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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 1d

📢 #LegumeGeneration is heading to Edinburgh🇬🇧 for #Euroseeds2025!

🌱 From 19–22 Oct, the Congress will bring 3 days of insights on key issues for the seed sector plus a vibrant exhibition & trade.

🔜 Stay tuned for updates from Scotland!
#legumebreeding
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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 7d

#LegumeGenerationNewsFromTheLab

🌱Common bean seeds are ready for drought stress testing at @LeibnizIPK Gatersleben!

💡Part of the #LegumeGeneration project, this research helps grow stronger, healthier, and more sustainable beans for Europe’s farmers and food systems.

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 13d

#LegumeGenerationNewsFromTheField

🎨This photo may look like a painting, but it’s a lentil field trial in Greece 🇬🇷.

💡Testing varieties across Europe helps us find those that grow best, enrich soils & support sustainable farming.

#LegumeGeneration #HorizonEU

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 21d

🧪 Join the DOMINO project’s 2nd stakeholder webinar: Consumers at the core of fermented food innovation

📅 23 Sept 2025 | 14:00–15:30 CEST
📍 Zoom
💡 Insights from Yakult + top EU researchers

👉 Register here: www.legumehub.eu/news/domino-...

#FermentedFoods #ConsumerResearch #Innovation

DOMINO webinar: Consumers at the core of fermented food innovation - legumehub.eu

The European project DOMINO is hosting its second stakeholder forum webinar on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from 14-15.30 CEST. This free webinar will spotlight the central role of consumer research in ...

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 22d

🌱 Pea is a key crop for sustainable, secure food—rich in protein, climate-adapted, and soil-friendly.

👆 The #LegumeGeneration project boosts #pea breeding by using genetic diversity to create better cultivars for Europe’s varied environments.

ℹ️ www.legumegeneration.eu/crops/

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · 28d

#LegumeGenerationCrops

🤔How can the breeding of pea in Europe🇪🇺 be advanced?

Learn in the visual below 👇

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#pea #innovation #research #legumes #plantbreeding

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌱Upcoming: The UFOP Plant Protein Symposium 2025 on 18-19 Sept in Berlin & online

Insights on markets, biotech, dairy alternatives, the role of European soy & a start-up panel on alternative proteins!

ℹ️ More info & registration: www.legumehub.eu/de/neuigkeit...

#sustainability #legumes

UFOP Pflanzenprotein Symposium 2025 - legumehub.eu

Am 18. und 19. September 2025 findet das vierte UFOP Pflanzenprotein Symposium in Berlin statt – organisiert in Kooperation mit dem vom Bundesministerium für Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und Heimat geför...

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 4th #SoniaProQ webinar coming up!

This session will share key results from the network project:
▪️ Establishing NIRS analytics (iRed)
▪️ Soybean proteins & their degradation during processing (AGES)

📅 15 Sept 2025 | 15:00–16:30 CET
🗣️ Language: German

👉 Register: www.legumehub.eu/de/allgemein...

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Sep 2

#LegumeGenerationScientificPublications

🌱Traditional lupin varieties, shaped by farmers over generations, can boost crop resilience.
💡Genomic tools like the white lupin pangenome help breeders develop stronger, more sustainable crops.

ℹ️New research: www.legumegeneration.eu/advances-gen...

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌱 Join the Global Bean public meeting “Powering Change with Legume Policy” on 2 Sept, 5–6:30pm CEST.

Speakers: @murphy-bokern.bsky.social, @asmalateef.bsky.social, Jean Claude Rubyogo, Marin Vandamme.

💬 Talks + open discussion.

🔗 More info: www.legumehub.eu/general/the-...

#Legumes #FoodPolicy

The Global Bean Project: September public meeting - legumehub.eu

The Global Bean Project is hosting a public meeting with the title "Powering Change with Legume Policy" on 2 September from 5-6.30pm CEST with four leading voices in legume policy and innovation.

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Aug 21

🌱Sojaförderring Webinar (in German 🇩🇪): Harvesting soybeans the right way

📅 26 Aug 2025 | 17:00–18:20 CEST (Online)

Learn how to thresh soybeans with minimal losses + top tips for food-grade quality.

👉 Register until 22 Aug here: www.legumehub.eu/de/neuigkeit...

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Aug 6

🌞 Summer break is here!

🏖️🌄 The #LegumeGeneration project wishes you a relaxing holiday with sunshine, good food, and maybe even some tasty legumes!

👋 Back in September with more updates from the field, the lab & beyond.

✨ Stay tuned & enjoy the summer!

