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8th International Conference on Bacterial Blight of Rice (ICBB08)
Event: June 11-15, 2026
Venue: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Programs for the ICBB08

Shanghai, from 11-15th, June, 2026

Time Program
whole day

Registration and Welcome
Time Program Lecture / Session Speaker Chair(s)
8:30-9:00 Open Ceremony • Party Secretary of School of Agriculture and Biology, SJTU
• Director of State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism
• Vice President of Chinese Society for Plant Pathology
• Official of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
• The Chair of ICBB08 		Bo Zhu
9:00-9:10

Photo Session
9:10-9:45 (C) Impacts of Plant Immunity on the Rice Leaf Microbiome Jan Leach
Colorado State University, USA		 Jian-Min Zhou
9:45-10:20 (C) Plant interactions with phytopathogenic bacteria provide new insight into the plant immune system Jian-Min Zhou
Yazhouwan National Laboratory, China		 Jan Leach
10:20-10:40

Coffee Break
10:40-11:05 (P1) PathoTracer: Pathogen monitoring and resistance gene deployment for rice bacterial blight Van Schepler-Luu
International Rice Research Institute, Philippines		 Wenxian Sun
&
Yiming Wang
11:05-11:30 (P1) The apoplastic protein OsCPIP8 confers dual protection by inhibiting pathogenic protease and activating rice immunity Xinhua Ding
Shandong Agricultural University, China
11:30-11:45 (O1) Xanthomonas type III effector XopAR inhibits Arabidopsis lignin biosynthesis by hijacking the E3 ubiquitin ligase PUB26 and the transcription factor MYB4 Bole Jiang
Guangxi University, China
11:45-12:00 (O1) Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola disarms rice stomatal defense for infection Shanzhi Wang
Southwest University, China
12:00-12:15 (O1) Alternative splicing of OsNPR3 promoted by the bacterial TAL effectors-targeted splicing regulator OsRBP11 antagonizes OsNPR1 function and enhances disease susceptibility in rice Xiaochen Chen
Shandong Agricultural University, China
12:15-13:45

Lunch Break
13:45-14:20 (C) TBD Wenxian Sun
Jilin Agricultural University, China		 Yuelin Zhang
&
Subhadeep Chatterjee
14:20-14:45 (P1) The Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae type VI secretion effector modulates rice mitogen-activated protein kinase activity to facilitate host invasion Yiming Wang
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
14:45-15:00 (O1) A PthXo2B ortholog in Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae strain IX-221 acts as a major virulence factor on indica rice without activating a Clade III SWEET gene Rhitu Rai
ICAR-National Institute of Plant Biotechnology, India
15:00-15:15 (O1) A horizontally-transferred effector suppresses plant immunity by hijacking the rubisco small subunit via condensate formation Peihong Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
15:15-15:35

Coffee Break
15:35-16:10 (C) Biosynthesis of Salicylic acid from phenylalanine in plants Yuelin Zhang
Sichuan University, China		 Van Schepler-Luu
&
Xinhua Ding
16:10-16:35 (P2) How Xanthomonas coordinate environmental and cell-cell signaling to coordinate virulence Subhadeep Chatterjee
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostic, India
16:35-17:00 (P2) Bromination and methylation of the yellow pigment xanthomonadin in the Xanthomonas phytopathogens Ya-Wen He
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
17:00-17:15 (O2) A systematic analysis of the role of the type IV pilus associated genes in motility, virulence and T3SS genes regulation in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Lifang Zou
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
17:15-17:30 (O2) Transcriptional regulator PtrX regulates the type VI secretion system and virulence of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in a c-di-GMP-dependent manner Fenghuan Yang
Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS, China
17:30-17:45 (O2) The RpfF acyl-ACP thioesterase of major rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae is essential for maintenance function and virulence Lizhen Luo
South China Agricultural University, China
17:45-18:00

2-minute Presentation (S1)
18:00-20:00

Poster Viewing & Dinner
Note:
Conference speech (C), 30-minute speech + 5-minute questions;
Plenary Speech (P), 20 minute speech + 5-minute questions;
Oral Speech (O), 10-minute speech + 5-minute questions.
2-minute presentations (S) come from posters.
Time Program Lecture / Session Speaker Chair(s)
8:30-9:05 (C) Asymmetric selection of a immune module and rebuild of broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice Zuhua He
Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS, China		 Frank White
&
Lin-Woo Kang
9:05-9:30 (P2) Integrated genome engineering strategies for studying rice–Xoo interactions and engineering bacterial blight resistance Huanbing Zhou
Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS, China
9:30-9:55 (P2) The circular RNA circANK suppresses rice resistance to bacterial blight by inhibiting microRNA398b-mediated defense Bo Zhu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
9:55-10:10 (O2) Quality evaluation, unified annotation platform and database construction of Xanthomonas genomes Yong-Qiang He
Guangxi University, China
10:10-10:30

Coffee Break
10:30-10:55 (P2) From gene-for-gene resistance to gene-for-gene susceptibility: BB took the S train Frank White
University of Florida, USA		 Yong-Qiang He
&
Huanbing Zhou
10:55-11:20 (P2) Enhancing Multi-Omics Data Reliability: A Calibration Strategy Using Relative Quantification of Multiprotein Complex Subunits Lin-Woo Kang
Konkuk University, South Korea
11:20-11:45 (P2) Relationships between hrp gene expression and carbohydrate utilization in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Seiji Tsuge
Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan
11:45-12:00 (O2) OsCPK8 inhibits RLCK and RBOHI to prevent autoimmunity Jiangbo Fan
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
12:00-13:30

