Boosting innovation in breeding for the next generation of legume crops for Europe

豆类世代联盟将通过将育种者的创业精神与支持研究基地的广泛创造力相结合，投资于促进欧洲豆类育种的创新。六个以物种为导向的以育种者为主导的创新社区将在一个跨学科框架内将实际育种与研究基地联系起来。他们领导着创新工作，每个人都专注于单一物种或物种类型的育种：大豆（Glycine max）；羽扇豆属；豌豆（Pisum sativum）；扁豆（Lens culinaris）；菜豆（菜豆属，如“普通”豆）；白色和红色的三叶草（Trifolium repens和T. pratense）。这些工作得到了跨项目收集的关于理想型概念、有益性状、豆科植物品种和栽培品种目录以及在豆科植物繁殖知识中心汇编的育种方法的支持；新资源（基因型、方法和工具）的生产和验证；种质和新品种在不同地区的筛选、示范和试验；培训以支持我们创新社区的培育成果；治理和财务模式，以及包容性植物育种的商业计划。所有这些都将得到联盟内部和外部传播和沟通的支持，包括扩展欧洲豆类中心作为知识共享平台。我们目前有43个育种和预育种项目。我们将通过获取资源，加快新种质的生产，创新直至新种质和新品种在农场得到验证，从而对这些起到决定性的推动作用。育种者将利用这一结果来支持扩大豆科作物的生产。我们的创新社区将向所有相关行为者开放，并为向其他用户和感兴趣的利益攸关方传播成果提供直接途径。它们在项目生命周期之外的可持续性将得到商业计划的支持。

The Legume Generation consortium will invest in innovation that boosts the breeding of legumes in Europe by combining the entrepreneurial focus of breeders with the broad inventiveness of the supporting research base. Six species-oriented breeder-led innovation communities will link practical breeding with the research-base in a transdisciplinary framework. They lead the innovation work and each is focused on the breeding of a single species or species type: soya bean (Glycine max); lupins (Lupinus spp); pea (Pisum sativum); lentil (Lens culinaris); phaseolus bean (Phaseolus spp. e.g., ‘common’ bean); and white and red clover (Trifolium repens and T. pratense). These are supported by the cross-project collection of intelligence on ideotype concepts, beneficial traits, a catalogue of legume species and cultivars, and breeding methods assembled in the Legume Generation Knowledge Centre; the production and validation of novel resources (genotypes, methods, and tools); screening, demonstration and testing of germplasm and new cultivars in different regions; training to support breeding gains in our innovation communities; governance and financial models, and business plans for inclusive plant breeding. All this will be supported by consortium internal and external dissemination and communications, including the extension of the European Legume Hub as a platform for sharing of knowledge. We currently run 43 breeding and pre breeding programmes. We will give these a decisive boost through access to resources that accelerates the production of novel germplasm, innovating up to the point where newly bred germplasm and cultivars are proven on farm. Breeders will use the results to support expansion of legume production. Our innovation communities will be open to all relevant actors and provide a direct route for the dissemination of results to other users and interested stakeholders. Their sustainability beyond the life of the project will be supported by business plans.