
Detailed program

Sunday, 19 June
Arrival day
16:00-21:00 Registration
19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception

Monday, 20 June
08:00-17:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony
09:30-10:15 Invited talk
Section 1: Breeding – New/old breeding goals and challenges
Moderators: Dragan Škorić and Vladimir Miklič
09:30-10:00
Section 1: Felicity Vear (France): Old and new breeding goals and challenges
10:00-10:15 Q&A
10:15-11:00 Coffee break and Group photo session
Parallel sessions 11:00-12:00
Section 1: Breeding – New/old breeding goals and challenges
Moderators: Felicity Vear and Sandra Cvejić
Section 2: Oils and proteins - Innovations for increased quality and feedstock supply
Moderators: Sylvie Dauguet and Nada Grahovac
11:00-11:40 Oral presentations
Oral presentations: Section 1
- Fernando Castano: Does white rot resistance penalize seed-yield in sunflower?
- Mariano Bulos: The impact of the Ahasl1-4 herbicide tolerance allele over different agronomic traits in sunflower
- Rim Gubaev: Mapping of loci associated with tocopherols content using genotyping by sequencing approach in sunflower
- Clemence Paris: Dissection of the downy mildew genes cluster on chromosome 8
Oral presentations: Section 2
- Sylvie Dauguet: A multi-year survey on sunflower meal quality produced in France
- Sylvie Dauguet: Improvement of the nutritional value of sunflower meal by sifting technology
- Marko Ilić: A Novel Method of Determination of Individual Oil Content in Sunflower and Flaxseed Oil Blends
- Nada Grahovac: Fatty acid characterization of sunflower breeding materials at the IFVC
11:40-11:45
Section 1: Q&A
11:40-11:45
Section 2: Q&A
11:45-11:55 Short oral presentations
Short oral presentations: Section 1
- Sandra Cvejić: Feature selection and performance assessment of machine learning algorithms for sunflower oil yield prediction
- Marisa Della Madalena: Imidazolinone – induced male sterility in sunflower: a novel strategy for hybridization
- Alix Allard: Comparison between the predicted performances of simulated sunflower breeding populations and the predicted breeding values of realized progenies
- Daniela Valkova: Correlation analysis for seed yield and its component traits in experimental sunflower IMI resistant hybrids
Short oral presentations: Section 2
- Jelena Ovuka: Sunflower seed oil content depending on the seedling type
- Christine Fintz: Time Domain-NMR with chemometric analysis: An alternative tool for determination protein content in sunflower seeds
11:55-12:00
Section 1: Q&A
11:55-12:00
Section 2: Q&A
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Invited talks
Section 3: Confectionery sunflower – Emerging crop
Section 4: Genetic resources – Investment for the future
Moderator: Leonardo Velasco
13:30-13:55
Section 3: Chao-Chien Jan (China): Confectionery sunflower as an emerging crop
13:55-14:00 Q&A
14:00-14:25
Section 4: Sreten Terzić (IFVCNS, Serbia): Sunflower genetic resources – From conservation to introgression breeding
14:25-14:30 Q&A
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
Parallel sessions 15:00-16:00
Section 3: Confectionery sunflower – Emerging crop
Moderators: Chao-Chien Jan and Nada Hladni
Section 4: Genetic resources – Investment for the future
Moderators: Sreten Terzić and M. Y. Dudhe
15:00-15:40 Oral presentations
Oral presentations: Section 3
- Nada Hladni: Confectionery sunflower in Serbia
- Leonardo Velsco: A germplasm collection of confectionery sunflower landraces from Spain
- Yalcin Kaya: Recent situation of confectionery sunflower production in Turkey
Oral presentations: Section 4
- M.Y. Dudhe: Current status of sunflower genetic resources in India
- Marie-Claude Boniface: The French sunflower genebank
- Nicolas Langlade: Genomic prediction of yield tolerance to drought in sunflower genetic resources
- Mireille Chabaud: Resistances to Orobanche cumana by exploiting Helianthus genetic diversity
15:40-15:45
Section 3: Q&A
15:40-15:45
Section 4: Q&A
15:45-15:55 Short oral presentations
Short oral presentations: Section 3
- Zvonimir Sakač: Investigation and comparison of geometric characteristics of oily and non-oily sunflower hybrid seeds
- Ana Đurović: Polyphenols and flavonoids contents in seed cake from Serbia confectionary sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)
Short oral presentations: Section 4
- Jelena Jocković: Secretory tissues of discs flowers in wild Helianthus L. species
- Maria Petrova: Study of the reaction of Helianthus debilis accessions to Phomopsis/ Diaporthe helianthi Munt.-Cvet.
- Yalcin Kaya: Flow cytometrical characterization in sunflower genus
- Min Chang: Resistance of wild helianthus species to the prevailing Chinese broomrape (Orobanche cumana L.) races
15:55-16:00
Section 3: Q&A
15:55-16:00
Section 4: Q&A
16:00-17:00 Poster session – Sections 1, 2, 3, 4
18:00-21:00 Novi Sad and Petrovaradin fortress tour

