I. Conference Introduction

The first International Youth Exchange Conference on Crop and Biology Interaction will be held online on December 12, 2021. The theme of the conference is crop-biology interaction and green Agriculture. On behalf of the organizing committee, we sincerely invite all experts and colleagues to attend this grand event.

II. Conference software and ID

In view of the epidemic prevention and control situation in China and Shaanxi Province, and in order to protect the life safety of participants, the first International Youth Exchange Conference on Crop and Biology Interaction will be held online on October 12, 2021, free of charge, according to the spirit of Shaanxi Province and after careful study and decision of the conference committee. Tencent Conference software will be used for 1IYECCPI international conference. The conference number and link of Tencent Conference are as follows:

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Topic: First International Youth Exchange Conference on Crop and Biology Interaction

Meeting Time: 2021/12/12 14:30-18:00 (GMT+08:00)

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III. The conference theme

Biotic Plant Interactions and Green Agriculture

IV. Meeting schedule

Moderator: Jiawen Wu

(1) 2021/12/12 14:30-15:00 (GMT+08:00)

Opening Remarks

Wenqiang Wang Yan'an University

(2) 2021/12/12 15:00-15:30 (GMT+08:00)

Muhammad Hamzah Saleem, Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, China.

Report title: Interactive effects of gibberellic acid and NPK on morpho-physio-biochemical traits and organic acid exudation pattern in coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) grown in soil artificially spiked with boron

He has published many Research and Review articles and focus on Cu toxicity in fibrous crops. In addition, I have published more than many articles in well-known journals with different groups in Pakistan and China. From his published papers, I have many citations and because of the large number of publications I have won the Research Contribution Award from my previous university in China. My main idea was to use fibrous species for the phytoextraction of Cu, from Cu-polluted soil. From this idea, he is doing his doctorate degree and has found some reliable results. He is also a managing editor in “Life” MDPI entitled “Cultivation and Regulation of Abiotic Stress for Field Crops”. In addition, he is also doing help to my countrymates in the writing thesis or research article and also teach them about well-known software’s such as RStudio or Origin. He is looking forward to an active research member who can help me and I can help them in every aspect of the research.

(3) 2021/12/12 15:30-16:00 (GMT+08:00)

Adnan Mustafa, Professor, Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Environmental Protection, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic.

Report title: Long-term fertilization enhanced carbon mineralization and maize biomass through physical protection of organic carbon in fractions under continuous maize cropping

His research is focused on soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation mechanisms, plant-microbe interactions, biochar production, and utilization for agricultural crop production and environmental remediation. He is actively involved in bioremediation of contaminated soils using organic and inorganic amendments in addition to exploiting plant-microbe interactions. He has published over 50 refereed journal articles, many of which sought to explore the effectiveness of innovative soil amendments and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for improving crop performance and soil resilience under various abiotic stresses. He has been working for several renowned academic societies and enjoys early career in research.

(4) 2021/12/12 16:00-16:30 (GMT+08:00)

 

Xiukang Wang, PhD, is a professor and Deputy Director of the College of Life Science at the Yan’an University of China.

Report title: Determining optimal mulching, planting density, and nitrogen application to increase maize grain yield and nitrogen translocation efficiency in Loess plateau of China

He received his PhD in Agronomy from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2014. He is a professor and master supervisor of ecology. Mainly engaged in field crop planting, water-saving irrigation agriculture, dry land water and fertilizer cultivation theory and technology research. He has presided over more than ten scientific research projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation. He has published more than 100 papers, such as “Advances in Agronomy”, “Field Crops Research”, “Agricultural Water Management”, “European Journal of Soil Science”. Now, he is the leader of Shaanxi University Youth Innovation Team.

(5) 2021/12/12 16:30-17:00 (GMT+08:00)

 

Sunny Ahmar is currently working as a research associate at the Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Talca, Chile.

Report title: Advantage of Nanotechnology-Based Genome Editing System and Its Application in Crop Improvement

He has received his Master's degree in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the Huazhong Agriculture University, China. During this period, he worked extensively on genome editing techniques, crop stress physiology, agro-nanotechnology, nano-based genome editing, and molecular biology. He has expertise in CRISPR/Cas9.Presently, he is working with nano-based genome editing and their interactions with plants to develop a speed crop improvement mechanism in one year, He has published more than 60 research papers and review articles.

(6) 2021/12/12 17:00-17:30 (GMT+08:00)

 

Sajid Fiaz, PhD, Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Haripur, Pakistan.

Report title: Two-component system genes in Sorghum bicolor: Genome-wide identification and expression profiling in response to environmental stresses

Dr. Fiaz received his PhD in Crop Genetics and Breeding from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences during 2019. Dr. Fiaz’s research directions are Marker Assisted Selection, Mutation Breeding, QTL Mapping and Genome Editing for yield and quality traits development in cereals. He is actively supervising under-graduate and post-graduate students. He has been awarded with a Start-Up Research Grant Project from Higher Education Commission of Pakistan worth 1.0 Million PKR. He has published more than 40 research articles and 10 book chapters with prestigious scientific magazines like International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry and Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. He is working as academic editor for PLOS ONE, review editor for Frontiers in Genetics and editing a special issue with Plants-MDPI. Currently, his lab group is working to identify genetic factors controlling drought stress tolerance in exotic and local landraces of rice.

V. Conference organizer

(1) Chairman of organizing Committee

Xiukang Wang, Prof. Yan'an University

Guoce Xu, Prof. Xi'an University of Technology

Junliang Fan, Prof. Northwest A&F University, China

(2) Member of organizing Committee

Wenqiang Wang, Prof. Yan'an University

Xin Lei, Prof. Yan'an University

Changhai Liu, Prof. Yan'an University

Peng Shi, Associate Professor, Xi'an University of Technology

Jiawen Wu, Associate Professor, Yan'an University

Haidong Wang, Associate Professor, Northwest A&F University, China

Kun Luo, PhD. Yan'an University

(3) Conference Organizer

Ecology, Yan’an University

Institute of High-Quality Development on loess Plateau

Shaanxi University Youth Innovation Team

Science and Technology Association of Yan'an University

VI. Conference Contact Person

Yongwang Zhang, Yan’an University, yadxzhangyw@yau.edu.cn