#legumebreeding

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Aug 4

🌱 Join the next Global Bean partner meeting:

📅 12 August | 🕔 5 PM CEST | 📍 Online

Prof. Dr. Parvaze Sofi (SKUAST-Kashmir) will present his research on breeding climate-resilient, high-yielding common beans.

🔗 More info and registration: www.legumehub.eu/general/glob...

#GlobalBean #Legumes

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Jul 30

#LegumeGenerationNewsFromTheField

🌱How do bean varieties cope with disease in real field conditions?
🫘~200 common bean lines are being tested across Europe.
📍In Austria, big differences are visible — some thrive, others struggle.
🎯Goal: find resilient, sustainable beans.

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Jul 24

👋 Meet Karina Tokina from BOKU University!

🔬Karina is passionate about #sustainableagriculture, researching ways to make lupins more resilient without chemicals. Her work aims to benefit the environment, farmers & consumers.💚

ℹ️Learn more: t.co/b0wzhiZPLu
#LegumeGeneration #lupin #legumebreeding

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Jul 18

🙋‍♂️Say hello to Nikola Subosits from BOKU University @bokuvienna.bsky.social!

🔬He's working on his Bachelor thesis to help create more resilient lupin varieties by finding better methods to fight harmful fungi in Europe.

ℹ️Learn more: bit.ly/44Syg73

#LegumeGeneration #lupin #legumebreeding

👋Meet the people behind the #LegumeGeneration Innovation Communities! | LegumeHubEU

👋Meet the people behind the #LegumeGeneration Innovation Communities! 🙋‍♀️Say hello to Nikola Subosits from the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (BOKU University), who is working on making lupins str...

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Jul 2

🙋‍♂️Say hello to Thomas Svoboda from BOKU University, who is working on finding ways to make lupins more resistant to diseases.

💡Thomas believes this project will help breed more resistant lupins!

ℹ️Learn more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#LegumeGeneration #lupin #legumebreeding

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Jun 25

#LegumeGenerationNewsFromTheField

🌍 Partners across Europe are testing superior soybean genotypes for yield & resilience in diverse environments.

🇧🇬 In Bulgaria 70 genotypes have been cultivated & evaluated for food production by AgroBioInstitute.

ℹ️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Jun 18

📢 #LegumeGenerationOutreach

🇪🇸Last week, #LegumeGeneration was presented at the PlantETP events at @cragenomica in Spain.

🎤Darya Chernokova @EuroseedsEU shared the project’s goals & its innovation action public–private approach.

ℹ️More: bit.ly/plantetp25
#legumebreeding

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HowarthOats @howarthoats.bsky.social · Jun 4

Donal Murphy-Bokern introducing the concept of the #HorizonEU #LegumeGeneration project and the @legumehub.bsky.social to the @aabiologists.bsky.social conference on #Legumes in Science in Practice.

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Jun 12

🎓 Two seminars at @UnivPoliMarche under the #LegumeGeneration EU project explored how science and regulations can advance innovation in #legumebreeding! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🔬 Dr. Santamarina on metabolomics & genetic diversity
⚖️ Dr. Mariani on plant variety rights & legal frameworks

Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · Jun 5

#LegumeGeneration

🎓 Congrats to Benedikt Piller on defending his Master’s thesis at BOKU!

🫘 He studied 205 🇪🇺 soybean varieties for yield, maturity & drought traits.

ℹ️More details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#soybeanresearch #futurefarming #plantscience

#legumegeneration #soybeanresearch #soybeanbreeding #futurefarming… | LegumeHubEU

#LegumeGeneration 🎓 Big congratulations to Benedikt Piller on successfully defending his Master’s thesis at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)! His research took a dee...

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · May 26

🤩🌱 #FascinationofPlantsDay | Clover

Red & white clover are key to sustainable farming but trail grasses in trait gains.
👉 #LegumeGeneration applies molecular tools to boost performance
👉 @BELIS_EU supports breeders to improve disease resistance & seed yield

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · May 22

🤩🌱 #FascinationofPlantsDay | Lentil

Lentils are protein-rich staples, vital to sustainable diets.
👉 #LegumeGeneration improves local & high-yielding types for EU markets
👉 @BELIS_EU explores lentil diversity for Europe's varied growing conditions

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Legume Hub @legumehub.bsky.social · May 21

🤩🌱 #FascinationofPlantsDay | Pea

Pea is Europe’s top cool-season legume, key for food & high-value feed like aquaculture.

👉 #LegumeGeneration taps diverse traits to boost yield
👉 @BELIS_EU uses natural diversity to breed climate-resilient crops

ℹ️ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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