Tuesday, 21 June
08:30-17:00 Registration
09:30-10:30 Invited talks
Section 5 Biotic stress resistance – New and emerging pests and diseases
Section 6 Crop production and modelling – Yield stability in changing environment
Moderator: David Gouache
09:30-09:55
Section 5: Leire Molinero Ruiz (CISC, Spain): Biological control agents against sunflower pathogens
09:55-10:00 Q&A
10:00-10:25
Section 6: Philippe Debaeke (INRAE, France): New cropping systems and growing environments for sunflower: Consequences on target traits and ideotypes
10:25-10:30 Q&A
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
Parallel sessions 11:00-12:00
Section 5: Biotic stress resistance – New and emerging pests and diseases
Moderators: Leire Molinero Ruiz and Emanuelle Mestres
Section 6: Crop production and modelling – Yield stability in changing environment
Moderators: Philippe Debaeke and Jovan Crnobarac
11:00-11:40 Oral presentations
Oral presentations: Section 5
- Dominique Marquet: Lumisena™: a new seed treatment fungicide for downy mildew control in sunflower
- Brigitte Slaats: Downy Mildew of sunflower Innovative control with the seed applied technologies PLENARIS and Acibenzolar-S-Methyl
- Sonja Gvozdenac: Innovative “Attract & kill” strategy for controlling wireworms in sunflower
- Emanuelle Mestres: Evolution of sunflower downy mildew in France
Oral presentations: Section 6
- Maria Salas: Viballa™: A new effective herbicide for broadleaf weed control in sunflower crops
- Branislav Pejak: Sunflower yield prediction based on high resolution satellite imagery
- Victor Olowe: Organic foliar fertilization of sunflower enhanced sunflower yield attributes and seed yield in the humid tropics
- Celia Seassau: Assessment of the biofumigation potential of Brassica species against sunflower Verticillium Wilt (Verticillium dahliae): A field-experiment approach
11:40-11:45
Section 5: Q&A
11:40-11:45
Section 6: Q&A
11:45-11:55 Short oral presentations
Short oral presentations: Section 5
- Rita Ban: Occurrence of Plasmopara halstedii (sunflower downy mildew) pathotypes in Hungary
- Nemanja Ćuk: Evaluation of sunflower inbred lines tolerance to Macrophomina phaseolina using different inoculation methods
- Ahmed Ibrahim Alrashid Yousif: Preliminary study on the effect of different plant resistance inducers against sunflower downy mildew (Plasmopara halstedii)
- Kevein Ruas Oliveira: Changes in the antioxidant enzyme activity levels of sunflower (Helianthus annuus l.) inoculated by Plasmopara halstedii (sunflower downy mildew) and treated with azadirachtin (Neemazal t/s)
Short oral presentations: Section 6
- Milan Jocković: New approaches in phenotype prediction – Machine learning techniques
- Hudaverdi Gurkan: Assessment of Climate Change on Sunflower Production Using the Aquacrop Model in the Konya Basin of Türkiye
- Brankica Babec: The effect of legumes and sunflower intercropping on soil compaction
11:55-12:00
Section 5: Q&A
11:55-12:00
Section 6: Q&A
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Invited talks
Section 7 Abiotic stress resistance – Challenges of changing environment
Section 8 Economy and market – Trends and prospects
Moderator: Fernando Castano
13:30-13:55
Section 7: Nicolas Langlade (INRAE, France): Prediction of sunflower tolerance to drought using quantitative genetics and crop modelling
13:55-14:00 Q&A
14:00-14:25
Section 8: Etienne Pilorgé (Terres Inovia, France): Sunflower in the global vegetable oil system: situation, specificities and perspectives
14:25-14:30 Q&A
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
Parallel sessions 15:00-16:00
Section 7: Abiotic stress resistance – Challenges of changing environment
Moderators: Nicolas Langlade and Zoran Dimov
Section 8: Economy and market – Trends and prospects
Moderators: Etienne Pilorge and Necmi Beser
15:00-15:40 Oral presentations
Oral presentations: Section 7
- Jean Lecont: Genetic, transcriptomic and physiological characterization of cold tolerance in sunflower
- Marco Moroldo: Genetic control of sunflower metabolome in a dry agronomic environment
- Marlene Mazas: SunfloweR drought: QTLs discovery in semi-controlled conditions
- Zoran Dimov: Sunflower and climate changes: adaptation and mitigation potential from case study in RN Macedonia
Oral presentations: Section 8
- Gilles Gree: Commercial launch of A.I.R.™, a new herbicide-tolerant production system for Sunflower from Syngenta
- Christophe Sausse: Sunflower bird damage: Is the research up to the challenges?
- David Gouache: Applied research & development for French sunflower priorities to contribute to France’s national protein strategy
- Vincent Lecomte: Cultural practices of sunflower in France: analysis and rooms for progress
15:40-15:45
Section 7: Q&A
15:40-15:45
Section 8: Q&A
15:45-15:55 Short oral presentations
Short oral presentations: Section 7
- Goran Malidža: Sensitivity of different herbicide-tolerant sunflower hybrids to selected als-inhibiting herbicides
- Maria Pacueranu: The effect of climatic changes – hail and storm on sunflower hybrids – Constanta County, Dobrogea area, Romania
- Georgi Georgiev: Components related to higher head diameter, heterosis, and type of inheritance in oil seed sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)
- Michail Christov: New form cultivated sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) with resistance to the herbicides Pulsar and Express
Short oral presentations: Section 8
- Igor Balalić: Feasibility of double cropping system with camelina and sunflower in Serbia
- Branislav Pejak: Mapping sunflower areas using high resolution Sentinel-2 images
- Jasna Savić: Types of sunflower hybrids registered in Serbia
- Yalcin Kaya: Stability in seed yield over years in confectionery sunflower
15:55-16:00
Section 7: Q&A
15:55-16:00
Section 8: Q&A
16:00-17:00 Poster session – Sections 5, 6, 7, 8

