
The 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Science
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Plant Sciences series
1–15 Dec 2020
Plant Physiology and Ecophysiology, Plant Genetics, Plants Ecology and Biogeography, Plant Systematics, Phytopathology, Plant Biotechnology
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Welcome from the Chair
It is my great pleasure to invite you to the first electronic Conference on Plant Sciences. This electronic conference will be held online at sciforum.net, a platform developed and maintained by MDPI for hosting conferences. It allows scientists from all over the world to present their latest research, receive direct feedback, and engage in discussions with the wider scientific community.
In celebration of 2020, the International Year of Plant Health (declared by the United Nations), we will highlight the importance of plant science contributions to food security, global economic development and the environment. We have planned focus sessions on plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, plant nutrition, and plant–soil Interactions. The conference covers research at all scales, from cell biology to ecosystems, and includes bioinformatics and modelling approaches. A session on scientific communication and outreach welcomes papers for public engagement and educational resources.
There is no charge for registration, no travel, and no need to book accommodation, thus reducing costs and the concerning carbon footprint. The accepted proceedings papers will probably be published in MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal, and selected papers (need 50% extension compared with the proceedings papers) will be considered for publication in a special issue of Plants, a high visibility open access journal, with a 20% discount on the APC.
We are committed to equality and inclusion principles, thus we ask authors to ensure that the papers and presentations are highly accessible to the wider and more diverse scientific community. We encourage submissions from scientists at all career stages and from all backgrounds, and aim for equal gender balance.
We are looking forward to receiving your submissions to this new exciting event and would like to thank you in advance for your active contribution to Plant Sciences.
Sincerely,
Dr. Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso
Conference Secretariat
Mr. Andy Yi
Ms. Stefanie Li
email: [email protected]
Call for submissions
The 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Science will be held online from 1 to 15 December 2020. This event enables the researchers of plant science to present their research and exchange ideas with their colleagues without the need to travel. All proceedings will be published on the conference homepage in an open access format.
Through this event, we aim to cover the following topics:
- Plant Protection, Response to stress and Climate Change
- Plant Nutrition, Plant Physiology and Metabolism
- Plant Cell and Developmental Biology
- Phytochemistry and Bioremediation
- Plant Outreach and Educational resources
The conference will be completely free of charge—both to attend and for scholars to upload and present their latest work on the conference platform. There will also be the possibility to submit selected papers to the journal Plants (ISSN 2223-7747; CODEN: PLANCD; Impact Factor: 2.762 (JCR 2019)) with a 20% discount on the APCs; The conference offers you the opportunity to participate in this international, scholarly conference without having the concern or expenditure of travel—all you need is your computer and access to the Internet. We would like to invite you to “attend” this conference and present your latest work.
Abstracts (in English) should be submitted by 10 September 2020 10 October 2020 online at https://www.sciforum.net/login. For accepted abstracts, the full paper can be submitted by 20 October 2020 10 November 2020.
We hope you will be able to join this exciting event and support us in making it a success. The conference is organized and sponsored by MDPI, a scholarly open access publisher based in Basel, Switzerland.
Paper Submission Guidelines
For information about the submission procedure and the preparation of a full presentation, please refer to the "Instructions for Authors".
Critical Dates
Conference Chairs

Centre for Plant Science, School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Dr. Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso is a Lecturer in Plant Sciences at the University of Leeds, UK. She did her PhD in plant biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Cordoba, Spain followed by postdoctoral research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York (USA) and at the John Innes Centre (Norwich, UK). Her research interests are focused on symplastic intercellular communication linked to plant development and response to environmental cues. She actively interacts with physicists, chemists and computational modellers to dissect the role of cell walls in this process and to design applications of this knowledge in the development of new biomaterials. She is a member of the Centre for Plant Sciences, the Astbury Centre for Structural Biology and the Bragg Centre for new materials at Leeds. Dr. Benitez-Alfonso has produced papers of high academic impact (>1500 total citations) and serve as Editor in Chief of the ‘Cell Biology’ section in the journal Plants.
Conference Committee

Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection National Research Council of Italy, IPSP-CNR, Turin, Italy

Department of Biosciences, Durham Iniversity, UK

Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy

Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW, Warsaw, Poland

Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animal and Environment, Agripolis-Viale dell’Università, Italy

