Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Registration

Plenary Session

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)Plenary 2

Chair: Jean-François Rami

• Sorghum in Europe: State of play and prospects
  Valérie Brochet (Sorghum-ID, Montardon, France)

• Can the analysis of the genetic diversity of stress responses challenge the consensus on the relative performance of maize and sorghum under drought scenarios?
  Boris Parent (INRAE, Montpellier, France)

• Breaking boundaries in sorghum value chains: the impact of Europe-Africa collaborations and future prospects
  David Pot (Cirad, Montpellier, France)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Coffee break - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Parallel Sessions 3

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)A - Genetics and genomics of adaptation -2-

Chair: Ian Godwin

Selected oral presentations

• O28 - Novel strategies to mine the relevant biodiversity from genebanks to enhance crop adaptations for changing climate: case study-harnessing sorghum drought adaptations
  Jana Kholova (Department of Information Technologies, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Praha - Suchdol, Czechia)

• O29 - The genetics basis of sorghum adaptation to a changing climate
  Karine Da Costa Bernardino (Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, Sete Lagoas, Brazil)

• O30 - Breeding for reproductive cold tolerance in sorghum
  Steffen Windpassinger (Plant Breeding, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany)

• O31 - Early-Stage Phenotyping of Root Angle Provides Insights into the Drought Tolerance Level of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Landraces
  Temesgen Menamo (Horticulture and Plant Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia)

• O32 - Identifying genotypic variation in transpiration efficiency (TE) among major sorghum races and examine their genetic association
  Abel Debebe (Agricultural Biotechnology, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia)

Sully 1 Room (Level 1)B - Agronomy / Modelling / Prediction -1-

Chair: Andrew Borrell

Selected oral presentations

• O33 - Modeling adaptation of sorghum in Ethiopia with APSIM—opportunities with G×E×M
  Alemu Tirfessa (Crop Research, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia)

• O34 - The need for local data for moving forward food assessments in Africa: a review using sorghum crop modeling as case study
  Ana Julia Carcedo (Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA)

• O35 - Foresighting sorghum production through integrating general circulation and biophysical crop models with remote sensing at regional scales across north-eastern Australia
  Andries Potgieter (QAAFI, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia)

• O36 - CropGen: A new tool for optimising sorghum crop design for drought adaptation
  Genevieve Durrington (Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia)

• O37 - Automated processing of GxExM parametrized simulations
  Jan Pavlik (Department of Information Technologies, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Praha-Schudol, Czechia)

Barthez Room (Level 2)C - Optimizing variety development through farmers and value chain stakeholder involvements

Chair: Bettina Haussmann

Selected oral presentations

• O38 - How farmer-breeder collaboration can increase functional sorghum diversity and reach larger-scale impact
  Bettina I.G. Haussmann (DITSL, The Deutsches Institut für Tropische und Subtropische Landwirtschaft GmbH, Witzenhausen, Germany)

• O39 - The power of Farmer Research Network in technology promotion among smallholder farmers: The case of improved sorghum varieties in Eastern Uganda
  Moses Biruma (National Semi-Arid Resources Research Institute (NaSARRI), National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), Soroti, Uganda)

• O40 - Participatory Selection of Introgression Lines Derived from Wild and Exotic Sorghum with Farmers in Western Kenya
  Evans Ouma (Agronomy, Rongo University, Rongo, Migori, Kenya)

• O41 - Sorghum Breeding for Agroecology: Biodiversity considerations in West Africa
  Eva Weltzien (Tracy Lab/Agronomy Dept., The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Remagen, Rhineland Palitinate, Germany)

• O42 - Participatory sorghum development increased number of functional varieties and genetic diversity for climate resilience among smallholder farmers in Chirundu
  Lloyd Mbulwe (Sorghum & Millets Improvement Programme/Crop Improvement and Agronomy, Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI), Chilanga, Zambia )

Rondelet Room (Level 2)D - Developing new products for human consumption -2-

Chair: Tadesse Teferra

Selected oral presentations

• O43 - Nutritional and functional properties of infrared and microwave heat moisture-treated sorghum meals
  Rose Otema Baah (Department of consumer and Food Science, The University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa)

