Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics, 1st ed. 2018

Part I Utilization of genetic resources and pre-breeding
1. Utilization of genebank accessions to improve northern adaptation of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.); O.A. Rognli, R. Aavola, A. Aleliūnas, T. Asp, G. Brazauskas, K.H. Gylstrøm, A. Helgadottir, M. Isolahti, M.R. Kovi, T.A. Kristjánsdóttir, A.S. Larsen, P. Marum, C. Paina, C. Persson, and S. Rancāne
2. Wild and primitive common bean populations in the germplasm collection at the MBG-CSIC; A.M. De Ron, J.D. Pose, M.C. Menéndez-Sevillano, and M.J. Ferreyra
3. Patterns of spring growth and phenology in natural populations of Lolium perenne under contrasting field conditions; A.M. Roschanski, P. Barre, A. Escobar- Gutiérrez, J.P. Sampoux, H. Muylle, I. Thomas, K.J. Dehmer, and E. Willner
4. Population structure of red clover ecotypes collected from Europe and Asia; C. Jones, J. De Vega, D. Lloyd, M. Hegarty, S. Ayling, W. Powell, and L. Skøt
5. Enhancing the sustainable use of Lolium perenne genetic resources from genebanks in plant breeding and research; S. Bachmann-Pfabe, E. Willner, M. Oppermann, S. Weise, and K.J. Dehmer
6. Tetraploid Festuca apennina is prone to produce triploid hybrid progeny when crossed with diploid Festuca pratensis; B. Boller, T. Felder, and D. Kopecký
7. Comparing mitotic and meiotic tetraploid red clover plants for seed yield; T. Vleugels, I. Roldán-Ruiz, and G. Cnops
8. Domesticating shrubby native legumes for pastures and natural grasslands; J.P. Muir, F.S. Forrest, J. Brady, J.C. Dubeux Jr., and W.D. Pitman
9. Effects of temperature on growth during in vitro embryo culture of field bean (Vicia faba var. minor L.); P. Ogrodowicz, M. Surma, T. Adamski, Z. Kaczmarek, W.K. Święcicki, P. Stopyra, A. Kuczyńska, K. Krystkowiak, and K. Mikołajczak
10. Ecological and agronomic evaluation of Dactylis glomerata subsp. Lobata; E. Norkevičienė, A. Balsevičius, V. Kemešytė, B. Butkutė, and G. Petrauskas
11. Yield and genetic composition of Latvian ×Festulolium cultivars and breeding material; P. Bērziņš, D. Ruņģis, S. Rancāne, A. Gailīte, V. Beļeviča, V. Stesele, I. Vēzis, and A. Jansons
12. Genetic variability of the most important traits in alfalfa cultivars under Lithuanian conditions; A. Liatukienė
13. Tetraploid induction in Lolium multiflorum; O.K. Akinroluyo, V. Kemešytė, and G. Statkevičiūtė
14. The sense of testing sheep preference in tall fescue variety evaluation; M. Cougnon, J. Baert, and D. Reheul
15. Chemical composition of zigzag clover (Trifolium medium L.); B. Butkutė, N. Lemežienė, A. Padarauskas, E. Norkevičienė, and L. Taujenis
16. Wild and semi natural ecotypes of perennial grasses and legumes – for breeding purposes; N. Lemežienė, V. Stukonis, V. Kemešytė, and E. Norkevičienė
17. Breeding for improved seed yield of red clover; G. Petrauskas, J. Mikaliūnienė, E. Norkevičienė, G. Statkevičiūtė, and V. Kemešytė
Part II Genetic improvement of quality and agronomic traits
18. Breeding forage and grain legumes to increase EU’s and China’s protein self-sufficiency; B. Julier, L. Skøt, S. Weise, Ð. Karagić, I. Roldán-Ruiz, P. Barre, and D. Lloyd
19. Identification of loci controlling timing of stem elongation in red clover using GBS of pooled phenotypic extremes; Å. Ergon, Ø.W. Milvang, O. Milvang, and M.R. Kovi
20. Grain yield and morphology of dwarf vs tall white lupin in Mediterranean environments; P. Annicchiarico, A.M. Carroni, P. Manunza, C. Huyghe, and L. Pecetti
21. Deciphering grain legumes quality riddle: The genomics of bioactive compounds; M.C. Vaz Patto, E. Mecha, A.B. Pereira, S.T. Leitão, M.L. Alves, and M.R. Bronze
22. Manipulation of rumen nitrogen flows by use of Festulolium hybrids in rumen simulation fermenters; S. Kamau, A. Belanche, M. Humphreys, and A. Kingston-Smith
23. Paternity test for forage yield improvement in timothy polycross breeding; T. Tanaka, K. Tamura, K. Ashikaga, H. Fujii, and T. Yamada
24. Preliminary estimation of variation of alkaloids content in white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) collection; W. Rybiński, M. Kroc, W. Święcicki, P. Wilczura, K. Kamel, P. Barzyk, and W. Mikulski
