EUCARPIA Cereals Section
Wroc³aw University of Environment and Life Sciences
International Conference on Rye Breeding and Genetics 24th - 26th June 2015, Wroc³aw, Poland

Final programme

Tuesday, 23th June 2015

From 16.00 Arrival, accommodation in three hotels: Hotel Jan Pawe³ II, 2 ¦w. Idziego St. or DS Labirynt 23 Sopocka St. or DS Raj 5/7 Pautscha St.
18.00 - 19.00 Participant registration (Jan Pawe³ II Hotel)
19:00 Dinner & welcome meeting (Jan Pawe³ II Hotel)

Wednesday, 24th June 2015

Conference at Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 24A Grunwaldzki Sq.

8.30 - 9.00 Participant registration
9:00 Addresses of Welcome
Welcome the guests by Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences authorities
Presentation of information about city of Wroc³aw
9:30 Welcome of the head of EUCARPIA Cereal Section, A. Börner, Gatersleben, Germany
9:40 Lucjan Madej: A personal reminiscence by J. Zimny, IHAR Radzikow, Poland

Session 1. Thirty years of hybrid rye cultivars

Chairman: H.H. Geiger, Univ. Hohenheim, Germany
Keynote speakers:
9:50 T. Miedaner, University of Hohenheim, Germany
From phenotype to genomics (and back)- Breeding research in the last three decades
10:20 P. Wilde, KWS LOCHOW, Germany
Genetic gain from hybrid rye breeding: achievements and challenges
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee & Tea Break

Session 2.General breeding methods

Chairman: P. Wilde, KWS LOCHOW, Germany
Keynote speakers:
11:20 J. Larsen, Lethbridge Research Centre, Lethbridge, Canada
Historical, current and potential future trends for rye production and breeding in Canada
11:50 M. Pomomareva, Tatar Research Institute of Agriculture, Kazan, Russia
A.A Goncharenko, Agricultural Research Institute of Central Region Non-Chernozem Zone, Nemchinovka, Russia
Breeding progress and trends of winter rye yield in Central Russia
12:15 Z. Banaszak, Danko, Poland
Rye varieties in Poland
12:35 E. Urban, I. Hardzei, SPCAF, Minsk, Belarus
Breeding trends and cultivation of rye in Belarus
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at the University

Session 3. Genomic prediction and selection

Chairman: M. Sorrells, Cornell University Ithaca, USA
Keynote speakers:
14:00 M. Sorrells, Cornell University Ithaca, USA
Genomic Selection in Plants: Training Population Design and GxE
14:30 M. Schönleben, TUM Munich, Germany
Genomic prediction across breeding cycles in rye
15:00 K. Schmid, University of Hohenheim, Germany
RYE-Select: Genomic differentiation and artificial selection in the two German rye (Secale cereale) breeding pools
15:20 Y. Wang, Univ. Hohenheim/IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Genome-wide prediction of testcross performance and phenotypic stability for important agronomic and quality traits in elite hybrid rye
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee & Tea Break

Session 4. Emerging molecular tools

Chairman: P. Masojc, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
Keynote speakers:
16:10 E.Bauer, TUM, Freising, Germany
Rye - Don't be afraid of an 8 gigabase genome jigsaw
16:40 B.Hackauf, Julius-Kühn-Institute, Groß Lüsewitz, Germany
Approaching complex traits in the rye genome by association mapping and comparative genomics
17:10 V.Korzun, KWS LOCHOW, Germany
Genomics and molecular breeding in rye - Current view and future development
17.30 P.Masojæ. West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
Bidirectional selective genotyping - a method to reveal molecular mechanisms underlying preharvest sprouting in rye
17.50 S. Stoja³owski, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland
Towards localization of restorer genes for the C source of cytoplasmic male sterility in rye
18.10 J. Zimny, IHAR Radzikow, Poland
Androgenesis in rye - past and present
18:30 End of the first day
19:30 Gala dinner

Thursday, 25th June 2015

Conference at Wroc³aw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 24A Grunwaldzki Sq.

Session 5. Use of genetic resources and cytogenetics

Chairman: A. Börner, IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Keynote speakers:
9:00 P. Dopiera³a, KWS LOCHOW, Poland
Use of inbred lines from ancient Polish population varieties to broaden genetic diversity for hybrid rye breeding
9:20 A. Houben, IPK Gatersleben, Germany
Origin and regulation of rye B chromosomes
9:50 A. Lukaszewski, Univ. California, Riverside, USA
Introgressions from wheat to rye
10:20 E. Gacek, COBORU S³upia Wielka, Poland
Legal bases and new trends in DUS testing in cereals
10:50 - 11:20 Coffee & Tea Break

Session 6. Disease resistance and tolerance to abiotic stresses

Chairman: T. Miedaner, Univ. Hohenheim, Germany
Keynote speakers:
11:20 K. Flath, Julius-Kühn-Institute, Kleinmachnow, Germany
Pathosystem analyses of rye/leaf rust and stem rust populations
11:50 B. Fowler, Univ. Saskatchewan, Canada
Breeding for frost tolerance in rye
12:20 M. Rakoczy-Trojanowska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Association analysis of benzoxazinoid-related traits in rye
12:40 A. Gordillo, KWS LOCHOW, Germany
Evaluation of backcross progenies followed by molecular breeding approaches to develop rye hybrids adapted to new environments
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Poster session & discussion

Session 7. Nutritional and technological quality

Chairman: H. Bujak, Wroclaw University of Environment and Life Sciences, Poland
Keynote speakers:
15:00 D. Boros, IHAR Radzikow, Poland
European rye for enhanced food and feed
15:30 V. Kobylianskii and O. Soloduchina, VIR, St. Petersburg Russia
Rye breeding for low water soluble pentosans and possibility of its use in animal feeding
16:00 Closing Session (New location for next meeting in 2020 etc.)
16:30 - 18.30 Wroc³aw Sightseeing Tour
19:00 Dinner & social meeting in a restaurant

Friday, 26th June 2015

A coach trip to the Breeding Station KWS LOCHOW POLSKA to Kondratowice
8:15 Meeting in the hotel lobby (Jan Pawe³ II Hotel)
8:30 - 9:30 Transfer to Kondratowice
9:30 - 10:15 Welcome in the KWS LOCHOW POLSKA company
Presentation KWS CEREALS activities in Poland - A.S±siadek, KWS LOCHOW, Poland
Presentation scope of rye breeding works of KWS LOCHOW in Poland - P.Dopiera³a, KWS LOCHOW, Poland
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee & Tea Break
10:45 - 11:15 Rye Belt activities presentation - C.H.Heuer, KWS LOCHOW, Germany
11:15 - 11:30 Presentation of strategic sponsor
11:30 - 13:00 Tour on the breeding fields and facilities in Kondratowice
13.00 - 14:00 Lunch in Kondratowice
From 14:00 Departure of participants

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