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GERMPLASM & BREEDING

Area Coordinator: Mariano Bulos (Advanta, Argentina)

 

SESSION 1: SOYBEAN GERMPLASM: CHARACTERIZATION, UTILIZATION, DISSEMINATION AND DOMESTICATION

Moderator: Li Juan Qiu (Institute of Crop Sciences, China)

Co-Moderator: Francisco Aragao (Embrapa, Brazil)

  • Global strategies to evaluate germplasm for new plant breeding needs.
  • Impact of international legislations on genetic resources in the flow of soybean germplasm and contribution of exotic germplasm in successful breeding programs
  • Impact and contribution of national breeding programs to the wide world.
  • No-GMO germplasm development.


SESSION 2: SOYBEAN BREEDING TECHNOLOGIES

Moderator: Ricardo Abdelnnoor (Embrapa Soja, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: Julio Ferrarotti (Argentina)

  • AI related application in soybean breeding.
  • Understanding the genetic basis of important agricultural traits.
  • Gene editing as a tool to generate genetic variability.
  • Managing developmental factors in speed breeding programs.
  • Breeding for high yield.
  • Variety development process and the value of public & private soybean breeding programs.

 

SESSION 3: BREEDING FOR ABIOTIC STRESS

Moderator: Alexandre Nepomuceno (Embrapa Soja, Braziil

Co-Moderator: Mariano Pardo (EEAOC-ITANOA, Argentina)

  • Abiotic stresses and soybean yield.
  • Progress in the selection of favorable traits against global climate change.
  • Targeting improvement of physiological traits for drought, flood and salt tolerance.
  • Breeding for tolerance to high temperatures.

 

SESSION 4: BREEDING FOR BIOTIC STRESS

Moderator: Henry Nguyen (University of Missouri, USA)

Co-Moderator: Istvan Rajcan (University of Guelph, Canada)

  • Genetic improvement for Asian soybean rust after 20 years in the Mercosur.​
  • Molecular approaches in breeding for disease resistance in soybean.
  • Genetic improvement of Soybean Cyst Nematode resistance.
  • Genetic improvement for resistance to root and seedling diseases.


SESSION 5: BREEDING FOR SEED COMPOSITION

Moderator: Luciana Rosso (Virginia Tech, USA)

Co-Moderator: José Gerde (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina) 

  • Breeding soybean for more balanced oils for human food.
  • Breeding soybean for high-value food and feed applications.
  • How biotic and abiotic stresses can modify the seed composition?
  • Improvement of protein quantity and quality.

 

SESSION 6: DATA DRIVEN GENOMICS AND PHENOMICS IN SOYBEAN BREEDING

Moderator: Zenglu Li (University of Georgia, USA)

Co-Moderator: Gaspar Malone (GDM, Brasil) 

  • Strategies for genomic and phenomics selection in soybean breeding
  • Improved genetic prediction incorporating G×E interactions and high-throughput phenotyping data
  • High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) platforms (UAVs, sensors, robotics) for soybean breeding
  • The role of bioinformatics and data science in soybean functional genomics and phenomics
  • Gene editing technology updates and integration with genomics-phenomics pipelines.

 

AGRONOMY & PHISIOLOGY

 Area Coordinator: Ignacio Ciampitti (Purdue University, USA)

 

SESSION 1: SOYBEAN NUTRITION STRATEGIES, FERTILIZERS, INOCULANTS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH CROP MANAGEMENT

Moderator: Fernando Salvagiotti (INTA, Argentina)

Co-Moderator: Adrián Correndo (University of Guelph, Canadá) 

  • New formulations and commercial applications.
  • Microgranular soil fertilizers.
  • Discussion on foliar nutrition based on formulations that include plant hormones, growth regulators and photosynthesis activators.
  • Use of phosphorus solubilizing bacteria.
  • Biotechnology applied to nitrogen-fixation bacteria and its use to develop new commercial inoculants.

 

SESSION 2: SOYBEAN PLANT AND CROP PHYSIOLOGY (I)

Moderator: Felix Fritschi (University of Missouri, USA)

Co-Moderator: Álvaro Quijano (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina) 

  • Diversity in nutrient uptake by soybean plants.
  • Metabolism and transport of amino acids in the soybean plant.
  • Protein/Amino acid ratio key.
  • Efficient potassium nutrition for superior yield and nutritional quality in vegetable soybean.

