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PROGRAMME (click on the day you would like to see)

 

 

Monday, 24 August 2026

16:00–18:00

 Registration desk is open at Gunpowder Cellar
18:00–20:00 Welcome reception at the Gunpowder Cellar (address: Lossi 38, Tartu GOOGLE MAPS)

 

 

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

If a session block contains two presentations, each presenter is allocated 6 minutes for the presentation plus Q&A.
The total time for both presenters must not exceed 15 minutes.

08:00–18:00 Registration desk is open at the main building
09:00–09:50 Opening of the Congress
Room: Plenary Hall
09:50–10:30 PLENARY SESSION  Eric Justes: Intercropping, a pillar of Agroecology in action. How to boost its adoption in European Agriculture?
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Evelin Loit-Harro
10:30–11:00 Coffee break with group photo
11:00–12:15 CLIMATE CHANGE, STRESS AND RESILIENCE
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Hans-Peter Kaul		 INTERCROPPING
Room: 104
Moderator: Sabine Seidel
Co-moderator: Juan Nieto-Cantero		 SPECIAL SESSION 2:
BIOLOGICAL NITRIFICATION INHIBITION
Room: 0015
Moderator: Rafaelle Reumaux
11:00-11:15
  Breeding-driven Phenology Shifts in German Wheat Show Climate Benefits
Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei
  Intercropping Decreases Plant Disease Incidence: A Global Meta-analysis
Wopke van der Werf
  Secondary Metabolites of Plantago lanceolata Shape Gross N Transformation Rates in Soil
Hanna Frick
11:15-11:30
  Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Biotic Stress Effects on German Cereal Production
Siham Khanfri
  The Impact of Cereal-legume Intercropping on Yield and Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Kairsty Topp
  The Effect of Nitrification Inhibitors on Crop Production in Germany – An Agronomic Evaluation
Cindy Seeling
11:30-11:45
  Genotypic Variation in Winter Wheat Responses to Elevated CO₂: Evidence from Four Years of Field Experiments
Lorenz Kottmann
  Effect of Nitrogen Management on Performance of Cereal-legume Intercropping: Findings from a European Experimental Network
Timothé Wantz
  Differential Biological Nitrification Inhibition Potential in Selected Service Crops
Aude Mancia
11:45-12:00
  Trade-offs between Productivity and Sustainability in Innovative Cropping Systems with Soybean on a Sandy Soil in a Temperate Climate
Genis Simon-Miquel
  East-west Row Orientation Increases Light Interception by the Shorter Crop in Strip Intercrops Comprising a Tall and Short Crop Species
Naoko Kawasaki
  Nitrogen Fluxes in Urochloa-based Pasture Soils in the Northwestern Amazonia
Daniel M. Villegas
12:00-12:15
  Identifying Industrial Hemp Genotypes Adapted to German Climatic Conditions
Laura Lewerenz
  Impact of legume content on
biscuit processing and consumer preferences
Catherine Bonazzi
  Inhibited Nitrogen Fertilisers in Winter Wheat: No One-size-fits-all Concept
Riecke Finck
12:15–13:50 Lunch + poster session
At Forestry Building
13:50–14:30 PLENARY SESSION  Agnes van den Pol-van Dasselaar: Beyond productivity: co-developing a stakeholder-driven framework to assess multifunctionality in managed grasslands and livestock systems
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: TBA
14:40–15:40 CLIMATE CHANGE, STRESS AND RESILIENCE
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Reinhard Neugschwandtner		 INTERCROPPING
Room: 104
Moderator: Christine Watson
Co-moderator: Connie Echaíz		 NITROGEN MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY
Room: 0015
Moderator: Hanna Frick
Co-moderator: Ashifur Rahman Shawon
14:40-14:55
  Cross-site Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Responses of Temperate Cropping Systems to Weather Conditions and Management
Sabine J. Seidel
  Intercropping as an Option in the Diversification Toolkit to Increase Multi-performance of Cropping Systems
Maé Guinet
  The Impact of Fertilization on the Temporal Yield Stability of Winter Rye
Karolin Kunz
14:55-15:10
  Results on Crop Performance, Microclimate and Biodiversity from the First 5 Years of an Silvoarable Agroforestry Experiment in the Netherlands
Maria-Franca Dekkers
  Performance of Organic Maize-soybean Strip Intercropping in Austria
Aliyeh Salehi
 