• O44 - Sorghum grains milling: filling the technological gaps for new functional flours and semolina production
  Reine Barbar (UMR 1208 IATE, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, Institut-Agro Montpellier, Montpellier, France)

• O45 - End-use quality driven sorghum improvement: new opportunities for high value food products
  Tadesse Teferra (Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia)

• O46 - Extrusion processing of sorghum grain (whole and decorticated) used as ingredients for breads, biscuits and arraw
  Cheikh N'Diaye (Cereals, Institut de Technologie Alimentaire, Dakar, Senegal)

• O47 - Prioritizing sorghum value chain prefered straits : lessons learned from the field in Burkina Faso and way forward
  Alex-Fabrice Zongo (Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Lunch & Coffee - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Parallel Sessions 4

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)A - Developing genomic / Genetic resources and tools

Chair: Geoffrey Morris

Selected oral presentations

• O48 - Panning for genetic gold: pan-genomics and other omics resource for crop improvement
  Emma Mace (QAAF, The University of Queensland, Warwick, Queensland, Australia)

• O49 - Editing the way to resilient high value cereals
  Ian Godwin (QAAFI, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia)

• O50 - Sorghum Mutation Breeding in the Age of Next-Generation Sequencing
  Doreen Ware (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USDA ARS, Cold Spring Habor, NY, USA)

• O51 - Genotype–environment associations to reveal the molecular basis of environmental adaptation in sorghum
  Jesse Lasky (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)

Sully 1 Room (Level 1)B - Agroecological intensification -2-

Chair: Ignacio Ciampetti

Selected oral presentations

• O52 - OGA (Fermented human urine) fertilizer an auto-innovation among women farmers in Niger
  Moussa Oumarou Hannatou (Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN), Maradi, Republic of the Niger)

• O53 - Can low-input agriculture in semi-arid Burkina Faso feed its soil, livestock and people?
  Gildas Assogba (Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands)

• O54 - Co-designing sorghum-based cropping systems with rotations to improve soil fertility and yield in Burkina Faso
  Abdoul Rasmane Bagagnan (Plant production system (PPS), Wageningen University and Research/ Cirad, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

• O55 - Exploration of sorghum genetic variability for adaptation to intercropping with cowpea - case study in Burkina Faso
  Louis-Marie Raboin (AIDA, Cirad, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

Barthez Room (Level 2)C - Developing varieties to support forage market development -1-

Chair: Nathanael Bascom

Selected oral presentations

• O56 - Dual-purpose sorghum in Mali : adoption factors and producer perceptions
  Aminata Berthe (Système de production et gestion des ressources naturelles, IER, Bamako, Mali)

• O57 - Brown midrib sorghum forages create new opportunities for animal producers in West Africa
  Ousmane Seyni Diakite (Cultures pluviales, INRAN, Niamey, Republic of the Niger)

• O58 - Variability and Character Association among Forage Biomass and Nutritional Quality Traits of Sorghum Collections in Ethiopia
  Getachew Ayana (Plant protection, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia)

Rondelet Room (Level 2)D - Joint session: Sorghum ID - OZ Sorghum
The United Sorghum Checkoff Program - Sorghum Movement

• The Global Sorghum Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges for Research and Industry
  Valérie Brochet, David Jordan, Tim Lust, Vinicius Guimarães

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Coffee break - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Parallel Sessions 5

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)A - Genetics and genomics of adaptation -3-

Chair: Erik Van Oosterom

Selected oral presentations

• O59 - Enhancing the sustainable production of sorghum by exploiting biological nitrogen fixation by microbial symbionts associated with aerial roots
  Wilfred Vermerris (Microbiology & Cell Science, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA)

• O60 - Understanding the spatiotemporal regulation of biosynthesis of sorgoleone, an inhibitor of nitrification secreted from sorghum root hair cells
  Sakiko Okumoto (Texas A&M Agrilife research, College Station, TX, USA)

