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Brazil-China Crop Science Workshop – Digital Technologies and Omics Applied to Crop Production
Event location
Jumbão – ESALQ/USP
Av. Pádua Dias, 11 – Piracicaba/SP
The Brazil–China Crop Science Workshop: Digital Technologies and Omics Applied to Crop Production is an international scientific meeting to be held at the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (Esalq)/University of São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba-SP; and at Embrapa Soja, Londrina-PR, in March 2026. The event aims to strengthen scientific cooperation between Brazilian and Chinese institutions in crop science, focusing on the integration of omics technologies, gene editing, and digital agriculture tools to improve maize and soybean production systems. Organized by Esalq/USP with the participation of STAC (Sustainable Tropical Agriculture Center)/USP, APTA (Diretoria de Pesquisa dos Agronegócios/SAA/SP), Embrapa and CAU (China Agricultural University), the workshop will promote active exchange among graduate students, early-career researchers, and senior scientists, offering lectures, discussions, and student presentations. It will also build upon ongoing bilateral thematic projects between USP and CAU, fostering continuity and institutional collaboration.
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- Prof. Durval Dourado Neto
- ddourado@usp.br
- Clique
- Centro de Agricultura Tropical Sustentável -STAC/USP
Monday, March 30, 2026
Location: Main Building – Esalq/USP
SESSION 1 – Opening Ceremony (09:00–12:00)
9:00–9:30 AM Registration
9:30–9:50 AM Opening
9:50–10:00 AM Overview of Center USP-China – Prof. Dr. Ricardo Trindade (USP China Center, USP)
10:00–10:10 AM USP-CAU Partnerships – Prof. Dr. João Roberto Spotti Lopes (CAU-USP Joint College, USP)
10:10–10:50 AM Agricultural research challenges and opportunities in China – Prof. Dr. Zhaobin Dong (College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, CAU)
10:50–11:30 AM Agricultural research challenges and opportunities in Brazil – Prof. Dr. Evaldo Ferreira Vilela (Department of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa)
11:30 AM–12:00 PM Official Photo Session
12:00–2:00 PM Lunch Break
SESSION 2 – Innovations in Maize Genomics for Crop Improvement (2:00–4:00 PM)
Location: Urgel de Almeida Lima “Jumbão” Auditorium
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Zhaobin Dong
2:00–2:20 PM Archaeological findings show the extent of primitive characteristics of maize in South America – Prof. Dr. Maria Imaculada Zucchi (Department of Genetics, Esalq/USP – URPD Piracicaba – APTA Regional)
2:00–2:40 PM Cis-regulatory DNA sequence design by AI – Prof. Dr. Hai Wang (College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, CAU)
2:40–3:00 PM Genome structures dynamics during plant development and breeding – Prof. Dr. Mateus Mondin (Department of Genetics, Esalq/USP)
3:00–3:20 PM Multiproxy evidence highlights a complex evolutionary legacy of maize in South America – Dr. Fabio Oliveira Freitas (EMBRAPA Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia)
3:20–3:40 PM Panel Discussion
3:40–4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:00–6:00 PM Poster and Oral Presentations
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Location: Urgel de Almeida Lima “Jumbão” Auditorium
SESSION 3 – Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stress (8:30–10:20 AM)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. José Baldin Pinheiro
8:30–8:50 AM Maize abiotic stress – Prof. Dr. Ricardo Ferraz de Oliveira (Department of Biology, Esalq/USP)
8:50–9:10 AM Regulatory network controlling developmental boundaries and meristem fates contributed to maize domestication – Prof. Dr. Zhaobin Dong (Department of Agronomy and Biotechnology – CAB/CAU)
9:10–9:30 AM Plant-microorganism interaction in the soil – Prof. Dr. Fernando Dini Andreote (Department of Soil Science, Esalq/USP)
9:30–9:50 AM Plant-microorganism interaction under genetics focus – Prof. Dr. Maria Carolina Quecine Verdi (Department of Genetics, Esalq/USP)
9:50–10:20 AM Panel Discussion
10:20–10:40 AM Coffee Break