Legume-based double cropping in Mediterranean irrigated systems: agronomic, environmental and economic trade-offs
Jesús Fernández-Ortega
15:10-15:25
  Consequences of Extended Spring Drought for German Crop Production Outlooks
Marlene Palka
  Lentil & Pea – Better Together than Alone?
Anna Blatter
  Adverse Weather Effects on Wheat Nitrogen Efficiency, Grain Quality and Carbon Footprint
Dima Sabboura
15:25-15:40
 

Effect of irrigation on growth, yield, yield components, nitrogen uptake, nitrogen fixation and radiation use efficiency of grain legumes 
Mariam Mardanyan

 

How Far North Can Rice Go? A Lowland Japonica Sets Viable Seed at 50° N in Aerobic, Semiarid Conditions
Morgan Lynds
  Drivers of Productivity Differences among Crop Rotations, Intercrops and Strip Crops on Smallholder Farms in Zambia
Chloe MacLaren
  Diverse Crop Rotations Offset Yield-scaled Nitrogen Losses via Denitrification
Aurélien Saghaï
15:40–16:10 Coffee break
16:10–17:25 CLIMATE CHANGE, STRESS AND RESILIENCE
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Elisa Marraccini		 INTERCROPPING
Room: 104
Moderator: Eric Justes
Co-moderator: Mariam Mardanyan		 NITROGEN MANAGEMENT AND EFFICIENCY
Room: 0015
Moderator: Luca Bragazza
Co-moderator: Qiuhong Huang
16:10-16:25
  Regional Variability of Cassava Yields Sensitivity to Drought Across Climate Models and Scenarios
Amit Kumar Srivastava
  Effect of Service Plant Intercropping and Inter-row Mowing on Plant Growth, Architecture, and Yield Components of Chickpea
Xavier Bousselin
  Integrated Use of Mineral and Organic Fertilizers Enhances Wheat Productivity, Water Productivity, and Nutrient-use Efficiency in Semi-arid Morocco
Mina Devkota Wasti
16:25-16:40
  Performance of Drought-tolerant Maize Hybrids in Northern Italy
Gabriela Alandia
  Crop Performance of Sorghum bicolor and Triticum aestivum under Different Inter-row Cropping Strips in an Agrivoltaic System in Austria
Maria König
  Nitrogen Sources Used by Tropical Forages in the Amazon Forest Margins under Low Input Management: A 15N Study
Daniel M. Villegas
16:40-16:55
  Lowering the Carbon Footprint of C4 Systems: A Multi-site Life Cycle Assessment of Sorghum and Maize Genotypes in Germany
Amir Hajjarpoor
  TBA
  TBA
16:55-17:10
 

Legume Pre-crop Effects on Subsequent Wheat Performance and Nitrous Oxide Emissions
Michael Amann

 

Adjusting Barley Phenology for Improved Yield and Yield Stability under Climate Change
Asmae Meziane
 

Floor Management in Orchards and Its Effect on Soil Organic Carbon – A Meta-analysis
Aram Gorooei
  High Resolution Mapping of Soil Organic Carbon Response to Conservation Tillage and Soil Redistribution Across Europe with Sentinel 2 Imagery
Ahsan Raza
17:10-17:25
 

Have Interactions Between Soil Organisms and Barley Changed Over Decades with Breeding New Varieties?
Anna Marija Firere

 

Winter Wheat Stomatal Traits are Affected by Environmental Conditions
Elena Ivandi
  Exploring Rainfed Rice Morphological Responses Diversity to Artificial Agroforestry Shade
Marcos Mc Cormick
 

Multi‑year Assessment of Nitrogen Splitting and Total Nitrogen Rate Effects on Durum Wheat Yield in Belgium Conditions
Walter Rodrigo Meza Morales

 

Automated Fertilization in SSM-iCrop: A Practical Framework for Optimizing Nitrogen Management
Naeimeh Bayatian
18:00–20:00 Poster viewing and social gathering at the Forestry Building

 

 

Wednesday, 26 August 2026

08:30 Departure for day trips 1-4.
Gathering point and departure-arrival place is HERE (GOOGLE MAPS).
 