School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Italy

Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University Federico II of Naples, Italy

Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan

Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences (CHIBIOFARAM), University of Messina, Italy

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Korea

Department of Molecular Biology and Radiobiology, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic

Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungary

Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, Department of Health Education and Promotion, College of Health and Human Performance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy

Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

University of Strathclyde, Pharmacognosy/Natural Products Drug Discovery Research Group, Glasgow, UK

Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences,University of Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy

BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute and Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Department of Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus

Research Unit Environmental Simulation (EUS), Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology (BIOP), Neuherberg, Germany

Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy

Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

Institut d’Ecologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris, Paris, France

Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo of Bari, Italy

Departamento de Microbiología del Suelo y Sistemas Simbióticos, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Granada, Spain

Plant Physiology, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Department, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Montepríncipe, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Portugal

University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Lab RIBP 4707, SFR Condorcet FR-CNRS 3417, France

Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany

Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Italy

Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy

Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE - Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Invited Speakers

Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
plant pathology; botanical epidemiology; disease modeling; phytopathometry; crop protection; decision support systems

Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, Italy
oomycetes and fungal diseases diagnosis; molecular diagnosis; emerging plant diseases; plant disease management strategies

Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
plant–insect interactions; defense priming; abiotic stress; jasmonate signaling; mechanosensing

Institut d’Ecologie et des Sciences de l’Environnement de Paris, France
signalling; lipid signaling; lipidomics; salicylic acid; abiotic stress; phosphatidic acid; diacylglycerol kinase; plant peptides

Plant Physiology, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Department, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Spain
plant-microbe interactions; improving adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses; seconday metabolism; bioactive molecules for industry; food bioactives; elicitation; bioeffectors; beneficial microorganisms; elicitors. Induced resistance; plant defense

Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany
plant microbe interactions; microbial ecology; biological control of plant pathogens; plant nutrition; soil biology and fertility; biofertilizers; biofungicides; microbes in extreme environment

Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy

Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences (CHIBIOFARAM), University of Messina,Viale Palatucci, Messina, Italy
Dr. Antonella Smeriglio, Research fellow at University of Messina, Department ChiBioFarAm, is graduated in Pharmacy, PhD in Toxicology and Specialized in Pharmacognosy. Her Research activity is focused on characterization and study of the biological activities of plant extracts and their isolated bioactive compounds by several in vitro cell-free and cell-based as well as in vivo assays. She is author of 51 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, 2 patents, 3 book chapters and over 60 congress contributions, of which 3 as invited speaker and 1 as chairperson. She is Associate Editor of BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Plants.
Plant extracts; Natural compounds; Phytochemistry; Antioxidant actvity; Anti-inflammatory activity; Cytoprotective activity; Anti-angiogenic activity; Ani-melanogenic activity, Antimicrobial activity.

Department of Plant Anatomy, ELTE - Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
abiotic stress (salt and drought stress), chlorophyll biosynthesis, photosynthesis, plant cell biology, plastid differentiation, skoto- and photomorphogenesis, secondary metabolites

Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Rende (CS), Italy
Dr. Mariangela Marrelli completed a Joint-PhD in “Biochemistry and Pathology of Drug Action” and in Chemistry at the University of Salerno (Italy) and at the University Paris Descartes (France). She obtained a further PhD in “Environment, Health and Eco-Sustainable Processes” at the University of Calabria (Italy). Her research activity is focused on medicinal plants, phytochemical analysis and the evaluation of biological activities of natural products and the potential health benefits for human health. Dr. Marrelli is author of 63 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 55 contributions to national and international congresses. She serves as Section Board Member for Plants, Review Board Editor for South African Journal of Botany and Associate Editor for Brazilian Journal of Botany.
Plant extracts, Medicinal plants, Phytochemicals, Bioactive compounds, Essential oils, Nutraceuticals, Antioxidant activity, Antiproliferative activity, Anti-inflammatory properties
List of Keynotes & Videos
Keynotes
Modelling biocontrol agents as plant protection tools
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Modelling biocontrol agents as plant protection tools
A Three-Way Interaction System for Understanding the Ability of Trichoderma spp. to Trigger Defenses in Tomato Challenged by Phytophthora nicotianae
Green Leaf Volatiles: Airborne Signals that Protect against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
Related Paper:
Green Leaf Volatiles: Airborne Signals that Protect against Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
Use of molecular dynamics to decipher the binding of salicylic acid to proteins: Example of Arabidopsis thaliana Chloroplastic GAPDH-A1
Related Paper:
Use of molecular dynamics to decipher the binding of salicylic acid to proteins: Example of Arabidopsis thaliana Chloroplastic GAPDH-A1
Beneficial microorganisms: the best partner to improve plant adaptative capacity
Related Paper:
Beneficial microorganisms: the best partner to improve plant adaptative capacity
Comparative and functional screening of three species traditionally used as antidepressants: Valeriana officinalis L., Valeriana jatamansi Jones ex Roxb. and Nardostachys jatamansi (D.Don) DC.
Cachrys libanotis L. Extracts: Photocytotoxic Effects on UVA-Irradiated Human Melanoma Cells
Related Paper:
Cachrys libanotis L. Extracts: Photocytotoxic Effects on UVA-Irradiated Human Melanoma Cells
List of accepted submissions (155)
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sciforum-040917 | Overexpression of Arabidopsis Laccase2, Laccase4 and Peroxidase52 in hybrid poplar under developing xylem specific DX15 promoter improves saccharification efficiency in a woody biofuel feedstock | , | N/A | N/A |
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Laccases (LAC) and Peroxidases (PRX) are the key enzymes responsible for the polymerization of a variety of monolignols into lignin. However, little is known about the functions of various members of Lac and Prx gene families in plants. The goal of this research is to understand the biological functions of LAC and PRX in poplar wood formation and to explore how modified Lac and Prx expression affects biomass recalcitrance and growth. This study of heterologous expression of Arabidopsis Lac and Prx genes was conducted in poplars to mitigate the occurrence of co-suppression commonly occurs during the homologous overexpression of highly expressed native genes. To this end, we overexpressed selected Arabidopsis laccase2 (AtLac2), laccase4 (AtLac4), and peroxidase52 (AtPrx52) genes, based on their high level of transcript expression in the differentiating xylem tissues of stems, in hybrid poplar under the developing xylem tissue-specific promoter, DX15 and characterized the transgenic plants for growth phenotypes and recalcitrance efficiency. Transgenic poplar plant lines overexpressing the AtLac2 gene (AtLac2-OE) showed an increase in plant height without a change in biomass yield as compared to the controls. Whereas, AtLac4-OE and AtPrx52-OE transgenic lines did not show any such observable growth phenotypes compared to their respective controls. The total xylem area was decreased by 26% in AtPrx52-OE lines and by 6% in AtLac4-OE lines whereas, the xylem area increased by about 8% in AtLac2-OE lines compared to the controls. Total lignin content was decreased by 2-6% in all the transgenic lines than the controls. This led to an increase in the S/G ratio by 3-10% in all transgenic lines (AtLac2-OE, AtLac4-OE, and AtPrx52-OE) as compared to the controls. The changes in lignin content and S/G ratios in the transgenic poplar lines resulted in a significant increase in the saccharification efficiency as compared to the control plants. Overall, saccharification efficiency was increased by 35-50%, 21-42%, and 8-39% in AtLac2-OE, AtLac4-OE, and AtPrx52-OE transgenic poplar lines respectively, as compared to their controls. Therefore, heterologous expression of specific AtLac and AtPrx genes in poplar species could be one of the potential strategies for increasing saccharification efficiency in woody feedstock for the improved production of bioethanol. |
