International Conference From Seed to Pasta III A Sustainable Durum Wheat Chain for Food Security and Healthy Lives

Bologna - , 19-21 September 2018 Conference Center Emilia Romagna Region Via della Fiera, 8 -

Preliminary Program Honorary Committee (Chair) Agriculture and Rural Development Commission European Parliament, EU Antonio Blanco Ercole Borasio Francesco Capozzi of Bari, National Academy of Agriculture, , Italy Italy Italy Simona Caselli Enrico Porceddu Andrea Segrè Agriculture Department, University of Viterbo, University of Bologna, Emilia Romagna Region, Italy Italy Italy

Organizing Committee Roberto Tuberosa (Chair) Curtis Pozniak (Vice Chair) University of Bologna, University of Saskatchewan, Italy Canada Jason Able Maricelis Acevedo Karim Ammar Filippo Bassi Aldo Ceriotti Univ. of Adelaide, Cornell University, CIMMYT, ICARDA, CNR, Australia USA Mexico Morocco Italy Tzion Fahima Peter Langridge Andrea Massi Enrico Pè Nicola Pecchioni University of Haifa, Wheat Initiative PSB, Sant’Anna School, CREA, Israel Italy Italy Italy Stefano Ravaglia Gabriella Sonnante Steven Xu SIS, CNR, USD-ARS, Italy Italy USA

Scientific Committee Luigi Cattivelli (Chair) CREA, Italy Ayele Badebo Brian Beres Marina Carcea Carla Ceoloni CIMMYT, Agrifood, CREA, University of Tuscia, Ethiopia Canada Italy Italy Jaques David Pasquale De Vita Assaf Distelfeld Jorge Dubcovsky INRA, CREA, University of Tel-Aviv, , Italy Israel USA Viviana Echenique Agata Gadaleta Patrizia Galeffi Mohamed Salaa Gharbi CONICET, , ENEA, INRAT, Argentina Italy Italy Tunisia Yue Jin Sharhyar Kianian Barbara Laddomada Domenico Lafiandra USD-ARS, USD-ARS, CNR, University of Tuscia, USA USA Italy Italy Antonio Logrieco Marco Maccaferri Anna Maria Mastrangelo Pierluigi Meriggi CNR, University of Bologna, CREA, Horta, Italy Italy Italy Italy Massimo Palumbo Roberto Ranieri Matthew Reynolds Conxita Royo CREA, Open Fields, CIMMYT, IRTA, Italy Italy Mexico Spain Luca Ruini Yehoshua Saranga Rosanna Simeone Cristobal Uauy Barilla, Hebrew University, University of Bari, John Innes Centre, Italy Israel Italy

2 From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 invited SPEAKERS

Maricelis Acevedo Yue Jin (Cornell University, USA) (USDA-ARS, USA) Eduard Akhunov Barbara Laddomada (Kansas State University, USA) (Cnr Italy) Karim Ammar Evans Lagudah (CIMMYT, Mexico) (CSIRO, Australia) José Luis Araus Peter Langridge (, Spain) (Wheat Initiative) Filippo Bassi Marco Maccaferri (ICARDA, Morocco) (University of Bologna, Italy) Brian Beres Stefania Masci (Agriculture Agri-Food, Canada) (University of Tuscia, Italy) Antonio Blanco Annamaria Mastrangelo (University of Bari, Italy) (CREA, Italy) Hans Braun Marina Mastromauro (CIMMYT, Mexico) (Pastificio Attilio Mastromauro, Italy) Marina Carcea Pierluigi Meriggi (CREA, Italy) (Horta, Italy) Pasquale Casillo Craig Morris (Casillo Group, Italy) (USDA-ARS, USA) Scott Chapman Enrico Pè (CSIRO, Australia) (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy) Jose Crossa Francesco Pantò (CIMMYT, Mexico) (Barilla G. e R. F.lli spa, Italy) Pasquale De Vita Curtis Pozniak (CREA, Italy) (University of Saskatchewan, Canada) Assaf Distelfeld Conxita Royo (University of Tel Aviv, Israel) (IRTA, Spain) Elias Elias Roberto Ranieri (North Dakota State University, USA) (Open Fields srl, Italy) Tzion Fahima Luca Ruini (University of Haifa, Israel) (Barilla, Italy) Agata Gadaleta Yehoshua Saranga (University of Bari, Italy) (University of Jerusalem, Israel) Luud Gilissen Daria Scarano (University of Wageningen, The Netherland) (ISEA, Italy) Marco Gobetti Wolfgang Spielmeyer (University of Bolzano, Italy) (CSIRO, Australia) Carlos Guzman Garcia Valeria Terzi (CIMMYT, Mexico) (CREA, Italy) Ron Knox Cristobal Uauy (Agriculture Agri-Food, Canada) (John Innes Centre, UK)