 

Day trip 1 – Field crops and applied research
Large-scale crop production systems, experimental research and sustainable farming practices
 
 

Day trip 2 – Horticultural crops and peat
Horticultural production systems and peat as a key resource in growing media
 
 

Day trip 3 – Crop breeding and research
Agricultural research and large-scale integrated farming
 
 

Day trip 4 – Field crops and vegetables
Organic farming systems, crop diversification, and short supply chains
11:00 Departure for the Tartu city tour
Gathering point in Tartu Old Town is HERE (GOOGLE MAPS).
 
 

Day trip 5 – Tartu city tour
Tartu city tour provides cultural and historical context to complement the scientific programme

 

 

Thursday, 27 August 2026

If a session block contains two presentations, each presenter is allocated 6 minutes for the presentation plus Q&A.
The total time for both presenters must not exceed 15 minutes.

08:30–17:30 Registration desk is open at the main building
09:00–09:40 PLENARY SESSION  Claas Nendel: How does climate action look like on fields, and how do we know that it matters?
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Tom Schut
09:45–10:40 CROPPING SYSTEMS AND
AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Moritz Reckling		 FROM FIELD TO FOOD AND
FEED QUALITY
Room: 104
Moderator: Fred Stoddard
Co-moderator: Riinu Kaasik		 DIGITAL AND MODELLING TOOLS
FOR AGRONOMY
Room: 0015
Moderator: Tom Schut
Co-moderator: Asmae Meziane
09:40-09:55
  A Systems Approach to Optimizing Cropping Systems and Enhancing Resilience in the Canadian Prairies
Kui Liu
  The Price of Pulses: Going Beyond Yield in Valuing the Contribution of Pulses to People and Planet
Christine Watson
 

Assimilating Leaf Area Data into a Process-based Crop Model for In-season Wheat Yield Forecasting
Maria Quade
09:55-10:10
  Performance of Cropping Systems with and without Grain Legumes under Comparable Production Contexts
Maé Guinet
  RiSorgo – From Field to Fork: First Agronomic Results from Variety Testing and Pasta Production with Grain Sorghum in Switzerland
Romina Morisoli
  Data-driven Pheno-Farm Server: Integrating Adaptive AI and Economic Decision Support for Wheat and Barley Cultivation
Kenny Paul
10:10-10:25
 

What Drives the Potato Yield Gap in China?
Qiuhong Huang
  Legume Crops as a Protein Source under Current and Future Climate: Prospects for Southern Belgium
Justine Van Merhaeghe
  Modelling Climate Change Impacts on Nitrogen Dynamics and Legacy Effects in German Wheat Systems
Ashifur Rahman Shawon
10:25-10:40
  Exploring Changes in Production Functions to Management and Environment to Minimize Resource use in Agriculture
Paul Ravensbergen
  Producing Bread Wheat in a More Climate-friendly Way – Protein Use Efficiency as the Key to Success?
Til Feike
  Analysis of the Drivers of Spatial Variability in Winter Wheat Yield in Germany Using Remote Sensing, Meteorological Data, and Crop Model Simulations
Yinan Gao
10:40–11:10 Coffee break
11:10–12:10 CROPPING SYSTEMS AND
AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Michelle Carkner
Co-moderator: Alexa Peterson		 POLICY AND SCIENCE INTERFACE
Room: 104
Moderator: Valentina Mereu		 DIGITAL AND MODELLING TOOLS
FOR AGRONOMY
Room: 0015
Moderator: Til Feike
Co-moderator: Ai Sato
11:10-11:25
  Can the Nordic-Baltic Region Be Free of Soy Imports?
Frederick Stoddard
  Illusions that Shine and Opportunities We Miss in Carbon Farming Policies
Marti Vidal Morant
  Conflict, Imprecision, Ignorance – Spatial Aspects of Uncertainty in Maps for Site-specific Agriculture
Eike Stefan Dobers
11:25-11:40
  On-farm or On-station: Which Research Approach to Design Chickpea Agronomy in Europe?
Moritz Reckling
  How Much Nitrogen is Climate-optimal?
Insa Kühling
  TBA
11:40-11:55
  Genotype and Growth Stage as Key Factors Determining Recovery from Grazing and Nutritional Value of Australian Narrow-leafed Lupin (L.angustifolius)
Razlin Azman
  Nitrogen Balances and Economic Productivity in the Netherlands: Farm Pathways, Policy Targets, and Associated Factors
Murilo de Almeida Furtado
  Spoon-feeding a Potato Crop with Nitrogen Based on Real-time Simulations
Frits Van Evert
11:55-12:10
 

