INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

An international conference and field workshop titled “Wheat Improvement through the Application of Digital and GWAS-Based Technologies” will be held jointly by the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Research Institute of Crop Husbandry under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Department of Plant Breeding of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Federal Republic of Germany.

The purpose of the event is to create a platform for broad discussion and exchange of ideas on the use of advanced digital phenotyping and next-generation genomic technologies to select sustainable germplasm for use in breeding programs, in the context of ensuring resilient food security under climate change. Additionally, the event aims to provide a practical demonstration of experimental fields and the results obtained from research conducted using these approaches.

Dates of the Conference and Field Workshop: June 12–13, 2025

Deadline for Abstract Submission: May 30, 2025

The conference will take place in the assembly hall of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan (11 Izzat Nabiyev Street). The field workshop will be held at the Gobustan Regional Experimental Station of the Research Institute of Crop Husbandry under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Gobustan city, Gobustan district).

Main Scientific Directions of the Conference:

Modern technologies and new approaches aimed at improving the tolerance and productivity of agricultural crops

Strategies for tolerance and adaptation of wheat genotypes under climate change conditions. Genomics-based identification of genotypes tolerant to abiotic (drought, salinity, high temperature, etc.) and biotic (pests, viruses, bacteria, fungal infections, etc.) stress factors

GWAS (Genome-Wide Association Studies) and marker-assisted selection

Genome editing and molecular breeding methods in wheat improvement programs

Use of high-throughput phenotyping (HTP) technologies in plant breeding. Artificial intelligence and smart agriculture

 Physiological stress indicators in wheat and the use of non-invasive digital phenotyping technologies for their measurement

Application of GWAS in personalized treatment of various pathologies, risk assessment, ethnic/genetic diversity studies, pharmacogenetic approaches, and preventive medicine strategies

Abstracts should be submitted via email to: timbb@imbb.science.az

Contact phone: +994 50 338 15 71

Conference languages: Azerbaijani and English

The subject line of the email containing the abstract must include the phrase “Conference-GWAS”.

The abstract file (Word format) must be named starting with the surname of the first author, written in Latin characters.

GUIDELINES FOR ABSTRACT PREPARATION

In the top right corner above the title of the abstract, indicate the section number to which the abstract belongs, followed by one line space.

Abstract text:

Abstracts should be prepared in Microsoft Word, A4 format, using Arial font, size 12 pt, with 2 cm margins on all sides, and 1.15 line spacing. The total length should not exceed 2 pages.

Do not leave space between paragraphs, and the text must be justified on both sides.

The title of the abstract should be in BOLD, uppercase letters, centered. After one line space, the names and surnames of the authors should be listed, with the first letter of each name capitalized, also centered and in BOLD. After one more line space, the affiliation of each author (institution, country) should be written in italics, along with the email address of the corresponding author. The email address should be preceded by an asterisk (*) after the author's surname.

After one-line space, the main text of the abstract begins with an indentation of 1 cm and should be written in regular (non-bold, non-italic) font.

Abstracts must reflect the results of original research. Authors submitting abstracts are expected to present their work at the conference.

Abstracts should not contain references, figures, or tables.

All submissions will be checked using plagiarism detection software.

Abstracts will be accepted for publication only after evaluation by the organizing committee. Abstracts that do not meet the formatting requirements will not be published.