| Accession |
PRJCA009970 |
| Title |
Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU'S and China's protein self-sufficiency |
| Relevance |
Agricultural |
| Data types |
Transcriptome or Gene expression
|
| Organisms |
Medicago sativa
|
| Description |
The project aims to reduce Europe and China's dependency on protein importsby developing efficient breeding strategies for the main 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 ofboth forage (alfalfa and red clover) and grain (pea, faba bean and soybean) legumes. Using diverse and extensive genetic resources and taking advantage ofadvanced molecular tools, EUCLEG aims to identify and develop the bestgenetic resources, phenotyping methods and molecular tools to breedvarieties with improved performance under biotic and abiotic stressesrepresentative European and Chinese agro-ecological areas. Resource saving transferability of the results among the five forage and grain legume species will be tested to increase the rate of genetic progress. Molecular data and tools will be developed for sequencing orphan species. Searchable databases will bedeveloped or built to host passport, agronomic and genetic data facilitating exchanges of genetic resources. The genetic resources will be tested to broaden the breeding material and search for extended adaptation. The genetic architecture of key breeding traits will be analyzed 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. It will focus on breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU's and China's protein self-sufficiency. |
| Sample scope |
Multiisolate |
| Release date |
2022-06-15 |
| Publication |
| PubMed ID |
Article title |
Journal name |
DOI |
Year |
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Phytotoxic effect and molecular mechanism induced by graphene towards alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by integrating transcriptomic and metabolomics analysis
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Chemosphere
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10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133368
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2022
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Integrating transcriptome and physiological analyses to elucidate the essential biological mechanisms of graphene phytotoxicity of alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.)
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112348
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2021
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Graphene enhances photosynthesis and the antioxidative defense system and alleviates salinity and alkalinity stresses in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by regulating gene expression
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Environmental Science-Nano
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10.1039/d1en00257k
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2021
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|
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Occurrence, distribution, and genetic diversity of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) viruses in four major alfalfa-producing provinces of China
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Frontiers in Microbiology
|
10.3389/fmicb.2021.771361
|
2022
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| Grants |
| Agency |
program |
Grant ID |
Grant title |
| Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (MOST)
|
National Key Technologies R&D Program
|
2017YFE0111000
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Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU
|
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| Accessions in other database |
| Accession |
Database name |
| PRJNA761453
|
NCBI
|
|
|
| Submitter |
Zhipeng
Guo (zhipengguo_nwafu@163.com)
|
| Organization |
Northwest A&F University |
| Submission date |
2022-04-26 |
