Progressing the breeding of lentil
Elizabeth Ninou, Donal Murphy-Bokern, Tania Gioia, Ulrike Lohwasser, Ioannis Mylonas, Udo Hennenkaemper, Patrice Jeanson, Valerio di Vittori, Roberto Papa
23.07.2026
This report sets out the progress made in boosting the breeding of lentil in the first 24 months of the Legume Generation project. It describes the establishment and progress of the Lentil Innovation Community (IC); the harmonisation of phenotyping protocols across Europe; the completion of the first cycle of multi-environment field trials; the launch of the second validation cycle; and the initiation of breeding tools and early demonstration activities.
The Lentil IC brings together partners from Greece, Italy, France, Germany, and the Netherlands in a coordinated platform for data, seed, and knowledge exchange. This collaboration with germplasm mainly from IPK, ICARDA, and information and lines from other previous projects such as INCREASE, Linsel, and other initiatives was assembled to broaden the narrow genetic base of lentil cultivated in Europe. Key breeding priorities included yield, drought tolerance, earliness, seed quality, yield stability, cold tolerance, and disease resistance.
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Elizabeth Ninou, Donal Murphy-Bokern, Tania Gioia, Ulrike Lohwasser, Ioannis Mylonas, Udo Hennenkaemper, Patrice Jeanson, Valerio di Vittori, Roberto Papa
Legume Generation (Boosting innovation in breeding for the next generation of legume crops for Europe) has received funding from the European Union through Horizon Europe under grant agreement No 101081329 and co-funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) from the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee. It also receives support from the governments of Switzerland and New Zealand.
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