Lunch Break
13:30-14:05 (C) Rational design of promoter editing confers multipathogen resistance in rice Guotian Li
Huazhong Agricultural University, China		 Tsutomu Kawasaki
&
Donglei Yang
14:05-14:30 (P3) Linking the evolution of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae across Asia to the domestication and dispersal history of rice and effective genes for BB resistance deployment Casiana Vera Cruz
International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
14:30-14:55 (P3) Endless battles in Xanthomonas oryzae-rice pathosystems Zhengyin Xu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
14:55-15:10 (O3) Whole genome analysis of gamma-mutagenised Malaysian rice line identifies SNPs in genes associated with bacterial leaf blight disease resistance Amirul Adli Bin Abd Aziz
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
15:10-15:30

Coffee Break
15:30-16:05 (C) Molecular basis of Xa1-mediated immune activation in rice Tsutomu Kawasaki
Kindai University, Japan		 Seiji Tsuge
&
Guotian Li
16:05-16:30 (P3) Phenotyping of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae strains and breeding for resistance to bacterial blight of rice in South Asia
(online)		 Jagjeet Singh Lore
Punjab Agricultural University, India
16:30-16:55 (P3) Mutual potentiation of IPA1/OsSPL14 and OsNPR1 enhances rice resistance Donglei Yang
Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, CAS, China
16:55-17:10 (O3) Bio-fortified and bacterial leaf blight (BLB) resistant rice varieties for agro-ecological zones in Pakistan Shahid Ahmed
Pakistan Agriculture Research Council, Pakistan
17:10-17:25 (O3) Sustaining punjab’s rice revolution through durable resistance to bacterial blight Gurjit Singh Mangat
Punjab Agricultural University, INDIA
17:25-17:40 (O3) A structurally dynamic chromosome 11 locus from Oryza rufipogon confers recessive resistance to bacterial blight in rice Muhammad Sohaib Shafique
Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS, China
17:45-18:00

2-minute Presentation (S3)
18:30-20:30

Shanghai Bund Visit
Note:
Conference speech (C), 30-minute speech + 5-minute questions;
Plenary Speech (P), 20 minute speech + 5-minute questions;
Oral Speech (O), 10-minute speech + 5-minute questions.
2-minute presentations (S) come from posters.
Time Program Lecture / Session Speaker Chair(s)
8:30-9:05 (C) Genome editing of rice for Africa Wolf B. Frommer
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany		 Hailong Guo
&
Alexandra Shigenaga
9:05-9:30 (P4) Prime Editing for elucidating and engineering rice resistance to bacterial blight Bing Yang
University of Missouri, USA
9:30-9:55 (P4) OsHMGB1 interact with OsSWEETs to suppress a DAMP-triggered immunity Zhaohui Chu
Wuhan University, China
9:55-10:10 (O4) Marker-assisted introgression of Xa21 for durable bacterial leaf blight resistance in extra-long grain Basmati rice Sana e Mustafa
Rice Research institute, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan
10:10-10:25 (O4) Evaluation of advanced rice breeding lines for resistant to emerging virulent pathotypes of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae causing bacterial blight Harpreet Singh
Punjab Agricultural University, INDIA
10:25-10:45

Coffee Break
10:45-11:20 (C) Engineering resistance against Xanthomonas oryzae through co-transferring sensor-helper NLRs and boosting TIR immune signaling Hailong Guo
China Agricultural University, China		 Wolf B. Frommer
&
Bing Yang
11:20-11:45 (P4) Programmable Xa23 executor gene confers broad-spectrum and salicylic acid dependent disease resistance in rice Zhiyuan Ji
Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS, China
11:45-11:55 (O4) Control of XA21-associated fertility defects in rice Wen-Yuan Song
University of Florida, USA
11:55-13:30

Lunch Break
13:30-14:05 (C) From genomes to grains: New strategies for disease control Alexandra Shigenaga
University of California, Davis, USA		 Sheng Huang
&
Zhiyuan Ji
14:05-14:20 (O4) War between Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and phage Bin Li
Zhejiang University, China
14:20-14:35 (O4) A chemical bactericide dioctyldiethylenetriamine (Xinjunan) exerts a non-lethal effect by targeting RpfG to regulate the quorum sensing system Yu Chen
Anhui Agricultural University, China
14:35-14:50 (O4) Chemical management of rice bacterial blight: emerging compounds and molecular insight Runjiang Song
Guizhou University, China
14:50-15:05 (O4) Native plant growth promoting Pseudomonas and Bacillus induce resistance in rice against bacterial blight Mohammad Rashidul Islam
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
15:05-15:20 (O4) The biosynthesis and regulatory mechanism of the novel green natural product Pseudoiodinine Ruihuan Yang
Henan university, China
15:20-15:35 (O4) Breeding practices for bacterial blight resistance in hybrid rice by Longping High-Tech Zhenbiao Sun
Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Co., Ltd, China
15:35-16:00

Coffee Break
16:00-17:30

Symposium on the future

Casiana Vera Cruz
17:30-18:00

Awards and Closing

Gongyou Chen
18:30-20:30

Farewell Dinner
Note:
Conference speech (C), 30-minute speech + 5-minute questions;
Plenary Speech (P), 20 minute speech + 5-minute questions;
Oral Speech (O), 10-minute speech + 5-minute questions.
2-minute presentations (S) come from posters.
Time Program
whole day

Departure