The Plant Nitric Oxide meeting created a common platform for science and collaboration, connecting researchers from around the world working on the role of NO and ROS in plant biology.
From July 9–11, 2025, the Department of Plant Physiology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences -SGGW, hosted the 10th anniversary edition of the Plant Nitric Oxide meeting (PNO10) – a prestigious conference devoted to the role of nitric oxide (NO) and other reactive nitrogen species (RNS) in plant biology. The conference was held under the patronage of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Polish Society for Experimental Plant Biology, His Magnificence the Rector of WULS-SGGW, and the Head of the Institute of Biology of WULS-SGGW. The on-line event was attended by more than 115 participants representing about 33 scientific institutions: universities, research institutes, and research centers from Europe, Asia, North and South America.
The meeting provided an opportunity to present the progress in biochemistry, molecular biology, ecology, and plant biotechnology research related to the metabolism of ROS and RNS. The program included 30 oral presentations and 24 posters. Participants listened to lectures from world-class experts: Prof. John Hancock from the University of the West of England, Bristol; Prof. Francisco J. Corpas from the Spanish National Research Council, Granada; Prof. Christian Lindermayr from the Helmholtz Center München; Prof. Marek Petrivalsky from Palacký University, Olomouc; Prof. Alexandre Boscari from INRAE, Sophia Antipolis; Prof. Zsuzsanna Kolbert Ördögné from the University of Szeged; and Prof. Kapuganti Jagadis Gupta from the National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi.
The organizers placed particular emphasis on supporting young scientists. A large group of PhD students (15 persons) presented their data. A competition for the best oral presentation by a young scientist, sponsored by Agrisera, was won by Marcin Tymiński. He is a PhD student at the Department of Plant Physiology, WULS-SGGW under the supervision of dr. hab. Urszula Krasuska, prof. WULS-SGGW. The special Gary Loake Award, was awarded to Ginevra Peppi from the University of Bologna. Conference participants emphasized the importance of NO and RNS as key regulators of developmental processes and stress responses in plants. The main topics of the meeting included:
- interactions of NO with other signalling molecules,
- innovative methods for detecting NO and other signalling molecules,
- the role of RNS in response to abiotic and biotic stresses, including climate change,
- application of knowledge about RNS in agricultural practice.
The next Plant Nitric Oxide meeting will be held in 2027 at Shandong Agricultural University in China.
The Plant Nitric Oxide conference, organized by the Department of Plant Physiology at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, confirmed that research on RNS remains one of the most dynamic and interdisciplinary areas of plant science.