Project description
Improved access to innovation for legume breeders
Legume crops constitute a significant portion of European biomass production, and extensive on-going breeding efforts aim to improve legume quality and farming efficiency. Recent developments have underscored the importance of collaboration among breeders to enhance overall efficiency and the adoption of technology. The EU-funded Legume Generation project is designed to enhance collaboration among breeders by leading six species-oriented breeder-led communities. These communities will work together to drive innovation and expansion. Additionally, the project will involve cross-project data collection, which will facilitate the establishment of a European Legume hub platform. This platform will improve breeder access to methodologies, business plans and screenings. Ultimately, the project aims to empower breeders to enhance the quality and yield of legume crops.
Objective
The Legume Generation consortium will invest in innovation that boosts the breeding of legumes in Europe by combining the entrepreneurial focus of breeders with the broad inventiveness of the supporting research base. Six species-oriented breeder-led innovation communities will link practical breeding with the research-base in a transdisciplinary framework. They lead the innovation work and each is focused on the breeding of a single species or species type: soya bean (Glycine max); lupins (Lupinus spp); pea (Pisum sativum); lentil (Lens culinaris); phaseolus bean (Phaseolus spp. e.g. ‘common’ bean); and white and red clover (Trifolium repens and T. pratense). These are supported by the cross-project collection of intelligence on ideotype concepts, beneficial traits, a catalogue of legume species and cultivars, and breeding methods assembled in the Legume Generation Knowledge Centre; the production and validation of novel resources (genotypes, methods, and tools); screening, demonstration and testing of germplasm and new cultivars in different regions; training to support breeding gains in our innovation communities; governance and financial models, and business plans for inclusive plant breeding. All this will be supported by consortium internal and external dissemination and communications, including the extension of the European Legume Hub as a platform for sharing of knowledge. We currently run 43 breeding and pre-breeding programmes. We will give these a decisive boost through access to resources that accelerates the production of novel germplasm, innovating up to the point where newly bred germplasm and cultivars are proven on farm. Breeders will use the results to support expansion of legume production. Our innovation communities will be open to all relevant actors and provide a direct route for the dissemination of results to other users and interested stakeholders. Their sustainability beyond the life of the project will be supported by business plans.
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06466 Seeland Ot Gatersleben
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1180 Wien
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06484 Quedlinburg
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60121 Ancona
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1010 Wien
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6525 XZ Nijmegen
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29303 Bergen
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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8200 Gleisdorf
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70599 Stuttgart
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85354 Freising
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64 000 KOSCIAN
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8000 Aarhus C
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12033 Rodez
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64230 Lescar
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88682 Salem
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771 47 Olomouc
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33300 VILLAVICIOSA ASTURIAS
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85100 Potenza
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94365 Parkstetten
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60-479 Poznan
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1164 Sofia
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NR4 7UH Norwich
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BT32 3ES Banbridge
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SY23 3BF Aberystwyth
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NR4 7UZ Norwich
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EC1N 8TE London
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53706 Madison
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3003 Bern
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7674 Lincoln
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