Working title
EU projects to enhance diversity, resilience and competitiveness of legumes
Date and Time
08 June 2026
14:00 – 17:00
General Information
This workshop is planned as a satellite event to the ILS Conference 5, Dubrovnik 2026 and will take place on 08 June 2026.
The event will welcome up to 40 participants. This workshop is primarly targeted at researchers, breeders, value chain actors and European policymakers.
For people interested to register, please contact directly Claire Barbet-Massin (rf.aivoniserret@nissamb.c)
Aims of the Workshop
The overall aim of the workshop is to provide participants with:
- an overview of the European projects BELIS, LEGUME GENERATION, PROSPER and INCREASE
- access to concrete, practical, and transferable results generated by these projects
- direct exchanges with key stakeholders and develop concrete collaboration pathways across projects.
Structure and Format
After a short introduction of each project, the workshop will be divided into 2 thematic sessions.
Workshop Program
(The program may be slightly adjusted)
Introduction: short general presentation by each project
- INCREASE – Roberto Papa
- BELIS – tbd
- LEGUME GENERATION – tbd
- PROSPER – Alma Balestrazzi
Session 1 : Tools and Data for Legume Innovation
- Molecular phenotyping and multi-omics integration to elucidate and predict seed traits and plant ecosystem services in legumes – Massimiliano Corso, PROSPER
- BELIS multi-species 60K SNP array platform for pea, faba bean, white lupin, lentil and chickpea – Grégoire Aubert, BELIS
- The LegGen Soy 5K Trait-Specific Marker Panel: Unlocking Genetic Variation for Northern Latitude Soybean Breeding – Maria Skrabisova, LEGUME GENERATION
- Innovative Genomic Approaches and Strategies for Legume Sequencing– Marzia Rossato, INCREASE
- BELIS Legume database, a tool for storing and querying multi-species genetic and -omic data, and for undertaking translational approaches – Nadim Tayeh, BELIS
- Accelerating Legume Breeding with Applied Genomics Tools – Maria Skrabisova, LEGUME GENERATION
Session 2: Connecting Stakeholders Across the Legume Value Chain
- Best practices example for developing connection with breeders and processors – Lars Wernze, BELIS
- Connecting with stakeholders – INCREASE and BELIS examples – Claire Barbet-Massin & Elena Bitocchi, BELIS & INCREASE