| August 19, 2021 | |
| 10:00-22:00 | Arrival and Registration |
| 18:00-20:00 | Dinner (Buffet) |
| August 20, 2021 | |
| 8:30-9:00 | Opening Ceremony |
| Chair: Prof. Weicai Yang, Executive Chair of PGC Committee | |
| Remarks from Prof. Qifa Zhang, Chair of PGC Committee | |
| Remarks from President of Guangxi University | |
| 09:00-10:00 | Session I: Genome Design-Based Breeding |
| Chair: | Kang Chong （Institute of Botany, CAS） |
| 9:00-9:30 | Plenary 1 Sanwen Huang （Agricultural Genome Institute at Shenzhen, CAAS） Genomic design of hybrid potato |
| 9:30-10:00 | Plenary 2 Hong Yu （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS） A route to de novo domestication of wild allotetraploid rice |
| 10:00-10:20 | Tea Break |
| 10:20-12:05 | Session II: Functional Genomics (I) |
| Chair: | Bin Han （CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences） |
| 10:20-10:50 | Plenary 3 Xiangdong Fu （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS） Improving nitrogen use efficiency towards sustainable green revolution |
| 10:50-11:50 | Major Talk |
| Chair: | Xuewei Chen （Sichuan Agricultural University） |
| 10:50-11:10 | Shuhua Yang （China Agricultural University） Molecular mechanism of cold tolerance in maize |
| 11:10-11:30 | Yidan Ouyang （Huazhong Agricultural University） A journey to understanding speciation based on the rice model |
| 11:30-11:50 | Fanjiang Kong （Guangzhou University） The genetic and genomic bases of soybean photoperiod flowering and adaptation |
| 11:50-12:05 | Student Talk |
| 11:50-12:05 | Zhoulin Gu （CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences） A comprehensive analysis of cytoplasmic and nuclear genome variations demonstrates trajectory and fu |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-16:05 | Session III: Epigenetics and Epigenomics |
| Chair: | Xiaofeng Cao （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS） |
| 14:00-14:30 | Plenary 4 Yijun Qi （Tsinghua University） Genome-wide identification of RNA-chromatin interactions reveals co-regulatory networks of gene expr |
| 14:30-15:50 | Major Talk |
| 14:30-14:50 | Silin Zhong （The Chinese University of Hong Kong） Understand plant gene expression at the epigenome and cistrome levels |
| 14:50-15:10 | Fang Yang （Huazhong Agricultural University） The epigenetic control of inflorescence development in maize |
| Chair: | Jianxiang Liu （Zhejiang University） |
| 15:10-15:30 | Yunfeng Liu （Guangxi University） Dissection of the regulation of small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) in Arabidopsis |
| 15:30-15:50 | Xueying Guan （Zhejiang University） Non-coding genes in adaptive evolution of polyploid cotton |
| 15:50-16:05 | Student Talk |
| 15:50-16:05 | Huankai Zhang （Shandong Agricultural University） Auxin Response Factor 3 specifies the apical stem cell niches via histone acetylation regulatory pro |
| 16:05-16:25 | Tea Break |
| 16:25-17:55 | Session IV: Transgenic Technology and Genomics-based Breeding |
| Chair: | Yaoguang Liu （South China Agricultural University） |
| 16:25-16:55 | Plenary 5 Caixia Gao （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS） Next generation CRISPR technologies and their applications in crop improvement |
| 16:55-17:55 | Major Talk |
| 16:55-17:15 | Guifang Jia （Peking University） Epitranscriptome engineering-based boost of crop productivity |
| 17:15-17:35 | Guifang Jia （Peking University） Epitranscriptome engineering-based boost of crop productivity |
| 17:35-17:55 | Jun Wu （Nanjing Agricultural University） The genetic basis and molecular breeding of fruit traits in pear |
| 18:00 | Dinner (Buffet) |
| 20:00-21:00 | PGC Committee Meeting |
| August 21, 2021 | |
| 8:30-11:55 | Session V: Genome Sequencing and New Technology |
| Chair: | Xiansheng Zhang （Shandong Agricultural University） |
| 8:30-09:00 | Plenary 6 Zhixi Tian （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS） Graph based pan-genome of wild and cultivated soybeans |
| 9:00-10:20 | Major Talk |
| 9:00-09:20 | Fei Lu （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS） Triticum population sequencing unveils adaptive evolution of polyploid wheat |
| Chair: | Dongyun Hao （Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences） |
| 9:20-09:40 | Jisen Zhang （Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University） Genomic insights into the recent chromosome reduction and polyploidization of complex autopolyploid |
| 9:40-10:00 | Haifeng Wang （Guangxi University） Epigenetic and genetic mechanism for expression bias of homologous alleles in polyploid sugarcane |
