The IV International Congress on Green Biotechnologies will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 7 and 8, 2024 at the Expo Hotel. The theme of the congress is “Biotechnologies for agricultural sustainability in the era of climate change”.
The Congress will open a discussion on the prospects of green technologies for the development of sustainable climate-resilient agriculture. The congress will be hosted by the Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria. The congress program will focus on the following thematic areas:
- Plant genomics, proteomics and metabolomics
- Precision plant breeding – marker assisted selection, genome editing techniques, plant phenomenology
- Plant cell and tissue culture
- Beneficial soil microbiomes, phytoremediation, biotechnological tools for managing soil fertility, plant growth and plant health
- Circular bioeconomy
Preliminary program
08:30 – 09:30 hours
Registration
09:30 – 10:00
Welcome ceremony and opening speeches
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m
Plenary Session – Keynote Lectures
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m
Atanas Atanasov (BG)
FEEDING THE FUTURE: HOW INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES CAN TRANSFORM SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m
Ahu Altankut Uncuoglu (TR)
PLATFORM-BASED R&D RESEARCH AND RESEARCH COMMERCIALIZATION IN THE GREEN TRANSFORMATION ERA: A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m
Milena Uzunova (Germany)
ASSESSMENT OF GENOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN MAIZE FOR BREEDING GENOTYPES RESISTANT TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
Leila Poiskic (BIH)
GREEN ROAD TRANSLATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR – EXAMPLES OF SUCCESS FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
12:00 – 12:30 p.m
Jadwiga Schlivka (Poland)
REAL-TIME SINGLE MOLECULE SEQUENCE OF GENE FOR POTATO LATE MATT RESISTANCE
12:30 – 1:30 p.m
Lunch
13:30 – 15:00
Plenary Session – Keynote Lectures
13:30 – 14:00
Yelda Özden Çiftçi (TR)
GENE EDITING OF miR396B IN TOMATO
14:00 – 14:30
Sanja Mikic (RS)
CEREAL DIVERSITY RESEARCH WITH BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS TO MEET CLIMATE CHALLENGES AND FARM NEEDS – THE EXAMPLE OF IFVCNS
14:30 – 15:00
Yalchan Kaya (TR)
OIL AND DETERMINATION OF SUNFLOWER OIL QUALITY
15:00 – 15:30
Coffee/tea break
15:30 – 17:00
Plant genomics, proteomics and metabolomics
15:30 – 16:00
Ivan Atanasov (BG)
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE USE OF GENOMIC INFORMATION FOR SMALL CULTURES
16:00 – 16:20
Sibel Aziz (BG)
WHAT ARE THE PROTEINS RESPONSIBLE FOR DROUGHT STRESS IN BULGARIAN LOCAL BEAN?
16:20 – 16:40
Krasimir Rusanov (BG)
DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOCOLS FOR SCALE COMPARATIVE METABOLITAN ANALYSIS IN NATURAL POPULATIONS, COLLECTIONS OF GENETIC RESOURCES AND SEGREGATING POPULATIONS OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS
16:40 – 17:00
Nasya Tomlekova (BG)
APPLICATION OF NUCLEAR AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING VEGETABLE CROPS
17:00 – 19:00
Discussion and poster session
Poster A
Plant genomics, proteomics and metabolomics
A1: Bilyana Chakarova, Lyuben Zagorchev, Denitsa Teofanova, Krasimir Rusanov, Tsvetelina Zagorcheva
FLAVONOID ANALYSIS AND CHEMOTAXONOMY IN CUSCUTA SPP.
A2: Ivayla Dincheva, Iliyan Bajakov, Ivan Ivanov, Radka Vrancheva, Ivanka Semerdzhieva, Nadezhda Markova, Petya Genova-Kalou, Svetla Angelova, Vasil Georgiev, Atanas Pavlov
A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACH IN ASSESSING THE PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF BULGARIAN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENUS COLCHICUM L. (COLCHICACEAE DC) – A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR HUMAN HEALTH
A3: Petko Mladenov, Daniela Moyankova, Krasimir Rusanov, Diana Zasheva, Svetlana Simova, Silvina Zapryanova, Lyudmila Simova-Stoilova, Dimitar Djilianov
ANTI-BREAST CANCER EFFECTS OF FRACTIONS OF THE METHANOL EXTRACTS OF THE PLANT HABERLEA RHODOPENSIS ON THE CIRCULATION
A4: Albena Parzhanova, Julian Tumbarski, Ivan Ivanov, Ivelina Vasileva, Velichka Yanakieva, Dimitar Dimitrov, Mina Todorova and Anelia Georgieva
BIOLOGICAL POTENTIAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THREE PLANTS FROM THE RHODOPES, BULGARIA
A5: Milena Nikolova, Aneta Ljubenova, Ina Aneva
THYMUS LONGEDENTATUS ESSENTIAL OIL AND METHANOL EXTRACT: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ACTIVITY AGAINST FILAMENTAL PLANT PATHOGENS
A6: Mariana Radkova, Miglena Revalska and Anelia Yancheva
EXAMINATION OF STRESS KINASE FUNCTION IN THE PROGENY OF SOYBEAN PLANTS GROWN FROM LOW-TEMPERATURE PRETREATED SEEDS
A7: Mila Rusanova, Marina Alekseeva, Pavlina Vasileva, Krasimir Rusanov, Ivan Atanasov
ANALYSIS OF SRAP MARKERS OF POPULATIONS OF HYPERICUM PERFORATUM L. IN BULGARIA REVEALS A HIGH WALL OF BREEDING THROUGH APOMIXIS
A8: Zlatina Ur, Evgeny Dimitrov, Radoslav Chipilski, Teodora Angelova, Nikolay Hristov, Stefan Tsonev, Elena G. Todorovska
INTRODUCTION OF USEFUL GENETIC CHANGES IN BULGARIAN HEXAPLOID WHEAT (CV. FREMER) THROUGH A RADIATION MUTAGENESIS APPROACH
A9: Vladimir Titorenkov, Milena Nikolova, Elina Yankova-Tsvetkova, Tatiana Stefanova, Ivayla Dincheva, Rumen Denev, Strahil Berkov
SEED GERMINATION INHIBITORY POTENTIAL OF WASTEWATER PRODUCED AFTER DISTILLATION OF ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS, SALVIA OFFICINALIS, THYMUS SPECIES DIVERSA
A10: Valkova R., Apostolova-Kuzova E., Baev, V., Yahubyan G., Gozmanova M.
