Xiaohan Yang

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, USA

Biosystems design:   the future promise of plant science

Zachary Lippman

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA

Fine-tuning flowering,   plant architecture, and crop productivity - lessons from tomato

Harry J. Klee

University of Florida, USA

An integrated   chemical and genetic approach to improve tomato flavor quality

Jiankang Zhu

Jiankang Zhu, Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology (PSC), CAS, China/   CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences (CEMPS), China/ Purdue   University, United States

Plant epigenetics and molecular   breeding

Sanwen Huang

Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of   Agricultural Sciences, China

Topic to be announced

Yi Li

University of Connecticut, USA

Dissection of auxin action in promoting graft union formation

Shuhua Yang

China Agricultural University, China

Molecular mechanism of plant response to cold stress

Yunde Zhao

University of California San Diego, USA

Marker-assisted plant transformation and genome editing

July 6-8 Genomics   session

Dario Cantu

University of California Davis, USA

Comparative genomics of wild and cultivated grapes

Amandine Cornille

French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE),   France

Towards deciphering the genomic bases of adaptation in apples

Yuepeng Han

Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Genetic basis of fruit quality in peach

Timo Hytönen

University of Helsinki, Finland

Population genomics and gene functional analyses reveal the genetic basis   of climate adaptation in woodland strawberry

Zhaobo Lang

Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, China

To be advised

Concetta Licciardello

CREA-Research Centre for Olive, Fruit and Citrus Crops of Acireale, Italy

The genetic control of the anthocyanin pigmentation in leaves, flowers   and fruit tissues along Citrus species

ZhongjianLiu

/Wenjie Cai

Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China

The star fruit (Averrhoa   carambola) omics provides new   insights into genome evolution, cauliflory, and fruit flavor

Sean Myles

Dalhousie University, Canada

Genomic consequences of apple improvement

Stefano Pavan

University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Genome-wide characterization of almond diversity/homozygosity defines   structure, kinship, inbreeding and linkage disequilibrium in cultivated   germplasm and reveals genetic associations with nut and seed weight

Carsten Pedersen

University of Copenhagen, Danmark

GWAS using the Danish Apple collection – a resource as germplasm and for   new apple-based products

Rui Xia

South China Agricultural University, China

The genome of lychee reveals independent domestication events in early   and late-maturing cultivars

Liangsheng Zhang

Zhejiang University, China

The water lily genome and the early evolution of flowering plants

Zhonghua Zhang

Qingdao Agricultural University, China

Comparative genomics provide novel insights into the evolution and   genetic basis of agronomic traits in cucurbits

July 9-10   Development session

Lailiang Cheng

Cornell University, USA

The signaling role of sorbitol in apple flower development and pollen tube   growth

YonglingRuan

The University of Newcastle, Australia

Zooming in on sugar metabolism and signaling for development and defense

Shengnan Wang

China Agricultural University, China

Chaperonin CCT assemble RNP complex and facilitate mRNA long-distance   trafficking in phloem

Juyou Wu

Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Molecular mechanisms of the pollen tube structural changes in   self-incompatibility response of pear

Jialong Yao

Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

Over-expression of MdBBM1 enhances apple shoot regeneration and alters   plant development

Dong Zhang

Northwest A&F University, China

Cytokinin-responsive MdTCP17 interacts with MdWOX11 to repress   adventitious root primordia formation in apple rootstock

Xiaolan Zhang

China Agricultural University, China

Auxin and fruit shape regulation in cucumber

July 13-14 Fruit   quality control session

Eugenio Butelli

John Innes Centre, UK

Metabolic engineering for nutritionally enhanced tomatoes

Michael Considine

The University of Western Australia, Australia

Genetic control of dietary flavonoid availability in apple germplasm

Zhanwu Dai

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Fruit quality and environments: modeling from a fruit to the whole plant

Yuanyuan Li

Shandong Agricultural University, China

Forward understanding the molecular mechanism underlying coloration of   apple fruit

Chuanyou Li

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of   Sciences, China

Why tomato flesh is red but not purple?