• O61 - Harnessing root biology for sorghum adaptation to tropical environments with abiotic stresses
  Jurandir Vieira de Magalhães (Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil)

• O62 - Transcription factor nuclear trafficking elicited by aluminum sensing in the plasma membrane plays a role in the regulation of the sorghum SbMATE transporter
  Vanessa Barros (Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, Sete Lagoas, Brazil)

Sully 1 Room (Level 1)B - Genetics and genomics of biotic constraints -1-

Chair: Graeme Hammer

Selected oral presentations

• O63 - Sorghum aphid host plant resistance: Implications for global durability
  Carl Vangessel (Crop Adaptation Lab, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA)

• O64 - Impact of herbicide imidazolinone-resistance trait introgression in grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench)
  Pedro Pardo (R&D, Advanta Seeds, Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, Argentina)

• O65 - Population genomics of Low Germination Stimulant 1 enabled molecular breeding of Striga resistant sorghum varieties
  Fanna Maina (INRAN - NIGER, Niamey, Republic of the Niger)

• O66 - PP37 multi-parent advanced generation inter-cross (MAGIC) population – a resource for Striga research
  Habte Nida (Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

Barthez Room (Level 2)C - Early Carrer Scientists session

• Special session
  Valérie Brochet, Krishna Jagadish, Timothy Dalton, Bettina Haussmann

Rondelet Room (Level 2)D - Optimizing breeding programs to maximize genetic gains -2-

Chair: Eva Weltzien

Selected oral presentations

• O67 - The IAVAO crop network: a NARS led regional platform for germplasm exchange and multi-environment trials
  Jean-François Rami (UMR AGAP Institut, Cirad, Montpellier, France)

• O68 - Characterization of adaptation mechanisms in sorghum using a multi-reference back-cross nested association mapping design and envirotyping
  Vincent Garin (ICRISAT, Patancheru, India ; Cirad, UMR AGAP, Montpellier, France)

• O69 - Performance of phenomic selection in sorghum : Exploring population structure and GXE effects on prediction accuracy
  Nicolas Salas (AGAP/GIV/BIOS, Cirad, Montpellier, France)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Poster Session 2 (even-numbered posters)

Plenary Session

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) -2-

  

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Registration

Plenary Session

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)Plenary 3

Chair: Timothy Dalton

• Round table
  Kwaku Gyebi Duodu (University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa)
  Monia Caramma (Sustainable Food Researcher, Switzerland)
  Earl Roemer (Nu Life Market, Scott City, USA)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Coffee break - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Parallel Sessions 6

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)A - Breeding Programs achievements and technology delivery

Chair: David Jordan

Selected oral presentations

• O70 - ADVANTA Championing Future R&D Strategies in Genetic Improvement and Seed Treatment Technologies of Sorghum for Global Food, Feed, Fodder, Biofuel and Nutrition Security
  Vilas Tonapi (Advanta Seeds, Advanta Enterprises Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana, India)

• O71 - Dutch bred Dusormil sorghums HD100 and HD7, were found suitable for harvest with a dual purpose harvester unlocking a multipurpose crop and its applications
  Walter De Milliano (Maatschap de Milliano-Meijer, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands)

• O72 - Genotype by Environment Interaction and Stability analysis of Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] Genotypes in Western Ethiopia
  Meseret Tola (Plant breeding, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Bako Agrecultural Research Center, Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia)

• O73 - Development of energy sorghum cultivars for bioenergy in Brazil
  Rafael Parrella (Embrapa Maize and Sorghum, EMBRAPA, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil)

• O74 - Development of sorghum hybrids with good response to synthetic fertilizers to improve yield in Mali
  MacDonald Jumbo (Accelerated Crop Improvement, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Bamako, Mali)

Sully 1 Room (Level 1)B - Seed System

Chair: Timothy Dalton

Selected oral presentations

• O75 - Sorghum Seed System Security situation among Smallholders in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya
  Carolyne Khalayi Wafula (Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Organization, Rongo, Kenya)

