Journal article
The INCREASE project: Intelligent Collections of food‐legume genetic resources for European agrofood systems
The Plant Journal, Vol.108(3), pp.646-660
2021
Abstract
Food legumes are crucial for all agriculture-related societal challenges, including climate change mitigation, agrobiodiversity conservation, sustainable agriculture, food security and human health. The transition to plant-based diets, largely based on food legumes, could present major opportunities for adaptation and mitigation, generating significant co-benefits for human health. The characterization, maintenance and exploitation of food-legume genetic resources, to date largely unexploited, form the core development of both sustainable agriculture and a healthy food system. INCREASE will implement, on chickpea (Cicer arietinum), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), lentil (Lens culinaris) and lupin (Lupinus albus and L. mutabilis), a new approach to conserve, manage and characterize genetic resources. Intelligent Collections, consisting of nested core collections composed of single-seed descent-purified accessions (i.e., inbred lines), will be developed, exploiting germplasm available both from genebanks and on-farm and subjected to different levels of genotypic and phenotypic characterization. Phenotyping and gene discovery activities will meet, via a participatory approach, the needs of various actors, including breeders, scientists, farmers and agri-food and non-food industries, exploiting also the power of massive metabolomics and transcriptomics and of artificial intelligence and smart tools. Moreover, INCREASE will test, with a citizen science experiment, an innovative system of conservation and use of genetic resources based on a decentralized approach for data management and dynamic conservation. By promoting the use of food legumes, improving their quality, adaptation and yield and boosting the competitiveness of the agriculture and food sector, the INCREASE strategy will have a major impact on economy and society and represents a case study of integrative and participatory approaches towards conservation and exploitation of crop genetic resources.
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- Title
- The INCREASE project: Intelligent Collections of food‐legume genetic resources for European agrofood systems
- Authors/Creators
- E. Bellucci (Author/Creator) - Marche Polytechnic UniversityO. Mario Aguilar (Author/Creator)S. Alseekh (Author/Creator) - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyK. Bett (Author/Creator) - University of SaskatchewanC. Brezeanu (Author/Creator) - Staţiunea de Cercetare Dezvoltare Pentru Legumicultură, Bacău, Romania.D. Cook (Author/Creator) - University of California, DavisL. De la Rosa (Author/Creator) - Plant (United States)M. Delledonne (Author/Creator) - University of VeronaD.F. Dostatny (Author/Creator) - Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute - National Research InstituteJ.J. Ferreira (Author/Creator) - Regional Service for Agrofood Research and Development (SERIDA), Ctra AS-267, PK 19, 33300, Villaviciosa, Spain.V. Geffroy (Author/Creator) - Institut des Sciences des Plantes de Paris SaclayS. Ghitarrini (Author/Creator) - SRL (Japan)M. Kroc (Author/Creator) - Polish Academy of SciencesS. Kumar Agrawal (Author/Creator)G. Logozzo (Author/Creator) - University of BasilicataM. Marino (Author/Creator) - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsT. Mary‐Huard (Author/Creator)P. McClean (Author/Creator) - North Dakota State UniversityV. Meglič (Author/Creator) - Agricultural institute of SloveniaT. Messer (Author/Creator) - European Research and Project OfficeF. Muel (Author/Creator) - Institut Technique de l'AvicultureL. Nanni (Author/Creator) - Marche Polytechnic UniversityK. Neumann (Author/Creator) - Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)F. Servalli (Author/Creator) - Comunità del Mais Spinato di Gandino (MASP), Via XX Settembre, Bergamo, Italy.S. Străjeru (Author/Creator) - Ştefan cel Mare University of SuceavaR.K. Varshney (Author/Creator) - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid TropicsM.W. Vasconcelos (Author/Creator) - Universidade Católica PortuguesaM. Zaccardelli (Author/Creator) - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Via Cavalleggeri 25, 84098, Pontecagnano-Faiano, Italy.A. Zavarzin (Author/Creator) - Plant (United States)E. Bitocchi (Author/Creator) - Marche Polytechnic UniversityE. Frontoni (Author/Creator) - Marche Polytechnic UniversityA.R. Fernie (Author/Creator) - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant PhysiologyT. Gioia (Author/Creator) - University of BasilicataA. Graner (Author/Creator) - Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)L. Guasch (Author/Creator) - Plant (United States)L. Prochnow (Author/Creator) - European Research and Project OfficeM. Oppermann (Author/Creator)K. Susek (Author/Creator) - Polish Academy of SciencesM. Tenaillon (Author/Creator) - Génétique Quantitative et Évolution Le MoulonR. Papa (Author/Creator) - Marche Polytechnic University
- Publication Details
- The Plant Journal, Vol.108(3), pp.646-660
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005540774907891
- Copyright
- https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15472
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Food Futures Institute; Centre for Crop and Food Innovation; State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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