 

SESSION 3: SOYBEAN PLANT AND CROP PHYSIOLOGY (II)

Moderator: Monserrat Salmerón (University of Kentucky, USA)

Co-Moderator: Constanza Carrera (UDEA-CONICET, Argentina)

  • Insight related to physiological causes of yield gap.
  • Physiological traits for drought, salt tolerance, waterlogging, seed quality and seed yield. 
  • Physiological behavior of soybean facing climate changes.
  • Physiology of canopy architecture and lodging resistance.

 

SESION 4: MECHANIZATION AND PRECISION AGRICULTURE

Moderator: Ajay Sharda (Kasas State University, USA)

Co-Moderator: John Fulton (Ohio State University, USA) 

  • New technological challenges in soybean planting.
  • Intelligent equipment to improve efficiency and safety in pesticide applications.
  • Technological advances to improve harvest procedures.


SESSION 5: MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, MATURITY GROUPS AND PLANTING DATES

Moderator: Andre de Borja Reis (University of Missouri, USA)

Co-Moderator: Rai Schwalbert (GDM, Brasil)

  • Choice of cultivar according to the GxE interaction.
  • Progress made in the knowledge of the impact of temperature, radiation, and water availability on the performance of soybean crops and it quality.
  • Management of plant architecture and soybean yield. (José França Neto)
  • Planting date.

 

WEED, DISEASES & PESTS

Area Coordinator Adeney Bueno (Embrapa Soja, Brasil)

 

SESSION 1: ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SOYBEAN PESTS

Moderator: Daniel Sosa Gómez (Embrapa, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: Evangelina Perotti (INTA, Argentina)

  • Effect of climate change on endemic and emerging plant pests.
  • New strategies to reduce the economic impact of soybean pests.
  • A proposal on Glycine max seed interaction with insects.
  • Biological control of pests.
  • The insecticide resistance problem in a warmer world.


SESSION 2: ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SOYBEAN DISEASES AND NEMATODES

Moderator: Claudia Godoy (Embrapa Soja, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: Mercedes Scandiani (Universidad Nacional de  Rosario, Argentina) 

  • Seedling disease caused by Pythium and Phytophthora
  • Soybean seed treatments.
  • Management of major nematodes in soybean production systems.
  • Fusarium tucumaniae.
  • Cercospora leaf blight.


SESSION 3: HERBICIDE RESISTANT WEEDS, CROPS AND GENES ROTATION

Moderator: Silverio de Oliveira Jr. (Univ- Estadual de Maringá, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: 

  • Update on the growing problem of herbicide resistance in weed control in soybean.
  • Characteristics of the situation in different countries, analyzing both technical aspects and the integration of various players, researchers, industry and producers, to coordinate concrete actions to guarantee a sustainable production.
  • Are there Investments in the development of new modes of action in herbicides?
  • New biotechnological events and their impact on sustainable weed control.

 

SESSION 4: DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE IN PATHOGENS AND INSECTS

Moderator: Mauricio Meyer (Embrapa Soja, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: 

  • Fungicide resistance in soybean pathogens: An escalating concern for effective disease control.
  • The global debate on fungicide use: Defining criteria and shaping the future.
  • Insecticide resistance: Growing challenges for pest management in soybean.
  • Limits of Bt technology and the upcoming challenges for soybean production.


FOOD, FEED, NUTRITION & INDUSTRIALIZATION

Area Coordinator:  Angela Orlando (Greenlab, Argentina)

 

SESSION 1: TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIALIZATION OF SOYBEAN AND ITS QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Moderador: Cintia Maltoni (Molinos Agro, Argentina)          

Co-Moderator: Héctor Autino (Consultor, Argentina) 

  • Traditional and alternative technologies of desolventization on industrial production of soybean meals and oils.
  • Effects of drying phenomena and quality amino acid profile.
  • Traditional and alternative production of soybean meals and another oil co-products; concentrates, isolates, texturized products, lecithin.
  • Quality in the storage of soybeans and their by-products.