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sciforum-035993 | Tissue Accumulation and Quantification of Zn in Biofortified Triticum aestivum Grains—Interactions with Mn, Fe, Cu, Ca, K, P and S | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | N/A |
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Zinc deficiency leads to loss of brain function, changes in growth and weakening of the immune system. This micronutrient has a fundamental role at the regulatory, functional and structural levels. Biofortification, which is a process in which there is an enrichment of both content and the bioavailability of micronutrients in edible tissues of staple foods, may be used to overcome these deficiencies. Two wheat crops (fields 1 and 2) located in Beja, Portugal, with two varieties (Paiva and Roxo) of Triticum aestivum, were selected to be part of a zinc biofortification itinerary. Both varieties were sprayed three times with a zinc fertilizer in two different concentrations and were compared to the control samples. To quantify and locate Zn in the wheat flour and within the grains, XRF analyser and μ-EDWRF analyser were used, respectively, at harvest. Applying XRF analyser to wheat flour, the biofortification index of Zn increased between 1,2 – 1,7 times for Paiva and Roxo increased between 1,3 – 1,4 times in field 1. In field 2, the results varied between 2,3 – 2,5 times for Paiva and between 2,1 – 2,4 times for Roxo. The μ-EDWRF analyses revealed that Zn was preferentially located in the embryo and aleurone in both varieties. To sum up, Zn biofortification resulted in a higher accumulation of the mineral in the embryo and aleurone, particularly in the samples with higher levels of Zn applications. Thus, the biofortification of wheat will allow the development of functional foods with added value and differentiators in the market. |
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sciforum-036636 | Influence of Cultivation Areas on the Seed-Borne Pathogens on Two Local Common Bean Ecotypes of “Fagioli di Sarconi” PGI (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) | , , , , , | N/A | N/A |
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Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a major grain legume consumed worldwide with high nutritional value. Seed-borne pathogens represent a serious problem for seeds, causing losses of yield and quality reduction. Basilicata Region (southern Italy) is a traditional, vocational area of bean production, in particular for "Fagioli di Sarconi" common beans, including different ecotypes protected by the European Union with the mark PGI (Protected Geographical Indication). The study aimed to determine the presence of seed-borne pathogens isolated from seeds of two ecotypes of "Fagioli di Sarconi" common beans, "Ciuoto" and "Cannellino rosso", collected from three different cultivation areas of Basilicata Region during the years 2018 and 2019, for identifying genotypes resistant to seed-borne pathogens and well adapted to climatic changes. The seeds were preliminary evaluated for their purity and germinability and treated or not with sodium hypochlorite for seed-borne pathogens screening, by using three validated seed health testing methods, according to the 2020 International Rules for seed testing: washing, blotter and between paper tests. The washing test identified 17 fungal pathogens, different for ecotype and year of observation. Furthermore, the 1% sodium hypochlorite treatment strongly reduced the contaminants maintaining the Rhizoctonia solani, Colletotrichum lindemuthianum, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani pathogens; instead, using the blotter test, Aspergillus spp., Cladosporium spp., Botrytis spp., Mucor spp., Rhizophus spp. saprophyte pathogens resulted. Finally, between paper test, specific for detecting the C. lindemuthianum, revealed the presence of this pathogen for the both ecotypes and years, in all areas. This assay individuated some bacteria, too. |
