LEGumes for the Agriculture of TOmorrow (LEGATO project)
Résumé
The four year FP7 European project LEGATO (Legumes for the Agriculture of Tomorrow) is aimed at improving the competitiveness of legumes in European agriculture. Grain legumes represent less than 2% of cultivated arable land in Europe, which relies heavily on imported plant protein sources. The project brings together 17 research institutions and 10 companies or professional associations from 12 European states to focus on breeding and management methods for the principal grain legumes or pulses grown in Europe, the pea and faba bean. Among the actions proposed will be the use of advanced breeding methods taking advantage of recent genomics data, exploitation of genetic resource collections, techniques of high-throughput phenotyping including non-destructive root imaging, legume-based cropping systems including intercropping, and exploration of new food products incorporating legume flours. Project Web site: http://www.legato-fp7.eu/
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