Objective The objective is to develop faba bean (Vicia faba) genotypes that are free of major antinutritional factors and simultaneously more resistant to disease. Inbred faba bean lines were distributed to have the material ready for crossing in greenhouses during the winter. These lines included cultivars resistant to uromyces, botrytis, ascochyta, orobanche and fusarium and also ones with zero tannin, vicine or covicine. A common cultivar (Alfred) and 2 specific cultivars for Cordoba and Palermo ('Amcor' and Gemini respectively), all high yielders, were included in the crossing scheme. The F1 and F2 generations have now been produced and seeds obtained for the next step. Insome cases, there were poor yields from several lines as well as differences in reciprocal crosses but this is believed to be due to poor yielding of the mother lines rather than to genetic causes. Pilot trials have been conducted to establish test methods for resistance to rust and fusarium.Agricultural systems of developed countries have originated man problems, economical (surplusses, unbalanced world markets etc.) as well as technical (decreasing number of crops, narrower genetic rases, excessive use of chemicals etc.) and social (pollution of waters, soils and foods, etc.) Among the many changes needed to solve them, crop diversification seems to be a must in the short term. There are many crops that are of great interest, even if they are considered as of secondary importance from the point of view of a world economic perspective. One of these crops is the Faba Bean (Vicia Faba). New genes of potential importance in the future agriculture have been discovered during the last years, by several teams, and are now being transferred to high yielding cultivars. The prospect will study the interactions between two sets of genes: The first set includes genes for resistance to diseases (RD) that still challenge the cultivation of this species in several regions around the world (Chocolate Spot, Fusarium etc.); These genes will help in producing higher yields. The second set includes genes that remove anti- nutritional factors (ANF) such as tannins and vicine and convicine from the seeds; These genes will help in producing a better quality product both for food and for feed. The problem is: will both kind of genes be expressed in an independant way when put in the same genotype? Or, rather, they will interact with each other? The projected work will produce experimental Faba Bean lines with a common genetic background but differing in RD and ANF genes. For example, tannin-free lines will be obtained differing only in the presence of the gene for resistance to Fusarium, etc. The task will be performed by crossing experimental RD lines with ANF-free ones, then obtaining F3 lines which will be analised from the point of view of nutritional quality. Molecular markers for the genes under study will be tested. Fields of science natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture Programme(s) FP2-CAMAR - Research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of competitiveness of agriculture and management of agricultural resources, 1989-1993 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD DE CORDOBA - ESCUELA TECNICA SUPERIOR DE INGENIEROS AGRONOMOS EU contribution No data Address AVDA MENENDEZ PIDAL 8N 14080 CORDOBA Spain See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all F. VON LOCHOW-PETKUS GmbH Norway EU contribution No data Address BOLLERSENER WEG 5 3103 BERGEN See on map Total cost No data Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) France EU contribution No data Address 147 RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE 75341 PARIS See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE Denmark EU contribution No data Address FOULUM P.B.39 8830 TJELE See on map Total cost No data NORDDEUTSCHE PFLANZENZUCHT HANS-GEORG LEMBKE KG Germany EU contribution No data Address Hohenlieth HOLTSEE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Plant Breeding International United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Maris Lane Trumpington CB2 2LQ Cambridge See on map Total cost No data Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Invergowrie DD2 5DA Dundee See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO Italy EU contribution No data Address PIAZZA MARINA, 61 90133 PALERMO See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITÄT HOHENHEIM Germany EU contribution No data Address 7000 STUTTGART See on map Total cost No data