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sciforum-036637 | Characterization of Olive Associated Fungi of Cultivars with Different Levels of Resistance to Anthracnose | , , , , | N/A | N/A |
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Olive anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum spp., is one of the most damaging fruit diseases in olive crops worldwide. Their control is very difficult and relies mostly on the use of copper-based fungicides. The plant-associate fungal community has been increasingly recognized for playing an important role in plant health. Thus, in this work, the olive associated fungi of cultivars with different levels of resistance to anthracnose were characterized to identify potential protecting fungi for a sustainable strategy of biocontrol. A culture-dependent approach was used to assess both epiphytic and endophytic fungal communities of leaves of olive cultivars Madural (susceptible to anthracnose) and Cobrançosa (moderately tolerant), and the isolates obtained were identified by rRNA sequencing. Overall, Ascomycota phylum and Aureobasidium genus were the most dominant, being epiphytes significantly more diverse and abundant than endophytes. The host plant (at cultivar level) had a negligible effect on the composition of fungal communities of the leaves. However, the host plant effect was found to be greater on epiphytic than on endophytic community structure. Among the genera identified in the most-resistant cultivar, Aspergillus and Pseudocercospora were the most frequently isolated within epiphytic and endophytic fungal communities, respectively; whereas in the susceptible cultivar, Aureobasidium and Didymocyrtis, were the most frequently isolated within epiphytic and endophytic fungal communities, respectively. Determination of indicator value indices has shown significant preference/specificity of a set of fungal species with the most-resistant cultivar. Future research needs to decipher these complex interactions between plant-fungi and assess their role in plant health. Acknowledgments: This work is supported by FEDER funds through the COMPETE (Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors) and by National Funds through the FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) within the POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031133 (MicOlives) project. |
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sciforum-038709 | Anmicrobial Activity and Composition of Different Cultivars of Honeysuckle Berry Lonicera caerulea L. | , , , | N/A | N/A |
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The edible blue honeysuckle berries comes from Russia and in recent years has been considerably planted in some European countries, Lithuania is among them. Honeysuckle berries do not require special care during cultivation: they have high resistance to cold, different soil acidities, pests and various diseases. The berries are rich in ascorbic acid and phenolic contents, which have nutritional and health promoting properties for humans. Using spectrophotometric methods we compare the content of total phenolic compounds (TPC) and anthocyanis, chromatic characteristics of eleven Lonicera caerulea L. cultivars. Berries were grown in collection of Vytautas Magnus University Botanical Garden and collected at maturation stage. Also content of ascorbic acid and saccharides were evaluated by HPLC using diode ray detector. Antimicrobial activity of ethanol and water extracts of honeysuckle berry was evaluated by the agar well diffusion method. Bacterial tests have identified antimicrobial properties of ethanol extract of honeysuckle berries, being particularly efficient against Bacillus subtilis and Listeria monocytogenes but without affecting Salmonella typhimurium. Water extracts showed inhibition effect on Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus subtilis, Salmonella typhimurium and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but without affecting Candida and Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts. The cultivar 'Morena' had the highest anthocyanins (781 mg/100 g) and total phenolic compounds (799 mg/100 g), the lowest anthocyanins (282 mg/100 g) and TPC (300 mg/100 g) content was detected in 'Vostorg' cultivar. Cultivars 'Pavlovskaja' and 'Pereselenka' had high content of ascorbic acid. The maximum glucose and fructose content was detected in 'Leningradskaja' cultivar. |
Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Paula Baptista
Polytech Inst Braganca, CIMO, Sch Agr, Campus Santa Apolonia, Braganca, Portugal