Wednesday, 22 June
08:30-17:00 Registration
09:30-10:30 Invited talks
Section 9 Broomrape – Constant challenge
Section 10 Bees and seeds – Exploring new venues for increased yield and seed production
Moderator: Maria Pacueranu
09:30-09:55
Section 9: Stéphane Muños (INRAE, France): Resistance to Orobanche cumana: “We will keep on fighting until the end”
09:55-10:00 Q&A
10:00-10:25
Section 10: Nicole Creux (FABI, South Africa): The delicate balancing act of climate control during flowering, pollination and seed development in sunflower
10:25-10:30 Q&A
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
Parallel sessions 11:00-12:00
Section 9: Broomrape – Constant challenge
Moderators: Stephane Munos and Philippe Delavault
Section 10: Bees and seeds – Exploring new venues for increased yield and seed production
Moderators: Nicole Creux and Aleksandra Radanović
11:00-11:40 Oral presentations
Oral presentations: Section 9
- Anna Finkers-Tomczak: Novel sources of resistance to Orobanche cumana Wallr. in sunflower
- Philippe Delavault: miPEPs: new tools to study and control the sunflower broomrape
- Maria Duca: Some characteristics of Orobanche cumana from different countries
- Maria Pacueranu: Broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.) control, by developing genetic resistant genotypes in sunflower
Oral presentations: Section 10
- Nicoli Angelique: Insect pollination is necessary to achieve maximum seed yield and oil content in sunflower, but a low bee density is enough
- Aleksandra Radanović: Association studies and marker development for the fertility restorer gene Rf1 in sunflower
- Vladimir Miklič: Towards new solutions for the chemical desiccation of sunflower
- Željko Milovac: Bee vectoring of biologicals in sunflowers as a crop protection tool
11:40-11:45
Section 9: Q&A
11:40-11:45
Section 10: Q&A
11:45-11:55 Short oral presentations
Short oral presentations: Section 9
- Tatiana Antonova: Environmentally safe method of control of broomrape (Orobanche cumana Wallr.), parasitizing on sunflower
- Stella Clapco: Aggressiveness of broomrape populations infesting sunflower in different countries
- Boško Dedić: Sunflower broomrape – Update on virulence in Serbia
- Matthias Pfenning: Herbicide seed treatment in Clearfield™® Plus sunflower against early Orobanche cumana attack
Short oral presentations: Section 10
- Phrasia Mapfumo: Planting date and environments affect sunflower development, yield and Sclerotinia head rot progression
- Jelena Ovuka: The different invigoration techniques for sunflower seeds
- Miloš Krstić: Seed size and substrate effect on seed germination of inbred sunflower lines
- Nina Nenova: Study on important indices in the seeds of some sunflower hybrids and their correlation
11:55-12:00
Section 9: Q&A
11:55-12:00
Section 10: Q&A
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Panel discussion: Sunflower in a changing environment – Trends and prospects
Moderator: Dragana Miladinović
Participants:
Felicity Vear
Fernando Castano
Leire Molinero Ruiz
Nicolas Langlade
Vladimir Miklič
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
14:30-15:30 Poster session – Sections 9, 10
15:00-16:30 ISA Assembly
16:30-17:00 Closing ceremony
20:00-24:00
Gala Dinner
Pustavoit Award Presentation Ceremony
IFVCNS Best Poster Award Presentation

Thursday, 23 June
09:00-15:00 Field day
Conference Contact Address
PanaComp Wonderland Travel
Bul. Cara Lazara 96
21000 Novi Sad | Serbia