METATRANSCRIPTOMIC INSIGHTS INTO THE VIROME OF SYMPTOMATIC PETUNIAS CULTURED IN VITRO
A11: Boyka Andonova-Lilova, Mila Rusanova, Krasimir Rusanov, Tsvetelina Zagorcheva, Ivan Atanasov
IN VITRO BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF ROSE OIL DISTILLED POLYPHENOL AND ROSA DAMASCENA ROSE OIL
Poster B
Precision plant breeding – marker assisted selection, genome editing techniques, plant phenomenology
B1: Pavlina Vasileva, Krasimir Rusanov, Mila Rusanova, Ivan Atanasov,
IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A QTL CONTROLLING THE RATIO OF LINALOOL TO LINALYL ACETATE IN FLOWERS OF LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA MILL VAR. HAEMUS
B2: Gancho Pasev, Vesela Radeva-Ivanova, Veronika Pashkulova, Stanislava Grozeva, Daniela Ganeva
CHARACTERIZATION OF TOMATO GENERATIONS F3 FOR RESISTANCE TO TOMATO SPOT WITHER AND TOMATO MOSAIC VIRUS
B3: Antoineta Gigova, Vesela Petrova-Branicheva, Anna Rachova
PRECISION AGRICULTURE GROWING OF THREE VARIETIES OF APPLES IN THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
B4: Elena Topalova, Nikolay Velkov
EVALUATION OF THE TOLERANCE OF CURBUBITACEAE GENOTYPES TO WATER DEFICIT AT THE RAZAD STAGE
B5: Nikolay Dyulgerov, Boryana Dyulgerova
SELECTION OF BEST REPRESENTATIVE WINTER BARLEY GENOTYPES USING FAI-BLUP INDEX
B6: Boyana Angelova, Momchil Paunov, Margarita Kuzmanova, Vasiliy Goltsev, Gabriela Atanasova, Blagovest Atanasov, Nikolai Atanasov
EXPOSURE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS USED IN PRECISION AGRICULTURE DOES NOT AFFECT ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEM IN CORN
B7: Nikolova D., G. Mihova, R. Chipilski
CHLOROPHYLL CONCENTRATION IN WINTER WHEAT (TR. AESTIVUM) DURING THE GRAIN SETTING PERIOD
Poster C
Plant cell and tissue culture
S1: Nikolai Velkov, Zhana Ivanova
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MELON PLANTS OBTAINED BY SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS
C2: Lilia Georgieva, Ivan Tsvetkov, Ivanka Kamenova
APPLICATION OF TISSUE CULTURE METHODS FOR ERADICATION OF VIRUSES AND MULTIPLE VALUABLE VINE VARIETIES
C3: Ahmed Mehmed, Stanislav Bozhimyrov, Tsvetan Kykindonov
SURVIVAL AND QUALITIES OF STEVIA SEEDLINGS DEPENDING ON PROPAGATION METHOD
C4: Liliana Nacheva, Natalia Dimitrova, Diana Alexandrova, Snezhana Milusheva
IMPROVEMENT OF IN VITRO MICROPROPAGATION OF PEACH ROAD GF 677 (Prunus amygdalus × Prunus persica)
C5: Rosen S. Sokolov, Nadezhda Zapryanova
IN VITRO CULTURE INTRODUCTION OF VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS OF THE GENUS Heuchera AND X Heucherella
Poster D
Beneficial soil microbiomes, phytoremediation, biotechnological tools for managing soil fertility, plant growth and plant health
D1: Miglena Revalska, Anelia Yancheva
A SYNTHETIC STRIGOLACTONE ANALOG RAC-GR24 MEDIATES THE EFFECT OF EXTREME PHOSPHATE CONDITIONS IN MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA
D2: Vesela Petrova-Branicheva, Antoineta Gigova, Anna Rachova, Emil Dimitrov
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE THROUGH OPTIMAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES WATER, ENERGY, SOIL AND FERTILIZERS FOR GROWING GARLIC
D3: Anna Rachova
EFFECT OF IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZATION ON BIOMETRIC INDICATORS OF EGGPLANT VARIETY “BULGARIAN 12”
D4: Vanya Popova, Ivelina Neikova, Stefan Shilev
INTERCUTTING OF OATS WITH FEE ALTERES MICROBIAL DIVERSITY AND CARBON SOURCE UTILIZATION PATTERNS IN THE RHIZOSPHERE OF OATS
D5: Teodora Tomova, Veselinka Vasileva, Ivelina Neikova, Stefan Shilev, Nikolay Dinev
CHANGES AFFECT SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS IN THE SWEET CORN RHIZOSPHERE
D6: Vanya Popova
COMPOST DERIVED FROM WWTP SEDIMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCES PEPPER GROWTH AND ELEMENT ACCUMULATION IN TOP MASS.