25. Yields and quality of some perennial legumes in the Czech Republic; D. Knotová, J. Pelikán, J. Skládanka, and P. Knot
Part III Breeding for enhanced stress tolerance
26. Low crown rust resistance in Norwegian material of Lolium perenne and ×Festulolium; L. Østrem, T. Asp, M. Ghesquière, Y. Sanada, and O.A. Rognli
27. Unravelling the genetic control of bacterial wilt resistance in ryegrass: achievements, prospects and challenges; R. Kölliker, V. Knorst, L. Hersemann, F. Widmer, and B. Studer
28. Genotyping of Festulolium cultivars involved in EUCARPIA multi-site trial using DArT markers and GISH; D. Kopecký, J. Baert, S. Barth, J. Bartoš, V. Černoch, J. Doležel, D. Grogan, J. Harper, M. Humphreys, T. Książczyk, L. Østrem, E. Paszkowski, D. Sokolovič, Z. Zwierzykowski, and M. Ghesquière
29. Transcriptomic analysis of drought-sensitive and tolerant genotypes of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.); M.O. Leyva, I. Nagy, S. Hentrup, S. Byrne, and T. Asp
30. Selection of perennial ryegrass spaced plants in sward conditions; J. Aper, A. Ghesquiere, and J. Baert
31. Variation in intrinsic water use efficiency between perennial ryegrass genotypes differing for drought tolerance; P. Westermeier, R. Schäufele, and S. Hartmann
32. Physiological indicators of tolerance to soil water deficit in Lolium multiflorum/Festuca arundinacea introgression forms; K. Masajada, A. Augustyniak, D. Perlikowski, D. Ratajczak, W. Zwierzykowski, I. Pawłowicz, and A. Kosmala
33. Incidence of six grass species by Fusarium sp. as a cause of silvertop; O. Trněný, and J. Nedělník
34. Crown rust and brown blight infection of perennial ryegrass cultivars representing three maturity groups; R. Aavola, P. Sooväli, S. Tamm, and A. Bender
35. Correlation of seed yield and its components and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in the narrow leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.); B. Górynowicz, W. Święcicki, W. Pilarczyk, and W. Mikulski
36. Seventh Workshop of the EUCARPIA Festulolium Working Group; M. Ghesquière
Part IV Implementation of phenomic and genomic tools in breeding
37. Using LIDAR for forage yield measurement of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) field plots; K. Ghamkhar, K. Irie, M. Hagedorn, J. Hsiao, J. Fourie, S. Gebbie, C. Flay, B. Barrett, A. Stewart, and A. Werner
38. An indoor screening method for reduced fall dormancy in alfalfa; A. Bertrand, A. Claessens, and S. Rocher
39. Application of multivariate analysis for genotype evaluation in soybean; V. Perić, M. Srebrić, A. Nikolić, and S. Mladenović-Drinić
40. Polymorphism of soybean cultivars and breeding lines revealed by marker Satt100 associated with the E₇ locus; D. Zharikova, S. Ivanyuk, G. Chebotar, O. Korniychuk, and S. Chebotar
41. Genetic diversity assessment of two Medicago sativa genes: CAD and WXP1; C. Gréard, P. Barre, S. Flajoulot, S. Santoni, and B. Julier
42. Testing for freezing tolerance in perennial ryegrass; A. Aleliūnas, and G. Brazauskas
43. The multifunctional role of legumes in vineyards and orchards; T. Vymyslický, J. Lang, and D. Knotová
44. Hydroponic evaluation of growth and nutrient uptake in a Lolium/Festuca introgression series; D. Gasior, J. Harper, A. Thomas, C. Evans, R. Mathews, D. Allen, M. Humphreys, and I. Armstead
45. Use of GBS for lucerne variety distinction; B. Julier, P. Barre, P. Lambroni, S. Delaunay, F. Lafaillette, M. Thomasset, and V. Gensollen
46. Genome-wide and functional gene analysis of perennial ryegrass for improved growth under water limiting conditions (GrowGene); K. Jonavičienė, G. Statkevičiūtė, and A. Aleliūnas
47. Genomic selection for biomass yield of perennial and annual legumes; P. Annicchiarico, N. Nazzicari, L. Pecetti, and M. Romani

This book provides an update of the recent research of the Sections in Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses and the Protein Crops Working Group of EUCARPIA-Oil and Protein Crops

This book contains the reports of lively debates and workshops resulting from the 2017 Joint meeting of Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section and Protein Crops Working Group of EUCARPIA-Oil and Protein Crops Section

This volume includes the reports of the Parallel Sessions