• O76 - Dissemination process of new seed variety in Senegal: analysis of the interactions of the actors of the millet and sorghum sectors
  Cheikh Tidiane Diouf (UMR innovation/BAME, Cirad/ISRA, Dakar, Senegal)

• O77 - Scaling the pearl millet and sorghum seedball technology in the Sahel
  Moussa Oumarou Hannatou (Institut National de Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN), Maradi, Republic of the Niger)

• O78 - Analysis of Macro-Institutional Determinants of the adoption of new sorghum/millet varieties in Burkina Faso
  Alex-Fabrice Zongo (Université Thomas Sankara, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso)

• O79 - From demo plot to sorghum seed system construction: a journey with the tribal farmers of Adilabad District, India
  Marijn Voorhaar (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Telangana, India)

Barthez Room (Level 2)C - Agronomy / Modelling / Prediction -2-

Chair: Emma Mace

Selected oral presentations

• O80 - Environment characterisation of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) crops using climate, satellite imagery, and crop simulation modelling in Australia
  Javier Fernandez (School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia )

• O81 - Environment characterization in sorghum by modeling water-deficit and heat patterns in the US Great Plains region
  Ana Julia Carcedo (Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA)

• O82 - Field-scale greenhouse gas fluxes from sorghum in the U.S. Great Plains using eddy covariance
  Nithya Rajan (Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA)

• O83 - Sorghum in France: climate-related yield and its perspectives
  Maeva Baumont (SAGEP, Arvalis, Montardon, France)

• O84 - Composts from two invasive species (Hyptis suaveolens and Chromolaena odorata) enhance stem sugar and grain production in photoperiodic sweet sorghum
  Thierry Tovignan (CHIBAS, Universite Quisqueya, Port au Prince, Haiti)

Rondelet Room (Level 2)D - Genetics and genomics of grain quality -1-

Chair: Melinda Yerka

Selected oral presentations

• O85 - Characterization of genetic variants in carotenoid biosynthesis pathway, a hub for sorghum crop improvement
  Clara Cruet-Burgos (Department of Soil and Crop Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA)

• O86 - Genomics of Sorghum Grain Carotenoid Bioavailability
  Rachel McDowell (Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA)

• O87 - Analysis of polysaccharide composition during sorghum grain development
  Camille Costes (BIA, INRAE, Nantes, France)

• O88 - Sorghum grain germination reveals new opportunities to improve kafirin digestibility: biochemical insights and Mass-spectrometry label-free based quantitative proteomics
  Hamza Mameri (UMR 1208 IATE, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, L’Institut-Agro Montpellier, Montpellier, France)

• O89 - Grain filling duration in sorghum: Opportunities for yield improvement
  Daniel Otwani (QAAFI, The University of Queensland, Warwick, QLD, Australia)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Lunch & Coffee - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Parallel Sessions 7

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)A - Genetics and genomics of adaptation -4-

Chair: MacDonald Jumbo

Selected oral presentations

• O90 - What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger: the benefits of being cyanogenic in a changing world
  Ros Gleadow (School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Clayton, Vic, Australia)

• O91 - Modulating brassinosteroid signaling to confer drought tolerance in Sorghum
  Juan Bautista Fontanet-Manzaneque (Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Barcelona, Spain)

• O92 - Differential responses of antioxidant enzymes in two sorghum lines contrasting in water deficit and salt tolerance
  Ndiko Ludidi (Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa)

• O93 - Virus-induced gene silencing facilitated the discovery of a new gene affecting the photosynthetic capacity of sorghum under cold stress
  Maria Salas Fernandez (Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA)

Sully 1 Room (Level 1)B - Developing varieties to support forage market development -2-

Chair: Habte Nida

Selected oral presentations

• O94 - Brown Midrib brachytic dwarf sorghum silage as a high-quality forage alternative
  Tomas Sundblad (TD Lead America´s Region, Advanta Seeds, Benavidez, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

•  O95 - The brown midrib (bmr) mutants prevent stalk rots under drought conditions and improve sorghum biomass quality
  Deanna Funnell-Harris (Wheat, Sorghum and Forage Research Unit, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA)

