We’re delighted to announce that the Registration for the 2nd Annual UKLRC and PCGIN Conference is officially open! Please go to the website here: https://lnkd.in/gw9MiExz to sign up. The conference will take place in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on 25th-27th February 2025. 25-26 February -UKLRC 27 February - PCGIN Stakeholder Meeting Please register to attend by 31st January 2025.
Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network
Biotechnology Research
PCGIN for the improvement of the legume crop in the UK
About us
The Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network (PCGIN) is one of 5 GINs funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). The networks facilitate knowledge exchange between research organisations and industry stakeholders in the UK. The research is informed by problems ‘in the field’ and in return the participating research organisations provide genetics expertise and resources to breeders, growers and end-users for future commercialization. The Pulse Crop GIN focuses predominantly on faba bean and pea, to improve pest and disease resistance as well as nutritional traits such as protein, starch and minerals. See www.pcgin.org for more information.
- Website
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https://www.jic.ac.uk/research-impact/pulse-crop-genetic-improvement-network-pcgin/
External link for Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network
- Industry
- Biotechnology Research
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Type
- Public Company
Updates
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Another 5 years of PCGIN funding! This summer, the new research programme of the Pulse Crop Genetic Improvement Network (PCGIN) started, with £3M funding from Defra. The programme will be led by the John Innes Centre, in collaboration with the University of Reading (UoR), NIAB in Cambridge, the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University, and PGRO, the Processors and Growers Research Organisation, in Peterborough. In addition to continuing research on disease resistance and quality traits of faba bean and pea, we will in invest in new threats and opportunities for UK pulse crops. For example, researchers at UoR and IBERS will try to identify genes and seed pod features that deter bruchid beetle in faba bean, whereas JIC researchers will investigate virus threats in pea and possible resistance genes. We will also work with the Met Office to explore how climate exchange may affect pulse crops and perhaps enable the growth of lentils, common bean and chickpeas. In terms of genetic resources, we will further develop mutant populations of faba bean and pea to find genes for traits of interest and set up pipelines for gene editing.
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