Mario Pezzotti

University of Verona, Italy

How the genotype and the environment can direct grape berry ripening

Jun Wu

Nanjing Agricultural University, China

The new gene mining and regulation roles in red skin coloration of pear

Rui Zhai

Northwest A&F University, China

Flavonoid biosynthesis and 4 related MYB transcription factors in pear   fruit

July 15-16 Abiotic   stress session

Zhenhai Han

China Agricultural University, China

Possible regulation of RNA signal transition between scion and rootstock   of apple under Fe deficient stress

Zhengguo Li

Chongqing University, China

SlGRAS4 mediates a novel regulatory pathway promoting chilling tolerance   in tomato

Changhai Liu

Northwest A&F University, China

Identification and functional analysis of Malus genes involved in   abiotic stress response

Jihong Liu

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

MYC2 of Poncirus trifoliata regulates glycine betaine accumulation under cold   conditions

Pei Xu

China Jiliang University, China

A universal pipeline for mobile mRNA detection and insights into   heterografting advantages under chilling stress

Shuangxi Zhou

Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

Crop stress ecophysiology: a trait perspective

July 17 Biotic   stress session

YongpingDuan

U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA

Dissecting the   Citrus HLB complex

MickaelMalnoy

Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy

Application of genome editing in apple for improving disease resistance   or functional study

Jianjun Zhao

Hebei Agricultural University, China

Identification of candidate genes for important traits based on EMS   mutants in Chinese cabbage

July 20-21 Breeding   session

Vincent Bus

Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

Genetic mapping of fire blight resistance QTLs in two rootstock families

David Chagné

Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

A new method for fine mapping non-domesticated alleles and marker   development in apple

Fadi Chen

Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Chrysanthemum germplasms innovation and breeding

Wenwu Guo

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Assembly of citrus mitochondrial genomes and molecular mechanism of male   sterility in a somatic cybrid of pummelo

Fengwang Ma

Northwest A&F University, China

Apple breeding for high fruit quality and stress resistance

Daniel Sargent

NIAB EMR, UK

Identification of genes associated with polyphenol biosynthesis in   cultivated strawberry

Xiaofeng Wang

Northwest A&F University, China

Establish tomato male-sterile lines with a marker for hybrid production by   CRISPR/Cas9 system

Qiang Xu

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Genome assisted breeding in Citrus

July 22 Postharvest   biology session

Yunjiang Cheng

Huazhong Agricultural University, China

Fruit postharvest biology and its application in Citrus Industry

Junping Gao

China Agricultural University, China

Senescence physiology and postharvest handling of roses

Giovanni Battista Tornielli

University of Verona, Italy

From ripening to post-ripening: the restless third age of the grape berry

Aide Wang

Shenyang Agricultural University, China

The mechanism of auxin-induced fruit ripening in apple

July 27-30 Journal   session

Xiaofeng Cui

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Molecular   Plant

Introduction of Molecular   Plant

Blake C. Meyers

Editor-in-Chief of The Plant   Cell

Introduction of ThePlant   Cell

ShuangxiaJin

Associate Editor of Plant   Biotechnology Journal

Introduction of Plant   Biotechnology Journal

Zong-Ming   (Max) Cheng

Editor-in-Chief of Horticulture   Research

Introduction of Horticulture   Research

Qingmei Guan

Associate Editor of Journal   of Integrative Agriculture

Introduction of Journal   of Integrative Agriculture

Xiaowu Wang

Editor-in-Chief of Horticultural   Plant Journal

Introduction of Horticultural   Plant Journal

Yunde Zhao

Editor-in-Chief ofaBIOTECH

Introduction of aBIOTECH

Seishi Ninomiya

Editor-in-Chief of Plant   Phenomics

Introduction of Plant   Phenomics