• O96 - The brown midrib (bmr) mutants: a tool to tailor lignin synthesis in sorghum for forage end uses
  Scott Sattler (Wheat, Sorghum and Forage Research Unit, United States Dept. of Agriculture - Agriculture Research Service, Lincoln, NE, USA)

• O97 - Prussic-acid Free Sorghum Creates New Opportunities for Hay and Silage Production
  Mitchell Tuinstra (Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

Barthez Room (Level 2)C - Sorghum Branch - Organization / Multi-actor organization -1-

Chair: Fanna Maina

Selected oral presentations

• O98 - The Impact of Collaboration on Sorghum Research and Development System in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia
  Firew Mekbib Hailemariam (School of Plant Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia)

• O99 - Communicating Research Effectively and Timely to Non-Research Audiences in Agriculture
  Stacy Mayo-Martinez (Martinez Media & Marketing Group, Manhattan, KS, USA)

• O100 - Overcoming Aspiration Failures in Sorghum Consumption in Africa
  Paswel Marenya (Sustainable Agrifood Systems, CIMMYT, Nairobi, Kenya)

• O101 - Potential contribution of sorghum to sustainable food systems in southern Africa: A case for Zimbabwe
  Edmore Gasura (The University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe)

Rondelet Room (Level 2)D - Genetics and genomics of grain quality -2-

Chair: Ndjido Kane

Selected oral presentations

• O102 - High-resolution spatiotemporal transcriptome landscape of sorghum seed development
  Yinping Jiao (Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA)

• O103 - Digging into the transcriptome of a developing sorghum grain to find the culprits of protein content and low digestibility
  Nancy Terrier (UMR AGAP Institut, INRAE, Montpellier, France)

• O104 - Exploring Natural and Induced Genetic Variation for Protein Digestibility in Sorghum Grain
  Elisabeth Diatta-Holgate (Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

• O105 - Transforming grain sorghum’s yield potential and grain quality through trait-based ideotype breeding
  Krishna Jagadish SV (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Coffee break - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Parallel Sessions 8

Rondelet Room (Level 2)A - Meet & Greet

• Special session
  Tim Lust, Earl Romer, Dilys MacCarthy, Eva Wetlzien

Sully 1 Room (Level 1)B - Genetics and Genomics of biotic constraints -2-

Chair: Elisabeth Diatta-Holgate

Selected oral presentations

• O106 - Count the cost: Trade-offs associated with LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1 resistance in Sorghum bicolor
  Chloee McLaughlin (Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)

• O107 - The sorghum mutant LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1 (lgs1) at the nexus of food security in Africa
  Sylvia Mutinda (Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation, Pan African University, Nairobi, Jkuat, Kenya)

• O108 - Does ecotypic variation in Striga hermonthica alter efficacy of LOW GERMINATION STIMULANT 1-based resistance in sorghum?
  Joel Masanga (Lasky Lab, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)

Barthez Room (Level 2)C - Sorghum Branch - Organization / Multi-actor organization -2-

Chair: Khady Nani Dramé

Selected oral presentations

• O109 - Sorghum in Senegal: overview of work on pathology in the past five years
  Mame Penda Sarr Diawara (Laboratory of plant pathology, ISRA, Bambey, Senegal)

• O110 - Designing an e-platform for promoting sorghum value chain networking arrangements and countering climate change induced food insecurity
  Tafadzwa Hungwe (Department of Agricultural Business Development and Economics, The University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe)

• O111 - Diagnostics on sorghum value chain challenges, market opportunities, and potential solutions for Ethiopia
  Tsebaot Kassa Gebremariam (Analytics, Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

• O112 - Lessons from the impacts of a sorghum participatory breeding program addressing the needs of resource poor farmers in marginal areas of Nicaragua
  Gilles Trouche (AGAP Institute, Cirad, Montpellier, France)

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)D - Genetics and genomics of grain quality -3-

Chair: David Pot

Selected oral presentations

• O113 - High protein sorghums for improved health and productivity for smallholder communities
  Tesfaye Tesso (Agronomy, Kansas state University, Manhattan, KS, USA)