The Trade-offs of Diversifying European Crop Systems with Legumes
Ferdaous Rezgui

 

Long Term Effects of Crop Diversification and Nutrient Management on Barley Yield Dynamics: Evidence from a 44–year Experiment
Talent Namatsheve
  Bird Damage to Crops: Why Do We Keep Killing Crows?
Alice Baux
  A Systems Modelling Approach to Assessing Pest Infestations and Productivity in Maize Cropping Systems
Jamina Gabrielle Bondad
12:10–13:30 Lunch + poster session at Forestry Building
13:30–14:30 CROPPING SYSTEMS AND
AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Chloe MacLaren		 POLICY AND SCIENCE INTERFACE
Room: 104
Moderator: Alice Baux		 DIGITAL AND MODELLING TOOLS
FOR AGRONOMY
Room: 0015
Moderator: Davide Cammarano
13:30-13:45
  Effects of Cover Crop Sowing and Incorporation Timing and Method on Soil (Biological, Chemical and Physical) Conditions and Yield: Results from a 3-year Multi-crop Field Experiment in the Netherlands
Tess Van De Voorde
  Spatial Diversification in Soybean-based Cropping Systems to Support Pest Regulation: From Plot to Farmers’ Fields
Alessandra Virili
  A 21st-Century Modeling Analysis of Crop Rotation-Based Climate Mitigation in Germany
Til Feike
13:45-14:00
  Water Requirements of Forage Crops and Their Response to Irrigation
Pierre Larsonneau
  EU Partnership Agriculture of Data - Unlocking the potential of data for sustainable agriculture
Johannes Pfeifer
  Integrating Controlled Environment and Multi-site Field Data for Species Level Calibration of a Process-based Crop Model for Lupinus angustifolius 
Hasini Govardhanam
14:00-14:15
 

Early Drought Response of New Semi-dwarf Rye Hybrids Carrying the Ddw1 Allele: Root Growth and Biomass Allocation Compared to Near-isogenic Tall Hybrids
Ehsan Ebrahimi
  Bridging Science and Policy for Soil Health: Insights from a Mediterranean Living Lab on Conservation Agriculture
Valentina Mereu
 

Territorial Food Self-sufficiency under Climate Change Through Optimised Crop Rotations and Process-based Simulations
Tom Desmarez

 

Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Sardinian Viticulture Using the STICS Process-based Model
Emanuele Serra
14:15-14:30
 

Assessing the Evolution of Seed Composition and Yield of Lentil: Effects of Climatic Factors under Field Conditions
Tessa Boutersky

 

Thirty years of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivar trials: yield stability and climatic drivers under Nordic-Baltic growing conditions
Christel Mölder
  Linking Agricultural Pressures and Water Quality: A Novel Catchment-scale Dataset for Policy Evaluation and Environmental Modeling
Michael Assouline
 
14:30–15:00 Coffee break
15:00–15:40

PLENARY SESSION  Davide Cammarano: System-based Precision Agriculture for Sustainable Crop Production

Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: TBA
15:40-17:00

PLENARY DISCUSSION  Policy and Science

 

We are looking for your input for the discussion. Please answer the short question form HERE.

 

Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: TBA
19:00–23:30 Congress dinner at Lodjakoda (Barge hall) (address: Ujula 98, Tartu GOOGLE MAPS)

 

 

Friday, 28 August 2026

If a session block contains two presentations, each presenter is allocated 6 minutes for the presentation plus Q&A.
The total time for both presenters must not exceed 15 minutes.

08:30–14:30 Registration desk is open at the main building
09:15–09:55 PLENARY SESSION  Ewa Rembiałkowska: The Composition of Organic Food and the Impact of Its Consumption on Human Health
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Liina Talgre
10:00–11:00

SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC
FARMING SYSTEMS
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Liina Talgre
Co-moderator: Iraj Yaghoubian

 SOIL HEALTH AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS
Room: 104
Moderator: Merili Toom
Co-moderator: Tara Meghana Kaila

