This session has a plant / crop physiology/ breeding perspective and focuses on the mechanistic aspects that drive the productive processes in the plants, from those driving efficiency aspects, to those driving growth, light capture and senescence, and to those driving crop phenological development, providing insight on genotype X environment interactions at play.
It then includes TE/WUE aspects, high temperature effects on reproductive growth, temperature / VPD / CO2 effects on vegetative growth/productive processes, adequate crop phenology to ensure crop fitness, and water and nutrients synergy. Genetics on related traits and application of modern tools such as genomic selection will form an integral part of this session.