• O114 - Digestibility, biochemical changes and Kafirin polymerization analysis during sorghum grain development
  Hamza Mameri (UMR 1208 IATE, Univ. Montpellier, INRAE, Institut-Agro Montpellier, Montpellier, France)

• O115 - Evaluation of genotype and growing season impacts on the synthesis of phenolic compounds during sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) grain development
  Carolina D'Almeida (Laboratory of Bioactives, Food and Nutrition Graduate Program - UNIRIO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

• O116 - Genetic enhancement to improve productivity, resilience and nutrition of sorghum in Sub-Saharan Africa
  MacDonald Jumbo (Accelerated Crop Improvement, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Bamako, Mali)

Domaine des Grands Chais - MauguioConference dinner

• Bus departure (Level 0, Le Corum)

• Conference dinner

  

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Registration

Plenary Session

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)Plenary 4

Chair: Ndjido Kane

• The Potential Hidden Within Sorghum Diversity Populations
  James Schnable (University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States)

• Resilience and Sustainability of Sorghum productivity in the face of Climate Change: Case of West Africa
  Dilys S. MacCarthy (University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Coffee break - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Parallel Sessions 9

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)A - Genetics and genomics of adaptation -5-

Chair: Jurandir Vieira de Maghalhães

Selected oral presentations

• O117 - The genetic control and consequences of heat induced partial fertility in CMS in sorghum
  David Jordan (Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Warwick, QLD, Australia)

• O118 - Integrating molecular genetics and precision phenotyping to elucidate gene function contributing to sorghum drought resilience
  Andrea Eveland (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, MO, USA)

• O119 - Identification of molecular basis of drought adaptation strategies in Sorghum bicolor
  S M Abdul-Awal (Crop Adaptation Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA)

• O120 - A new insight into proteomic responses of sorghum to combined drought and heat stress
  Ali Elnaeim Elbasheir Ali (Department of Biotechnology, The University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa)

Sully 1 Room (Level 1)B - Agroecological intensification -3-

Chair: Mame Penda Sarr Diawara

Selected oral presentations

• O121 - Advanta Sorghum Carbon Project in Argentina
  Tomas Sundblad (Advanta Seeds, Benavidez, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

• O122 - Micro dose soil ammendments effect on soil properties and performance of sorghum on legume-sorghum intercrop on smallholder farms vertisols in Homa Bay County, Kenya
  Peter Oloo Kisinyo (School of Science, Agriculture and Environmental Studies, Rongo University, Rongo, Kenya)

• O123 - Assessment of Agroecological Diversification in Farming Systems among Smallholder Sorghum Farmers in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya
  Carolyne Khalayi (Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Organization, Rongo, Kenya)

• O124 - Sorghum cultivation to reduce nitrogen loads into the environment by Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) and enhance human nutrition
  Papa Saliou Sarr (Crop Livestock and Environment, JIRCAS, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)

Barthez Room (Level 2)C - Genetics and genomics of biotic constraints -3-

Chair: Ousmane Seyni Diakite

Selected oral presentations

• O125 - Identification of sorghum aphid resistance loci and other related traits using cornerstone genomic resources
  Somashekhar Punnuri (Agricultural Research, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA, USA)

• O126 - Integrated analysis of sorghum transcriptome and metabolome provides new insights into the genetic mechanisms of host plant resistance to aphids
  Yinghua Huang (USDA-ARS, Stillwater, OK, USA)

• O127 - Molecular characterization of the mode of action of three anthracnose resistance genes in Sorghum bicolor
  Wilfred Vermerris (Department of Microbiology & Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA)

• O128 - Exploiting Genetic Diversity to Achieve Sustainable Sorghum Anthracnose Disease Management
  Hugo Cuevas (Tropical Agriculture Research Station, USDA-ARS, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)

Rondelet Room (Level 2)D - Developing new products for human consumption -3-

Chair: Reine Barbar

Selected oral presentations

• O129 - Valorisation of natural bio-colorants from dye sorghum
  Polycarpe Kayodé (Laboratory of Valorization and Quality Management of Food Bioingredients/FSA/UAC, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin)