PERENNIAL CROPS
Room: 0015
Moderator: Keskitalo Marjo
Co-moderator: Ummi Marfuah
10:00-10:15
  Understanding Yield Gaps and Stability in Organic Durum Wheat Through Long-term, Phenology-Informed Analysis 
Silvia Pampana
  A Decade of Soil Health Research in Western Canada
Ben W. Thomas
  Nitrogen Fertilization for Rejuvenation of Intermediate Wheatgrass for Grain Productivity
Douglas Cattani
10:15-10:30
  Can Intercrops Replace Green Manures While Maintaining Nitrogen Supply and Farm Income in an Organic Rotation?
Michelle Carkner
  Scoring Soil Quality of Farmers’ Fields Based on a Set Chemical, Physical and Biological Parameters for Evaluation of Crop Performance
Koen Willekens
  Introducing Kernza Intermediate Wheatgrass Perennial Grain to the Nordic-Baltic Region
Valentin Picasso
10:30-10:45
  Influence of Cover Crops on Pathogen-induced Yield Loss in an Rhizoctonia Solani-inoculated Organic Potato Field Trial
Tatiana F. Rittl
  Participatory On-farm Assessment of Soil Health: Opportunities and Limits
Lucie Büchi
  The Cultivation of the Perennial Grain Kernza in Lithuania
Zita Kriauciuniene
10:45-11:00
 

Spatial Variability of Nitrous Oxide Emissions under Practical Field Conditions in an Organic Cropping System in Southern Germany
Dennis Gref

 

How are Agroecological Practices Integrated into Farmers’ Strategies?
Elise Ygaunin
  Addition of Ramial Wood Chips in Agricultural Soils: Effects on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility on the Basis of a 10-year Long Field Trial in Western Switzerland
Luca Bragazza
  What if Agriculture Cover Cropped Itself? Post-harvest Crop Regrowth Performance as Compared to a Cover Crop
Virginia Nichols
11:00–11:30 Coffee break
11:30–12:30 PLANT HEALTH
Room: Plenary Hall
Moderator: Kaire Loit
Co-moderator: Siva Raja Sekhar Reddy		 SOIL HEALTH AND NUTRIENT DYNAMICS
Room: 104
Moderator: Zita Kriauciuniene
Co-moderator: Merili Simmer		 PERENNIAL CROPS
Room: 0015
Moderator: Valentin Picasso
Co-moderator: Emma Randahl-Beltran
11:30-11:45
  Limited Influence of Pest Pressure on Pesticide Use across Major Crops
Yaoyun Zhang
  Trends of Increasing Subsoil Compaction in Sweden over Three Decades
Lorena Chagas Torres
  Root Growth and Rhizodeposition of Annual and Perennial Wheat and Aromatic Crops in a Strip Cropping System Compared to Pure Stands
Wanda Burzik
11:45-12:00
  Functional Characterisation of Arable Vegetation Communities – How Do Taxonomic Versus Trait-based Approaches Compare?
Savanna van Mesdag
  Carbon Footprint Implications of Canola Production under Diverse Crop Rotation Systems
Baoluo Ma
  Defoliation Interacts with Resource Availability to Reshape Root and Shoot Dynamics in Intermediate Wheatgrass
Alexa Peterson
12:00-12:15
 

Evaluation of Biocontrol Strategies to Manage Foliar Fungal Diseases of Winter Wheat in Belgium
Elise Delahaut

 

Drivers of Sustainability in Pesticide-free Cropping Systems: Insights from Two French Experimental Platforms
Simon Buresi
 

Soil Organic Matter Stability across a Gradient of Tillage Intensity: Two Decades of Evidence from Semi-arid Mediterranean Cropping Systems
Andrea Martínez-Santamaría

 

A Sustainable Phosphorus Management Strategy Supported by Spectral Information
Juan Nieto-Cantero
  Sustainability and New Business Opportunities from Perennial Crops
Marjo Keskitalo
12:15-12:30
 

DNA-based Airborne Spore Surveillance Enhances Early Detection of Wheat Fungal Pathogens
Siva Raja Sekhar Reddy Jonnala
 

The Influence of Conservation Tillage Methods on Soil Properties and the Weediness of Winter Wheat Crops
Lukas Aukselis

 

Regenerative Agriculture Effects on Soil Fungi and Fauna: Evidence from a Long-term Field Experiment in Estonia
Roland Lehemets
  Agroecological Trade-offs and Opportunities for Integrating Perennial Herbage Seed Crops into Cropping Systems in High Latitudes
Nityananda Khanal
12:30–13:00 Closing of the congress
Room: Plenary Hall
13:00–14:00 Lunch at Forestry Building

 

 

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