 

SESSION 2: USES OF SOYBEAN AS FEED

Moderator: Shuntang Guo (Chinese Agricultural University, China)

Co-Moderator: Martin Gierus (BOKU University, Austria)

  • Nutritional requirements of soybeans and their by-products for animal feed formulation; protein content, bioavailable amino acids, antinutritional factors, etc.
  • Soybean use in animal feed and its possibilities, benefits in weight gain when using different soy products.
  • Sustainable aquaculture using soybean products (Dry moisture texturization soybean product (TSP)). 
  • Nutraceutical value and its effect on lipid composition of different types of meat.


SESSION 3: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOYBEAN FOOD PRODUCTS

Moderator: Cecilia Accoroni (INTA, Argentina)

Co-Moderator: Leopold Rittler (The New Originals Company, Austria)

  • Health benefits, nutritional composition, functional and physicochemical properties of soy foods made from different soy materials.
  • New techniques of recovering and encapsulation of bioactive compounds, isoflavons, phenolic substances, and antioxidants from soybean by-products.
  • Advances in processing technology and protein products derived from soybeans meals; soybean protein concentrates and isolates production, high and dry moisture texturization, shear-cell structures, 3D-printing, etc.
  • Innovation in soy-based products, functional properties of fermented and non-fermented foods, and effects of different manufacturing processes.

 

SESSION 4: SOYBEAN PRODUCTS QUALITY

Moderator: Bo Zhang (Virginia Tech, USA)

Co-Moderator: Johann Vollmann (BOKU University, Austria) 

  • Measurement of grain quality in Glycine max through neural networks.
  • Food-grade soybean quality traits for soyfood applications.
  • Genetic and environmental effects on soyfood quality.
  • The future of genetic modification of soybeans to add value to its production.

 

SESSION 5: INDUSTRIAL USES OF SOYBEAN: BIODIESEL FUEL, BIO-BASED LUBRICANT, ADHESIVES, PANELS, PLASTIC AND COANTING

Moderator:

Co-Moderator: 

  • Using soybean oil as a feedstock for long chain dicarboxylic acid biomanufacturing.
  • Soybean oil as a replacement for petroleum-based oils in tire applications.
  • Increasing demand for soy in coatings through the use of commercially-available materials.
  • The growth of the energy sector and the usage of soybean oil in different fluids.

 

SESSION 6: CERTIFICATIONS, REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATION IN THE GRAIN AND PRODUCT TRADE

Moderator: Erica Siegrist (Greenlab, Argentina)

Co-Moderator: Sonia Tomasone (CAPECO, Paraguay)

  • Feed safety. International requirements. GMP+ Feed Certification (GMP+ FC) Scheme. Undesirable substances.
  • Interchange of information to generate transparent rules under international agreements. 
  • Regulations that affect trade: LMR’s, biotech traits, non-deforestation, biodiesel origin.
  • Traceability and chain of custody protocols.

 

BUSSINESS & LEGAL

Area Coordinator: Julio Calzada (Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, Argentina)

 

SESSION 1: COUNTRY REPORTS

(USA & Canadá; Brazil; Argentina; Uruguay; Paraguay; Europe; India; China & rest of Asia)

Moderator: Julio Calzada (BCR, Argentina) 

  • Update on the situation of soybean complex in countries that produce, export and import soybeans, its by-products and industrial products.
  • Evaluating the use of new technologies, innovations, and limiting factors on the production and access to international markets.


SESSION 2: SOYBEAN VALUE CHAIN: A VISION TO 2050

Moderator: Gustavo Idígoras (CIARA, Argentina)

  • Worldwide review on crushing industry and byproducts. Biofuels.
  • International markets, regional and bilateral agreements: Their impact on soybean bioeconomy.
  • Investments in the soy industry by region until 2050.
  • Consumption and protein. Animal to plant protein ratio.


SESSION 3: COMPETITIVENESS OF THE SOYBEAN CHAIN: CHALLENGES

Moderator: Sebastián Senesi (Argentina) 

  • Soybean chain competitiveness in producing countries. From farmers to exporters.
  • Strategies for keeping on with a sustainable production, achieving our objectives against the carbon footprint and climate change.
  • Connectivity and logistics improvement in the southern cone to meet the global demand.

 

SESSION 4: GRAIN MARKETING, CHALLENGES AND PROPOSALS

Moderator: Marcelo Regúnaga (GPS, Argentina)

  • Importance of institutional markets in price determination as a balance factor in negotiations between supply and demand.
  • New polices and regulatory aspects adaptation.
  • Soybean Mercosur market, facing new socio-environmental demands