| 10:00-10:20 | Rui Xia （South China Agricultural University） The domestication history of lychee and its flowering regulation decoded by full genome sequencing |
| 10:20-10:40 | Tea Break |
| 10:40-11:40 | Major Talk |
| Chair: | Zhizhong Gong （China Agricultural University） |
| 10:40-11:00 | Liyu Chen （Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University） The red pineapple genome and the domestication of clonally propagated plants |
| 11:00-11:20 | Xingtan Zhang （Agricultural Genome Institute at Shenzhen, CAAS） Haplotype-resolved genome assembly provides insights into evolutionary history of the tea plant Came |
| 11:20-11:40 | Feng Jiao （Northwest A&F University） Genetic improvement and ploidy analysis of domesticated Mulberry (Morus alba L.) |
| 11:40-11:55 | Student Talk |
| 11:40-11:55 | Fenmei Liu （Guangxi University） Structural basis for zinc-induced activation of a zinc uptake transcriptional regulator |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-15:15 | Session VI: Genome Diversity |
| 14:00-15:00 | Major Talk |
| Chair: | Hongya Gu （Peking University） |
| 14:00-14:20 | Liangsheng Zhang （Zhejiang University） The genome, origin and diversity of angiosperms |
| 14:20-14:40 | Yuannian Jiao （Institute of Botany, CAS） The Aristolochia fimbriata genome: insights into angiosperm evolution, floral development and chemic |
| 14:40-15:00 | Tong Wei （BGI- Shenzhen） The domestication history of cultivated lettuce revealed by resequencing of 445 Lactuca accessions |
| 15:00-15:20 | Liang Guo （Huazhong Agricultural University） Dissection of the genetic basis of natural variation of seed oil content in Brassica napus |
| 15:20-15:35 | Student Talk |
| 15:00-15:35 | Cong Zhou （Wuhan University） Balancing selection and wild gene pool contribute to resistance in global rice germplasm against pla |
| 15:35-18:00 | Tea Break and Poster Session |
| 18:00 | Dinner (Buffet) |
| August 22, 2021 | |
| 8:30-11:55 | Session VII: Functional Genomics (II) |
| Chair: | Guangcun He （Wuhan University） |
| 8:30-09:00 | Plenary 7 Ertao Wang （CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences） Plant-microbe symbioses and nutrient uptake |
| 9:00-10:20 | Major Talk |
| 9:00-09:20 | Jianbin Yan （Huazhong Agricultural University） The genetic mechanism of heterosis utilization in maize improvement |
| Chair: | Zhengqiang Ma （Nanjing Agricultural University） |
| 9:20-09:40 | Cao Xu （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS） ROS regulated reversible protein phase separation synchronizes plant flowering |
| 9:40-10:00 | Yunfeng Li（Southwest University） Molecular mechanism of spikelet development in rice |
| 10:00-10:20 | Yu Zhao （Huazhong Agricultural University） Histone deacetylases control lysine acetylation of ribosomal proteins in rice |
| 10:20-10:40 | Tea Break |
| 10:40-11:40 | Major Talk |
| Chair: | Zhikang Li （Institute of Crop Science, CAAS） |
| 10:40-11:00 | Xingchun Wang （Shanxi Agricultural University） Establishment of a mini foxtail millet with an Arabidopsis-like life cycle as a C4 model system |
| 11:00-11:20 | Lixin Zhang （Henan University） The DnaJ proteins DJA6 and DJA5 are essential for chloroplast iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis |
| 11:20-11:40 | Zhong Zhao （University of Science and Technology of China） WUSCHEL triggers innate antiviral immunity in plant stem cells |
| 11:40-11:55 | Student Talk |
| 11:40-11:55 | Yuanyuan Chen （Huazhong agricultural university） Genome-wide association mapping of the maize leaf and kernel ionome provides a route for cadmium cro |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00-15:50 | Session VIII: Proteomics, Metabolomics and Bioinformatics |
| Chair: | Jia Li （Lanzhou University） |
| 14:00-14:30 | Plenary 8 Jing Yang （National Center for Protein Science） Mapping and quantification of the cysteine redoxome |
| 14:30-15:50 | Major Talk |
| 14:30-14:50 | Yong Wang （CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences） Genome-enabled synthetic biology research of plant bioactive products |
| 14:50-15:10 | Jie Luo （Hainan University） Variation of plant metabolism – from single gene to gene cluster |
| 15:10-15:30 | Lingling Chen （Guangxi University） Constructing Gap-free genome and pan-genome in crops |
| 15:30 | Closing Ceremony |
| Chair: | TBA |
| Presentation of the Awards for the Best Posters and the Best Student Talks | |
| Closing Remarks: Prof. Weicai Yang, Executive Chair of PGC Committee | |
| Messages from the local organizers of PGC XXII | |
| 18:00 | Dinner (Buffet) |