• O130 - Rural incubation of women millet and sorghum processors in Niger creates businesses with potential to improve nutrition
  Bruce Hamaker (Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

• O131 - Successful commercial demonstration of production of high value added food products from sorghum leading to development of new market and categories by Indian startup
  Shantanu Patil (Sales and marketing, Meloop Foods Private Limited, Barshi, Maharashtra, India)

• O132 - Recent Advances in Sorghum Value Addition in Australia
  Rewati Raman Bhattarai (Food Science, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Lunch & Coffee - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Parallel Sessions 10

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)A - Optimizing breeding programs to maximize genetic gains -3-

Chair: Cheikh Ndiaye

Selected oral presentations

• O133 - It's MAGIC – challenges and opportunities in leveraging multi-parent population structure in sorghum improvement
  Melinda Yerka (The University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA)

• O134 - Screening of sorghum genotypes for resistance to striga
  Loyd Mbulwe (Golden Valley Research Station, Zambia Agricultural Research Institution, Chisamba, Lusaka, Zambia)

• O135 - Genomic Prediction of Sweet Sorghum Agronomic Performance under Drought and Irrigated Environments in Haiti
  Jean-Rigaud Charles (Chibas, Universite Quisqueya, Port au Prince, Haiti)

Sully 1 Room (Level 1)B - Sorghum Idea Challenge

• Special session
  Graeme Hammer, Baloua Nebie, Jurandir Vieira, Ephrem Habyarimana, Kirsten vom Brocken, Eva Weltzien, Timothy Dalton, Teferra Tadesse, Soren Knudsen, Kira Everhart-Valentin

Barthez Room (Level 2)C - Genetics and genomics of biotic constraints -4-

Chair: Firew Mekib

Selected oral presentations

•  O136 - The inner workings of the Australian Sorghum Midge Tested Scheme – how Midge Resistance ratings assigned and what they mean?
  Tracey Shatte (Queensland Department of Agriculture & Fisheries, Warwick, Queensland, Australia)

• O137 - The role of phytochemicals in grain mold resistance in sorghum: opportunities and challenges
  Habte Nida (Agronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

• O138 - Genomes to genes to cultivars- a comprehensive approach towards adapted and fungal resistant sorghums
  Tesfaye Mengiste (Botany and plant pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA)

Rondelet Room (Level 2)D - Developing new products for human consumption -4-

Chair: Jesse Lasky

Selected oral presentations

• O139 - Evaluating the performance of value-added Sorghum porridge in improving the diets of Pre-School Children in Migori County
  Evans Ouma (Agronomy, Rongo University, Rongo, Kenya)

Antigone 1, 2 & 3 areas (Level 2)Coffee break - Visit of exhibition - Posters

Plenary Session

Pasteur Auditorium (Level 1)Awards and Conference Closing;
Special Announcement: Selected Host for the Next Global Sorghum Conference

  

Scientific visits

Option 1: Arcad, Abiophen and PHIV facilities on Agropolis campus

See descriptif here.

Bus departure from Hôtel Mercure Montpellier Centre Comédie, 6 rue de la Spirale - Montpellier (Pre-registration and access badge required)

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Visits

• CAD: Conserving and managing the genetic diversity of tropical and Mediterranean plants
• AbioPhen: Testing varieties adapted to future climate conditions
• PHIV: Histocytology and plant cell imaging platform

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Lunch at Restaurant du CIRAD Lavalette (Access badge and voucher required)

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Return to Hôtel Mercure Montpellier Centre Comédie

Option 2: Phenoarch phenotyping platform and the experimental vineyard on INRAe-Institut Agro La Gaillarde campus

See descriptif here.

Bus departure from Hôtel Mercure Montpellier Centre Comédie, 6 rue de la Spirale - Montpellier (Pre-registration and access badge required)

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Visits

• Phenoarch
• The Pierre Galet experimental vineyard

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Lunch at Restaurant-self Campus La Gaillarde (Access badge and voucher required)

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Return to Hôtel Mercure Montpellier Centre Comédie

Satellite meetings