D7: Iliana Gerasimova, Miladin Nazerkov, Zdravka Petkova
EFFECT OF MINERAL FERTILIZATION AND TILLAGE SYSTEM ON GRAIN YIELD IN A FOUR-POLE CROP ROTATION UNDER NON-irrigated conditions
D8: Maya Benkova, Irena Atanasova, Lyuba Nenova and Emilia Elenova
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF BIOCHARCOAL APPLICATION ON WHEAT YIELD AND NUTRIENT UPGRADE BY FLUVISOL
D9: Dimitar Danchev, Momchil Paunov, Ana-Maria Nedelcheva, Victoria Vladimirova, Desislava Raykova, Yordan Georgiev, Anton Pozumenshtikov, Svetoslav Anev, Ganka Chaneva, Miroslava Zhiponova
A MULCHING APPROACH REDUCES OXIDATIVE STRESS IN SOLANUM TUBEROSUM
D10: Zhelyazko Valchinkov, Miroslava Hristova-Cherbadji, Veronika Deleva
QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT IN KNEZA 310 AND KNEZA 461 MAIZE HYBRIDS AFTER TREATMENT WITH MICROBIAL FERTILIZERS FROM THE “MICROBTIMA” GROUP
D11: Tsvetelina Metodieva, Mariana Radkova, Katerina Stefanova, Hristo Valchovski
GENETIC IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF THE BENEFICIAL INFLUENCE OF SELECTED RHIZOBACTERIA ON PLANT GROWTH AND BEAN YIELD IN THE FIELD CONDITIONS OF WESTERN BULGARIA
D12: Anton Sotirov
EFFECTIVENESS OF SOIL AND APPLE TREES TREATMENT WITH AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C) TO INCREASE SOIL FERTILITY AND PLANT STABILITY
D13: Yonita Perfanova, Hristo Valchovski, Gergana Kuncheva, Lev Tribis
EFFECT OF MINERAL FERTILIZERS AND INOCULATION WITH NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA ON YIELD AND BIOMASS OF CICER ARIETINUM L
D14: Maria Christova
EFFECTS OF ORGANIC AND MINERAL MULCH ON THE SPECIES RICHNESS AND BIOMASS OF SWEDISH IN NEWLY ESTABLISHED WILDFLOWER MEADOWS
Poster E
Circular bioeconomy
E1: Ivelina Neikova, Vanya Popova, Slaveya Petrova, Mariyana Petkova, Anyo Mitkov, Stefan Shilev
VERMICOMPOST PROMOTES FEED BARLEY YIELD AND SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN A CIRCULAR BIOECONOMIC APPROACH
E2: Svetla Dyankova, Ayten Solak
BIOPOLYMER FILM COATINGS WITH ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AS FOOD PACKAGING
E3: Ivan Mortev, Yuri Enakiev
OPTIMIZING CONTROLLABLE FACTORS OF AN INERTIAL FRUIT SEPARATOR IN MECHANISED TOMATO PICKING
E4: Teodora Petkova, Zhivka Goranova, Petya Trnenska, Todorka Petrova, Zdravko Manev
INVESTIGATION OF THE STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF ZISYPHUS MILL EMULSIONS. OIL/ WATER AND OIL PHASE VEGETABLE SUNFLOWER OIL 20, 40 AND 60%
E5: Sergey Sergeev
KINETICS FOR MICROBENS RASTEZH ON LACTICASEIBASILLUS CASEI SHIROTA 51C
E6: Petya Sabeva, Gabor Zivanovitz, Stoil Zhelyazkov
FRUIT PACKAGING WITH CHITOSAN BASED EDIBLE WRAPS
E7: Dida Izerliyska, Nasya Tomlekova
CONSUMER SENSORY EVALUATION OF BULGARIAN SWEET PEPPER MUTANT GENOTYPES
19:30 – 21:00
Formal dinner
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