Progressing the breeding of soybean

Soybean is the key legume crop in European agriculture for food and feed protein production. In the Legume Generation project (Horizon Europe), the European Soybean Innovation Community with its major breeding programmes have joined forces to boost soybean breeding. As there is a growing need for improved varieties, the project supports the innovation community in its breeding and innovation efforts for better adaptation to European growing conditions, competitive yield performance, and improved end-use quality for food production. The innovation community has set up an improvement plan for adaptation of new breeding materials to the main soybean production regions of Europe covering the relevant soybean maturity groups ranging from 000 or earlier to 0 and I.