From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 3 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2018

08.30-09.00 Registration of participants

09.00 opening session and welcome addresses

Paolo De Castro (V. President of Agricultural Commission & Rural Development European Parliament)

Simona Caselli (Agriculture Councelor of Emilia Romagna Region)

roberto Tuberosa (Conference Chair - University of Bologna, Italy)

09.30 one century of durum wheat breeding: an Italian legacy Antonio Blanco (University of Bari, Italy)

10.00 An industrial perspective for a more sustainable and safer pasta production Luca Ruini (Barilla, Italy)

10.30 opening keynote Durum wheat genomics: from sequencing to breeding Curtis Pozniak (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)

11.00 Coffee break

11.30-13.00 Session 1. Leveraging the tetraploid wheat genomes

11.30 the wild emmer wheat genome Assaf Distelfeld (University of Tel Aviv, Israel)

11.50 the durum wheat genome Annamaria Mastrangelo (CREA, Italy)

12.10 editing the wheat genome eduard Akhunov (Kansas State University, USA)

12.30 Rht18 semi-dwarfism reveals a new height-reducing mechanism in wheat Wolfgang Spielmeyer (CSIRO, Australia)

12.50 Discussion

13.00 Lunch

4 From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2018

14.10-15.30 Session 2. tetraploid wheat genetic resources for the improvement of durum and bread wheat

14.10 Signature of selection sweeps in the tetraploid wheat germplasm marco Maccaferri (University of Bologna, Italy)

14.30 Yr15 gene (WTK1) encodes two kinase-like protein domains and confers broad-spectrum resistance to stripe rust tzion Fahima (University of Haifa, Israel)

14.50 Harnessing wild wheat alleles to enhance yield stability and productivity of modern wheat yehoshua Saranga (University of Jerusalem, Israel)

15.10 Characterization of Ethiopian genetic resources for durum wheat enrico Pè (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy)

15.30 Coffee break and Poster vision

16.30-18.30 oral presentations selected from abstracts

From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 5 THURSDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2018

08.30-11.00 Session 3. enhancing yield potential and yield stability of durum wheat 08.30 Protecting yield loss through multi-pathogen resistance genes: Benefits to durum wheat? evans Lagudah (CSIRO, Australia)

09.20 Stem rust resistance in durum, particularly on sources of resistance to Ug99 yue Jin (USDA-ARS, USA)

09.40 Decades of breeding scab resistant durum wheat in North Dakota: Challenges and successes elias Elias (North Dakota State University, USA)

10.00 map-based cloning of FHB resistance QTL in durum wheat Agata Gadaleta (University of Bari, Italy)

10.20 genomic selection in durum wheat Jose Crossa (CIMMYT, Mexico)

10.40 High-throughput phenotyping to enhance wheat yield potential Scott Chapman (CSIRO, Australia)

11.00 Coffee break and Poster vision

11.30-12.30 Session 4. mAnaging a sustainable durum production for food security 11.30 exploring G x E x M synergies to enhance durum wheat production Brian Beres (Agriculture Agri-Food, Canada)

11.50 Durum wheat nitrogen management: From monitoring to application and more José Luis Araus (University of Barcelona, Spain)

12.10 A decision support system for durum wheat management Pierluigi Meriggi (Horta, Italy)

12.30-13.00 oral presentations from abstracts

13.00 Lunch

6 From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 THURSDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2018

14.15-16.15 Session 5. Round Table Durum wheat breeding to face climate change Moderators: Filippo Bassi (ICARDA, Morocco) - Karim Ammar (CIMMYT, Mexico)

Participants: • Karim Ammar (CIMMYT, Mexico) • Filippo Bassi (ICARDA, Morocco) • Pasquale De Vita (CREA, Italy) • Ron Knox (Agriculture Agri-Food, Canada) • Conxita Royo (IRTA, Spain) • Daria Scarano (ISEA, Italy)

16.15 Coffee break and Poster vision

17.00-18.30 oral presentations from abstracts

20.30 Gala Dinner

From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 7 FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2018