Prof. Dr. Adriano Sofo
Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures: Architecture, Environment and Cultural Heritage (DiCEM), Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Matera, Italy

Dr. Azahara C. Martín
Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK

Prof. Dr. Suresh Awale
Division of Natural Drug Discovery, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Dr. Paula García-Fraile
Department of Microbiology, University of Salamanca, Spain

Dr. Celia Knight
Plant Science Education and Employability Consultant, Visiting Fellow University of Leeds, UK

Dr. Geraint Parry
National Coordinator for the GARNet Community Research Network, UK
Instructions for Authors
Submission should be completed online by authors by registering with https://sciforum.net/ and using the “Start New Submission” function once logged into system.
- Scholars interested in participating in the conference can submit their abstract (about 200–300 words describing the manuscript for Proceedings) online at this website until 10 September 2020 10 October 2020.
- Based on the submitted abstract, the Conference Committee will conduct a pre-evaluation of whether a contribution from the authors of the abstract will be welcome for the 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Science. All authors will be notified by 24 September 2020 20 October 2020 about the acceptance of their abstract.
- If the abstract is accepted for this conference, the author will be invited to prepare a full description of their work (max. 8 pages), optionally accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation/poster, until the submission deadline of 20 October 2020 10 November 2020.
- The conference proceedings papers and presentations will be available for discussion on https://iecps2020.sciforum.net/ during the time of the conference 1–15 December 2020.
- The accepted proceedings papers will probably be published in MDPI Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal.
Note: Before publication, Biology and Life Sciences Forum journal will review accepted papers using the powerful text comparison tool: iThenticate. This procedure aims to prevent scholarly and professional plagiarism.
Submissions with a high repetition rate and lack of novelty will not be published in the conference proceedings. - The open access journal Plants will publish a conference Special Issue. After the conference, the Conference Committee will select abstracts for which extended papers may be included for publication in the Special Issue of the journal Plants (the submission to the journal is independent from the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer review and application of an APC).
Proceedings Manuscripts
Manuscripts for Proceedings must conform to the following structure:
First page:
- Title
- Full author names
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors’ email addresses
- Abstract (200–250 words)
- Keywords
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results and Discussion
- Conclusions
- (Acknowledgments)
- References
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Authors are also encouraged to submit video presentations. Videos can be presented without an accompanying Proceedings paper and will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. However, they will not be added to the proceedings of the conference. The video should be no longer than 20 minutes and be prepared with the following formats:
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The video should be submitted via email before 10 November 2020.
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Posters will be available on this conference website during and after the event. As with papers presented at conferences, participants will be able to ask questions and make comments about the posters. Posters can be presented without an accompanying Proceedings paper and will be available online on this website during and after the e-conference. However, they will not be added to the proceedings of the conference.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
It is the authors’ responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there are no conflicts, please state here “The authors declare no conflicts of interest”. This should be conveyed in a separate “Conflicts of Interest” statement preceding the “Acknowledgments” and “References” sections at the end of the manuscript. Financial support for the study must be fully disclosed under the “Acknowledgments” section.
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Event Awards
On behalf of the chair of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Plant Science, we are pleased to announce the winners of the Best Presentation Award:
authored by Ichsan Nurul Bari, Nur’aini Herawati and Syifa Nabilah Subakti Putri
Ichsan Nurul Bari, Ph.D., is a Lecturer and Researcher at Pests Laboratory, Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia. He began his study at Plant Pests and Diseases Management in Universitas Padjadjaran, continue his Master Degree of Biology at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), and completed his Doctoral Degree of Applied Bioresource Science in Ehime University, Japan 2017. A licensed lecturer, Dr. Bari has worked for more than 15 years and best known for his work and research related to rodents, biochemistry, urban pest, pesticides, and plant-based extract which have been influential works in the field.
Dr. Bari actively does more than 20 various conferences on the scale national and international. He was a Scientific Seminar Speakers at the 8th World Congress of Allelopathy in 2017, ASEAN - Japan Network for Transdisciplinary Research 2018, and also won The Best Presenter Team on Joint Seminar in Ehime University 2015. He served as a trainer and coach on community services since 2011 which related to pest management in several regions of Indonesia. He also has experience as head of the committee of the National Conference and Competition “Plant Protection Day 2020”, every year he supervised the fieldwork experience for students, held by Research and Community Service Institution (LPPM) Universitas Padjadjaran. Moreover, he published two books with the title “Experimental Design with SPSS 13” and “Urban pests” which can be accessed at Elearning Unpad.
In this research, Dr. Bari collaborated with plant protection researcher Dr. Nunung (completed her doctoral degree at Gadjah Mada University) from Indonesian Center for Rice Research; and Ms. Syifa as a magister student in Plant Protection at Universitas Padjadjaran was also participating to improve this research.
Topic: Assessing the Flowering Genetic Regulatory Network in Neotropical Orchids
authored by Yesenia Madrigal, Diego Ospina-Zapata, Andrea Ramírez-Ramírez, Juan Fernando Alzate and Natalia Pabón-Mora
Yesenia Madrigal is a third year’s PhD student at Plant Evo-Devo lab (Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín-Colombia). She holds a B.S in Biology and MSc in Biology from Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín-Colombia). As an undergraduate and during her masters, she focused on the variation of floral morphology and symmetry in non-core eudicots using Cattleya trianae (Orchidaceae), Hypoxis decumbens (Hypoxidaceae) and Aristolochia fimbriata (Aristolochiaceae) as models. At the moment, Yesenia is broadly interested in the genetic and evolutionary bases of flowering, floral diversity in monocots, fruit formation and morphological adaptations in early diverging neotropical plants. Her current PhD project is focused in the genetic and evolutionary bases of flowering in neotropical orchids, to identify genes controlling the transition from vegetative to reproductive phases. She is working on the standardization of protocols for the study of emerging model species of tropical orchids and monocots, using tools like RNAseq analyses, bioinformatics, gene evolution approaches, expression analyses (ISH, qRT-PCR) and directed transformation (CRISPR-cas9). Please see more information and recent advances related with studies in neotropical plant development and evolution at Plant EvoDevo lab website: (https://www.evodevoplantas.com/).
To acknowledge the support of the conference esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to launch the Best Presentation Award. Two winners will be selected and each winner will receive a cash award of 500 CHF and a certificate.
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- Significance of Content
- Scientific Soundness
- Interest to the readers
- English language and style
A. Plant Protection, Response to stress and Climate Change
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C. Plant Cell and Developmental Biology
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