PROGRAMME

All times are in EET (UTC +2). 
 

Tuesday, June 17    
Time Speaker Title
8:15 Registration
09:00 - 09:10  Andreas Börner Opening Remarks on behalf EUCARPIA
09:10 - 09:20 Viktor Korzun Opening Remarks on behalf EUCARPIA RYE Group
09:20 - 09:30 Marko Kass Opening Remarks on behalf of METK (Centre of Estonian Rural Research and Knowledge)
Session I Rye genetic resources and diversity
  Chairs: Andreas Börner & Evelin Loit-Harro
09:30-10:00

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Nils Stein

The rye pangenome – do you know your germplasm?
10:00-10:15 Maja Boczkowska Conservation, characterization, and genetic analysis of Polish rye genetic resources
10:15-10:30 Steven Dreissig Pollen and anther morphological variation in rye was shaped by domestication
10:30-10:45 Dörthe Siekmann From evolution to innovation – Breeding rye for a sustainable bioeconomy
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
Session II Rye breeding methods and molecular tools
  Chairs: Viktor Korzun & Liina Jakobson
11:15-11:45

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Mark Sorrells

Plant Breeding in the 21st Century: Molecular Breeding and High Throughput Phenotyping
11:45-12:15

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Pernille Merete Sarup

Genomic prediction of general combining ability and specific combining ability in 3-way rye crosses 
12:15-12:30

Marvin Rose

 Enhancing selection gain of population breeding in winter rye by using genomic selection
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:00

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Andres Gordillo

 Genomic selection in hybrid rye breeding: from theory to practice
14:00-14:15 Peter Skov Kristensen Optimizing hybrid rye breeding programs using simulations
14:15-15:15 Elevator Pitches/Meet the Sponsors/Poster session I
15:15-15:45 Coffee Break
  Chairs: Mark Sorrells & Pernille Merete Sarup
15:45-16:15

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Stefan Stojałowski

Thirty years of molecular markers for CMS systems in rye – a subjective review
16:15-16:30 Kadri Sohar Testing spring rye cultivation in Estonia
16:30-16:45 Christina Waesch Influence of long-term nutrient deficiency on pollen and anther morphological traits in rye
16:45-17:10 Bernd Hackauf  RYE2050: A vision for evolutionary rye breeding
 
19:00 - 21:00 Welcome reception at the University of Tartu Delta Centre 
 
Wednesday, June 18  
Time Speaker Title
8:30 Registration
Session III Rye disease resistance and stress tolerance
  Chairs: Stefan Stojałowski & Heinrich Grausgruber
09:00-09:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Thomas Miedaner

 Breeding for fungal disease resistances in small-grain cereals
09:30-09:45 Khalid Mahmood Rare missense mutations in the C terminal and NB-ARC domain of pm3 like disease resistance protein confer powdery mildew disease resistance in rye
09:45-10:00 David Chan-Rodriguez Comparative transcriptomics of rye (Secale cereale L.) inbred lines revealed candidate genes involved in phosphorus deficiency
10:00-10:15 Bernd Hackauf Impact of the GA-sensitive dwarfing gene Ddw1 on the performance of rye under drought
10:15-10:30 Pawel Dopierala Viral diseases transmitted by insects in rye
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Elevator Pitches/Meet the Sponsors/Poster session II
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
Session IV Rye for food, feed, fuel and fun
  Chairs: Thomas Miedaner & Kadri Sohar
13:00-13:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Heinrich Grausgruber

 Comin' thro' the rye
13:30-13:45 Lisa Kissing Kucek Breeding cereal rye for cover crop and forage in the United States
13:45-14:00 Virginia Nichols Partially perennial? Self-cover cropping cereal rye as a novel application for material produced from perennial grain breeding efforts
14:00-14:15 Anna Szafrańska Investigating the variability of free asparagine content in rye cultivars grown in Poland
14:15-14:30 Evelin Loit-Harro Rye as a Valuable Cover Crop
14:30-14:45 Group Photo 
14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
Session V Past & Future of rye research and breeding
  Chairs: Andreas Börner & Teija Tenhola-Roininen
15:00-15:30

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Jochen Kumlehn

Genome editing in rye – lessons from other Triticeae cereals
15:30-16:00

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Henryk Bujak

 Winter rye breeding progress-where do we stand?
16:00-16:15 Jacob Eifler History of KWS short hybrid rye: Applied product innovation and its value for farmers
16:15-16:30 Mauricio Carlos Kuki New perspectives for rye: Facultative hybrids
16:30-17:00

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Viktor Korzun 

 Rye research and breeding: looking back and forward
17:00-17:15 Updates and Announcement Regarding the Next Conference
17:15-17:30 Closing Remarks
 
19:00 - 23:00 Symposium dinner at Vilde ja Vine restaurant 
 
Thursday, June 19 Field trip & Sangaste visit
08:30 – 09:30 Bus travel to Jõgeva
09:30 – 12:30 RYEST field trial and visiting METK campus
12:30 – 14:30 Bus travel to Sangaste
14:30 – 17:00 Sangaste castle – the birthplace of “Sangaste” rye
17:00 – 18:00 Bus travel to Tartu