INCREASE: Intelligent Collections of Food Legumes Genetic Resources for European Agrofood Systems
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Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, 4 June 2020 - 28 international partners from 14 different countries are launching the new EU research project INCREASE with a virtual kick-off meeting today. Looking into the status of plant genetic resources of four important traditional European food legumes (chickpea, common bean, lentil and lupin), the consortium aims to develop efficient and effective conservation tools and methods to foster agricultural biodiversity in Europe. For a period of five years, the project will receive a budget of EUR 7 million from the European Union`s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The conservation and valorisation of food legume genetic...