SESSION 4 – Carbon and Crop Yield (10:40 AM–12:00 PM)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Maria Imaculada Zucchi
10:40–11:00 AM Ideal and Potential Maize Crop Productivity – Prof. Dr. Durval Dourado Neto (Department of Crop Science, Esalq/USP)
11:00–11:20 AM Assessing the Yield-Increasing and Carbon-Sequestration Potential of Leguminous Crop Rotations Globally: A Big Data-Driven Analysis – Prof. Dr. Huadong Zang (College of Agronomy and Biotechnology – CAB/CAU)
11:20–11:40 AM Regulation basis of carbon partitioning for grain yield and quality (maize abiotic stress) – Prof. Dr. Si Shen (College of Agronomy and Breeding, CAU)
11:40 AM–12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00–2:00 PM Lunch Break
SESSION 5 – Soybean Genetics (2:00–4:00 PM)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Renan Caldas Umburanas
2:00–2:20 PM Soybeans of the future: genetic innovations and sustainability – Prof. Dr. José Baldin Pinheiro (Department of Genetics, Esalq/USP)
2:20–2:40 PM Identification and utilization of classic trait genes in soybean – Prof. Dr. Lianjun Sun (College of Agronomy and Biotechnology – CAB/CAU)
2:40–3:00 PM How can genomics and phenomics, combined with machine learning algorithms, accelerate genetic gain in plants? – Dr. Rafael Massahiro Yassue (Group Don Mario – GDM)
3:00–3:20 PM Challenges in the development of tropical soybean varieties: Combining Chinese with local germplasms to enhance yield and protein quality – Luis Hanai (LongPing High-Tech, Brazil)
3:20–3:40 PM Panel Discussion
3:40–4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:00–6:00 PM Poster and Oral Presentations
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Location: Urgel de Almeida Lima “Jumbão” Auditorium
SESSION 6 – Digital Tools in Crop Science (8:30–10:20 AM)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. José Baldin Pinheiro
8:30–8:50 AM Digital agriculture: actual situation and perspectives – Dr. Silvio Crestana (Embrapa Instrumentation)
8:50–9:10 AM Maize-Soybean intercropping and Antecipe System – Prof. Dr. Renan Caldas Umburanas (Department of Crop Science, Esalq/USP)
9:10–9:30 AM AI-Enhanced Quality Control in Agricultural Products – Prof. Dr. Wen-Hao Sun (College of Agronomy and Biotechnology – CAB/CAU)
9:30–9:50 AM Machine learning and plant phenotyping – Prof. Dr. Zhao Liang (Department of Computing and Mathematics (DCM), School of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), University of São Paulo (USP))
9:50–10:20 AM Panel Discussion
10:20–10:40 AM Coffee Break
SESSION 7 – Omics and Gene Editing in Maize for Virus Resistance (10:40 AM–12:00 PM)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Douglas Silva Domingues
10:40–11:00 AM Omics in Crop Science – Prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto Labate (Department of Genetics, Esalq/USP)
11:00–11:20 AM The role of sugarcane mosaic virus in manipulation of maize defenses – Prof. Dr. Zhou Tao (College of Plant Protection, CAU)
11:20–11:40 AM Emergent viruses in maize and their vectors – Prof. Dr. João Roberto Spotti Lopes (Department of Entomology and Acarology, Esalq/USP – STAC/USP)
11:40 AM–12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00–2:00 PM Lunch Break
SESSION 8 – Genomics and Omics in Crop Science (2:00–4:00 PM)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mateus Mondin
2:00–2:20 PM Effects of heterochromatic knobs in maize sister inbred lines – Prof. Dr. Margarida L. R. Aguiar-Perecin (Department of Genetics, Esalq/USP)
2:20–2:40 PM Integrate multiple-omics data for wheat molecular breeding (wheat) – Prof. Dr. Weilong Guo (College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, CAU)
2:40–3:00 PM Genomic selection in plants – Prof. Dr. Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia (Department of Genetics, Esalq/USP)
3:00–3:20 PM Crop Physiology and Omics – Prof. Dr. Douglas Silva Domingues (Department of Genetics, Esalq/USP)
3:20–3:40 PM Panel Discussion
3:40–4:00 PM Coffee Break
4:00–5:00 PM Poster Presentations
5:00–6:00 PM Closing Remarks – Prof. Dr. Luiz Gustavo Nussio (Animal Sciences Department, Esalq/USP)
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