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Best Scientific Abstract Competition 2024 – results

06 02 2025

CONGRATULATIONS!
On behalf of the Steering Committee and the UEAA President, we congratulate all the authors who participated in the 2024-2025 edition of the “Best Abstracts” competition


In total, 28 abstracts were submitted, reflecting concerns and results of high-value and up-to-date research undertaken in various European countries. The list of all participants and abstract titles can be consulted on the UEAA Website.

Following an in-depth two-stage evaluation process, the top 6 best finalist abstracts were selected, presented in the Table below.

SUMMARIES RANKED IN THE FIRST 6 PLACES

Ranking Title of Abstract  Authors
1

Involvement of GRAS9/GRAS10 genes in tomato ripening

B. Ribeiro (1)*, C. Neves (1), F. Soares (1), D. Pimentel (1), R. Amaro (1), M. Rocheta (2), H. Gerós (3), P. Fevereiro (4), A. Granell (5), A.M. Fortes (1)*

(1) BioISI – Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal

(2)Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

(3)Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

(4) Plant Cell Biotechnology Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier (ITQB, Green-it Unit), 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal

(5) Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia 46022, Spain;

*Corresponding authors: beatrizaribeiro@edu.ulisboa.pt; amfortes@fc.ul.pt

1

Smart management of emergencies in the agricultural, forestry, and animal production domain: tackling evolving risks in the climate change era

Stefano Cesco 1, Davide Ascoli 2, Lucia Bailoni 3, Gian Battista Bischetti 4, Pietro Buzzini 5, Monica Cairoli 6, Luisella Celi 2, Giuseppe Corti 7 8, Marco Marchetti 9, Giacomo Scarascia Mugnozza 10, Simone Orlandini 11, Andrea Porceddu 12, Giovanni Gigliotti 13, Fabrizio Mazzetto 1 14

1 Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

2 Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Torino, Italy

3 Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Padova, Italy

4 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, University of Milan, Milano, Italy

5 Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

6 Department of Climate and Environment, Council of the National Chamber of Agronomists and Foresters, Ministry of Justice, Rome, Italy

7 Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Ancona, Ancona, Italy

8 Department of Agriculture and Environment, Council for agricultural research and analysis of agricultural economics, Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests, Roma, Italy

9 Department of Architecture and Design, Sapienza University of Rome – Roma, Italy

10 Department of Civil, Environmental, Land, Building Engineering and Chemistry, Polytechnic University of Bari, Bari, Italy

11 Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy

12 Department of Agriculture, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

13 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

14 Competence Centre for Mountain Innovation Ecosystems, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

*Corresponding author: simone.orlandini@unifi.it

3

Evaluation of Pathogenicity of Botrytis Species Isolated from Different Legumes

E. Brauna-Morževska (1), F.L. Stoddard (2), B. Bankina (1)*, J. Kaņeps (1), G. Bimšteine (1), I. Neusa-Luca (1), I. Petrova (1), A. Roga (3) & D. Fridmanis (3)

(1) Institute of Soils and Plant Sciences, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2 Liela Street, Jelgava, Latvia.

(2) Viikki Plant Science Centre, and Helsinki Sustainability Science Centre, Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

(3) Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, 1 Ratsupites Street, Riga, Latvia

*Corresponding author: Biruta.Bankina@lbtu.lv

4

Winter Durum Wheat Disease Severity Detection with Field Spectroscopy at Leaf and Canopy Level

D. Ganeva (1) *, L. Filchev (1), E. Roumenina (1), R. Dragov (2), S. Nedyalkova (2) &V. Bozhanova(2)

1 Space Research and Technology Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev St., Bl. 1,1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

2 Field Crops Institute, Agricultural Academy, 2 Georgi Dimitrov St., 6200 Chirpan, Bulgaria

* Corresponding author: dganeva@space.bas.bg

5-6

Impact of Formulation and Packaging conditions on the Shelf-life of Bread

Alessandro Bianchi1,*, Chiara Sanmartin1, Isabella Taglieri1 and Francesca Venturi1

1 Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via Del Borghetto 80, 56124, Pisa, Italy.

* Corresponding author:

alessandro.bianchi@phd.unipi.it

5-6

Effect of biostimulants on salt‑stressed lettuce plants: a multi-omic perspective

Sonia Monterisi1, Leilei Zhang2, Pascual GarciaPerez2, Monica Yorlady Alzate Zuluaga1, Michele Ciriello3, Christophe ElNakhel3, Valentina Buffagni2,4, Mariateresa Cardarelli4, Giuseppe Colla4, Youssef Rouphael3, Stefano Cesco1,*, Luigi Lucini2, Youry Pii1

1Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.

2 Department for Sustainable Food Process, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy.

3 Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy.

4Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.

*Corresponding author: stefano.cesco@unibz.it

In the second stage, after an in-depth analysis, the top three winners were determined.
Congratulations to all the finalists, and especially to the authors ranked in the top three places, in an extremely close battle.

Special thanks go to the members of the evaluation groups, internationally recognized scientific personalities who accepted this task of great responsibility.

 

On behalf of the UEAA Steering Committee,

Ioan JELEV, UEAA President