4th European Buckwheat Symposium - Buckwheat: Innovations in Agriculture, Breeding, Nutrition and Sustainability - September 3rd - 5th, 2025

Taiji Adachi (Japan) (Plenary)

• For the further Progress to BUCKWHEAT-RENAISSANCE, world wide - Present Status and Prospects for breakthrough to improving qualitative and quantitative productivity of Buckwheat by means of Plant Biotechnology

Prof. Meiliang Zhou (Plenary) (China)

• Genetic insights into distant hybridization between Tartary buckwheat and Golden buckwheat

Anika Wiese-Klinkenberg (Germany)

• Pre-breeding for german climate-resilient multi-purpose buckwheat cultivars

Maria Logacheva (Russia)

• New genome assemblies of common buckwheat and the mapping of agriculturally important traits

Lunch

Mateja Germ (Slovenia) (Plenary)

• Content of mineral elements in common and tartary buckwheat from different environments

Grazyna Podolska (Poland)

• Buckwheat in the Face of New Challenges in Agriculture

Alexandra Hanász (Hungary)

• Effect of Osmotic stress on buckwheat germination

Rakib Hossian Raihan (Poland)

• Advance d remote sensing for assessing silicon-induced drought resilience in buckwheat

Coffee break

Milan Skalicky (Czech Republic)

• Effect of foliar application of silicon (Si) on physiological and biochemical parameters of common buckwheat under drought conditions 

Anshu Rastogi (Poland)

• Advancing the European Green Deal with Remote Sensing: SCOPE Model  Predictions of Buckwheat Yield Under Varied Water and Silicon Regimes

M. A. Mannan (Bangladesh) ONLINE 

• Interactive effects of rice husk biochar and zinc oxide nanoparticles on growth, physiology, and yield of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) under salinity stress

IBRA discussion Grazyna Podolska (Poland), Nikhil Chrungoo (India)

Scientific excursion and Dinner

• Wine tasting and dinner with a cellar tour in Tarcal, Degenfeld Castle

Jacek Kwiatkowski (Poland) (Plenary)

• The effect of silicon on plant growth and development, yield and seed reproductive quality of Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) gaertn

Csaba Juhász (Hungary)

• Assessment of Phytotoxic Effects of Pre- and Post-Emergence Herbicides on Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) to Identify Selective Weed Control Options.

Nwajei Sunday Ebonka (Czech Republic)

• The growth and biomass yield of common buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum (L.) Moench. under different crop management systems.

Vivien Pál (Hungary)

• Evaluating the role of buckwheat in crop rotations under variable nutrient supply and climatic conditions

Coffee break

Alexandra Andreea Lițoiu (Romania), Marta Hornyak (Poland), Ladislav Kováč (Slovak Republic), Mala Ganiger (USA), Gabriela Renée Alandia (Italy), Emanuele De Paoli (Italy)

Lunch

Ivan Kreft (Slovenia) (Plenary)

• Nutritional value of buckwheat

Krysztof Dziedzic (Poland)

• Dietary fiber content in husk from selected common buckwheat cultivars grown under varying irrigation systems

Zlata Luthar (Slovenia)

• Condensed tannins in common and Tartary buckwheat seeds

Akanksha Dalal ONLINE (India) 

• Innovating Indian Chapaty with germinated buckwheat flour for glycemic control

Coffee break

Closing

Gala Dinner, Hunguest Hotel Sóstó

• including a palinka tasting

Nóra Mendler-Drienyovszki, Makádi Marianna, Zsombik László 

• Introduction of Research Institute Activity - Visit/field visit to the Research Institute of Nyíregyháza