08.30-10.30 Session 6. enhancing durum quality and healthiness 8.30 Durum wheat quality improvement at CIMMYT Carlos Guzman Garcia (CIMMYT, Mexico) 8.50 re-evolution of durum wheat by resorting the Hardness locus Craig Morris (USDA-ARS, USA) 09.10 Celiac disease, non-celiac wheat sensitivity Luud Gilissen (University of Wageningen, The Netherland) 09.30 Conventional and biotechnological approaches to improve durum healthiness Stefania Masci (University of Tuscia, Italy) 09.50 Bioactive compounds in durum wheat marina Carcea (CREA, Italy) 10.10 Durum wheat products with improved quality and nutritional value marco Gobbetti (University of Bolzano, Italy) 10.30 Phenolic acids in durum wheat: genetic control, genomic studies and breeding perspectives Barbara Laddomada (CNR, Italy)

10.50 Coffee break and Poster vision

11.30-13.00 oral presentations selected from abstracts

13.00 Lunch

14.00-15.30 Session 7. Round Table Innovation in the durum wheat-pasta chain Moderator: Roberto Ranieri (Open Fields srl, Italy)

Short summary on the innovations of pasta value chain in the last 50 years roberto Ranieri (Open Fields srl, Italy) Pasta ready meal and pasta with legumes Francesco Pantò (Barilla G. e R. F.lli spa, Italy) nutritional and healthy pasta claims marina Mastromauro (Pastificio Attilio Mastromauro, Italy) effect of the patent “Gluten Friendly” on pasta Pasquale Casillo (Casillo Group, Italy) traceability of the pasta supply chain Valeria Terzi (CREA, Italy)

8 From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2018 15.30-17.30 Session 8. oPPortunities and perspectives in wheat research Congress keynote lecture International collaboration on wheat improvement Hans Braun (CIMMYT, Mexico) global vision of durum and bread wheat research perspectives Peter Langridge (Wheat Initiative)

Round table the PRIMA project: What role and opportunities for the durum value chain in the Mediterranean Basin? Moderator: Maricelis Acevedo (Cornell University, USA) Participants to be announced

17.30 Closing keynote. A glimpse into the future of durum breeding Cristobal Uauy (John Innes Centre, UK)

18.00 Concluding remarks and closing of the conference

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From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 9 SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

SPECIAL AWARDS for young scientists (< 35 years of age) The Young Investigator Awards recognize the outstanding quality of the symposium contribution and early career trajectory of graduate /postdoctoral researchers.

the two best of each category will receive a special prize (Euro 500,00 for the two best oral Therefore the Scientific Committee will evaluate all the oral and poster presentations and The names of the awardees will be announced during the Closing Ceremony (Friday, September 21,presentations, 2018). Euro 250,00 for the two best poster presentations) and a certificate.

REGISTRATION Registration Fees • PARTICIPANTS

- BEFORE 15 MAY 2018 ...... € 300,00 - BEFORE 30 JULY 2018 ...... € 350,00 - AFTER 30 JULY 2018...... € 430,00

• STUDENTS & GRADUATE STUDENTS*

- BEFORE 30 JULY 2018 ...... € 240,00 - AFTER 30 JULY 2018 ...... € 280,00 *A certificate attesting the status of the is required. The certificate should be sent to the Organizing Secreteriat The Fee includes: Participation to the scientific sessions, Welcome reception, Coffee break & lunches as in the program, Congress kit, Certificate of attendante, Gala Dinner

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10 From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 Cancellation Policy th May a penality of 30% of the Registration Fee will be applied th July a penality of 50% of the Registration Fee will be applied • For cancellation within 15 • For cancellation within 30 • No refund after this dates and in case of non-participation/no-shows VISA Please, if you need a VISA ask the Organizing Secretariat AVENUE MEDIA (congressi@ avenuemedia.eu) for the invitation letter and keep in mind that it is a lengthy process, so plan accordingly.

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LOGISTIC INFORMATION

Conference Venue CONGRESS CENTER - EMILIA ROMAGNA REGION Conference Room - Tower 3 Via della Fiera 8, 40127 Bologna Italy

How to reach Bologna & the Conference venue: https://www.fromseedtopasta.com/venue/

HOTEL ACCOMMODATION

The organizers have selected a number of hotels near the conference venue with reduced conference prices. To reserve your room, please send an email to the hotels below, mentioning “FROM SEED TO PASTA CONFERENCE” including your credit card details as a guarantee of the reservation. The selectedJune hotel 15 is will the send deadline the confirmation for the hotel of reservation.your reservation. After this date, hotel availability is not guaranteed.

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From Seed to Pasta III • Bologna - Italy, 19-21 September 2018 11 patronages

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