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EUCLEG

Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU's and China's protein self-sufficiency

Coordinator	NORGES MILJO-OG BIOVITENSKAPLIGE UNIVERSITET ; INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE INVESTIGACIONY FORMACION AGRARIA PESQUERA ALIMENTARIA Y DE LA PRODUCCION ECOLOGICA ; INTERNATIONAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES INSTITUTEIPGRI ; Ghent University ; CROP TILLAGE AND CULTIVATION INSTITUTE HEILONGJIANG ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (HAAS) ; INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE (IAS), CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (CAAS) ; PROGENO ; AGROVEGETAL SA ; DLF SEEDS AS ; GRAMINOR AS ; ZEMEDELSKY VYZKUM, SPOL SRO ; CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF GRASSLAND RESEARCH ; NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGROECOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ; JIUQUAN DAYE SEED INDUSTRY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ; INSTITUTE FOR FORAGE CROPS KRUSEVAC LTD ; AGRO SEED RESEARCH ; JULIUS KUHN-INSTITUT BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUR KULTURPFLANZEN ; INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ; BOREAL KASVINJALOSTUS OY ; JOUFFRAY DRILLAUD ; LANTMANNEN EKONOMISK FORENING ; NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ; TOURNEUR GRANDES CULTURES ; Northeastern University ; INRA Transfert (France) ; Shanxi Agricultural University ; NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ; EIGEN VERMOGEN VAN HET INSTITUUT VOOR LANDBOUW- EN VISSERIJONDERZOEK ; SOCIETE RAGT 2N SAS ; JIANGSU ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCESJAAS ; LG - Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research ; French National Institute for Agricultural Research ; NORDISKT GENRESURSCENTER ; Aberystwyth University ; ZheJiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences ; VIB VZW ; Federal Department of Home Affairs ; INSTITUT ZA RATARSTVO I POVRTARSTVO INSTITUT OD NACIONALNOG ZNACAJA ZA REPUBLIKU SRBIJU
Grant period	2017-09-01 - 2021-12-31
Funding body	European Union
Call number	H2020-SFS-2016-2
Grant number	727312
Identifier	G:(EU-Grant)727312

Note: EUCLEG aims to reduce Europe and China’s dependency on protein imports by developing efficient breeding strategies for the legume crops of major economic importance in human food and animal feed. The objective is to improve diversification, crop productivity, yield stability and protein quality of both forage (alfalfa and red clover) and grain (pea, faba bean and soybean) legumes. Using diverse and extensive genetic resources and taking advantage of advanced molecular tools, EUCLEG aims to identify and develop the best genetic resources, phenotyping methods and molecular tools to breed legume varieties with improved performance under biotic and abiotic stresses in the representative European and Chinese agro-ecological areas. The potential for new uses of forage species for human nutrition will be explored. Searchable databases will be developed or built to host passport, agronomic and genetic data facilitating exchanges and use of genetic resources. The evaluation of genetic resources in multi-site trials will allow to broaden the breeding material and extend agro-ecological adaptation. The genetic architecture of key breeding traits will be analysed using association studies in order to identify molecular markers related to phenotypic traits. Finally, genomic selection strategies will be assessed for their potential to improve genetic progress. Practical tools for genotyping, data management and calculation will be provided to breeders to implement marker-assisted selection and genomic selection leading to the creation of new varieties in the long-term. The partnership gathered in EUCLEG, combining public institutes and private companies of Europe and China, guaranties the transfer of knowledge from research to seed industry.

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