop Improvement
Plenary Speaker: Dr Sukhjiwan Kaur Agriculture Victoria
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation I: A genetic strategy to enhance nitrogen fixation in legumes
Keynote speaker: Dr Dugald Reid, La Trobe University
Genomic and Predictive Breeding: Advancing predictive breeding methods and capacity building to develop future pulse crops
Keynote speaker: Prof Lee Hickey, The University of Queensland
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation II: The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) –Rhizobium etli N-fixing symbiosis: unraveling novel plant regulators through genetic/genomic approach
Keynote speaker: Prof Georgina Hernández, Center For Genomic Sciences, Unam
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Genomic and Predictive Breeding session
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Thursday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Beneficial Symbioses and Microbiomes: Getting to the root of symbiotic root nodule development in legumes
Keynote speaker: Dr Katharina Schiessl, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University
Plant Defence I: Pathogen fitness, disease dynamics and host plant resistance under the changing climate scenario with special reference to legumes (chickpea and pigeonpea)
Keynote speaker: Dr Mamta Sharma, ICRISAT
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Beneficial Symbioses and Microbiomes session Plant Defence I session
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Thursday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM Metabolism and Quality Traits: Legume nutrition and quality in the context of climate change
Keynote speaker: Asst Prof Marta Vasconcelos, UCP
Plant Defence II: Progress in understanding the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pathosystem
Keynote speaker: Assoc Prof Mehdi Kabbage, University of Wisconsin
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Metabolism and Quality Traits session Plant Defence II session
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Closing plenary
Boulevard Auditorium, Boulevard Level

Track 1
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM Registration and information desk open (Thursday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Thursday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 4
Welcome Day 4 from Assoc Prof Brett Ferguson, The University of Queensland
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited VIII. Beneficial symbiosis: Mechanisms of plant-microbe symbiosis and applications
Plenary Speaker: Prof Ertao Wang, Institute Of Plant Physiology And Ecology
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited IX. Plant defence: Breeding pea for improved disease resistance
Plenary Speaker: Prof Tom Warkentin University of Saskatchewan
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited X. Genomic and predictive breeding: From Sequence to Selection: Genomic and Predictive Breeding for Pulse Crop Improvement
Plenary Speaker: Dr Sukhjiwan Kaur Agriculture Victoria
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation I: A genetic strategy to enhance nitrogen fixation in legumes
Keynote speaker: Dr Dugald Reid, La Trobe University
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation II: The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) –Rhizobium etli N-fixing symbiosis: unraveling novel plant regulators through genetic/genomic approach
Keynote speaker: Prof Georgina Hernández, Center For Genomic Sciences, Unam
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation session
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Thursday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Beneficial Symbioses and Microbiomes: Getting to the root of symbiotic root nodule development in legumes
Keynote speaker: Dr Katharina Schiessl, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Beneficial Symbioses and Microbiomes session
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Thursday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM Metabolism and Quality Traits: Legume nutrition and quality in the context of climate change
Keynote speaker: Asst Prof Marta Vasconcelos, UCP
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Metabolism and Quality Traits session
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Closing plenary
Boulevard Auditorium, Boulevard Level

Track 2
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM Registration and information desk open (Thursday)
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
7:40 AM - 8:25 AM Thursday arrival tea and coffee
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Welcome Day 4
Welcome Day 4 from Assoc Prof Brett Ferguson, The University of Queensland
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Invited VIII. Beneficial symbiosis: Mechanisms of plant-microbe symbiosis and applications
Plenary Speaker: Prof Ertao Wang, Institute Of Plant Physiology And Ecology
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Invited IX. Plant defence: Breeding pea for improved disease resistance
Plenary Speaker: Prof Tom Warkentin University of Saskatchewan
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Invited X. Genomic and predictive breeding: From Sequence to Selection: Genomic and Predictive Breeding for Pulse Crop Improvement
Plenary Speaker: Dr Sukhjiwan Kaur Agriculture Victoria
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Thursday morning tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM Genomic and Predictive Breeding: Advancing predictive breeding methods and capacity building to develop future pulse crops
Keynote speaker: Prof Lee Hickey, The University of Queensland
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Genomic and Predictive Breeding session
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Thursday lunch and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Plant Defence I: Pathogen fitness, disease dynamics and host plant resistance under the changing climate scenario with special reference to legumes (chickpea and pigeonpea)
Keynote speaker: Dr Mamta Sharma, ICRISAT
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Plant Defence I session
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Thursday afternoon tea and exhibition
Boulevard Auditorium Foyer
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM Plant Defence II: Progress in understanding the Sclerotinia sclerotiorum pathosystem
Keynote speaker: Assoc Prof Mehdi Kabbage, University of Wisconsin
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Plant Defence II session
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Closing plenary
Boulevard Auditorium, Boulevard Level


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