BELIS Webinar series “KASP markers linked to key agronomic traits for chickpea breeding”

On 4th May 2026, the Horizon Europe BELIS Project (Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability) will be organising a Webinar on “KASP markers linked to key agronomic traits for chickpea breeding”.

Webinar objectives

This webinar will address the use of KASP markers for marker-assisted selection in chickpea breeding, as well as the status of the breeding and seed production in southern Spain.

It will also introduce the European project BELIS – Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability, focusing on 14 legume species, including 7 forage legumes (red clover, white clover, annual clover, alfalfa, sainfoin, bird’s-foot trefoil, and vetches) and 7 grain legumes (pea, faba bean, soybean, white lupin, lentil, chickpea, and common bean).

The main objectives of BELIS are:

• Developing cost-effective breeding tools.
• Improving the economic and regulatory environment for legume breeding.
• Ensuring effective innovation transfer through a network of stakeholders, including breeders and seed industry, researchers, registration offices, extension services, feed and food industry, farmers.

The webinar will also introduce the stakeholder network being established within the BELIS project, including its goals, activities, benefits of joining, and the steps to become a member.

Target Audience

This webinar is specifically designed for professionals involved chickpea breeding, as well as in forage and grain legume breeding and utilization in Europe, including breeders and seed industry, researchers, registration offices, extension services, feed and food industry, farmers.