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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2021

Legume Breeding for the Agroecological Transition of Global Agri-Food Systems: A European Perspective.

Diego Rubiales, Paolo Annicchiarico, Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, Bernadette Julier

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Article in Frontiers in plant science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Diego RubialesInstitute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Córdoba, Spain.
Paolo AnnicchiaricoResearch Centre for Animal Production and Aquaculture, CREA, Lodi, Italy.
Maria Carlota Vaz PattoInstituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, ITQB-NOVA, Oeiras, Portugal.
Bernadette JulierInstitut National de Recherche Pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE), URP3F, Lusignan, France.
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria · ITInstituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica · PTUnidades Centrales Científico-Técnicas · ESUnité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Prairies et Plantes Fourragères · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wider and more profitable legume crop cultivation is an indispensable step for the agroecological transition of global agri-food systems but represents a challenge especially in Europe. Plant breeding is pivotal in this context. Research areas of key interest are represented by innovative phenotypic and genome-based selection procedures for crop yield, tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses enhanced by the changing climate, intercropping, and emerging crop quality traits. We see outmost priority in the exploration of genomic selection (GS) opportunities and limitations, to ease genetic gains and to limit the costs of multi-trait selection. Reducing the profitability gap of legumes relative to major cereals will not be possible in Europe without public funding devoted to crop improvement research, pre-breeding, and, in various circumstances, public breeding. While most of these activities may profit of significant public-private partnerships, all of them can provide substantial benefits to seed companies. A favorable institutional context may comprise some changes to variety registration tests and procedures.

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agri-food systemsagroecological transitionsbreedinggenomic selectionlegume

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PMID34868184
PMCPMC8637196
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